Memorial

Pulpits and Screen 1914-18 St. Hild and St. Helen

Dawdon

Memorial Name: Pulpits and Screen 1914-18 St. Hild and St. Helen (D41.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: D41.04

Parish: Dawdon

Original Location:

Church of St. Hild and St. Helen, Melbury Street. (Closed)

Present Location:

St. Hild and St. Helen Christian Fellowship now own and use the building.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 24th July 1921 by Lt.Col. K.J.W. Leather, CBE, 4th DLI,
dedicated by Rev. E.W. Bolland, rector of Southwick, formerly vicar of Dawdon.

Materials Used:

Oak

Cost:

£330

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription; Lord Londonderry gave £75.

Inscription:

Left hand pulpit:
To the glory of God
and in memory of
those from this parish
who gave their lives
for their country
in the Great War
1914-1918
this screen was erected
by the parishioners.

Right hand pulpit :
Rest eternal
grant unto them,
O Lord, and let
perpetual light
shine upon them.
Their name liveth
for evermore.

Memorial Description:

Dwarf screen 42 inches high x 78 inches wide (107cms x 198cms).

It has twin pulpits, (“ambones”) one at each end, each 60 inches high x 45 inches wide x 29 inches deep (152cms x 114cms x 74cms).

The dedication is carried on the front of the left hand pulpit, the prayer on the front of the right hand pulpit.

The screen is divided by pillars into eight panels, four on either side of the steps, each measuring 9 inches high x 14 inches wide (23cms x 36cms).

The names are listed in two columns on each of these panels in Roman capitals.

Names:

175 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. On the Order of Service for the Unveiling are 5 handwritten names:- T. Bryan, G. Jones, J.W. Cuthbert, S. Reed and C. Scales. These were later added to the panels.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; ABRC (copyright); Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
28/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
29/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
22/07/1921; 25/07/1921 give details of the memorial.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
18/09/1920 reports briefly on proposals.

Northern Echo
23/07/1921 reports proposed unveiling;
25/07/1921 reports unveiling.

North Mail
14/09/1920 briefly reports proposals.

Seaham Weekly News
22/07/1921 reports unveiling;
29/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Sunderland Echo
22/07/1921 gives memorial and window description 25/07/1921 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Daw 2/16 Order of service for the unveiling and dedication of the war memorial and window, 24 July, [ c.1920] Includes: transcript of the inscription and list of names, 1914-1918  (1 booklet, printed)

Source of quotations
“Rest eternal grant . . .” Mass for the Dead;
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Alan Vickers;
Anne McNair, Advisory Board for Redundant Churches;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

 

Dawdon St. Helen and St. Hild Church.

  

    Eastern pulpit                   Western pulpit

   

    To the glory of God              Rest eternal 

    and in memory of                 grant unto them, 

    those from this parish           O Lord, and let

    who gave their lives             light perpetual 

    for their country                shine upon them.  

    in the Great War                 *   *   *

    1914-1918                        Their name liveth 

    this screen was erected          for evermore.

    by the parishioners.  

   

    First panel                      Second panel              

   

    Allard C.B.   Burney D. Senr.    Bell S.          Coxen J.     

    Aitchison J.  Burney D.          Barrow T.        Cahill F.M.  

    Armstrong R.  Bennett G.         Bolton S.        Carting E.   

    Armstrong F.  Buckley G.         Barksby H.       Cowell C.S.  

    Anderson C.   Buckley T.P.       Clint R.         Childs W.J.  

    Ather W.      Brammer G.         Carr E.          Chesney R.   

    Allen W.      Bailey S.          Carr T.          Conroy W.    

    Appleby N.    Button W.          Cummings W.H.    Crake J.     

    Boad R.       Bresner J.W.       Cummings R.H.    Crake R.     

    Batey J.      Burnett G.         Clennell Fk.     Daglish J.B. 

    Barker E.     Burns W.           Clennell Fr.     Daglish A.   

    

    Bryan T.      Jones G.

    Cuthbert J.W.              

  

    Third panel                      Fourth panel               

   

    Duckworth J.  Frater F.B.        Harley W.        Hunter G.

    Devine E.R.   Finlay E.          Hutchinson J.    Hughes J.F.

    Dixon A.      Foster W.          Hutchinson G.H.  Johnson I.

    Duffy F.      Foster J.W.        Hindmarch M.     Jackson E.

    Dickinson E.  Foster H.          Hindmarch E.     Keegan C.

    Davies G.     Garnham E.T.       Hills B.         Kelly J.

    Dixon T.      Garnham H.F.       Henry J.         Knowles J.

    Dawson T.     Green G.           Harvey A.        Knowles W.P.

    Dent G.       Gilroy J.          Harris E.        Kirtley R.

    Dawson W.H.   Gallagher T.       Huntley G.       Kavanagh W.

    Edwards J.    Griffiths C.       Hunter T.W.      Laws J.B.

   

    Fifth panel                      Sixth panel                 

      

    Lowerson J.R. Moore L.           Proud T.         Robinson R.D.  

    Lowery J.     Nichol D.          Potter T.        Robinson T.W.  

    Martin W.R.   Newton H.L.        Preston T.       Robson G.      

    Miller R.     Ogden J.           Preston S.       Ramshaw R.H.  

    Miller F.     Pearson H.         Pattison T.E     Rowe N.        

    Miller W.N.   Pearson G.         Purvis R.        Richardson T.  

    Millar G.     Parker R.          Reed W.          Ritchie W.     

    Markham A.    Price W.           Reed R.          Ritchie J.     

    McChesney R.  Percy H.           Reed F.M.        Stoves J.      

    McAllister A. Poole T.S.         Redshaw W.P.     Swinney H.F.   

    McDonald J.B. Phelan M.N         Ritson G         Southward E.   

   

    Seventh panel                    Eighth panel

    

    Swan W.       Summers J.         Winter J.        Whitwell J.

    Smiles J.R.   Turnbull R.        Wilkinson C.     Wright R.R.

    Stoker R.     Turnbull J.B.      Wilkinson N.     Willis R.P.

    Smith W.      Telford J.         Wilkinson R.     Westgarth H.

    Smith L.      Thornton J.        Wilkinson G.     Wilde F.

    Stout G.W.    Thornton O.        Walter R.H.      Wood L.G.

    Smales F.     Thornton S.        Walter J.T.      Wood J.

    Scollen J.    Taylor R.          Watson R.        Walsh A.

    Shaw W.B.     Thompson W.        Watson C.W.      Young J.

    Shaw W.C.     Thompson E.        Watson W.J.      Meek J.

    Shaw J.       Usher A.               Beech Martha Hannah

   

                                     Reed S.          Scales C.

Names D41.04

 

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