Memorial Details
Memorial
Panels and Plaque 1914-18 St. Gabriel
Reference
S140.009
Place
SUNDERLAND
Map ref
NZ 379563
Original Location
St. Gabriel’s Church, Chester Road / Kayll Road, Bishopwearmouth. In south transept.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 29th December 1919 by the Bishop of Durham.
Memorial Description
Wood panels with extended "wings". The dedication is carried along the top of the central panel, carved in Gothic gilded lettering. The seven panels below this are bare. Both "wing" panels, which are brought forward at an angle at each end, have a winged angel carrying a crown. The names are incised in a single column on each panel and gilded using Roman capitals throughout.
On the right hand wing a name has been added onto the edge of the panelling.
Alongside is a plaque set on oak pattress. There is a single line border. The lettering is in raised Roman capitals apart from the quotation which is in sans serif lower case.
On the right hand wing a name has been added onto the edge of the panelling.
Alongside is a plaque set on oak pattress. There is a single line border. The lettering is in raised Roman capitals apart from the quotation which is in sans serif lower case.
Materials used
Wood panels. Plaque is of brass on oak
Inscription
On panels:
Be thou faithful unto death and I will give / thee a crown of life.
On plaque:
This memorial was erected in honour of / the men of St. Gabriel’s / who fell in battle during the Great War 1914-1919 / by their friends and fellow-worshippers / that the remembrance of their self sacrifice / might not fade away. /
“Greater love hath no man than this, the he lay down his life for his friends”.
Be thou faithful unto death and I will give / thee a crown of life.
On plaque:
This memorial was erected in honour of / the men of St. Gabriel’s / who fell in battle during the Great War 1914-1919 / by their friends and fellow-worshippers / that the remembrance of their self sacrifice / might not fade away. /
“Greater love hath no man than this, the he lay down his life for his friends”.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Roland Riddell; James Pasby
Durham Record Office:
Names of the fallen EP/Biw.SG 2/20. (Copy on file) This appears to be an interim list, since all the names listed are not all those on the memorial itself.
Ref EP/Biw.SG 4/123 is a photo of the panels before the names were added
Service of Dedication, Ref. No. EP/Biw.SG 2/19
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Sources of quotations
“Be thou faithful unto death . . .” Revelation 2 v 10;
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13
Durham Record Office:
Names of the fallen EP/Biw.SG 2/20. (Copy on file) This appears to be an interim list, since all the names listed are not all those on the memorial itself.
Ref EP/Biw.SG 4/123 is a photo of the panels before the names were added
Service of Dedication, Ref. No. EP/Biw.SG 2/19
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Sources of quotations
“Be thou faithful unto death . . .” Revelation 2 v 10;
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders, John and Mavis Dixon; R. Riddell; Dorothy Hall; Alan Vickers
Research In Progress
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Panels and Plaque 1914-18 St. Gabriel (S140.009)
SUNDERLAND St. Gabriel’s Church
On panels:
Be thou faithful unto death and I will give
thee a crown of life.
Left hand side: Right hand side:
Adams Henry Valentine Judge, Thomas
Brown, David Kent, Frederick Wm.
Brydon John Cummings Liddle, Richard Mordey
Bryers Rupert Bede Lucas, E.H.
Burge Clifford MacKenzie, Thos. Arthur F.
Burge, Harry Middleton, Norman
Callum, John Bell Manning, Joseph Wm.
Chapelow, Joseph Moon, Thomas
Cowey, Joseph Ogleby, Victor
Craig, Albert Ogleby, John D.
Davey, Ernest Rewcastle, John Grant
Donkin, Harry Semmons Richardson, Wm. Harold
Egglestone, Alexander Robson, Percy Blackwood
Egglestone, Wallace Rosier, J.E. Radcliffe
French, Kenneth Noel Senior, Alfred Ernest
Hann, Thomas, M.C. Sephton, Robert Wilson
Harland George Hunter Simpson, Joseph
Hartness, Rex Southwell, Reginald
Hammond, Thos. Percival Stewart, James Todd
Hipwood, Richard Wm. Strickland, Samuel R
Inch, James Wm. Weighill, Herbert
Jobling, Ernest Young, Thomas Wilfred
On frame
Simpson, Roland
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On plaque:
This memorial was erected in honour of
the men of St. Gabriel’s
who fell in battle during the Great War 1914-1919
by their friends and fellow-worshippers
that the remembrance of their self sacrifice
might not fade away.
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“Greater love hath no man than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends”
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The interim list in Durham record Office Ref: EP/Biw.SG 2/20
contains the following list, which has some variations
on the names:
Henry Valentine Adams Rex Hartness
David Brown Richard Hipwood
John Brydon James Inch
Rupert Bede Bryers Fred Kent
Clifford Burge Richard Liddle
Harry Burge Arthur Mackenzie
John W. Callum Norman Middleton
J. Chapelow W. Moon
Joseph Cowie Harold Richardson
Harry Donkin Percy Robson
Alec Egglestone J.E. Radcliffe Rosier
Thomas Percival Alfred Senior
Hammond Robert Sephton
Thomas Hann Reginald Southwell
George Harland Herbert Weighill
NamesS140.09
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