Memorial Details
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Memorial
Shrine 1914-18 St. Wilfrid Institute
Reference
H51.45
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 934643
Original Location
St. Wilfrid's Institute, Gilesgate. On the front of the building.
Present Location
Removed before the Institute was sold to the Community Centre on 31st March 1962.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled July 20th 1917 by Mrs. C.W.C. Henderson. Dedicated by the Rector, Canon E. Sidney Savage, M.A.
Memorial Description
Shrine, which had a wood frame containing the Roll of Honour of those who "died gloriously in the field of battle, giving their lives in the service of their Country".
Above this was a Crucifix with a gabled roof to provide protection.
Above this was a Crucifix with a gabled roof to provide protection.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
(Dedicated to "The Returning Brave")
Names
(100+) TRANSCRIPT NEEDED
Who commissioned
Mrs. C.W.C. Henderson, of The Riding.
Present condition
Lost
Notes
1. Miss Calcutt, of Carntyne, added more names as they were received.
2. This shrine presumably was rendered obsolete when the main memorial cross was erected in the Abbey grounds H51.03and the Roll of Honour was erected in the War Memorial Hospital H51.08
3. The wall still shows the locations of the fixings of the shrine.
2. This shrine presumably was rendered obsolete when the main memorial cross was erected in the Abbey grounds H51.03and the Roll of Honour was erected in the War Memorial Hospital H51.08
3. The wall still shows the locations of the fixings of the shrine.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photocopy of dedication photo
Hexham Courant 28/07/1917
Hexham Parish Magazine August 1917 which features a picture of the Rector dedicating the shrine. See also June and October 1917.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 28/07/1917 reports unveiling.
Hexham Courant 28/07/1917
Hexham Parish Magazine August 1917 which features a picture of the Rector dedicating the shrine. See also June and October 1917.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 28/07/1917 reports unveiling.
Research acknowledgements
N. Short, Hexham; C.N. Dallison; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Shrine 1914-18 St. Wilfrid Institute (H51.45)
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