Memorial Details
Memorial
Screen, west porch, 1914-18 Minster
Reference
S140.041
Place
SUNDERLAND
Map ref
NZ 392569
Original Location
The Minster. Formerly St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, High Street West. Bishopwearmouth.
Present Location
Previously sited opposite entrance to the Ladies’ Cloakroom
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated 27th January 1922 by the Bishop of Durham
Memorial Description
Screen over 9 feet high x 13 feet wide. There are three layers of panels. The top layer has a border of vine leaves and grapes carved in half relief, the eight side panels are traceried, and the central panel bears a cross also in half relief.
Below this is the dedication carried right across the whole width of the screen, raised in half relief using elaborate lettering.
Below this is a double door with traceried panels above and linenfold panels below.
The doors each have two traceried panels with names in a single column on each. On each side of the door are three panels, the outer ones traceried and the centre one plain but bearing names in a single column using Roman capitals.
Below this is the dedication carried right across the whole width of the screen, raised in half relief using elaborate lettering.
Below this is a double door with traceried panels above and linenfold panels below.
The doors each have two traceried panels with names in a single column on each. On each side of the door are three panels, the outer ones traceried and the centre one plain but bearing names in a single column using Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
Across screen :
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Men of this Church and Parish / Who in the Great War 1914-1918 gave their lives in the Service of King and Country.
Above doors :
And also of Saint Peter’s Parish Bishopwearmouth
Above side panels: (left) Their Name liveth (right) For evermore.
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Men of this Church and Parish / Who in the Great War 1914-1918 gave their lives in the Service of King and Country.
Above doors :
And also of Saint Peter’s Parish Bishopwearmouth
Above side panels: (left) Their Name liveth (right) For evermore.
Names
Notes
1. “The west porch of the old Bishop Wearmouth Church has been beautifully paneled as a memorial to the men of the church and parish who fell in the Great War”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Tony Harding; L.T.; James Pasby
Sunderland Echo 28/01/1922 page 2.
Northern Echo 28/01/1922 briefly reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 28/01/1922 reports dedication of the panelling in the west porch.
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 6530, issued 27/05/1987
Monumental Inscriptions and Dedications within St. Michael & All Angels, Bishopwearmouth and the Gravestones in the churchyard Andrew D. Fletcher
Bishopwearmouth Parish Church Brief history of the first Church of South Wearmouth
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Sunderland Echo 28/01/1922 page 2.
Northern Echo 28/01/1922 briefly reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 28/01/1922 reports dedication of the panelling in the west porch.
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 6530, issued 27/05/1987
Monumental Inscriptions and Dedications within St. Michael & All Angels, Bishopwearmouth and the Gravestones in the churchyard Andrew D. Fletcher
Bishopwearmouth Parish Church Brief history of the first Church of South Wearmouth
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Research acknowledgements
John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Alan Vickers; Dorothy Hall; Sharon Vincent; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
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Screen, west porch, 1914-18 Minster (S140.041)
SUNDERLAND Minster (formerly St. Michael and All Angels’ Church).
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Men of this Church and Parish
Who in the Great War 1914-1918 gave their lives in the Service of King and Country.
Their Name liveth For evermore.
And also of Saint Peter’s Parish Bishopwearmouth
Extreme left panel Extreme right panel.
Ambler Edward Muckles Bertie
Amundsen Archibald Charles Muller William Arthur
Anderson Andrew Nesbitt Frank Wallace Rowlands
Armstrong Thomas Miller Ollett John Engledow
Baxter Alexander Peacock Richard Henry
Beaumont Edward Charles Price John Henry
Bell Arthur Osborne Pringle Andrew
Bell William Pumphrey Arnold D.S.O.
Burkett Francis Edgar Pumphrey Hubert
Brown Frank Reah Herbert
Browne John Corbet Richardson Raymond Driver
Bullock Edward William Richardson Swainson Harrison
Burton Thomas Richardson Thomas
Carruthers William Green Ritson Francis
Clark John Ritson Arthur Stewart
Cranston George John Robson William Hutchinson
Davison George Wilkinson Rodley Victor A.
Dougherty Benjamin Rose George
Duncan Charles Rose George William
Else Edward Rose Henry
Harrison Roland Edgar Rose John
Harrison Frederick William M.C. Ryall George Andrew
Hebdon John Walter Salter Cyril Jeffries
Hill John Joseph Sanderson Thomas
Hopgood Arthur Sydney Sharp Thomas
Hughes George Sloan Leonard Humble
Hunter John Snowball Robert
Innes John William Snowdon John Fisher
Kirton William Stobbs Frederick Harold Morgan
Lackenby William Tetley Thomas William
Lisle Henry Luff Thornton William
Manners Thomas James Tonkinson John William
Middleton Bryce William Johnston Tonkinson Sydney
Milburn George Toshach Thomas
Miller Charles Veitch Thomas Hindmarch
Miller Alfred Walker William
Miller Walter Wardell Charles Frederick
Miller Thomas Williams Young Ernest
Dodd Joseph William Young William Haswell
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Central left hand door
Barlow Joseph Fisher William
Best James Forrestal Josh. N.
Brow George Friberg James
Cady Alfred Gair Charles
Cady George Goodfellow E.P.
Cartledge Martin Graham Wilfred
Clarke Fred. Wm. Hemsley Sydney
Clementson Geo. Hepple Thomas
Cranswick Jas. E. Hodgson Thomas
Dobson Geo. J. Horne Harry
Farrow John Howard John H.
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Central right hand door
Innes John Wm. Sayers John Innes
Jameson T.W.T Sheils George M.
Kidd Harry Simpson Thomas
Lamb Fred Selby Simpson William
Laing Henry Tate Andrew
Liddle Robert Tulip Stephen
Lockey James Tweddle Joseph
Lovett Frederick Weighill Herbert
Nicholson William Whitelock Ralph K.
Raine John Whitelock Thos. B.
Robinson Joseph Williams Ivor
NamesS140.041
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