Memorial Details
Memorial
Chapel and plaque 1914-18 College
Reference
U10.01
Place
USHAW COLLEGE
Original Location
Ushaw College. Outside of Memorial Chapel.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Memorial Chapel.
Plaque, with rolled moulded border, highly ornamented in medieval manuscript style. There is a gilded background. At centre is Christ on the Cross, with the words “May they rest in Peace, O God” in Latin on a scroll beneath his feet. On either side at the top is an angel bearing a scroll between them which bears the dedication. The names are listed in two columns on each of two panels painted as scrolls. The lettering is in Gothic script, hand painted using a variety of colours.
Plaque, with rolled moulded border, highly ornamented in medieval manuscript style. There is a gilded background. At centre is Christ on the Cross, with the words “May they rest in Peace, O God” in Latin on a scroll beneath his feet. On either side at the top is an angel bearing a scroll between them which bears the dedication. The names are listed in two columns on each of two panels painted as scrolls. The lettering is in Gothic script, hand painted using a variety of colours.
Materials used
Marble?
Inscription
Precibus at Sacrificiis vestris animae alumnorum huius collegii, qui in Regis Patriaeque servitio sunt interfecit pie homiliterque commendantur
Requiem / aeternam dona / eis Domine.
Requiem / aeternam dona / eis Domine.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Painted by Elphege Pippet
Notes
1. The Latin quotation translates as: “The souls of the pupils of this college who were killed in the service of king and Country are piously and humbly commended to your prayers and sacrifices.”
2. An Appeal was launched which reads:
"At a recent meeting of the Council of St. Cuthbert’s Society a strong desire was expressed that some permanent and worth Memorial of those Alumni, who had fallen during the war, should be erected at the College. It is now known that at least seventy-seven Ushaw men have given their lives for their country since July, 1914, and these have a claim upon our gratitude which we are most anxious to repay. The carry out this object the following suggestions were made:
a. That a Memorial Chapel should be erected, and a Monthly Mass founded for those Alumni who have sacrificed their lives in the war. There is already in hand a sum of £1,000, the gift of an anonymous friend towards the erection of the Memorial Chapel, which is to be a companion one to Bishop Wilkinson's Memorial Chantry, and is to be dedicated to the English Martyrs.
b. That a Chemical Laboratory should be built and furnished with every modern requirement.
As all building at the present time, and for some time to come, will be exceptionally expensive, it is impossible to say exactly what sum will be required for the above objects, but it is recommended that we should appeal for £5,000.
There is already in hand a sum of £1,000, the gift of an anonymous friend towards the erection of a Memorial Chapel, which is to be a companion one to Bishop Wilkinson’s Memorial; Chantry, and is to be dedicated to the English Martyrs.
The building and equipment of a good Chemical Laboratory will be a costly work, but it is hoped that even if the full amount required is not at once forthcoming, such a substantial sum may be obtained as to justify the College authorities in undertaking the work at once.
This appeal is being issued under the conviction that the generosity of Ushaw men will not fail to provide the College with a Memorial which will be at once a thank-offering for the return of the living, and a testimony of admiration for the dead.”
2. An Appeal was launched which reads:
"At a recent meeting of the Council of St. Cuthbert’s Society a strong desire was expressed that some permanent and worth Memorial of those Alumni, who had fallen during the war, should be erected at the College. It is now known that at least seventy-seven Ushaw men have given their lives for their country since July, 1914, and these have a claim upon our gratitude which we are most anxious to repay. The carry out this object the following suggestions were made:
a. That a Memorial Chapel should be erected, and a Monthly Mass founded for those Alumni who have sacrificed their lives in the war. There is already in hand a sum of £1,000, the gift of an anonymous friend towards the erection of the Memorial Chapel, which is to be a companion one to Bishop Wilkinson's Memorial Chantry, and is to be dedicated to the English Martyrs.
b. That a Chemical Laboratory should be built and furnished with every modern requirement.
As all building at the present time, and for some time to come, will be exceptionally expensive, it is impossible to say exactly what sum will be required for the above objects, but it is recommended that we should appeal for £5,000.
There is already in hand a sum of £1,000, the gift of an anonymous friend towards the erection of a Memorial Chapel, which is to be a companion one to Bishop Wilkinson’s Memorial; Chantry, and is to be dedicated to the English Martyrs.
The building and equipment of a good Chemical Laboratory will be a costly work, but it is hoped that even if the full amount required is not at once forthcoming, such a substantial sum may be obtained as to justify the College authorities in undertaking the work at once.
This appeal is being issued under the conviction that the generosity of Ushaw men will not fail to provide the College with a Memorial which will be at once a thank-offering for the return of the living, and a testimony of admiration for the dead.”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby; Ushaw College
College Notes March 1919; July 1928
A History of Ushaw College; D. Milburn, 1964.
College Notes March 1919; July 1928
A History of Ushaw College; D. Milburn, 1964.
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Ushaw College
Research In Progress
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Chapel and plaque 1914-18 College (U10.01)
USHAW Ushaw College Chapel
On ribbon at top.
Precibus at Sacrificiis vestris animae
alumnorum huius collegii, qui in Regis
Patriaeque servitio sunt
interfecit pie homiliterque commendantur
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Centre, below crucifix
Requiem
aeternam dona
eis Domine.
1914-1918
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Left hand panel
Rev. Dous. T. Baines Rev. Dous. M. Burdess
E. Archard C. Coffey
W. Aspinall F. Croke
B. Barrett B. Daly
R. Bickerdike J. Daly
M. Boland A. Douglas-Dick
J. Bonney W. Dunderdale
R. Bradley W. Earle
W. Bradley T. Etches
F. Brett B. Farrell
A. Brown W. Farrow
W. Buller W. Ferrers
W. Bunbury G. Foggin
B. Carey B. Gibson
H. Carrington C. Hines
E. Charnock T. Hinsley
A. Chisholm W. Hubberstey
M. Clancy M. Huddleston
J. Conway L. Hutchinson
J. Cotton W. Jinks
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Right hand column
Rev. Dous. W. Einn Rev. Dous. C. Watson
C. Kay H. O'Sullivan
R. Kay C. Peckston
P. Kearney G. Priestman
C. Kelly H. Regan
J. Kelly G. Reynolds
J. King C. Rimmer
W. Lund C. Rogerson
W. Marra G. Rogerson
H. Marshall J. Rogerson
J. Marshall W. Ruxton
C. McAllister A. Smith
C. McCahy W. Taylor
B. McCormick F. Taunton
G. McNamee J. Thomson
F. McNiff W. Thornton
J. McShane A. Tumilty
F. Molyneux F. Whittam
J. Morley C. Yates
H. Newsham
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A Roll of Honour in The Ushaw Magazine for March 1919 gives more detail:
Archard, Edward
Ushaw 1890-5. Killed Aug. 25th 1917
Aspinall, William
Ushaw 1915. Ecclesiastical student. Killed Aug. 1st
1916
Baines, Rev. Thomas
Ushaw 1898-1916. Formerly professor in the college.
Died of wounds May 31st 1918.
Barrett, Bernard
Ushaw 1911-12. 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwicks. Killed April
10th 1918.
Bickerdyke, Robert
Ushaw 1902-1913. Capt. W.Yorks. Awarded Military
Cross. Killed Nov. 20th 1917
Boland, Michael
Ushaw 1915-16. 2nd Lieut. Munsters. Ecclesiastical stu-
dent. Killed Feb. 24th 1918
Bonney, James
Ushaw 1892-1903. 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Killed Oct. 6th
1917
Bradley, Robert
Ushaw 1909-1914. 2nd Lieut. N.Staffs. Ecclesiastical
student. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in Mesopo-
tamia Jan. 25th 1917.
Bradley, Wilfrid
Ushaw 1914-7. Ecclesiastical student. Killed Aug. 25th
1918.
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Page 2
Brett, Francis
Ushaw 1905-7. 2nd Lieut. Manchesters. Killed July 30th
1916.
Brown, Charles Adrian
Ushaw 1909-1913. Capt. R.A.F. Accidentally killed
Jan. 15th 1919
Bunbury, Wilfrid
Ushaw 1900-1902. Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed April 15th 1917.
Burdess, Rev. Matthew, D.D.
Ushaw 1894-7 and 1909-13. Formerly professor in the
college. Killed April 19th 1917.
Carrington, Harold
Ushaw 1900-6. Missing March 1918. Believed killed by
British artillery after being taken prisoner.
Cary, Bernard
Ushaw 1894-6. Died of wounds May 12th 1917
Charnock, Edward
Ushaw 1904-1910. Missing, presumed killed.
Chisholm, Alistair
Ushaw 1908-1912. 2nd Lieut. Royal Scots. Killed Sept.
25th 1915.
Clancy, Matthew
Ushaw 1915-6. Sergt. K.O.Y.L.I. Ecclesiastical student.
Killed April 9th 1917.
Coffey, Charles
Ushaw 1912-4. Lieut. R.A.F. Ecclesiastical Student.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with palms. Killed May 27th
1918.
Conway, John
Ushaw 1911-4. Awarded Military Medal. Died of wounds
Sept. 23rd 1917.
Cotton, John
Ushaw 1908-11. Killed at sea Jan. 23rd 1917.
Croke, Francis
Ushaw 1906-7. Cadet U.S.A. Army. Died in camp
October 7th 1918.
Daly, Bernard
Ushaw 1892-3. The first Ushawman who fell in the War.
Killed Feb. 11th 1915.
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Page 3
Daly, John
Ushaw 1892-5. Killed July 8th 1915.
Dick, Archibald Douglas.
Ushaw 1900-1. 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards. Missing 1915.
Dunderdale, William
Ushaw 1898-1900. 2nd Manchesters. Killed Jan.
11th 1917.
Earle, Wilfrid
Ushaw 1910-2. 2nd Lieut. E. Yorks. Killed April 1917
Etches, Thomas
Ushaw 1914-6. Ecclesiastical student. Killed June 10th
1917
Farrell, Bede
Ushaw, 1892-4. Capt. E.Yorks (T.) Killed April 24th
1915.
Farrow, Wilfrid
Ushaw 1901-7. Killed Sept. 24th 1916.
Ferrers, Francis
Ushaw 1897-1900. Killed March 23rd 1918
Finn, Rev. William
Ushaw 1889-1900. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed at
Sedd-el-Bahr April 25th 1915. The first chaplain to fall
in the War.
Foggin, George
Ushaw 1909-1910. 2nd Lieut. R.A.F. Killed July 14th
1918.
Gibson, Bertrand D.
Ushaw 1887-1893. Lt.Col. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Awarded D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre with palms. Four
times mentioned in Despatches. Killed May 27th 1918.
Hines, Charles
Ushaw 1882-3. Major Durham L.I. Killed May 24th
1915.
Hinsley, Thomas
Ushaw 1884-7. Killed May 21st 1917.
Hubberstey, William
Ushaw 1912-7. Ecclesiastical student. Killed Sept.
1918.
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Page 4
Huddleston, Maurice
Ushaw 1911-5. 2nd Lieut. Durham L.I. Mentioned in
Despatches. Killed July 2nd 1916.
Hutchinson, Leo
Ushaw 1899-1908. Killed May 1917.
Jinks, William
Ushaw 1912-6. Ecclesiastical student. Killed Oct. 19th
1917.
Kay, Cyril
Ushaw 1904-1911. Killed 1917
Kay, Roland
Ushaw 1909-1914. 2nd Lieut. Durham L.I. Killed March
21st 1918
Kearney, Peter
Ushaw 1912-4. Died of disease 1918.
Kelly, John
Ushaw 1910-5. Ecclesiastical student. Wireless operator.
Lost at sea by enemy action, Oct. 19th 1917.
Kelly, Charles P.
Ushaw 1903-4. Lieut R.A.M.C. Killed July 2nd 1916.
King, John
Ushaw, 1915-6. Died of disease Aug. 1918
Lund, William
Ushaw 1876-1883. Lieut. A.S.C. Lost at sea by enemy
Action, Aug. 14th 1915
Marra, William
Ushaw 1914-5. Ecclesiastical student. Missing Sept.
1916
Marshall, Herbert
Ushaw 1909-1911. Wireless operator. Died of disease
Feb. 14th 1918
Marshall, John
Ushaw 1902-3. 2nd Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Awarded Military Cross. Killed July 2nd 1916.
McAlister, Charles
Ushaw 1897-8. 2nd Lieut. Dublin Fusiliers. Killed
June 1918.
McCahy, Cuthbert
Ushaw 1905-1912. Killed 1917.
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Page 5
McCormick, Bernard
Ushaw 1910-7. Ecclesiastical student. Killed Sept. 2nd
1918
McNamee, George
Ushaw 1893-1901. Lost in the Jutland Battle. May 31st
1916.
McNiff, Francis
Ushaw 1914-6. Ecclesiastical student. 2nd Lieut. North-
umberland Fusiliers, attached to R.A.F. Killed March
13th 1918.
McShane, John
Ushaw 1900-1. 2nd Lieut. R.E. Killed July 28th 1916
Molyneux, Francis
Ushaw 1902. Wounded and captured by enemy Aug.
1917. Presumed dead.
Morley, John
Ushaw 1903-13. 2nd Lieut. R.E. Died of wounds May
15th 1918
Newsham, Herbert
Ushaw 1901-9. Died of wounds Sept. 5th 1918
O’Sullivan, Horace
Ushaw 1910-5. Ecclesiastical student. Lieut. R.G.A.
Killed April 24th 1917
Peckston, Cuthbert
Ushaw 1909-1915. Ecclesiastical student. 2nd Lieut.
Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed March 22nd 1918.
Priestman, George
Ushaw 1908-1913. 2nd Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers
Died of wounds May 15th 1918.
Regan, Herbert
Ushaw 1904-1912. 2nd Lieut. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed Oct. 1918.
Reynolds, George
Ushaw 1895-7. Killed Jan. 14th 1916
Rimmer, Charles
Ushaw 1909-1913. Killed Jan. 27th 1916
Rogerson, Charles
Ushaw 1910-1913. Died of disease Jan. 5th 1918.
Rogerson, George
Ushaw 1907-1913. Killed July 8th 1915.
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Page 6
Rogerson, John
Ushaw 1910. Killed Aug. 1918, the last of three
brothers.
Ruxton, Wilfid.
Ushaw 1899-1905. Lieut. R.A.F. Accidentally killed
Aug. 29th 1918.
Smith, Aloysius
Ushaw 1910-3. Died of disease Dec. 15th 1915.
Taunton, Francis
Ushaw 1895-9. Killed Sept. 16th 1915.
Taylor, William
Ushaw 1889-1893. Capt. S.Lancs. Died of wounds
May 11th 1915.
Thomson, Thomas
Ushaw 1909-1910. Killed June 8th 1915.
Thornton, Wilfrid
Ushaw 1901-4. 2nd Lieut. Black Watch. Killed July
31st 1916.
Tumilty, Austin
Ushaw 1912-6. Ecclesiastical student. 2nd Lieut. Dublin
Fusiliers. Killed Nov. 10th 1917.
Watson, Rev. Charles
Ushaw 1881-5. Died in Mesopotamia July 22nd 1918.
Whittam, Francis
Ushaw 1894. 2nd Lieut. Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed
July 1st 1916.
Yates, Charles
Ushaw 1892-3. 2nd Lieut. Loyal N.Lancs. Killed May
15th 1916.
May they rest in peace.
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There are some differences between the names in this list
and those on the memorial:
W. Ferrers instead of F. Ferrers.
C. McAllister instead of C. McAlister.
J. Thomson instead of T. Thomson.
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