Memorial Details
Memorial
Panelling 1939-45 All Saints
Reference
R24.05
Place
ROTHBURY
Map ref
NU 057016
Original Location
All Saints' Church, in Memorial Chapel.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated Easter Day 4th April 1947
Memorial Description
Series of four panels, each 3 feet 6 inches high x 18 inches wide, (1.06 m x 476 mm) part of the panelling in the chapel. These panels each have a shallow arched top. The names are listed in a single column on each panel under a gold cross. Lettering is incised and painted gold.
Running above these panels and the adjoining panel on either side, is a slender horizontal panel, which bears the dedication in lettering raised in Roman capitals and painted gold on a painted blue background.
Running above these panels and the adjoining panel on either side, is a slender horizontal panel, which bears the dedication in lettering raised in Roman capitals and painted gold on a painted blue background.
Materials used
Oak, made from former seats installed when the nave was rebuilt in 1850, identified as being from the old Forest of Rothbury.
Inscription
All in one line
They left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men. Let those who come after see to it that their names are not forgotten.
They left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men. Let those who come after see to it that their names are not forgotten.
Names
How money was raised
Elizabeth Carmichael
Present condition
Good
English Heritage Listing
In Grade II Listed Building
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
Source of quotation:
“They left all that was dear to them . . .” Quoted from Certificate sent to all bereaved families under the cipher of King George V
Source of quotation:
“They left all that was dear to them . . .” Quoted from Certificate sent to all bereaved families under the cipher of King George V
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; P. Thirkell; T. Harding
Research In Progress
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Panelling 1939-45 All Saints (R24.05)
ROTHBURY, All Saints' Church.
Along the top
They left all that was dear to them, endured hardship,
faced danger and finally passed out of the sight of men.
Let those who come after see to it that their names
are not forgotten.
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Panel 1 Panel 2
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Ronald Shirley Aitchison Ernest Benjamin Lomas Hart
Lancelot Brewis George Helm
John Chaplin Robert Laidler
Robert Crawford David Little
William Davidson Jonathan Mackay
George Davison Charles Milburn
Alexander Cormack Munro
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Panel 3 Panel 4
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Frederick Howard Nixon John Stewart
James Ormston George Adam Nichol Thompson
John Read Robert Ferguson Thompson
James Reed John Thompson Walker
Percy Arnold Reed William Lawson Walker
Charles Percy Robson William Henry Young
William John Riddle Soulsby
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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