Memorial Details
Memorial
Screen and Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew and St. Wilfrid
Reference
S111.02
Place
SILKSWORTH
Map ref
NZ 379530
Original Location
Church of St. Matthew & Wilfrid, Silksworth Road.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Chancel screen and plaque. The plaque has a wide border with various badges (Left, top to bottom) (1) Durham Light Infantry (2) Machine Gun Corps, (3) Northumberland Fusiliers, (4) King George VI badge. (Right, top to bottom) (1) Royal Navy, (2) Royal Air Force, (3) Royal Army Medical Corps, (4) Police? carved in half relief at the sides, on red background picked out in gold.
The words “Pro Patria” and “1914 1919” are raised in half relief and gilded at top and bottom respectively. The names are in three columns, in blue Roman capitals.
A shelf and vases at the back of the church are also part of the memorial.
The words “Pro Patria” and “1914 1919” are raised in half relief and gilded at top and bottom respectively. The names are in three columns, in blue Roman capitals.
A shelf and vases at the back of the church are also part of the memorial.
Materials used
Light oak
Inscription
Pro Patria
This tablet and the Chancel screen are in / thankful and loving remembrance / of (names) / who gave their lives for us
Jesu Mercy 1914-1919
Greater love hath no man than this / that a man lay down his life for his friends.
This tablet and the Chancel screen are in / thankful and loving remembrance / of (names) / who gave their lives for us
Jesu Mercy 1914-1919
Greater love hath no man than this / that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names
Cost
Plaque, shelf and names £54 10s; screen and figures £282 10s; architect’s fees £40; total £385.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Ralph Hedley, 52 St. Mary’s Place, Newcastle on Tyne.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; David Sloan
Parish Minute Book
Sunderland Echo 14/12/1923 and 17/12/1923 report progress.
A Brief History of St. Matthew’s and the Church School, Silksworth Jennie Adams, 1990-1991
Durham County Record Office Ralph Hedley Note Books Acc 142 DT/RH/20/173. Job No. 1311
Source of quotation
"Greater love hath no man than this . . ." Gospel of St. John 15 v 13
Parish Minute Book
Sunderland Echo 14/12/1923 and 17/12/1923 report progress.
A Brief History of St. Matthew’s and the Church School, Silksworth Jennie Adams, 1990-1991
Durham County Record Office Ralph Hedley Note Books Acc 142 DT/RH/20/173. Job No. 1311
Source of quotation
"Greater love hath no man than this . . ." Gospel of St. John 15 v 13
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Lorraine Lister; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; David Sloan; James Pasby
Research In Progress
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Screen and Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew and St. Wilfrid (S111.02)
SILKSWORTH St. Matthew & Wilfrid Parish Church
Pro Patria
This tablet and the Chancel screen are in
thankful and loving remembrance
of
Sergt. W. Arkley B.Q.M.S. J.W. Elliott Pte. W.A. Noble
Corp. W. Ayre Pte. W. Ellemor
Pte. F. Arkley Pte. J.C. Emmerson A.B.S. N. Owens
Pte. J.W. Arkley Pte. H. Everett Pte. T.M. Oughton
Pte. T. Ashurst
Pte. C. Atkinson Gnr. W.L. Fletcher Spr. R. Purvis
Pte. G. Anderson A.B.S. R. Foster Gnr. F. Phillips
Pte. C. Forrest Pte. J. Pearce
LCpl. W. Barton Pte. T.B. Pearce
Gnr. J. Bond L/Cpl. J.C. Grose Pte. A. Prater
Gnr. W. Beaney Pte. T. Glass Pte. J.W. Pritchard
Pte. W. Bailes Pte. H. Gilby Pte. P. Pallister
Pte. R.V. Beamson Pte. W.J. Green
Pte. W. Beaney Pte. J. Goundry Cpl. J.C. Robinson
Pte. G. Beaney Pte. G. Glanville Bdr. M. Rontree
Pte. J. Bone Pte. F. Gustard Pte. A. Rontree
Pte. Brittain Pte. T. Golightly Pte. J. Robinson
Pte. G. Burcher Pte. J.L. Robinson
Pte. C. Browell Pte. J. Hynes Pte. J. Richardson
Pte. C. Braizier Pte. G. Richardson
Pte. M.B. Bones Pte. S. Jones Pte. W. Richardson
Pte. A.D. Jacques
2nd Lieut. H.C. Carss Pte. F. Jacques Sig. H. Stephenson
Corp. H. Childs Gnr. J.E. Stones
Gnr. G. Carr Pte. T. Kirtley Spr. J.W. Smith
Gnr. J.R. Carlyon Pte. O. Keegan Pte. W. Stobart
Dvr. R. Carr Pte. G.R. Sides
Bomb. J. Carter Pte. E. Longstaff Pte. J.W. Sides
Spr. F. Cassidy Pte. W. Storey
Pte. G. Charlton 2nd Lt. W.R. McCann
Pte. J.W. Coates Sgt.Maj. T.W. McGuire Segt. T. Taylor
Pte. C. Cox Gnr. F.T. Mustard Pte. R. Thompson
Pte. T. Mason Pte. C. Thompson
Capt. A.T. Dingle Pte. F.McSween
Segt.Pro. H.T. Dingle Pte. L. Mitchell Pte. E. Veitch
Segt. J. Dixon Pte. J.R. Moore
Gnr. M. Donkin Pte. W. Mould 2nd Lt. S. Walker
Pte. J.A. Dick Pte. H.H. Mordecai LCpl. T. Wakefield
Pte. R. Dunn Pte. G. Whitwham
Pte. A. Dunn Capt. T.H. Nutter Pte. J.E. Willis
Pte. J. Donnolly Pte. E. Nutter Pte. W. Woffendale
Pte. R.T. Doughty Pte. H. Naisbett Pte. T. Wilson
Pte. J.R. Williamson
who gave their lives for us
Jesu Mercy 1914-1919
Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
NamesS111.02
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