Memorial

Jug and Dish Baxter 1940 St John the Evangelist

Birtley Gateshead

Memorial Name: Jug and Dish Baxter 1940 St John the Evangelist (B127.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: B127.14

Parish: Birtley Gateshead

Original Location:

St John the Evangelist, Birtley Lane, Birtley  DH3 2PJ

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

1956

Materials Used:

Silver

Who Commissioned:

Edna Baxter, daughter and sister of the three named.

How Money was Raised:

Edna Baxter

Inscription:

In memory of Edward Jessie and Sidney Baxter from Edna Baxter 1956

Memorial Description:

Silver Dish  2½ high x 5½ inches wide (64mm x 138mm)

Silver Jug 5¼ inches high (133mm)

Both are very plain.

The inscription is in small capital letters round the rim of the bowl, but not on the jug.

Names:

See above Sidney Baxter

Notes:

1. See Sidney Baxter’s Every Name a Story entry

2. Edna Baxter was a well-remembered Sunday School teacher at St. John’s Church.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

566388 Sgt Sidney Baxter 222 Squadron RAF compiled by James Stone and Patricia Blandford, Portsmouth, Hampshire, June 2009

The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain. Norman Franks, Nigel McCreery and Edward McManus. Pen and Sword 2022.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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