Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1939-45 Cricket Club St. John
Reference
S28.04
Place
SHOTLEY LOW QUARTER
Map ref
NZ 064526
Original Location
St. John's Church, Snod's Edge. South nave of wall.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque 27cm high x 39.5cm wide. It is mounted on a wood frame which has a double line border of lighter wood, and wood bosses at the corners. The plate is very plain, the lettering is in italics.
Materials used
Copper
Inscription
Lt. John Charles Frater, DSC, Fleet Air Arm,
and Sgt. Henry Douglas Mackenzie, Royal Air Force,
members of Shotley St. John's Cricket Club
who gave their lives in the World War 1939-45
Names
2 names, ranks & regiments.
See above.
See above.
Who commissioned
Shotley St. John's Cricket Club
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
L.C. Evetts
Notes
1. The Bishop’s Advisory Committee did not care for the original design which was “poor” and “brass unsuitable” but agreed reluctantly to allow it. However, it was not to be “on the east wall, nor in the chancel, nor on a pillar”. The revised plan was for a copper plaque to be placed next to the window near the pulpit and behind the choir stall, which was accepted.
2. Sgt. Mackenzie was serving with 44 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Hampden I AD840 KM- which took off on a mission to Hamm. None of the 4 crew members survived and all are buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
2. Sgt. Mackenzie was serving with 44 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Hampden I AD840 KM- which took off on a mission to Hamm. None of the 4 crew members survived and all are buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Paul Graham, P. Thirkell, Tony Harding
Newcastle Diocesan Faculty Book 2, No. 1651, 28/06/1948
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publications; 1993; ISBN 0 904597 87 3
Newcastle Diocesan Faculty Book 2, No. 1651, 28/06/1948
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1941; W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publications; 1993; ISBN 0 904597 87 3
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Paul Graham, Prudhoe Local History Society; P. Thirkell; John S. Perry; Tony Harding; Patrick Easen
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