Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaques 1914-18 1939-45 St. Alban
Reference
W95.01
Place
WINDY NOOK
Map ref
NZ 272609
Original Location
St. Alban's Church, situated at the junction of Windy Nook Road and Carr Hill Road. On a pillar.
Which war
a. 1914-1918
b. 1939-1945
b. 1939-1945
Memorial Description
Six plaques, each 19 inches high x 8 inches wide, placed two one above the other on three sides of an octagonal pillar. Each plaque has a wide border with geometric design.
The plaque at centre top bears the dedication for 1914-18, with the dates on a scroll either side of a laurel wreath, and a cross at centre bottom.
The plaque bears the exhortation for 1939-45, again with the dates set on a scroll on either side of a laurel wreath.
The other four plaques carry the names in a single column on each. The titles are in italic upper case and the names in italic lower case cursive lettering.
The plaque at centre top bears the dedication for 1914-18, with the dates on a scroll either side of a laurel wreath, and a cross at centre bottom.
The plaque bears the exhortation for 1939-45, again with the dates set on a scroll on either side of a laurel wreath.
The other four plaques carry the names in a single column on each. The titles are in italic upper case and the names in italic lower case cursive lettering.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
a. European / War / 1914 - 1918 / These tablet’s (sic) are erected to / the illustrious / memory of / the men of this / parish who laid / down their lives / for their Country / Greater love hath / no man than / this, that a man / lay down his life / for his friends. / John XV 13.
b. Remember / also before God /those who died in / World War / 1939-1945.
b. Remember / also before God /those who died in / World War / 1939-1945.
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription
Present condition
Cleaned and polished regularly
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. O.H. Jennings of Mosley Street, Newcastle.
Notes
1. One of the suggestions for a 1939-45 war memorial was the introduction of electric light and power into the church.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 18/01/1947 reports suggestion in Note 1 above.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St John 15 v 13.
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 18/01/1947 reports suggestion in Note 1 above.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St John 15 v 13.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham & District L.H.S.; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaques 1914-18 1939-45 St. Alban (W95.01)
WINDY NOOK St. Alban's Church,
Panel 1
European
War
1914 - 1918
These tablets
are erected to
the illustrious
memory of
the men of this
parish who laid
down their lives
for their Country
Greater love hath
no man than
this, that a man
lay down his life
for his friends.
S.John XV 13
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Panel 2 Panel 3
Richard L. Armstrong Hubert Moody
Robert B. Arnett Herbert Mould
James Ashcroft Charles C. Mudd
Robert Avery George McClelland
Frederick Baggeley Edmund McGregor
Thomas P. Barker Stuart McGuinness
Isaac Beattie John B. McKenny
George Bell Thomas A. McLean
William R. Bickerton Samuel Newsome
John T. Bickerton Joseph Norman
John W. Brooks James O‘Neil
Arthur Brown Thomas Parker
John Brown-King Matthew V. Percival
Robert Bryden William Potts
William Bygate Joseph Quigley
John Carter Thomas M. Richards
James Case Harry Robertson
Michael Chambers William Robertson
Robert H. Clark James Robinson
Edward Clark Thomas Robinson
William Clark Thomas Robinson
Thomas Clough William Robinson
John E. Codd Martin Rogan
Matthew Collin Christopher Ross
Robert Coulsey William Rowley
Thomas Diamond Richard Rutter
Frank Dixon George A. Shaw
Joseph C. Dorman Joseph R. Short
Matthew Evans William N. Simpson
John Fleming James Sloan
Thomas Fleming George Smith
Robert Foster William L. Southern
William W. Freeman Thomas G. Stocker
Gilbert Girling Charles Storey
Edward Grainger John Storey
Robert H. Gray Thomas Tait
Milson Greenhaff Edward Thompson
Albert Grieveson Fredrick Thompson
Hilton Gustard Thomas Thompson
John Haker William Thorn
Joseph Harrison John Tinkler
John A. Havelock Isaac S. Usher
William Hay William Wardle
Harold T. Hebron Robert West
Frederick Hibbert George C. Whinham
George Jackson John Wilkinson
Thomas Jeffers Edward Wilson
William E. Knight John Wilson
John T. Lamberton John H. Winwood
John H. Liddle Andrew Wood
Thomas Lightfoot George Wood
John Marshall Cecil J. Wright
James Milling Charles Wright
Joseph Milling Arthur Wrightson
Thomas Wrightson
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Panel 4
Remember
also before God
those who died in
World
War
1939-1945.
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Panel 5 Panel 6
Robert Arnell Winifred Hutchinson
Alen Askew Robert C. Jobling
Sydney Askew Edward Kelly
Thomas W. Bainbridge John C. Lewis
James Burns Ernest McGuire
J. Rodney Cairns John K. Michael
Norman D. Cameron Arthur Miller
Robert G. Cook George Morris
Neville Cox George Piggales
James H. Crame James Robinson
John Crooks Raymond Richardson
Robert H. Daniels Joseph Robson
Francis J. Davison George Slowther
Arthur Draper Sydney Stokoe
Eric Forster Robert Stonehouse
Albert Foster Harold Suggett
John Foster Hugh T.W.B. Swindale
Norman Foster Thomas Wilkinson
Robert W. Gee John W. Wilson
Albert Grice Ronald Wilson
Mowbray Guy George R. Wood
Thomas C. Henderson John L. Young
NamesW95.01
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