Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 St. Ebba's Churchyard
Reference
E58.01
Place
EBCHESTER
Map ref
NZ 103554
Original Location
St. Ebba’s Churchyard, Shaw Lane
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled Wednesday 18th January 1922 by Mr. Francis Priestman, J.P.; dedicated by Rev. T.G. Gibson, rector, in the absence of the Bishop of Durham.
b. Dedicated Remembrance Sunday 1996
b. Dedicated Remembrance Sunday 1996
Memorial Description
Cross of St. Cuthbert’s type on short shaft resting on a tapering pedestal on a step. The cross has a raised boss and decoration on the arms.
On the front, at the top of the shaft, St. George is depicted in slaying the dragon inside a laurel wreath carved in half relief, with the dedication incised below. The names are incised in a single column on the pedestal. Lettering throughout is in sans serif capitals.
Half way down the rear of the shaft is a coat of arms raised in half relief, with the words “Lest We Forget” incised into the pedestal.
On the front, at the top of the shaft, St. George is depicted in slaying the dragon inside a laurel wreath carved in half relief, with the dedication incised below. The names are incised in a single column on the pedestal. Lettering throughout is in sans serif capitals.
Half way down the rear of the shaft is a coat of arms raised in half relief, with the words “Lest We Forget” incised into the pedestal.
Materials used
Sandstone
Inscription
a. 1914-1918 / To the / Glory of God / and to the / honoured memory / of the following / who gave their lives / for God / Home and Country.
“Great love / hath no man / than this”.
Lower stone “The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God”.
Rear: Lest We Forget
1921 John George Gibson
Rector from 1895
“Great love / hath no man / than this”.
Lower stone “The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God”.
Rear: Lest We Forget
1921 John George Gibson
Rector from 1895
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designer - Rector, Rev. J. George Gibson; made by Mr. H.S. Turner of Gateshead.
Notes
1. The day of the unveiling in 1922 there was snowstorm resulting in only a small attendance, and also prevented the Bishop of Durham from attending.
2. The following poem by E. Armstrong of Medomsley was printed in a newspaper report:
Here noble sons of Derwent braes
Those noble men of birth:
Though now perchance their bodies lie
In far-off foreign earth.
So let this new erected stone
On which our eyes may gaze
Read there the names who did atone
For us in wartime days”.
3. The coat of arms is, apparently, that of the rector who designed the memorial.
4. The vicar in 1996, Rev. Allison Harrison, was instrumental in having the names from 1939-45 added to the memorial.
5. Ellen Ross, older sister of Sydney Ross, attended the dedication of the 1939-45 names. She herself died in December that same year.
6. Visit July 2019 the cross has been renovated and the area grassed.
2. The following poem by E. Armstrong of Medomsley was printed in a newspaper report:
Here noble sons of Derwent braes
Those noble men of birth:
Though now perchance their bodies lie
In far-off foreign earth.
So let this new erected stone
On which our eyes may gaze
Read there the names who did atone
For us in wartime days”.
3. The coat of arms is, apparently, that of the rector who designed the memorial.
4. The vicar in 1996, Rev. Allison Harrison, was instrumental in having the names from 1939-45 added to the memorial.
5. Ellen Ross, older sister of Sydney Ross, attended the dedication of the 1939-45 names. She herself died in December that same year.
6. Visit July 2019 the cross has been renovated and the area grassed.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; Ron Carson, Errol Broomfield; Dorothy Hall
Order of Service
Illustrated Chronicle 19/01/1922 reports unveiling with photos.
Consett Guardian 27/01/1922 reports unveiling with photos.
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 27/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 21/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Blaydon Courier 28/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 19/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Durham Faculty Books DDR/EJ/FAC/3/8123 has photograph. Faculty number 8123, issued 06/06/1996, allowed the addition of 1939-45 names to be engraved on the right hand side of the base using matching lettering.
Sources of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man . . .”: St.John 15 v 13;
“Souls of righteous . . .” Apocrypha Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1;
“Lest we forget” : "Recessional", Rudyard Kipling
Order of Service
Illustrated Chronicle 19/01/1922 reports unveiling with photos.
Consett Guardian 27/01/1922 reports unveiling with photos.
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 27/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 21/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Blaydon Courier 28/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 19/01/1922 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Durham Faculty Books DDR/EJ/FAC/3/8123 has photograph. Faculty number 8123, issued 06/06/1996, allowed the addition of 1939-45 names to be engraved on the right hand side of the base using matching lettering.
Sources of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man . . .”: St.John 15 v 13;
“Souls of righteous . . .” Apocrypha Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1;
“Lest we forget” : "Recessional", Rudyard Kipling
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Ron Carson, Errol Broomfield, John and Mavis Dixon; Rev. Allison Harrison; Dorothy Hall; Alex Askew; Eric Heatherington
Research In Progress
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Cross 1914-18 1939-45 St. Ebba's Churchyard (E58.01)
EBCHESTER St. Ebba’s Churchyard
On shaft of cross
1914-1918
To the
Glory of God
and to the
honoured memory
of the following
who gave their lives
for God
Home and Country.
+
“Great love
hath no man
than this”.
Front pedestal
1914-18
Thomas Armstrong
John Edward Bewick
Harold Fenwick
William Ernest Fenwick
Anthony Hood
William Hood
Eddie Keenleyside
Alexander Loughran
Sydney Weston
R.I.P.
Lower pedestal:
“The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God”.
Right side
1939-45
Thomas Henry Raine
Sydney Ross
James Stratton Wardle
Rear
Lest We Forget
John George Gibson
1921 Rector from 1895
The Order of Service for the Unveiling of the War Memorial
on January 18th 1922 includes a Roll of Honour of those
who had served 1914-1918.
Allan, John Lowrie, Edward
Atkinson, Thomas Ludbrook, Charles A.
Ballan, John Maddison, Thomas W.
Ballan, Leonard Milburn, Harry
Bell, Thomas Murray, William
Brown, William Musgrove, William
Black, John Parker, Percival
Brough, Joseph C. Parker, Stanley
Campbell, Richard Parker, Sidney
Charlton, William E. Peck, John T.
Charlton, Albert Richardson, John B.
Charlton, Albert P. Robson, t.
Chaytor, Robert C. Robinson, Ernest W.
Collingwood, Harry Robinson, Alfred G.
Curry, William Russell, Robert
Dagg, John Rudd, Benjamin
Elsom, Joseph Simpson, William T.
Elliott, Albert S. Simpson, Henderson
Fenwick, Samuel A. Smith, William E.
Gibson, J. Alex Thompson, George
Gibson, J. George Thompson, Timothy
Gee, Walter Ward, Percival T.
Gee, William Wardle, Robert
Hayes, Henry Westgarth, Silas
Henderson, Herbert Weston, William
Hastie, Fred White, John
Hastie, David Wilkinson, George W.
Hind, Fred G. Willey, Fred
Holden, George Wray, Robert
Johnson, Frank Yeates, William
Little, E.R.
NamesE58.01
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