Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 St. Paul
Reference
W111.021
Place
WEST HARTLEPOOL
Map ref
NZ 544113
Original Location
St. Paul’s Church, Grange Road
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque with raised centre top. At centre top is a crossed carved in half relief and gilded. On either side are roundels painted in full colour depicting (left) Royal Navy and (right) the Army. Similar roundels at the bottom depict (left) Royal Air Force, (centre) the English red cross and (right) Merchant Navy. The dedication is at the top, the exhortation in the middle. The names are listed in three columns. All lettering is incised and gilded using Roman capitals.
Materials used
Wood
Inscription
The altar rails in this Church and / this plaque were dedicated to the / glory of God and in memory of those / who gave their lives for us during / the War 1939-1945.
They left all that was dear to them / endured hardship, faced danger and / finally passed out of the sight of men. / Let those who come after see to it / that their names are not forgotten.
They left all that was dear to them / endured hardship, faced danger and / finally passed out of the sight of men. / Let those who come after see to it / that their names are not forgotten.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall
Source of quotation
“They left all that was dear . . . : On certificate signed by King George V and issued to all bereaved families.
Source of quotation
“They left all that was dear . . . : On certificate signed by King George V and issued to all bereaved families.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 St. Paul (W111.021)
WEST HARTLEPOOL St. Paul’s Church
The altar rails in this Church and
this plaque were dedicated to the
glory of God and in memory of those
who gave their lives for us during
the War 1939-1945.
They left all that was dear to them,
endured hardship, faced danger and
finally passed out of the sight of men.
Let those who come after see to it
that their names are not forgotten.
E. Stanley B. Abbey Arnold W. Gibson Eric J. Shaw
Arthur W.A. Airey William R. Gowland George P. Sivewright
Frederick Ansbridge Joseph Hanover Alfred Spalding
J. Kenneth Atkinson Thomas W. Hardy James Sparrow
A. Denis Baird James H. Hopkins George W.M. Swallow
Richard Barker George H. Hornigold Thomas E. Tabley
Charles J. Barker L. Wilfred R. Linell John Thompson
Harry A. Bolton John Lownie G. William Walton
Harry Bromby Godfrey Mallam George W.E. Walton
Richard Coates John Manson Frank Waterland
Norman W. Crowe Hugh McNeill Richard T. Williams
James Davidson Roy Nelson Robert Williams
John M. Dobson Eric E. Noddings J. Nurton Wilson
John G. Egglestone William B. Richmond George Witten
John J. Elsdon Ronald Roxborough Harry O. Wright
William E. Exelby Joseph Rumble Ronald Wright
William C. Fortune Frederick H. Scott W. Bernard Young
Arthur H. Gayford John Scott Arthur Smith
NamesW111.21
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