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Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 All Hallows

Reference

H41.01

Place

HENSHAW

Map ref

NY 764643

Original Location

All Hallows Church.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

b. June 1949

Memorial Description

Reredos approx. 1.5m high and 6m long. The names are listed on four panels, two on each side of the altar. The names from 1939-45 are added on to the fourth panel. The lettering is in Roman capitals, with the space between the end of the name and the right margin filled in with a Celtic pattern. The dedication is carried on the panel behind the altar, using Gothic upper and lower case lettering.
In all cases, the lettering and patterns are raised and gilded on a sunken background. The whole panelling is surmounted by a tracery design of grapes and vine leaves, with a red painted background.

Materials used

Oak

Inscription

a. To the glory of God / and / in proud and grateful memory of those who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War / 1914-1918
b. 1939-1945

Names

a. 23 names.
b. 7 names.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Northumberland Record Office Church Leaflet NRO 4550 The Church of St. Cuthbert, Beltingham (Rev. C.W. Herring, M.A., Vicar, 1934-1958 page 270)

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1675, 10/11/1948 allows the names from 1939-45 to be added to the those of 1914-18.

Research acknowledgements

P. Thirkell; George and Janet Brown

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Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 All Hallows (H41.01)

HENSHAW All Hallows Church.

Centre panel

   To the glory of God

and

   in proud and grateful memory of those who gave their lives for King     and Country in the Great War

   1914-1918

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1st panel        2nd panel      3rd panel     4th panel

   W. Armstrong  J. Bolam       R. Graham     A. Nicholson

   W. Atkinson   C. Bowes-Lyon  S. Johnson    T. Nicholson

   W. Batey      F. Bowman      A. Little     W. Pearson

   J. Bell       P. Cook        G. Little     T. Tweddale

   R. Benson     J. Forster     H. Little     G. Usher

   M. Blair      A. Furlong     G. Mole       --------------

                                              1939-1945

                                              T.L. Armstrong

                                              A. Dinning

                                              T. Hodgson

                                              H.M. Pattinson

                                              J.C. Skelton

                                              J.R. Surtees

                                              John Ward

NamesH41.01

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