Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window and Plaques 1914-18 St. James
Reference
G39.024
Place
GATESHEAD
Original Location
St. James' Church, Park Road (Demolished).
Present Location
Unknown.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
October 1918 dedicated by Rev. C.H. Birtwistle curate of St John's
Memorial Description
Stained glass windows of five lights in the west end.
"The subjects are:- Our Lord and Mary, Thy Brother shall rise again, The Good Shepherd (central light), Our Lord and the Woman at the Well of Samaria and Sir Give Me This Water that I Thirst Not."
There are three plaques, the one at the top bearing the dedication in black Roman capitals with a small cross incised at the top. Two further plaques, side by side below, bear the names, in each case in five columns, using back sans serif capitals.
"The subjects are:- Our Lord and Mary, Thy Brother shall rise again, The Good Shepherd (central light), Our Lord and the Woman at the Well of Samaria and Sir Give Me This Water that I Thirst Not."
There are three plaques, the one at the top bearing the dedication in black Roman capitals with a small cross incised at the top. Two further plaques, side by side below, bear the names, in each case in five columns, using back sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Marble
Inscription
To the Glory of God / and in loving memory of the men of / the Parish, who gave their lives in / the service of their King and Country / in the Great War / these tablets and windows, / the gifts of / A.E. Welton Esq., / were dedicated.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Names
Who commissioned
A.E. Welton, Tyne View Low Fell
Present condition
The church burned down, and the tablets cracked when being removed. The window was lost, but the plaques are in storage in Gateshead.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr Connell, Low Fell
Notes
1. After this building was demolished, the congregation joined with the Church of Venerable Bede, now also demolished, to create St. James and St. Bede Church.
2. Efforts are being made to find the plaques and have them placed in a specially created memorial garden at St.James and St. Bede at a cost of £5,000.
On enquiry in 2017 to the "A church near you" website, the reply was that the memorial could not be found.
2. Efforts are being made to find the plaques and have them placed in a specially created memorial garden at St.James and St. Bede at a cost of £5,000.
On enquiry in 2017 to the "A church near you" website, the reply was that the memorial could not be found.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Journal 24/10/1918 reports unveiling and details of windows above. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Gateshead Central Library photographs
Evening Chronicle 07/04/2010 reports efforts to find the plaques.
Sources of quotations :
“Make them to be numbered . . .” From Te Deum Laudamus (We praise thee, O God).
“Thanks be to God who . . ." I Corinthians 15 v 57
Gateshead Central Library photographs
Evening Chronicle 07/04/2010 reports efforts to find the plaques.
Sources of quotations :
“Make them to be numbered . . .” From Te Deum Laudamus (We praise thee, O God).
“Thanks be to God who . . ." I Corinthians 15 v 57
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Gateshead Central Library; Nan Smith
Research In Progress
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Stained Glass Window and Plaques 1914-18 St. James (G39.024)
GATESHEAD, St. James' Church.
Top plaque :
To the Glory of God
and in loving memory of the men of
the Parish, who gave their lives in
the service of their King and Country
in the Great War
these tablets and windows,
the gifts of
A.E. Welton Esq.,
were dedicated.
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Lower left plaque:
Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
2nd Lieut. F. Heslop Sgt. G.A. Blues Corp. R. Miln
Sgt.Major E. Mowbray " T. Watson " J. Robson
Lce.Corp. A. Gorman " D. Ord " R. Scott
Pte. D. Gardner Pte. S. Gardner " W. Park
" G. Webb " F. Webb Pte. G.A. Clark
" W. Armstrong " G.E. Golightly " D. McCaughey
" H. Tully " J.G. Nixon " E. Lazenby
" W. Crinnon " A. White " T. Williams
" J. Sweeney " J. Watson " J. Garthwaite
" G. Lambert " J. Lishman " T. Hutchinson
" J. Fenwick " A. McLeod " T. Golightly
" A.W. Maddison " A. Grant " N. Nugent
" C. Cooper " H.R. Iredale " A. Mack
" F. Carney " R. Iredale " T. Harrison
" H.E. Peters " P.J. Rafferty " R. Totton
" J.C. Rawnsley " J. Holmes " J.W. Stokes
" J. Nesbitt " J.L. Elliott " R. Dixon
" J. Davison " C.H. Wilkinson " G. Easter
" J. McLean " G. Rawson " W. Wharton
" J. Nicholson " W. Tait " E. Short
" T. Salmon " J. Bell " R. Souley
" R. Reay " T. Long " C. Adams
" E. Telford " F. Quinn " J.W. Bell
Corp.W. Steward Lce.Corp. S. Thompson " A. Wilson
Pte. J. Short Pte. J. Wilson " R. Watson
" R. Richardson " T. Rickerby “ J.M. Armstrong
" G. Rutherford " W. Robson 2nd Lieut. W. Hebron
" J. Liddle
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Column 4 Column 5
Lce.Corp. J. Edwards Pte. J. Hamilton
" H.C. Hall " J.W. Lucas
Pty. Ofr. J. Inglis " W.N. Robertson
Pte. W. Inglis " N. Crow
" T. Inglis " C. Sowerby
" S. Porteous " R. Mosgrove
" F.J. Porteous " H. Hall
" R.A. Habron " J.S. Barrass
" J.E. Snee " C. Davidson
" W. Reed " C. Reed
" C.A. Sharp " J. Wootton
" T.W. Makepeace " J. Richmond
" J.M. Dixon " J. Rollins
C.Lr.A.F. Piggford " J. Reed
Pte. J. Porteous " J. Parkin
" T. Wilson " J. Turnbull
" T. Edgar " W. Munro
" J. Hopkinson " J.E. Timms
" C.D. Graham " J. McCloy
" J.T. Charlton " J. Robinson
" F.C. Holloway " F. Holloway
" C. Watts " G. Cummersdale
" S. Hamilton " T. Birks
" W. Cuthbertson " E. Sample
" W. Murthwaite Sap. J. Fenwick
" R. Munro C.Lr. Jack Bell, R.N.R.
" Sneeth Pte. H. Robertson, R.N.D.
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Lower right plaque:
Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Sgt L.H. Evans Sgt. T.W. Elliott Corp.E.H. Jackson
Q.Ms.T. King Sgt. M. Wright Pte. A.W. Gray
Pte. G. Burn Pte. J.H. Smith " T. Caughan
" J.J. Cartwright " J. Moffatt " D. Archer
" J.W. Bell " P. Dillon " J. Bailey
" E. Blakey " E.W. Swindon " H.W. Bailey
" J. Wilkinson " T. Kay " T.W. Watson
" P. McPeak " J. Milligan " J. Wharrier
" W. Rigg " G.W. Stephenson " J. Hall
" W.A. Wilson " D. Granger " W. Kingwall
" W. Oxley " J. Richardson " E. Kingwall
" H. Clay " R. Wright " A. Jackson
" J.J. Noble " S. Riseborough " G.W. Jones
" R.W. Atkinson " R. Wright " R. Allen
" J. Brown " T. Bainbridge " S.J. Bailey
" J.H. Crow " F. Dickson " W. Douglas
" E. Evans " H. Etherington " E. Fawell
" G.R. Hall " J. Jones " J. Lowery
" J. Henderson " W. Jaques " C.W. Monkhouse
" C. Houghton " R. Lambert 1st Sd. J.E. McKenna
" R. McCauley QMS W.T. McKinney Pte. C. Nicholson
" G. McCauley Pte D. Nicholson Sgt. T. Igo
" A. Miller " T. Poole Lce.Corp. J.E. Paterson
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Column 4 Column 5
Lce.Corp. H.C. Hall Lce.Corp. W. Garret
Pte. J.W. Butler Pte. W.C. Rutherford
" A. Caisley “ J. Beldon
" P. Donohue " J. Connolly
" W. Walton " C.F. McLanaghan
" H. Hamilton " R. Lambert
" E. Golightly " W. Cuthbertson
" G. Moon " E.W. Ireson
" J. White " A. Ferguson
" J. Etherington " C. Williamson
" C.A. Dixon " J. Ryan
" J.H. Dixon " B. Hackett
" P. McGahan " J.W. Gilder
" D. Scott " F.G. Sweetlove
" F.C. Chantler " J. Cavanagh
" R. Dinning " L. Dix
" J. Corman Corp. R. Graham
Jas. E. Perry, Rector
H. Armstrong }
F.S. Rodgers } Churchwardens
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