Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Leather 1914 St. Michael
Reference
I3.04
Place
INGRAM
Map ref
NU 019163
Original Location
St. Michael's and All Angels' Church. Inner south wall.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 9 inches (226mm) high x 15 inches (376mm) wide. There is a single line incised border. There is a cross at centre top. Lettering is in Roman lower case throughout.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Christopher Leather,
Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers,
who fell in the service of his King and Country
near Neuve Chapelle, France,
October 1914, aged 32.
"Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Names
See above
Notes
1. Christopher Leather was a bachelor who rented Ingram House where he lived with his sister Rosalind. It has been suggested, but not definitely established, that Miss Leather was responsible for one of the two memorials to him, and a friend was responsible for the other.
2. See Every Name a Story entry
2. See Every Name a Story entry
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; John Rutherford
Illustrated Chronicle 14/11/1914 page 15 contains a notice of his death with photograph
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John’s Gospel 15 v 13
Illustrated Chronicle 14/11/1914 page 15 contains a notice of his death with photograph
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John’s Gospel 15 v 13
External web link
Research acknowledgements
John Rutherford (Aln & Breamish Local History Society); P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
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