Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. George Presbyterian
Reference
S140.049
Place
SUNDERLAND
Map ref
5657
Original Location
St.George's Presbyterian Church
Present Location
Stockton Road United Reformed Church
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 29th June 1921 by Mr. J.A. Kennedy dedicated by Rev. J. Miller Craig.
Memorial Description
Plaque 4 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide with pointed top and moulded frame. At centre top is a crown.
The names of the fallen are listed in two columns with date of death beside, those who served are in listed in three columns. All lettering is incised and gilded using Roman capitals
The names of the fallen are listed in two columns with date of death beside, those who served are in listed in three columns. All lettering is incised and gilded using Roman capitals
Materials used
Wood
Inscription
To The Glory of God / & in grateful remembrance of the services / rendered by the sons of St George’s Church / in the Great War 1914 - 1919
Faithful unto death
Faithful unto death
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby
Sunderland Echo 30/06/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Northern Echo 30/06/1921 reports unveiling.
Shields Daily News 30/06/1921 page 3 column 8
Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10
Sunderland Echo 30/06/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Northern Echo 30/06/1921 reports unveiling.
Shields Daily News 30/06/1921 page 3 column 8
Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Notes
1. Matthew Struan Robertson Captain 9th Bn Gordon Highlanders Killed in Action March 2nd 1916, is also remembered in the Sunderland Roll of Honour.
2. James Horan Robertson Lieut 7th Bn Black Watch (According to Church Plaque)
Official Records state 8th Bn Black Watch attached to 11th Bn and Killed in Action July 18th 1916, is also remembered on the Sunderland Roll of Honour.
2. James Horan Robertson Lieut 7th Bn Black Watch (According to Church Plaque)
Official Records state 8th Bn Black Watch attached to 11th Bn and Killed in Action July 18th 1916, is also remembered on the Sunderland Roll of Honour.
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. George Presbyterian (S140.049)
SUNDERLAND St. George’s Presbyterian Church
To The Glory of God
& in grateful remembrance of the services
rendered by the sons of St George’s Church
in the Great War 1914 - 1919
J. Nelson 16 August 1915 R.P. Cranston 6 Jan 1917
D.W. Forbes 6 September 1915 W.W. Hedley 24 July 1917
M.S. Robertson 2 March 1916 J. Forbes 20 October 1917
W. Burlinson 31 May 1916 J.D. Weatherhead 31 October 1917
T.E Harrison 1 July 1916 C. Stuart 20 November 1917
A.R. Wood 1 July 1916 E.P. McIndoe 27 February 1918
R. Wilson 18 July 1916 G.C. Grieff 26 March 1918
J.H. Robertson 18 July 1916 H. Thompson 28 March 1918
H. Nesbit 15 August 1916 E.E. Hastie 9 July 1918
M. Dalrymple 16 September 1916 J.K. Mitchell 10 August 1918
D. Mitchell 16 October 1916 S.W. McKenna 10 October 1918
J.H. Sinclair 12 February 1919
“Faithful unto death"
Alexander A. Henderson F.E. Robson J.H.
Bain V. Heslop T. Robson T., Jr.
Bain W. Holmes A.E. Robson W.
Bartram G.H. Hudson S.L. Rochester W.O.
Bartram R.A., Jr., M.C. Hunter T.R. Rodgers A.N.E.
Barker W.R. Hutchinson A.G. Sands G.T.
Bennett L. Hutchinson S. Scott J.G.
Bruce H.S. Hutchinson T.G.G. Scott J.D.
Burn J.R., M.S.M. Jack H.C. Shaw A.
Cameron E G. Low H.B., M.C. & Bar Shaw F.
Charlton. C.C., C.DeG. Manson L.S. Shaw J.M.
Charlton T., C.DeG. Meredith H. Slater W.
Chrishop W.F. Mitchell G.O., M.C. Smith A.G.
Cumming T.E., M.C. Mitchell T.M. Smith H.
Cunningham R.G. Mitchell W. McG., M.C. Stangroom E.W.
Dalrymple W. Moncur J. M.S.M. Stothard B.S., D.S.C., C.DeG.
Davidson A. Moncur J.W. Taylor A.C.
Dinsmore S.J. Morison J.A. Taylor R.
Dix J.F. Morison M. McK. Telford A.T.
Faichen J.A. McCormick C. Telford J.R.
Faichen T.A. McEwen J. Telford J.W.
Findlay F.M. McIndoe W. Thompson F., Jr.
Fletcher R. McLaren W. Tindle W.
Forbes P. Neill J. Todd E.L.
Forbes R.S. Nesbit W. Trumper T.G.
Fox W. Newby G. Wallace H.K.
Gorman C.E. Newton E Watson A.F.
Grieff C. Park J.L. Weatherhead E.D.
Hall J.A. Porteous G. Weir A.P.
Hammond H. Porteous S.H. Weir T.B.
Hanna J., Jr. Powrie D. Whitehouse J.A.B.
Hanna W. Pratt A.H. Whitehouse W.S.
Harrison A.E. Richardson C.E. Wilkinson T.W.
Harrison J. Robertson A.S. Wood J.G.
Harrison P. Robertson W.H. Woolacott D.
Hedley R. Robson E.T. Young P.
The Sunderland Echo 30/06/1920 gives the following as the names of the fallen:-
John Nelson
David William Forbes
Matthew Struan Robertson
William Burlinson
Thomas Ellis Harrison
Andrew Robert Wood
James Horan Robertson
Robert Wilson
Henry Nesbit
Murray Dalrymple
Douglas Mitchell
Robert Percy Cranston
William Wilson Hedley
John Forbes
John Dobson Weatherhead
Charles Stuart
Edward Phillips McIndoe
Gowland Clarke Grieff
Herbert Thompson
Edward Ernest Hastie
James Kinnaird Mitchell
Samuel Walter McKenna
John Hanson Sinclair
NamesS140.49
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