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Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael

Reference

I3.02

Place

INGRAM

Map ref

NU 019163

Original Location

St. Michael and All Angels' Church. Inner north wall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 6th September 1922 by the 8th Duke of Northumberland. Dedicated by Dr. Wild, Bishop of Newcastle.

Memorial Description

Plaque 36 inches high x 18 inches wide with plain border, which has a bead and reel inner edge. The names are in Roman upper and lower case letters, with the quotation at the end in italics. All lettering is incised and painted black.

Materials used

Denwick stone

Inscription

To the Glory of / God and in / memory of those / who gave their lives / in the Great War / 1914-1918
Their name liveth / for evermore.

Names

5 full names.
See transcript.

Cost

�400 includes lychgate

How money was raised

Public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Thomas Watson & Sons, Alnwick.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

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

Alnwick & County Gazette 02/09/1922 wrongly announces the date of unveiling as "Sunday" but corrects this to Wednesday 6th September 1922; 16/09/1922 reports unveiling (NRO)

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book No.1 1882-1933 page 237 entry 792.

Reflections: the Breamish Valley and Ingram, Sarah Wilson; Northern Heritage, 2005. ISBN 0-9544777-6-6 pages 121-124 contains brief notes on the men named on the memorial.

Source of quotation:
�Their name liveth for evermore� Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44

Research acknowledgements

John Rutherford (Aln & Breamish Local History Society); P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Tony Harding

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael (I3.02)

INGRAM, St. Michael and All Angels' Church.

   To the Glory of

   God and in

   memory of those

   who gave their lives

   in the Great War

   1914-1918

---------------

   Christopher Leather

   Walter Potts

   William Sisterson

   George Trotter

   Arthur J Turnbull

---------------

   Their name liveth

   for evermore

NameI3.02

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