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Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke

Reference

W111.035

Place

WEST HARTLEPOOL

Map ref

NZ 495330

Original Location

St. Luke�s Church, Hart Lane / Tunstall Avenue. In the chancel.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 17th October 1920

Memorial Description

Plaque with domed top 2 feet 3 inches high x 1 foot 6 inches wide (685mm x 457mm) set on a marble pattress 4 inches wider all round which echoes the shape. There is a wide border of geometric design and a cross at centre top. Names are listed in two columns divided by a vertical line. Lettering is in Gothic and sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass plaque on marble pattress

Inscription

+ / St. Luke�s, West Hartlepool / In blessed memory of / the men who died / in the service of their King and Country / during the European War / 1914-1918
May they rest in peace.

Names

27 full names.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Brass plaque donated by Mr. Ward; mount and fixing given by Mr. Alf Guy.

Present condition

Restored 2000.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Mr. R.H. Mackin, West Hartlepool;

Notes

1. �The memorial contains the names of 27 men connected with the church who died in the war and whose names do not appear on any other church roll of honour�.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Northern Daily Mail 19/10/1920

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation
�May they rest in peace� Mass for the dead

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; the late Syd Reed

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke (W111.035)

WEST HARTLEPOOL  St. Luke’s Church

    St. Luke’s, West Hartlepool

    In blessed memory of

    the men who died

    in the service of their King and Country

    during the European War

    1914-1918

    -------------------

    Beart Austrin       Wm. Hewitson

    Wm. Archibald       Alfred J. Horner

    Sidney Addison      Thos. Jefferson

    Robert Addison      Reg. C. Johnson

    James Brennan       William King

    Gerald Blackwell    John Kirk

    Thomas Barker       Wm. McCulloch

    Alfred Dunn         Geo. H. Paxton

    Percy Edmundson     Wm. Robson

    Charles Gardner     Newby Robson

    Thos. Geo. Groves   Philip Riley

    George Gutridge     Arthur Short

    William Glen        Frank Short

             William Walton

    -------------------

    May they rest in peace

NamesW111.35

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