Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 All Saints
Reference
L62.02
Place
LANCHESTER
Map ref
NZ 167463
Original Location
All Saints Church. On north wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 9th January 1921 by Col. Ritson
Memorial Description
Plaque of bronze coated in black lacquer, approx. 24 inches high x 36 inches wide. There is a patterned border of raised dots. The wording is in a central rectangular panel with rounded corners. In the spaces created by these corners is a raised pattern of swirling leaves. The quotation “Their name liveth for evermore” is in the inner lower border. Lettering is raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
In thankfulness and to the honour of almighty / God for the victory of the British Empire and her / allies in the Great War MDCCCCXIV – MDCCCCXVIII / the people of Lanchester set up this tablet / as an enduring record of those who went out / from among them and for their country and / the cause of righteousness most gloriously / gave their lives – MDCCCCXX.
At the bottom : Their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Present condition
Difficult to read because of its colour and the lighting but well cared for and in good condition.
Notes
1. The dates in Roman numerals: MDCCCCXIV = 1914; MDCCCCXVIII = 1918; MDCCCCXX = 1920
2. Newspaper reports give: Ernest Fallen instead of Fallon
2. Newspaper reports give: Ernest Fallen instead of Fallon
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Errol Broomfield,; Ron Carson; J.J. Halliday, Birtley; C. Sanders; James Pasby
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 14/1/1921 reports unveiling; 21/1/1921 gives transcript.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Lanchester Remembers - Project Poppy Remembering our Fallen 1918-2018 booklet
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” : Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 14/1/1921 reports unveiling; 21/1/1921 gives transcript.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Lanchester Remembers - Project Poppy Remembering our Fallen 1918-2018 booklet
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” : Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Errol Broomfield; Ron Carson; J.J. Halliday; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall; C. Sanders
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Ian Murray. Contact: iwmurray63@gmail.com
The names on this memorial have been researched by Steve Davidson Contact: sommecat@yahoo.co.uk
Plaque 1914-18 All Saints (L62.02)
LANCHESTER All Saint’s Church
In thankfulness & to the honour of almighty
God for the victory of the British Empire and her
allies in the Great War MDCCCCXIV – MDCCCCXVIII
the people of Lanchester set up this tablet
as an enduring record of those who went out
from among them and for their country and
the cause of righteousness most gloriously
gave their lives – MDCCCCXX.
George Anderson . Margaret Barrow . John R. Bateman . Francis
E. Bell . Walter Bell . James Brankston . Henderson Brankston
Alexander Brankston . William Britton . Thomas R. Buckham
Albert Bulleyment . Thomas Cheston . James H. Clough
Alexander Coates . Michael Collin . Sidney Duke . Ernest Fallon
Robert B. Farbridge . Joseph M. Fletcher . James Harwood . James
Hodgson . William Hunter . George Kirtley . George McDonald
Joseph McElhatton . John H. Myers . Thomas W. Nicholson
William O'Brien . Stephen Ramsay . William Ross
Arthur Sargeant . John Sargeant . Joseph N. Scott
Luke Smith . T. Henry Smith . Newton Storey . Tom
Storey . J. Herbert Swain . P. Henry Thompson . Luke
Thornton . Walter Veitch . Thomas Wardle . Thomas Whittaker
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.
NamesL62.02
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