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Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels

Reference

F23.01

Place

FORD

Map ref

NT 945374

Original Location

St.Michael and All Angels' Church, on south wall of nave.

Which war

1914-1918

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 22nd August 1920 by Lord Joicey. Dedicated by Bishop Neligan, Rector of Ford.

Memorial Description

Plaque 186cm high x 255cm wide. The central panel is a picture of St. George standing in an arched frame which echoes the shape of the monument. Underneath, the name of St. George is incised in large Roman capitals and painted gold. On either side of the picture is a black marble pillar. The background of the whole monument is green marble. The panels bearing the names on either side are of white marble. The names are in Roman capitals, with the ranks and regiments given underneath in upper and lower case Roman letters, all lettering incised and painted brown. In another panel below the picture is the dedication, incised in Roman capitals and gilded.

Materials used

Various colours of marble

Inscription

To the glorious memory of the men of / the parish of Ford who made the / supreme sacrifice in the Great War / 1914-1919

Names

19 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars

Ownership and maintenance

St. Michael's Church.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

Tyne & Wear Archives Dept. War Memorial papers 1918 F852; Welcome Home Fund 1921-25

Alnwick & County Gazette 28/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal 24/07/1920 reports proposed unveiling on 31st by Dean of Durham (Bishop Weldon) who was to be the guest of Lord Joicey; 23/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo 23/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 648 14/02/1920

Links to Source Material :

Northern Echo 1920 08 23 Mon

Research acknowledgements

Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; Janet Brown; Michael Newrick; James Pasby; Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels (F23.01)

FORD, St. Michael and All Angels.

Left panel

   Joicey, The Hon. S.J.D.,

     Captain and Adjutant

     10th Northumberland F.

   Alexander, John

     L.Cpl. 7th Northumberland F.

   Brown, James Ayton

     L.Cpl. 3rd Seaforths.

   Smith, Henry

     L.Cpl. 9th Seaforths.

   Suthern, William

     L.Cpl. 5th Duke of Wellington's

     (West Riding Regiment)

   Henderson, H.G.K.

     Bugler, 8th Somerset L.I.

   Turnbull, George

     Trooper, Border Horse

   Blain, James

     Pte. 1st K.O.S.B.

   Gallon, Thomas

     Pte. 7th Seaforths

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Right hand panel.

   Gibson, John Henry

     Pte. 8th Northumberland F.

   Hardie, James

     Pte. 21st Manchester Regt.

   Hutchison, George

     Pte. 1st Seaforths.

   Johnstone, James

     Pte. 1st K.O.S.B.

   Logan, Charles W.

     Pte. 10th Northumberland F.

   Logan, Thomas

     Pte. 3rd Coldstreams

   Mason, John Robson

     Pte. Northumberland F.

   Punton, James

     Pte. 2nd Northumberland F.

   Straughan, William

     Pte. Northumberland F.

   Turnbull, Thomas S.

     Pte. Northumberland F.

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Centre bottom panel

   To the glorious memory of the men of

   the parish of Ford who made the

   supreme sacrifice in the Great War

   1914-1919

NameF23.01

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