Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 St. Patrick R.C.
Reference
D46.06
Place
DIPTON
Map ref
NZ 160535
Original Location
St. Patrick’s Churchyard, North Road, Flint Hill
Present Location
Formerly in the garden of a cottage. Moved about fifty yards onto a green.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Cross of Celtic type with tapering shaft on tapered pedestal standing on two steps.. The names are in a single column on the shaft of the cross. The dedication and quotation are on the pedestal. Lettering is of lead sans serif capitals attached to the stone.
Materials used
?Marble
Inscription
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished / my course. I have kept the faith”. / II Timothy IV.7
Of your Charity Pray for the Souls of / Fifty one men of St. Patrick’s Congregation / who laid down their lives in the Great War of / 1914 - 1919
Of your Charity Pray for the Souls of / Fifty one men of St. Patrick’s Congregation / who laid down their lives in the Great War of / 1914 - 1919
Names
Present condition
Some of the names are hard to read and lettering of those near the top need replacing
Notes
1. Those who served with the 24 or 25 Northumberland Fusiliers Tyneside Irish were: Chorley J. ;
Cloe J. ;
Colby M.;
Connelly T.;
Doherty C.;
Duffy M.;
Eccles J.;
English A.;
Grant J.;
Greener T.;
McAllister F.;
McAllister R.;
McHugh F.;
Tighe J.T.
2. The rest were probably with the Royal Engineers Tunnelling Division.
Cloe J. ;
Colby M.;
Connelly T.;
Doherty C.;
Duffy M.;
Eccles J.;
English A.;
Grant J.;
Greener T.;
McAllister F.;
McAllister R.;
McHugh F.;
Tighe J.T.
2. The rest were probably with the Royal Engineers Tunnelling Division.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall; Kevin Milburn
External web link
Research acknowledgements
D. Graham; Dorothy Hall; Kevin Milburn
Research In Progress
These names are being researched by Tess McTiernan who can be contacted on tess16xton@aol.com
Cross 1914-18 St. Patrick R.C. (D46.06)
Allison G.
Bradley D.
Burns M.
Burke J.
Cassidy D.
Clarke D.
Chorley J.
Cloe J.
Colby M.
Connolly T.
Connor F.
Cooke T.
Doherty C.
Donald R.
Duffy M.
Eccles J.
English A.
Fraser M.
Gaffney P.
Gallagher J.
Gould M.
Grant J.
Greene M.
Greener T.
Grenvil J.
Haughey J.
Hughes S. or C.
Keegan F.
Killeen M.
Knight G.H. or C.H.
Lennon P.
Lowther W.
Madden J.
McAlister F.
McAlister R.
McCluskey J.
McDermot P.
McDermot R.
McHugh F.
McKenzie H.
McPadden T.
Maines H.
Morgan F.
Murtagh F.
O’Neill J.
Poole E.
Pendleton H.
Rooney W.
Tighe J.T.
Trodden F
Ward P.
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On pedestal:
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course. I have kept the faith”.
II Timothy IV.7
Of your Charity Pray for the Souls of
fifty one men of St. Patrick’s Congregation
who laid down their lives in the Great War of
1914 - 1919
NamesD46.06
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