Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ seat Goodbody 1941 St. Mary Magdalene
Reference
T58.02
Place
TRIMDON VILLAGE
Original Location
St. Mary Magdalene Church, Front Street. In the nave.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Organ seat, 26 inches high x 54 inches wide. There is a small metal commemorative plaque fixed to the stretcher between the side-pieces. There is a single line border. Lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Wood seat, brass plaque.
Inscription
and in memory of
John William Goodbody
Stoker 1st Class R.N.
who went down with H.M.S. Hood
24th May 1941 aged 23 years
Names
See above
Who commissioned
The family.
Notes
1. The National Pipe Organ Register states that the organ itself was moved to Stockton Parish Church.
2. The organist at the Church, Miss Elsie Goodbody, had just taken over that role when her brother, to whom the seat is dedicated, was killed in action. She carried on as organist for 53 years until her own death in September 1994.
3. See Every Name A Story
2. The organist at the Church, Miss Elsie Goodbody, had just taken over that role when her brother, to whom the seat is dedicated, was killed in action. She carried on as organist for 53 years until her own death in September 1994.
3. See Every Name A Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
National Pipe Organ Register
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
National Pipe Organ Register
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; Alan Vickers; John Burton and Mrs Robson, Churchwardens, and the ladies of the Church; John and Mavis Dixon
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Organ seat Goodbody 1941 St. Mary Magdalene (T58.02)
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Parish Notes
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