Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul
Reference
W111.020
Place
WEST HARTLEPOOL
Map ref
NZ 544113
Original Location
St. Paul’s Church, Grange Road
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque. It has a very elaborately carved and traceried frame of carved vines and grapes. The central panel has a cross carved in the top half, with the initials “A.M.D.C.” in the four quarters. In the lower half is the dedication.
The names are carried in a single column on each of the two flanking panels which are of darker wood. The names are incised and gilded Roman capitals. The quotation is carried in large Gothic capitals along the bottom border.
The names are carried in a single column on each of the two flanking panels which are of darker wood. The names are incised and gilded Roman capitals. The quotation is carried in large Gothic capitals along the bottom border.
Materials used
Wood
Inscription
To the Glory of / God / and in honoured / memory of our / brethren who / worshipped here / and laid down / their lives in the / Great War / 1914-1918.
God proved them and found them worthy of Himself.
God proved them and found them worthy of Himself.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Source of quotation
“God proved them and . . .” : Apocrypha, Book of Wisdom 111 v 5
Source of quotation
“God proved them and . . .” : Apocrypha, Book of Wisdom 111 v 5
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul (W111.020)
WEST HARTLEPOOL St. Paul’s Church
Adams Gordon A M Mason Heseltine
Batchelor Alan W. Maunder Charles
Blyth Robert L. Maunder Victor
Brown Jacob D G McCulloch William
Boyce William H. Mitchell William
Blades Thomas Newton William H.
Blair Alexander Parkinson Alfred
Cook Leonard Parr Noel Geoffry
Carr Thomas Parr Norman Edward
Charlton William Pickard Arthur George
Cummins Valentine Plaice Herbert
Cutter William J. Perry John
Clarke Allan Richardson John
Crosby John M. Robinson John J.
Donachie Robert Read George H.
Dixon H. Percy Roberts William
Fairey George W. Robinson Eustace D.S.
Frankland J. Percy Sanderson Henry Herbert
Featherstone E.J. Story Robert
Fordham George To the Glory of Sanders George
Fairfoot H. Bulmer Stewart James C.
Groves Thomas G. God Storr William J.
Greathead Clarence Smurthwaite Oscar
Hollis Thomas and in honoured Shippin William
Hall Bertram Toms A.E.
Hargreaves Clifford memory of our Todd George H.
Holden A. Oliver Thoren Ivor
Hewitson Jack brethren who Tindale Oswald B.
Hauxwell Bruce Thompson Thomas M.
Hauxwell Stanley worshipped here Upton R. Osmond
Hughes Fred Valks Alfred
Harrison Charles H. and laid down Witten Richard Arthur
Hutson Harold Wake George
Jenkins Bertram H. their lives in the Walton William
Jenkins Matthew Webster Thomas
Jack Malcolm Great War Witton William
Keady John Weatherburn William G.
Kendall George 1914-1918. Young Cyril R.M.
God proved them and found them worthy of Himself.
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