Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul's Mission
Reference
P27.04
Place
PELTON FELL
Original Location
St. Paul’s Mission Church. (Closed). West end of the church, near the door.
Present Location
Durham County Council Morrison Busty Depot.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 3rd February 1921 by Mr. Guy E. Armstrong, manager of Pelton Fell Colliery. Dedicated by Rev. Dr. F.H. Jackson, M.A., Rector of Chester-le-Street.
Memorial Description
Plaque, in moulded oak frame, stained green. The frame is rectangular. The stone plaque has a raised square top bearing a bronze Christ, crowned and robed, on a red cross, symbolising His triumph over pain and death.
The names are painted in red letters, listed under the year in which they died. The letters are “copied from Sir Marmaduke Lumley’s tablet above the 8th tomb in the north aisle of the parish church of Chester-le-Street”, and so the letter “u” has been replaced by a “v”.
The names are painted in red letters, listed under the year in which they died. The letters are “copied from Sir Marmaduke Lumley’s tablet above the 8th tomb in the north aisle of the parish church of Chester-le-Street”, and so the letter “u” has been replaced by a “v”.
Materials used
Caen stone framed in oak.
Inscription
Remember ye in the Lord our heroes who gave their lives for the Empire, in the Great War 1914-1918.
They loved not their lives unto death.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. Amen.
They loved not their lives unto death.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. Amen.
Names
Present condition
Poor, having been vandalised and burned.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Rev. E. Titcombe, senior curate of the parish.
Ownership and maintenance
Entrusted at the unveiling to the Rector and Church officers of Chester-le-Street.
Notes
1. Following the closure of the church, the plaque was placed in the Fellrose Centre. It was then moved to the Council depot. A new home is being sought.
2. A member of the Public contacted NEWMP asking for it to be relocated and restored. March 2017.
2. A member of the Public contacted NEWMP asking for it to be relocated and restored. March 2017.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 04/02/1921 reports unveiling with photo.
Illustrated Chronicle 27/01/1921 reports proposed unveiling with photo;
Sources of quotations:
“They loved not their lives unto death” Revelation 12 v 11
“Rest eternal grant unto them . .”: Mass for the Dead.
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 04/02/1921 reports unveiling with photo.
Illustrated Chronicle 27/01/1921 reports proposed unveiling with photo;
Sources of quotations:
“They loved not their lives unto death” Revelation 12 v 11
“Rest eternal grant unto them . .”: Mass for the Dead.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; George Nairn; Sharon Vincent
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul's Mission (P27.04)
PELTON FELL St. Paul’s Mission Church.
Remember ye in the Lord our heroes who
gave their lives for the Empire in the
Great War 1914-1918.
1915
R.T. Thompson Lce.Cpl. 8th D.L.I. Belgium 24th May
J. Dyson Pte. 2nd Northd Fusrs. “ “
1916
G.W. Smiles Pte. 8th D.L.I. France 5th Novr.
T.W. Tweddle “ 2nd “ “ 7th July
G. Evans “ 3rd “ “ 19th Septr.
M. Fullerton “ 18th “ “ 27th July.
T. Stobbs “ “ “ “ “
J. Hubble “ 3rd Northd.Fusrs. “ 14th “
F.W. Proctor “ 20th “ “ “ 1st “
S.A. Oliver “ 27th “ “ “ 12th Octr.
W. Stephenson “ 7th R.A.M.C. “ 1st Septr.
1917
J.G. Gooch “ 8th D.L.I. Belgium 31st July
F.A. Thornton Capt. 171st R.E. France 18th Novr.
1918
F. Clasper Pte. 3rd D.L.I. Died of disease, England, 30th June
J. Ward “ 5th “ France (missing) 26th March
J.W. Rundle “ 11th “ “ 24th “
E. Young “ 4th Northd.Fusrs. “ 8th Septr.
A. Riddell “ 23rd Lancs. “ 27th “
J.W. White “ 8th Soms.Lt.Infy. “ 5th April
J. Bird “ 37th R.A.M.C. “ 5th June
J. Clasper 148th R.N.D. “ 26th Octr.
G. Donkin Ldg Seaman R.N.D. France 21st Aug.
They loved not their lives unto the death.
+ Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let
light perpetual shine upon them. Amen.
NamesP27.04
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