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Painting and plaque 1914-18 St. Edward R.C.

Reference

W84.08

Place

WHITLEY BAY

Map ref

NZ 353725

Original Location

St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, Park Road / Coquet Avenue.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled Sunday, 4th November 1923 by Very Rev. Austin Magill, one of the original members of the Tyneside Irish Brigade Committee.

Memorial Description

Painting - a copy of Rubens' "Descent from the Cross". The picture is 8 feet 3 inches x 5 feet 9 inches and forms the altar piece.
The names are painted in letters of gold on the central panel of a triptych, 41 inches high x 44 inches wide, in fumed oak, using sans serif upper and lower case letters. The two outer panels carry prayers.

Materials used

Tablet of fumed oak.

Inscription

Pray for the souls of / (names) / together with all our gallant dead of / The Tyneside Irish Brigade / who gave their lives for / altar, home and freedom.

Left hand panel
Be / mindful / O Lord / of / Thy / Servants / who / are / gone / before / us / with / the / sign / of / faith / and / sleep / the sleep / of / peace.

Right hand panel
To / these O Lord / to / that / rest in / Christ, / grant / we / beseech / Thee / a place / of / refreshment / light / and / peace / through / the same / Christ / our / Lord / Amen

Names

17 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Picture presented by one of the original members of the Tyneside Committee of the Tyneside Irish Brigade.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: R.W. Gould; Kevin Milburn

Shields Daily News 01/11/1923 and 05/11/1923 refer to the list of the fallen; 01/11/1923 reports notice of proposed unveiling; 05/11/1923 reports unveiling ceremony.

Illustrated Chronicle 01/11/1923 reports proposed unveiling next Sunday

Newcastle Weekly News 03/11/1923 reports proposed unveiling; 10/11/1923 reports unveiling

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; E.W. Hollerton, North Tyneside Local Studies; Dorothy Hall; Kevin Milburn

Research In Progress

Angela Conroy is researching the WW1 names on this memorial

Contact: 2014@newmp.org.uk

Painting and plaque 1914-18 St. Edward R.C. (W84.08)

WHITLEY BAY, St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church.

Top panel

    Blessed

    are they that

    mourn

    for they shall be

    comforted.

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

Two outer panels

  Left           Right

  Be             To

  Mindful        these

  O’Lord         O’Lord

  of             and to

  Thy            all that

  Servants       rest in

  who            Christ,

  are            grant

  gone           we

  before         beseech

  us             Thee,

  with           a place

  the            of

  sign           refreshment,

  of             light

  faith,         and

  and            peace

  sleep          through

  the            the same

  Sleep          Christ

  of             our

  Peace.         Lord

                 Amen.

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

Centre panel

  Pray for the souls of

  Barry John, Pte. N.Z.R.B.

  Carroll John, Trooper, 9th Lancers.

  Costelloe Louis, Pte. 6th N.F. (See note below)

  Forster Bernard, Pte. Tyneside Irish.

  Finley Philip, Gunner, R.F.A.

  Hanretty Felix, Lance Sgt. N.F.

  Harriott John, Corporal, N.F.

  Inganni Louis, Pte. R.A.M.C.

  Kerss Raphael, Pte.

  King Robert Owen, Royal Navy.

  Murray Patrick Austin, Capt. Tyneside Irish

  Maguire Alfred, Pte. N.F.

  McAllister Charles, Capt., Dublin Fusiliers.

  O'Donnell John, Sergt. Leinster Regt.

  Platten Walter, Lieut. South Wales Borderers.

  Storey Arthur, Pte. N.F.

  White Herbert, Capt. Tyneside Irish

  together with all our gallant dead of

  the Tyneside Irish Brigade

  who gave their lives for

  Altar, Home and Freedom.

  R.I.P.

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

Commonwealth War Graves gives the following:

	Harretty instead of Hanretty.

NamesW84.08

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