Memorial Details
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Memorial
Panels 1914-18 St. Matthew
Reference
E35.20
Place
ELSWICK
Map ref
NZ 238641
Original Location
St. Matthew's Church, on Summerhill Street, near its junction with Elswick Road.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 18th September 1921 by Dr.Wild, Bishop of Newcastle.
Memorial Description
Five panels, each with traceried and gilded decoration. Above these is the dedication in raised Roman capitals with “minute serifs” on the cross piece. Above the third panel is a crucifix. The names are listed in a single column on the five panels using Roman lettering with a cross above and below each column. The quotation is carried across all five panels in raised Roman capitals with “minute serifs” in sunken rectangles.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
A.M.D.G. In memory of the men of this parish and congregation who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
Greater love hath no man than this.
Greater love hath no man than this.
Names
Notes
1. This area of Newcastle is known as "The Big Lamp". The church is known as “St. Matthew's, The Big Lamp”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Steve Ellwood
Illustrated Chronicle 19/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 19/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No.746, 18/05/1921
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St.John 15 v 13.
Illustrated Chronicle 19/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 19/09/1921 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No.746, 18/05/1921
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St.John 15 v 13.
Research acknowledgements
Sally Bird; Steve Ellwood; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Panels 1914-18 St. Matthew (E35.20)
ELSWICK St. Matthew's Church
A.M.D.G. In memory of the men of this parish and congregation
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Hugh Grier Mertens George Gibson Hall Harry Miller
Thomas Gee Walter Scott Crossley Timothy Wright
John Stokoe Cummins Samuel Robson William Mount
Richard Heckles Tully Ernest Gordon Cowen Arthur Newton
Thomas Lauders Tully Sidney Robins Richard Kissack
James Andrew Tully Stanley Robins James Warburton
Leigh Smith Ernest Milburn Harold Warburton
John Watson John Carter James Halliday
William Black Sidney Carter Joseph Smith
William Surtees James Stephenson Thomas Stafford
John William Wilkinson William C.E. Ferguson John Armstrong
George William Darling Philip Clarke Foster Corn
George Taylor Charles Miller Duke Andrew Cartwright
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Column 4 Column 5
John William Murray George Henry Brown
Sydney Wanless Thomas Francis Fenwick
John Holdsforth Wilson John Harris
William Stanning Thomas Carter
John Finnagan Andrew Graham
Robert Finnagan Neil Baguley
Edward Fish Thomas Hastings
Thomas Lee George Hollingsworth
Thomas Douse George Giles
Frank Jackson Robert Henderson
Albert Victor Vincent Harry Simpson
Arthur Marshall John Goodfellow
Stephen Oswald Allan Kenric Buy
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Greater love hath no man than this
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