Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Union Congregational 'Royalty'
Reference
S140.096
Place
SUNDERLAND
Map ref
3956
Original Location
Union Congregational 'Royalty' Church
Present Location
Stockton Road United Reformed Church (formerly Grange Congregational Church)
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 5th April 1922 by Rev. W.D. French.
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance 11 inches high x 9 inches wide bound in leather. There is a thin gold line around the edge on three sides. The flyleaf is highly illuminated using elaborate calligraphy. The names are handwritten in a single column on each page, those who served are in black, those who died in red. They are listed under the headings of Army, Navy and Merchant Service.
The 1939-45 names are preceded by another illuminated page. The names are also in a single column, but across the top and down the two sides is a coloured border and all capital letters are illuminated.
The 1939-45 names are preceded by another illuminated page. The names are also in a single column, but across the top and down the two sides is a coloured border and all capital letters are illuminated.
Materials used
Leather bound book.
Inscription
a. Union / Congregational Church / Sunderland / Herein are inscribed the names of / the men who went forth from this / Church / to take part in the Great War 1914-19 / Those whose names are written in red / returned not to us, but / “Their hope is full of immortality” . To all who served the gratitude of today / and of all tomorrow is a / sure possession.
b. Those who / served in the / Second World / War 1939-1945 /
The tumult and the shouting died / the captains and the kinds depart / Still stands thine ancient sacrifice / A humble and a contrite heart. / Lord God of Hosts be with us yet / Lest we forget, lest we forget/
b. Those who / served in the / Second World / War 1939-1945 /
The tumult and the shouting died / the captains and the kinds depart / Still stands thine ancient sacrifice / A humble and a contrite heart. / Lord God of Hosts be with us yet / Lest we forget, lest we forget/
Names
Notes
1. “In a casket below the tablet (S140.088) an album is placed containing the names of all men who served in the war, as well as those who made the supreme sacrifice.” (1922)
2. The “Royalty church” was demolished in 1970s.
2. The “Royalty church” was demolished in 1970s.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Illustrated Chronicle 05/04/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 08/04/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
Their hope is full of immortality Wisdom of Solomon 3
To all who served the gratitude of today and of all tomorrow is a sure possession Not ascertained
“The tumult and the shouting died . . .” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated Chronicle 05/04/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 08/04/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
Their hope is full of immortality Wisdom of Solomon 3
To all who served the gratitude of today and of all tomorrow is a sure possession Not ascertained
“The tumult and the shouting died . . .” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Pam Waistall; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Union Congregational 'Royalty' (S140.096)
Title-page
Union
Congregational Church,
Sunderland.
Herein are inscribed the names of
the Men who went forth from this
Church
to take part in the Great War, 1914-1919.
---------------------
Those whose names are written in Red
returned not to us, but –
“Their hope is full of immortality”.
---------------------
To all who served the gratitude of today
and of all tomorrow is a
pure possession.
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Page 1
Army.
*Rev. J.G. Aldridge.
T.H. Armstrong.
T.E. Bacon.
F.W. Baxter.
F. Baxter.
J.E. Bradley.
*Harold H. Brierly.
G. Talbot Brown.
J.E. Clark.
L.A. Common.
B.E. Common.
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Page 2
C.R. Common.
F. Cuthbert.
G.F. Dodds.
A.G. Douglas.
A.G. Everett.
*Arnold Garcia.
*J. Goddart.
*Arnold J. Green.
F.S. Green.
F.T. Green.
H. Habgood.
T.W. Hindmarch.
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Page 3
N. Hodgson.
W. Hughes.
D. Hutton.
S. Ireland.
W. Jefferson.
J.S. Johnson.
W.H. Kean.
A.E. Kieffer.
A. Lewis.
*Harry Lucas.
D. Macnair.
I.A.F. Macnair.
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Page 4
J. Macnair.
T.D. Macnair.
T.R. McCarthy.
A.W. Manning.
E. Manning.
W.R. Mann.
R.H. Mathewson.
P. Marlborough.
J. Mayhew.
A. Metcalfe.
W.B. Milbanke.
T. Miller.
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Page 5
*T. Pearson.
Angus Philipson.
E. Philipson.
G. Philipson.
R.T. Pindar.
J. Potts.
W.W. Potts.
R. Potts.
R.H. Priestly.
T.P. Priestley.
W. Priestly.
J.A. Ross.
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Page 6
*Arnold Rudd.
T. Rudd.
H. Salvin.
T.L. Sedgewick.
M. Smith.
W.H. Smith.
*E. Spalding.
J. Spalding.
D. Stirling.
*J. Stirling.
M. Stirling.
R.W. Staddon.
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Page 7
*Arthur C. Stewart.
S. Streets.
*Thos. H. Souter.
W. Taylor.
J.D. Thatcher.
W.H. Tullock.
W. Walker.
H. Wilkinson.
W.L. Wilkinson.
H. Williamson.
F. Wright.
A. Yates.
J.W. Younson.
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Page 8
Navy.
A. Manning.
E. Marrs.
J.E. Miller.
F.E. Proom.
R. Streets.
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Page 9
Merchant Service.
*J.W. Allan.
G.H. Armstrong.
M. Dixon.
F. Dobbing.
T. Graham.
*William Hedley.
T. Laing.
J.E. Lucas.
*William Read.
J.G. Read.
J.R. Robertson.
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Page 10
J. Robson.
G.L. Sedgewick.
F. Snowball.
*John Snowdon.
*Alan H. Thatcher.
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Page 11
Those who
served in the
Second World
War, 1939-1945.
The tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice
An humble and a contrite heart
Lord God of Hosts be with us yet
Lest we forget Lest we forget
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Page 12
William Bishop
Leonard Blake
William Carr
Roy Cross
William France
Harry Gibson
William Gibson
Peter Gordon
Joan Gray
Dorothy Gray
Archie Harlow
Robert Horn
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Page 13
Hilda Ireland
Olive Joicey
George King
Raymond Lamb
Andrew Leithead
Charles Leithead
Alice Lind
John Martin
Doris McLean
Appleby Murgatroyd
Colin Murgatroyd
Ethel Murgatroyd
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Page 14
Eunice Murgatroyd
Edward Murray
Michael O’Halloran
Charles Ratcliffe
Austin Roberts
John Robinson
Swan Sinclair
*Charles B. Summers
Thomas Thompson
Leslie Watt
Robert Watt
Joseph Wells
Raymond Wells
Edwin Wilson
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In the book, the names of the fallen are written in red.
Here they are identified by an asterisk *
NamesS140.096
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