Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels
Reference
H132.01
Place
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING
Map ref
NZ 341498
Original Location
Church of St. Michael and All Angels, The Broadway. On the north wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 22nd December 1920 by the Earl of Durham, Lord Lieutenant of the County.
Memorial Description
Plaque, rectangular, 5 feet 6 inches high x 7 feet 6 inches wide but with Gothic arched top at centre. There is a border of fawn mottled marble, also used to divide the plaque into four panels of white marble. In the arch at the top is a cross, carved and gilded, with the dedication below, incised using Gothic script and coloured black. The main plaque is divided into four panels, each bearing names in sans serif lettering.
Materials used
Panels of Sicilian marble; frame of Red Ogwell marble from Devonshire.
Inscription
Erected by the Congregation / of this Church to the honoured memory / of their relatives who fell in the Great War / 1914-1918.
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.”
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.”
Names
Who commissioned
Congregation.
Cost
£165
How money was raised
Congregation.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Messrs. John Lowes & Son, Durham. Designed by R.A. Ray (Sunderland School of Art).
Notes
1. Mr. R.A. Ray also designed Southwick Holy Trinity and Mowbray Park, Sunderland.
2. Illustrated Chronicle states the design “was prepared by” Mr. Thomas M. Morley.
2. Illustrated Chronicle states the design “was prepared by” Mr. Thomas M. Morley.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 25/12/1920 reports unveiling
Sunderland Echo 23/12/1920 page 5.
Illustrated Chronicle 23/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/05/1920 reports proposed memorial; 23/12/1920 reports unveiling
Durham Chronicle 24/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 25/01/1924 reports proposals.
Sources of quotations
“Their name liveth for evermore”<[> Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44;
“Souls of the righteous . . .” Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1
Sunderland Echo 23/12/1920 page 5.
Illustrated Chronicle 23/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/05/1920 reports proposed memorial; 23/12/1920 reports unveiling
Durham Chronicle 24/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 25/01/1924 reports proposals.
Sources of quotations
“Their name liveth for evermore”<[> Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44;
“Souls of the righteous . . .” Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Alan Vickers; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding; Glynis Gawlay
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels (H132.01)
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING St. Michael & All Angels’ Church
Erected by the Congregation
of this Church to the honoured memory
of their relatives who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.
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“Their name liveth for evermore”.
“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.”
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Panel 1 Panel 2
Capt. B.C. Baty D.L.I. Corpl. H. Crosthwaite R.A.S.C.
Lieut. F.D. Adamson Bord. Regt. Pte. A.F. Clark H.L.I.
“ P. Balmer D.L.I. “ J. Calvert D.L.I.
“ H. Carr R.E. “ J. Carr “
“ A.S. Morley M.C. D.L.I. “ E.C. Charlton “
Sergt. N. Appleby R.F.A. “ W. Clark “
Gunnr C. Almond R.G.A. “ R. Clark Scot. Rfls.
Pte. R. Allen E. Yorks “ W. Crake R.Highrs.
“ M. Allen “ “ J. Coltman W.R. Regt.
“ T. Atkinson W. Yorks Sappr. J.G. Clay R.E.
“ W. Aungles N.F. Pte. T. Dixon D.L.I.
“ R. Anderson Cold. Gds. “ A. Dawson “
Sergt. M. Barrass R.F.A. “ E. Dresser Bord.Regt.
Gunnr. T.S. Bainbridge “ “ G. Dixon Yorks.Regt.
“ T.W. Bolton R.G.A. “ S. Dowie Y. & Lancs.
L/Cpl. J.M. Brown H.L.I. “ J. Dixon R.F.A.
“ W. Bassett R.E. “ T. Edmenson K.O.S.B.
Pte. T. Brown D.L.I. “ J. Forster M.G.C.
“ O.R. Brown “ Corpl. J.H. Greathead D.L.I.
“ G.W. Bell N.F. Pte. R. Grey E. Yorks
“ T. Broome Lein. Regt. “ R. Gill Yorks. Regt.
“ J. Bainbridge E. Kents Corpl. J. Hedley Lancs. Fus.
Sergt. W.B. Coates D.L.I. “ J. Harland D.L.I.
Gunnr. W. Clark R.F.A. L/Cpl. G. Hayes “
“ J. Cummings “ Pte. T.A. Hind “
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Panel 3 Panel 4.
Pte. R. Hogarth Y. & Lancs. Sergt. T. Rutherford M.M. Can. Batt.
Gunnr. R. Henderson R.F.A. Pte. E. Riddle N.F.
Pte. A. Johnston R. Warks. “ H.C. Riddle D.L.I.
“ T. Jordison L.N. Lancs. “ J.G. Robinson “
Gunnr. R.C. Kennedy H.M.S.Black Prince “ A.E. Richardson “
“ J.R. Leech R.F.A. Sergt. D. Smith R.G.A.
Pte. C. Lawson R.A.M.C. Corpl. E.R. Shaw R.E.
Sergt. C.R. Masters D.L.I. L/Cpl. G. Shearer D.L.I.
Pte. J. Martin “ Pte. R. Shearer “
“ W. Messenger N.F. L/Cpl. R. Smith “
App. J.P.G. McCombs S/S Westhope Pte. J.M. Scarth “
L/Cpl. T. Nicholson Yorks. Regt. “ W. Scarth W.R. Regt.
Pte. J.F. Newall D.L.I. “ J.E. Sunley Royal Fus.
“ J. Naisbett N.F. “ T. Summerbell N.F.
“ J.S. Naisbett “ Sappr. G. Sherriff R.E.
Sergt. F. Ord M.M. R.F.A. Pte. F. Trevett D.L.I.
Pte. A.B. Park R.M.L.I. “ J.R. Tarbett “
“ T. Place D.L.I. Gunnr. R.L. Tubman R.F.A.
“ E. Place W.R. Regt. Sappr. J. Turnbull R.E.
“ F. Pattrick R.A.S.C. Pte. R. Veitch D.L.I.
“ J. Prest W. Yorks. “ J. Verity E. Yorks
“ R. Prest R.Innis.F. Corpl. S. Waller S.W. Bords.
A.B. J. Price R.N.D. Pte. G. Wilson Yorks.Regt.
Pte. N.V. Ritson Gren. Gds. “ J.E.D. White “
“ T. Rigby D.L.I. “ J. Wheatley “
“ J. Peebles W. Yorks.
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