Photo: J. Brown
Memorial
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert
Reference
E23.01
Place
ELSDON
Map ref
NY 936933
Original Location
St. Cuthbert's Church. On north inner wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 1921 by the Duke of Northumberland. Dedicated by Canon Edward Rees of Rothbury.
Memorial Description
Plaque with pointed top mounted onto a black marble pattress 44 inches high x 30 inches wide (1.11 m x 762 mm). In the gable top are carved the Prince of Wales' feathers, and a carved ribbon underneath it has the words "Pro Patria" incised and painted gold. The bottom edge of the gable has the words "For God, King and Country". On either side of the names is a soldier facing inwards, rifle reversed, carved in half-relief. The names are borne on the plaque below in Roman capitals.
Materials used
White and black Carrara marble
Inscription
This / tablet is / erected by / subscription in honour / of those that have fallen / during the European War / 1914-18
"We have arrived at / victory and to day / they have their / reward".
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Committee, Mr. C. Armstrong, chairman; Mr. W.J. Wilson, secretary;
How money was raised
Public subscription
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
R.B. Aves of Hexham.
Notes
1. For a similar memorial, see Cramlington
C60.01
2. The Prince of Wales’ feathers were chosen were “in keeping with the movement, of which several of the men in their younger days were members – the Boy Scouts”. (
Illustrated Chronicle)
3. “In order to obtain a permanent institute and hall, which could hold in it a record of the men who went to the front from this wild and scattered area, a war gift auction of local produce and stock was conducted on the village green by Mr. Lancelot Robson of Scots Gap. The Rev. A.S. Wardroper, the vicar of Walker, opened the sale, and a large sum was realized”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
Alnwick & County Gazette 28/02/1920 reports £100 raised in 12 months; 05/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Journal 22/11/1920 reports fundraising;
Illustrated Chronicle 12/10/1921 reports proposed memorial.
Diocese of Newcastle Faculties Nos. 757 and 767, 27/07/1921.
Morpeth Herald 26/09/1919 reports activity in Note 4 above; 27/02/1920 reports fund raising.
Hexham Weekly News 04/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Redewetter No.6 Magazine of the Redesdale Society.
Source of quotation:
"We have arrived at victory . . . . "The Advance to Victory" Dispatch 21st December 1918 by Field Marshall Haig.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Sally Bird; Redesdale Society; R.W. Gould; J. Forster; P. Thirkell; Michael Newrick; Raymond Ion; Tony Harding; Keith Maddison; Dorothy Hall
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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (E23.01)
Pro Patria
For God, King and Country
This
tablet is
erected by
subscription in honour
of those that have fallen
during the European War
1914-1918
Albert Storey, R.N.
William Nichol, N.F.
Walter Scott, "
Robert Arthur, D.L.I.
John Riddell, "
Thomas Snaith, R.F.A.
William Murray, N.Z.
Thomas H. Snaith, M.G.C.
"We have arrived at
victory and to day
they have their
reward".
NamesE23.01
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