Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin
Reference
W56.05
Place
WILLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 318677
Original Location
St. Mary the Virgin Church, Churchill Street / Perth Gardens
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 10th 1921 by Archdeacon of Northumberland, Rev. C.F. Blackett-Ord.
Memorial Description
Plaque of white marble set on a black pattress 40 inches high x 46 inches wide, with half dome at centre top. There is a narrow single-line border, and a cross at centre top. The dedication is in block Roman lettering, the names are in three columns in sans serif lettering.
Materials used
Marble
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in proud and grateful memory of the following men / of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
J. Mullen, Sculptor, Wallsend.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Ralph Gould
Shields Daily News 11/04/1921 reports unveiling ceremony.
Northern Echo 11/04/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 16/04/1921 reports unveiling.
Shields Daily News 11/04/1921 reports unveiling ceremony.
Northern Echo 11/04/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 16/04/1921 reports unveiling.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (W56.05)
WILLINGTON, St. Mary the Virgin Church.
To the Glory of God
and in proud and grateful memory of the following men
of the parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918
Clive Bailey Michael McDonough Matthew B. Roll
Arthur C. Bainbridge Frederick G. Marley John Rowbottom
Nicholas T. Barritt Alfred Mavin John Sandilands
Donald B. Bell Russel E. Millar William Saunders
William Brown Thomas Moffat William D. Scott
James P. Caisley Walter H. Muir William Sowerby
John Campbell George H. Newbold William Spencer
Thomas Campbell Michael O'Brien Albert Stobbs
William Clark William O'Brien Thomas Stoker
Maurice Connor Thomas O'Donald Alexander Storey
John Crozier William Ormston Rowell Swan
John W. Duke Andrew R. Patterson Gilbert Swinbourne
William R. Dunlop Robert F. Patterson William Taylor
William Elliott Thomas Y. Patterson William Truscott
Edward L. Galloway William Pickering Thomas Twizell
Isaac Higginbottom Hector Rendall Alfred Wadey
William Hyde Harvey Y. Robertson William Waugh
Edward D.M. Lambert John C. Roll Robert Wilkinson
Percy McCubbin John J. Edgar George T. Woodman
NameW56.05
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Parish Notes
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