Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Holy Sepulchre

Ashington

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Holy Sepulchre (A17.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: A17.08

Parish: Ashington

Original Location:

Holy Sepulchre Church.

Near the entrance to the Church.

Present Location:

North wall of chancel

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled Easter Day April 1923 by Scoutmaster Richard Miles.

Materials Used:

Parchment

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Richard Miles, assisted by Cecil Morgan and Ross Miles.

Inscription:

To the glory of God, and in memory of these
men from this Parish who fell in the
Great War 1914-1918, the stained
glass window is placed in this church.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour 36 inches high by 24 inches wide (91cms x 61cms).

This in a plain wide wooden frame with gilded inner edge.

There is a plain border of alternate rectangles.

The information is hand painted in Gothic script, using black ink, but with illuminated capital letters, and the dates 1914-1918 are in red.

In each corner is a tiny circle 1 inch (2.5cms) in diameter, each with a miniature picture:
top left, Jesus carrying the cross (?);
top right, St. George slaying the dragon;
bottom left a bugler sounding Reveille;
bottom right, a bugler sounding Taps.

It is set in its original frame.

Names:

158 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. At the time of the Great War, Ashington was still a separate place from Hirst.

2. This Roll of Honour was restored in 1998 after being found in a cellar and placed on the north wall of the chancel.

Sources:

Photos: Janet Brown; Tony Harding

Morpeth Herald
27/04/1923 reports unveiling;

News Post Leader
23/04/1998 feature 75 years ago 23/04/1923 reports unveiling of a “framed oak memorial”.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown;
Rev. P. Bennison, Mr. Fear and Mr. W. Kennedy of Holy Sepulchre Church;
Tony Harding

Research In Progress:

Alan Grint is researching the Names on this memorial.

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Names Documents:

 

  To the glory of God, in memory of those

  men from this Parish, who fell in the

  Great War 1914-1918, the stained

  glass east window is placed in this

  church.

 

   Robert Allen            Thomas Earl           John Macdonald        Benjamin Simm

   Anthony Allsopp         Joseph Easton         James Maxwell         Walter Simm

   John Anderson           Thomas Embleton       John Matthews         Thomas Simpson

   James Atkinson                                Thomas Marshall       William Singer

   Percy Atkinson                                James Mawson          John Rt. Smailes

                           Archibald Fail        John R. Middlemiss    John Wm. Smith

                           J.W.Featherstonehaugh David Mills           William Smith

   William Baker           David Jas. Finlay     Thomas Wm. Moore      Edward Smith

   James Barnfather                              George Mordue         Ralph Snowdon

   William Barnfather      William C. Gauld      Robert Mordue         Ralph Spratt

   James Barkwell          Robert Gleghorn       Robert Mordue         George Strong

   George Bell             John Graham           Robt. Morris          William Sweet

   Robert Bell             Robert Gregory        William Morris

   William Bell            Thomas Gunn           John Muras

   George Beresford                              George Murray         Harry Tait

   John Bickerton                                                      William Tait

   Charles Young Bowart    Alan Hagerty                                John Templey

   John Boutland           John R. Hall          James Nelson          James Thompson

   James Brotherton        Sidney Hall           William Nelson        James Thompson

   Andrew Burton           Thomas Hall           John Nunn             William Thompson

   Ernest Barnfather       Thomas Hart           John Nevin            Thomas Thain

                           George W.Harrison                           Gilbert Turnbull

   Victor Campbell         Thomas Havill         Henry Ord             James Turnbull

   James Frederick Chapman Thomas J. Henderson   William Ornsby        Robert Turner

   Edward Clark            William Hills         George Owens          Thomas Tyrrell

   John Clark              John Hodge            Thomas Owens          Thomas Timlin

   Thomas Cobbledick       Peter Hogg

   Harry Collins           John Huntley                                Daniel Veitch

   Thomas Collins          Edward Hennessey      William Park          Thomas Vosper

   Robert William Coe                            Harry Patterson

   John Thomas Coe         George A. Johnson     Norman Patterson

   –   Coulson             Thomas W. Johnson     George Paxton         Robert Wade

   James Crawford          William Johnson       Jacob Patrick         George Watson

   John Davison            Aaron Johnstone       Neil Patrick          John Wm. Watson

   Thomas Davison                                Pearce R. Purdy       Edward Westle

   Thomas Dance                                  John Purvis           George Westle

   Robert Davison          John Keeney           George Patterson      Thomas J. Wilson

   Robert Davison          Joseph Keeney                               Thomas Dodds Wood

   George Dinsdale         John George Keers     George Reavley

   John Richard Dinsdale   Frederick Keers       John S.T. Robertson

   Christopher Dixon                             Joshua H. Rutter

   Harry Donkin                                  William A.E. Robinson John Wm. Yearham

   Peter Doyle             John Lawrence                               Thomas Yearham

   Thomas C. Downie        John Ledgerwood       Victor Savage         James Brown Young

   Roy Duncan              Edward Lee            James Scott

   Robert Dunn             James Ernest Logan    John Scott

   Nelson Dyball           Matthew Locke         John C. Scrowther

   Robert Dodds

NamesA17.08

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