Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Aidan
Reference
S140.036
Place
SUNDERLAND
Original Location
St. Aidan’s Church. Grangetown. On north-west pier
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled and dedicated 12th December 1920 by the Bishop of Durham.
Memorial Description
The plaque is surmounted by crucifix in an elaborate setting, with gilded tracery above and below.
The upper and larger plaque 4 feet high x 3 feet wide has a thick single line border which also divides the quotations above and below into their own rectangles. The names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals throughout.
The lower smaller plaque also has a single line border, the names listed in three columns divided by vertical lines.
The words of dedication are incised into the frame below the relevant panel in elaborate letters.
The upper and larger plaque 4 feet high x 3 feet wide has a thick single line border which also divides the quotations above and below into their own rectangles. The names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals throughout.
The lower smaller plaque also has a single line border, the names listed in three columns divided by vertical lines.
The words of dedication are incised into the frame below the relevant panel in elaborate letters.
Materials used
Oak surrounding brass plaques.
Inscription
a. Their Name liveth for evermore / (Names) They were a wall unto us.
b. In grateful memory of those who fell 1939-1945
b. In grateful memory of those who fell 1939-1945
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Architect, W. H. Wood, F.R.I.B.A., Newcastle
Notes
1. The original design was for a Calvary with tablets below making provision for candlestick brackets on either side of the memorial, but the approval process insisted that the candlesticks be omitted, in case the crucifix included within the design became an object of devotional attention – especially as there were proposals to have candles lit a couple of times a year.
2. The memorial for is described as being a “shrine in oak with a gunmetal tablet”.
3. In 2011 to celebrate 100 years of St Aidan, Dr. Robert Barry Shepherd produced A centenary History 1911-2011. There are chapters on both World Wars and the names on both plaques have been expanded
2. The memorial for is described as being a “shrine in oak with a gunmetal tablet”.
3. In 2011 to celebrate 100 years of St Aidan, Dr. Robert Barry Shepherd produced A centenary History 1911-2011. There are chapters on both World Wars and the names on both plaques have been expanded
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: R. Riddell; C. Sanders; James Pasby
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 956, issued 26/08/1920
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 11/12/1920; 13/12/1920 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Tyne and Wear Archives Architecture Plans 1920 DT/WO/8/186
Sources of quotations
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.
“They were a wall unto us . . . .” I Samuel 25 v 15-16
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 956, issued 26/08/1920
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 11/12/1920; 13/12/1920 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Tyne and Wear Archives Architecture Plans 1920 DT/WO/8/186
Sources of quotations
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.
“They were a wall unto us . . . .” I Samuel 25 v 15-16
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Roland Riddell; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; James Pasby
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Aidan (S140.036)
Their Name Liveth For Evermore
Sergt. John Bailey Pte. Robert Gray Sapper Hugh Ritchie
Capt. Chas.W.Tone Barker Pte. John W. Gray Pte. John Roberts
Lieut. Arnold S. Barker Sergt. Robert Hilton L/Cpl. William J. Robertson
Major Harold F. Barker Pte. Samuel Hough Pte. Matthew Robson
Pte. Frederick Bell Pte. William D. Hull Pte. Richard L. Rochester
Gnr. George Bell Pte. Henry Johnson Sergt. Richard Rounsley
Pte. John W. Benison Pte. James Lauder Stoker Colin M. Russell
Pte. John G. Bennett Pte. Benjamin Malcolm Corpl. John H. Scratcher
Pte. Thomas Benney Pte. Thomas Martin Sergt. David Seath
Pte. Matthew E. Berry Pte. James Martin Pte. Henry Seath
Corpl. Thomas Blackett Pte. George B. Mather Capt. Norman R. Shepherd
Pte. Edward Brown Pte. John A. Moir Pte. Robert A. Sheraton
Pte. Stanley Brown Pte. William W. Moir Pte. George W. Sly
Pte. William Burnett Pte. John Monk Sergt. Newman Smith
Corpl. George Carter Sergt. William B. Morton Pte. Thomas H. Smith
Pte. Robert Clark Pte. Richard Mulvenny Pte. P. W. Sollas
Pye. Ernest Coxon Pte. George G. McKenzie Pte. William Stafford
Pte. James W. Cranmer Pte. Patrick McVoy Pte. Robert Stormont
Pte. John C. Curry Pte. Francis J. Nee Pte. David Stormont
Stoker James Darling Bombr. James Neilson Pte. John S. Sutherst
Pte. Thomas E. Davis Pte. Raymond Norton Pte. Tom A. Taylor
Pte. William Dawson Pte. John Y. Pallin Cpl. John Thomas
C.S.M. Charles T. Dixon Pte. Edward Parkin Pte. Walter Thompson
Gnr. William Dobson Sergt. George Pearson Pte. Ernest Tough
Pte. George Eagling Pte. John G.S. Pescodd Pte. Joseph Trewick
Pte. Thomas Ford L/Cpl. Charles Pooley Pte. John N. Willcock
Pte. William J. Forster Pte. Michael Purcell Pte. Matthew Williamson
Pte. John W. Foster Pte. Joseph Purnell Corpl. Isaac Willis
Pte. John R. Glaister Sergt. Henry Rayne L.Cpl. James Wright
Pte. Joseph Godfrey Cpl. John J. Reynolds Pte. Preston Young
They were a wall unto us
In grateful memory of those who fell 1914-1918
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William Arnold George William Gillis Edward Robson
Harold Marsden Ball Norman Hannon Joseph Robson
Albert Blackett Ernest Hodgson William Boyd Robson
Isaac Bewley Bone Vitty Kears Sidney Shiel
John Carr Edgar Lindsey Lovell Ernest Simpson
Alec Clifford John Lunn John William Simpson
Patrick Connor Stanley McLaren John Smiles
James Cowell George Mason Robert Smith
Richard Davison William Henry Morris Stanley Gordon Smith
Charles Dodd Duncan Mouat Henry Sproat
Roland Edmundson Walter Ernest New William Currie Stoker
Thomas Walker Farrar William Adey Percival Henry Swinson
Matthew Finlay William Henry Percival Robert Martin Telfer
George Gaunt Arthur Dobson Rigg John James Trotter
Alexander Gibb Richard Robinson John Henry Watson
George Ernest Gilbert William Tweddell Robinson John Wright.
In grateful memory of those who fell 1939-1945
Names S140.36
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