Memorial

Plaque Parish 1939-45 St. Cuthbert

Amble

Memorial Name: Plaque Parish 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (A13.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: A13.06

Parish: Amble

Original Location:

Parish Church of St. Cuthbert, Church Street/Cross Street.

North wall.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Portland stone

Cost:

Estimated £75

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

G. Maile and Sons Ltd., Church Furnishers, 867 Euston Road, London, NW1.

Inscription:

To the
glory of God
and in memory of
the men of this parish
who gave their lives
in the World War
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Plaque 46 inches high x 26 inches wide (116cms x 66cms), with elaborate rounded top, below which is carved a laurel wreath.

The names are listed in three columns, the lettering is in elaborate capitals throughout.

Names:

68 Surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Faculty shows that originally the Binyon words “At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them” was to be below the names but this was removed from the application by agreement.

Sources:

Photos: Philip Thirkell; Janet Brown

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty Book 2 , No. 1667, 28/09/1948

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

David Wilkinson, East Coquet Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Philip Thirkell;
P.Morrison;
Patrick Easen

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Names Documents:

AMBLE, St. Cuthbert’s Church.

 

  To the

  glory of God

  and in memory of

  the men of this parish

  who gave their lives

  in the World War

  1939-1945

 

  Allan, W.      Davison, F.     Moffat, W.

  Anderson, C.E. Dixon, R.A.     Mossman, R.

  Anderson, J.W. Doleman, J.     Mossman, W.

  Anderson, R.A. Douglas, W.     Murray, J.B.

  Armstrong, J.  Earnshaw, G.    Redpath, R.

  Baston, B.A.   English, R.F.   Riddell, N.G.

  Baxter, G.R.H. Forsyth, J.     Rutherford, M.

  Beal, H.       Gardner, J.     Ryan, J.

  Bell, J.       Glass, W.       Scott, W.H.

  Bolton, J.H.   Gray, A.E.      Shearer, A.L.P.

  Brodie, W.     Green, W.T.     Smailes, G.

  Brown, J.      Hall, C.        Stewart, J.G.

  Brown, J.      Hedley, W.      Stone, N.

  Brown, J.      Henderson, G.M. Straffen, G.M.

  Brown, J.      Hewitson, R.    Straffen, J.O.

  Brown, J.S.    Hultgren, C.M.  Straker, C.

  Chrisp, R.B.   Hume, R.J.      Surtees, A.

  Coates, C.     Hume, S.        Tate, J.H.K.

  Coulson, R.    Johnson, J.G.   Thompson, R.

  Crackett, S.   Kay, R.M.       Wallace, J.

  Cram, G.E.     Lockey, S.      White, G.

  Darling, C.    Miller, R.A.    White, G.B.

  Davis, T.                      Wills, W.J.

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