Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary and St. Michael

Doddington

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary and St. Michael (D13.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: D13.01

Parish: Doddington

Original Location:

Church of St. Mary and St. Michael.

On north wall above font and opposite door.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Stone

Inscription:

Greater love hath no man, than
this that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
Their Name Liveth
to all generations.

Memorial Description:

Plaque approx. 72 inches high by 36 inches wide (183cms x 91cms).

This has a cable patterned border.

The letters are sans serif capitals, incised and painted brown.

Names:

12 names, ranks, & regiments listed, together with place and date of death.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This monument is identical in style to the one in Edlingham Church (E17.01)

2. The comma is in the wrong place on the plaque, being placed after “Man” rather than “This”.

3. Should the reference to Bass Wood be “Basin Wood”?

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; Roger Cuthbert

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No. 626, 21/10/1919.

Sources of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13 ;
“Their name liveth to all generations” Not ascertained. Possibly Psalm 45 v 17 “I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations”.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown;
Sally Bird;
Philip Thirkell;
Tony Harding;
Roger Cuthbert

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Names Documents:

DODDINGTON, Church of St. Mary and St. Michael

 

 Greater love hath no man, than

 this that a man lay down

 his life for his friends.

 

 Lieut. G. Lambton, Coldstream Guards

 Villers Cotterets, 1st Sep. 1914.

 

 Signaller D.M. Anderson, B.C. Regt.,

 St. Julian, 24th Apl. 1915.

 

 Pte. T. Hamilton, 7th Northd. Fusiliers

 Armentieres, 29th July 1915.

 

 Capt. H.P. Deedes, King’s Royal Rifles,

 High Wood 15th July 1916

 

 Pte. G. Cock, Durham Light Infantry

 7th Oct. 1916

 

 Pte. R. Wilson, 7th Northd. Fusiliers,

 Etaples Hospital 28th Apl. 1917.

 

 Pte. T. Rowan, 1st Northd. Fusiliers,

 12th Dec. 1917.

 

 Sergt. D. Taylor, Somerset Light Infantry,

 Bass Wood 21st March 1918.

 

 Pte. T. Wilson, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

 M.G.S. 3rd June 1918.

 

 Pte. S. Stonehouse, Northamptonshire Regt,

 17th. Sep. 1918

 

 Pte. J. Nesbit, Lancashire Fusiliers

 1st. Oct. 1918.

 

 A.S. J.O. Palmer, Hawke Batt, 1st R.N.B.

 Buried at sea off the Dardanelles, 26th Nov. 1915

 

 Their Name Liveth

 to all generations.

NamesD13.01

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