Memorial Details

NEWMP Memorial Image
Photo: Ralph Gould

Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. John

Reference

P22.01

Place

PERCY MAIN

Map ref

NZ 328672

Original Location

Church of St. John the Evangelist, St. John’s Terrace.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque, arched shaped, 6 feet 6 inches at its tallest point and 2 feet 6 inches wide. The words "St. John's, Percy" and "Roll of Honour" are in Gothic gold lettering in painted ribbons at the top. The dates "1914" and "1918" appear in individual scrolls in the bottom left and right corners. A single line plain gold border goes round the extreme edge, inside which is a wreath of leaves framing the names, which are in two columns using upper and lower case lettering. Some letters such as the lower case "k" are almost the same size as upper case.

Materials used

Pine, painted black.

Inscription

St. John's, Percy / Roll of Honour.

Names

How money was raised

Public subscription

Notes

1. See also Tynemouth T36.14

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ralph Gould; Kevin Milburn

Additional Notes

Tony Harding has supplied the following
In addition Tynemouth Roll of Honour (Ref: T36.14) lists more names, with Percy Main addresses, which are not on P22.01.
These are:
Badger, E.A.
Downey, W.
Emms, J.W.
Essen, J.
Gatenby, E.
Glayes, J.
Hall, J.
Harrison, T.
Harvey, A.E.
Hurst, W.H.
Johnson, R.H.
Kay, T.(two of these)
Kennedy, RJ.
Mason, M.
Morgan, S.
Mortimer, T.
Muckle, W.J.S.
Muller, M.
Peggy, ?
Peggy, G.
Pointer, A.
Ridley, H.
Rippon, J.
Rock, F.
Rollo, J. (additional to the one given)
Southern, C.
Spink, J.
Stenhouse, J.W.
Storey, J.W.
Tait, R.W. (formerly of Percy Main)
Tiesdale, N.
Waterhouse, H.
Watson, F.J.
White, H.H.
I have to confess that I could find neither of the Peggys in CWGC, and have confirmed that T36.14 has many errors in it.

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; Kevin Milburn

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 St. John (P22.01)

 
PERCY MAIN, St. John's Church.
  
   St. John's, Percy
   Roll of Honour
  
   W.B. Anderson          T. Miller
   W.D. Arthur            S. Miller
   T.M. Barry             M. Miller
   T. Bell                D. Mitchell
   L. Bell                A. Macdonald
   H. Backley             R.C. Milburn
   R. Chambers            T.W. Milburn
   R.H.T. Common          J.D. Malcolm
   J.W. Common            J.W. Meldrum
   G.S. Cameron           H. Patterson
   N. Cowie               W.A. Playford
   H. Cowie               G. Pattie
   G. Chapman             J. Potter
   D. Cole                J.G. Purvis
   F. Cross               J. Rollo
   R. Charlton            J. Rutherford
   A.R. Emmerson          T.W. Ridley
   E. Golt                T. Seddon
   F. Greenacre           J. Stelling
   J. Hanks               T. Smith
   J.W. Hart              T. Thompson
   R. Henderson           J. Thompson
   J. High                H. Watson
   R.T. Irving            L. Wilson
   W. Jackson             J.W. Wilkinson
   K. Jackson             R. Wilkinson
   R. Kenny               C. Waterhouse
   J.R. Kimber            J. Waterhouse  
   J. Lauder              J. Yeaman
   R. Lamb                P. Yeaman
   G. Lister              M. Yeaman
   J.W. Pearson           J. Backley
  
   1914   1918
NamesP22.01

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