Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 5th D.L.I. 1914-18 St. Thomas
Reference
S138.20
Place
STOCKTON
Map ref
NZ 445192.
Original Location
St. Thomas’ Church (Stockton Parish Church), High Street. Below stained glass window. Part of a range of memorials numbered S138.18, 19 and 20.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 16th August 1925 by Major-General F.A. Dudgeon C.B., general officer commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division; dedicated by the Bishop of Durham.
Memorial Description
Floor plaque with seat, total height 7 feet 2 inches x 6 feet 2 inches wide (Faculty gives 6 feet 6 inches x 6 feet). It has a dome at centre top. There are two shelves for vases. The centre panel at the back has the D.L.I. badge at centre top and carries the dedication. Two outer panels carry the battle honours.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in proud memory of the / 46 Officers, 144 Warrant Officers and / Non-Commissioned Officers and 729 men / of the Fifth Battalion / the Durham Light Infantry / who died in the Great War 1914-1919
Left hand panel:
Battle Honours / Aisne 1914-18 / Armentieres 1914 / Ypres 1915 17 18 / Garvenstafel / St Julien / Frezenberg / Bellewaard / Hooge 1915 / Loos / Somme 1916 18 / Albert 1914 16 / Bazentin / Delville Wood / Pozieres / Guillemont / Flers-Courcelette / Morval / Le Transloy / Ancre Heights / Arras 1917 18 / Scarpe 1917 / Arleux / Hill 70 / Messines 1917 / Pilckem / Langemarck 1917 / Menin Road / Polygon wood / Broodseinde / Passchendaele
Right hand panel:
Battle Honours / Cambrai 1917-18 / St Quentin / Rosieres / Lys / Estaires / Hazebrouck / Bailleul / Kemmel / Schepenberg / Marne 1918 / Tardengis / Bapaume 1915 / Hindenburg line / Havrincourt / Epehy / Canal du Nord / St Quentin Canal / Beaurevoir / Courtrai / Selle / Sambre / France and Flanders 1914-18 / Piave / Vittorio Veneto / Italy 1917-18 / Macedonia 1916-18 / Egypt 1915-16 / NW Frontier India 1915 1916-17 / Archangel 1918-19
Left hand panel:
Battle Honours / Aisne 1914-18 / Armentieres 1914 / Ypres 1915 17 18 / Garvenstafel / St Julien / Frezenberg / Bellewaard / Hooge 1915 / Loos / Somme 1916 18 / Albert 1914 16 / Bazentin / Delville Wood / Pozieres / Guillemont / Flers-Courcelette / Morval / Le Transloy / Ancre Heights / Arras 1917 18 / Scarpe 1917 / Arleux / Hill 70 / Messines 1917 / Pilckem / Langemarck 1917 / Menin Road / Polygon wood / Broodseinde / Passchendaele
Right hand panel:
Battle Honours / Cambrai 1917-18 / St Quentin / Rosieres / Lys / Estaires / Hazebrouck / Bailleul / Kemmel / Schepenberg / Marne 1918 / Tardengis / Bapaume 1915 / Hindenburg line / Havrincourt / Epehy / Canal du Nord / St Quentin Canal / Beaurevoir / Courtrai / Selle / Sambre / France and Flanders 1914-18 / Piave / Vittorio Veneto / Italy 1917-18 / Macedonia 1916-18 / Egypt 1915-16 / NW Frontier India 1915 1916-17 / Archangel 1918-19
Names
None. But see S138.35
Cost
Estimated at £250
How money was raised
Men of 5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed by Messrs. Hicks and Charlwood; made by Ralph Hedley & Sons.
Notes
1. This is the Battalion Church. There are some very old banners on display: “Two tattered flags , dating back from 1804, reminiscent of the Loyal Stockton Volunteers in the Napoleonic Wars”.
2. The 5th Batt. is the only battalion in the regiment to have laid up their colours in their own Parish Church. All other regiments laid theirs up in Durham Cathedral.
2. The 5th Batt. is the only battalion in the regiment to have laid up their colours in their own Parish Church. All other regiments laid theirs up in Durham Cathedral.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders
Stockton and Teesside Herald 14/02/1920
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 2104, issued 24/01/1925
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 22/08/1925 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 20/08/1925 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 17/08/1925 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Tyne and Wear Archives Ralph Hedley plans Acc.142 DT/RH/20/179
Stockton and Teesside Herald 14/02/1920
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 2104, issued 24/01/1925
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 22/08/1925 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 20/08/1925 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 17/08/1925 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Tyne and Wear Archives Ralph Hedley plans Acc.142 DT/RH/20/179
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders, John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
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