Memorial Details
Memorial
Sarcophagus 1914-18 1939-45 St. Joseph R.C.
Reference
M47.04
Place
MURTON
Original Location
In St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Churchyard
Present Location
This was formerly at the south end of the church, below a crucifix. It is now at the entrance to the graveyard.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Sarcophagus, with stone sides and flat roof. The names are borne in a sunken panel on the front. At centre top is a cross between the dates of 1914 and 1918. The names are listed in three columns, incised using plain capitals throughout and blackened.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
They died for home and freedom.
Greater love hath no man.
May they rest in peace.
Greater love hath no man.
May they rest in peace.
Names
Notes
1. The original 1899 church was demolished to make way for a new building, in 1964.
2. An old photograph shows Mary McPartland posed beside the memorial at her Confirmation service.
2. An old photograph shows Mary McPartland posed beside the memorial at her Confirmation service.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John Maughan; Dorothy Hall
Pit Boy: Memories of a life in Murton during the 1930s and 1940s; P.J. McPartland; The People’s History; 2005; ISBN 1 902537 90 9 has photo of original memorial (Page 65); in the chapter called “The War” it also has some details of Cpl. Joe Slater, the author’s uncle, killed in Burma May 28th 1944.
Sources of quotations:
“Greater love than this no man hath ” Based onSt. John 15 v 13;
“May they rest in peace” Mass for the Dead
Pit Boy: Memories of a life in Murton during the 1930s and 1940s; P.J. McPartland; The People’s History; 2005; ISBN 1 902537 90 9 has photo of original memorial (Page 65); in the chapter called “The War” it also has some details of Cpl. Joe Slater, the author’s uncle, killed in Burma May 28th 1944.
Sources of quotations:
“Greater love than this no man hath ” Based onSt. John 15 v 13;
“May they rest in peace” Mass for the Dead
External web link
Research acknowledgements
The late John Maughan; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Peter McPartland
Research In Progress
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Sarcophagus 1914-18 1939-45 St. Joseph R.C. (M47.04)
MURTON In St. Joseph’s R.C. Churchyard
1914 They died for home and freedom 1918
Peter Baines Ernest Hunter Patrick McGinty
John Barnes Henry Ganning John Mackie
Thomas Cain Joseph Hill John Natrass
Michael Carmichael John Higgins John O’Shea
Joseph Chaytor Thomas Hudson David Quinn
John Dixon Alban Lydon Wilfrid Savage
William Duffy James Mallon Adam Ward
John Fogherty Michael McCormack Michael Welsh
Martin Gallagher James McCaffrey Joseph White
Dennis Penman 1939-1945 Joseph Slater
Ralph Smith Eleanor Alston Daniel Myers
John Elliott George R. Johnson James Williamson
Greater love than this no man hath - that a man lay
Down his life for his friends
May they rest in peace
Names M47.04
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