Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary Magdalene
Reference
P19.02
Place
PRUDHOE
Map ref
NZ 095630
Original Location
St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled by Wednesday 18th August 1920 R.N. Redmayne of Prudhoe Castle. Dedicated by Bishop Ormsby.
Memorial Description
Plaque 198 cm x 115 cm comprised of three marble slabs with carved red sandstone borders. The sandstone outer frame is carved to form five arches with scalloped tops and is ornately patterned with leaves, ears of corn, thistles and Tudor roses.
The central panel is divided from the two outer ones by pilasters. The two outer panels are twice the width of the central one. The central panel contains the dedication and other details, and at the top is carved a simple small cross.
The names are listed in the two outer panels on two columns on each panel. The lettering is incised and blackened, using Roman capitals throughout the central panel, and upper and lower case Roman letters in the outer panels. The title "Roll of Honour" is repeated in both outer panels in Gothic script.
The central panel is divided from the two outer ones by pilasters. The two outer panels are twice the width of the central one. The central panel contains the dedication and other details, and at the top is carved a simple small cross.
The names are listed in the two outer panels on two columns on each panel. The lettering is incised and blackened, using Roman capitals throughout the central panel, and upper and lower case Roman letters in the outer panels. The title "Roll of Honour" is repeated in both outer panels in Gothic script.
Materials used
Alabaster and white marble panels with sandstone border.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and / in memory of / the men from this parish / who fell in the Great War / 1914-1919 / this tablet with their / names engraved thereon / is erected by / Robert Norman Redmayne.
Sans sang nulle victoriae
Sans sang nulle victoriae
Names
Who commissioned
Col. Robert Norman Redmayne (of Prudhoe Castle)
Notes
1. The materials for the monument were chosen because an alabaster box contained the precious ointment used to anoint Our Lord, and white marble represents purity.
2. Bishop Ormsby, who dedicated the tablet, lost two sons before the war, three served and one was severely wounded. One of them had trained on HMS Britannia.
3. The motto “sans sang nulle victoriae” (without the shedding of blood there can be no victory?) seems to be a strange mixture of French and Latin)
4. Mr. Redmayne said he had given the plaque as a thankoffering for the victorious peace, and he was grateful to have been permitted to offer it.
2. Bishop Ormsby, who dedicated the tablet, lost two sons before the war, three served and one was severely wounded. One of them had trained on HMS Britannia.
3. The motto “sans sang nulle victoriae” (without the shedding of blood there can be no victory?) seems to be a strange mixture of French and Latin)
4. Mr. Redmayne said he had given the plaque as a thankoffering for the victorious peace, and he was grateful to have been permitted to offer it.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown P. Thirkell
Morpeth County Library Frith collection of photographs;
Northumberland Record Office Newcastle Diocesan Faculty Books; Faculty No.655, 23/03/1920
Hexham Courant 21/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 21/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Journal 18/08/1920 reports unveiling; 19/8/1920 reports on the shrine.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/08/1920 reports proposed unveiling this evening; 19/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Hexham Weekly News 20/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Morpeth County Library Frith collection of photographs;
Northumberland Record Office Newcastle Diocesan Faculty Books; Faculty No.655, 23/03/1920
Hexham Courant 21/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 21/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Journal 18/08/1920 reports unveiling; 19/8/1920 reports on the shrine.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/08/1920 reports proposed unveiling this evening; 19/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Hexham Weekly News 20/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Paul Graham (Prudhoe Local History Society); Sally Bird; J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Michael Newrick; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Len Franchetti . Contact: lenbren@talktalk.net
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary Magdalene (P19.02)
PRUDHOE, St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Roll of Honour Roll of Honour
M. Addy R. Ellwood J. Lee W. Rowell
F. Allison E. Falconer M. Lindsay J. Shepherd
M. Allport J. Foster To the glory of God T. Lindsay R.E. Shotton
G. Anderson J. Frazer W. McCoombes W.V. Simpson
W. Anderson J. Glendinning and F. McKenna D. Smith
J. Appleby J. Grieveson R. McVeigh W. Spence
O. Appleby R. Hall in memory of J. Marshall T. Storey
J. Baird A. Hankin W. Martin J. Suddes
G. Barron C. Harrison the men from this parish A. Maughan T. Surtees
R. Bell J. Harrison G. Mullholland E. Tailford
Jas. Blackburn H. Hubbuck who fell in the Great War G. Nesbitt C. Thirtle
Jno. Blackburn Jas. Hudson S. Nesbitt J. Thompson
Jos. Blackburn Jno. Hudson 1914-1919 F. Pattinson E. Towler
T. Blackburn M. Hudson G. Ridley G. Towler
W. Blackburn F. Jemison this tablet with their R.H. Ridley R. Towler
J.B. Buckham J. Johnson W. Ridley W. Towler
G. Cairns R. Johnson names engraved thereon J. Robertson H. Turnbull
E. Collins G. Kent D. Robson J. West
H. Crystal J. Lane is erected by J. Robson J. Whitfield
W. Dixon M. Lane A. Rosborough A. Wright
E. Dunn W. Leathard Robert Norman Redmayne W.A. Rowe T. Wright
J.J. Elliott W.S. Leathard C. Rowell S. Bannister
R. Ellwood J. Johnson sans sang nulle victoriae R.W. Robson J. Frazer J.S. Ridley
NamesP19.02
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