Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ, Plaque 1914-18 Westoe Road Baptist
Reference
S86.073
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 369662
Original Location
Westoe Road Baptist Church
Present Location
The organ was destroyed, the plaque was replaced by a more modern one with names from 1939-45 added.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 31st October 1920 by Lieut.-Quartermaster J.G.G. Francis.
Memorial Description
Organ.
Plaque on light oak pattress. There is a thin single line raised border. At the top is a scroll with a wreath at each end bearing the dates “1914” and “1918”. Between them are the words “Dulce et . . .” The names are below. All lettering is in raised Roman upper and lower case with the quotation in italics.
Plaque on light oak pattress. There is a thin single line raised border. At the top is a scroll with a wreath at each end bearing the dates “1914” and “1918”. Between them are the words “Dulce et . . .” The names are below. All lettering is in raised Roman upper and lower case with the quotation in italics.
Materials used
Bronze on oak pattress.
Inscription
1914 Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori 1918 /
In reverent gratitude to God for Peace and Victory after the Great War / of 1914-1918 wherein eighty men from this Church and Mission took part / and in special remembrance of twelve of them who died giving their lives / for their Country.
In reverent gratitude to God for Peace and Victory after the Great War / of 1914-1918 wherein eighty men from this Church and Mission took part / and in special remembrance of twelve of them who died giving their lives / for their Country.
Names
Notes
1. Additional pipes and stops were added and rededicated in 1936.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo of plaque: C. Sanders
Northern Echo 02/11/1920 reports unveiling of plaque only.
Shields Daily Gazette 01/11/1920 reports unveiling of plaque.
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” (It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Northern Echo 02/11/1920 reports unveiling of plaque only.
Shields Daily Gazette 01/11/1920 reports unveiling of plaque.
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” (It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Michael Mulhern
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Organ, Plaque 1914-18 Westoe Road Baptist (S86.073)
SOUTH SHIELDS West Road Baptist.
1914 Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori 1918
In reverent gratitude to God for Peace and Victory after the Great War
of 1914-1918 wherein eighty men from this Church and Mission took part
and in special remembrance of twelve of them who died giving their lives
for their Country.
WESTOE ROAD: John Rutherford Alexander . Arthur Irwin Bridge . Richard Cox
Arthur Turner Hislop . George Frederick Allan Jessop . David Mitchell
Robert Penman . Thomas Arthur Penman . Robert Valentine Smith
PERCY STREET: John Rives . Philip Rives . Thomas Tailford
NamesS86.073
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