Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 League Of the Cross St. Joseph R.C.

Blaydon

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 League Of the Cross St. Joseph R.C. (B111.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: B111.02

Parish: Blaydon

Original Location:

St. Joseph’s R.C. Church

Present Location:

Unknown.

The building where the League met was demolished.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Blessed on 12th November 1921 by Rev. F. Pippet, Rector of St. Joseph’s, Blaydon.

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass.

Who Commissioned:

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mawson, Swan & Morgan, at their works in Melbourne Street.

Inscription:

St.Joseph’s
League of the Cross
Blaydon on Tyne

Roll of Honour

The Great War 1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, set on a frame with pedimented top surmounted by a small crucifix.

In the gabled panel is the name of the Church.

In the main panel, the words “Roll of Honour” are in a panel at the top.

Ranged down each side and across the bottom are twelve circular frames carrying a photo of each of those who died.

Those who served are listed in three columns on the main panel.

The words “The Great War 1914-1918” are carried along the bottom frame.

Names:

12 names and regiments of those who died.
84 full names of those who served.
See transcript.

Sources:

Blaydon Courier
19/11/1921 reports blessing ceremony.

Illustrated Chronicle
17/05/1921 carries a photo shown here.

Northern Echo
14/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
14/11/1921 reports the blessing ceremony

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Ann Graham;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Winlaton Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial

Contact:- Contact: winlatonhistorysociety@yahoo.com

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

BLAYDON  League of the Cross

 

These are the names of those who died.  

Their pictures appear on the memorial,

but the order of these is not known.

The names were gleaned from a newspaper report.

————————————————-

  St. Joseph’s

  League of the Cross

  Blaydon on Tyne.

 

  Roll of Honour.

 

  George  Allan,    A.S.C.

  George  Atkinson, R.N.D.

  William Burke,    N.F. (Tyneside Scottish)

  John    Coogan,   D.L.I.

  James   Duffy,    D.L.I.

  William Glennon,  D.L.I.

  James   Kelly,    D.L.I.

  Charles Letoria,  Sherwood Foresters

  James   Patterson N.F.

  Frank   Roberts,  D.L.I.

  Anthony Smith,    R.N.D.

  Philip  Welsh,    10th Yorks.

—————————————–

An attempt at transcribing the names on the photograph

is shown here.  They are not clear from the press photograph,

and the regiments alongside the names cannot be read at all.

  Thomas Allan       James Duffy         ?McGuinness, John

  Allan, James       Fancy, Thomas       McGuinness, ?Norman

  Allan, John        Glennon, William    Murphy, Hugh

  Allan, George      Gowans, Thomas      Mullen ?D

  Armstrong, Thomas  ?Glenton, William   Maquire, T.

  Atkinson, George   Graham, Joseph      Noon, John

  Boys, Joseph       Hall, George        O’Connor, John

  Boyd, George       Hayes, Michael      O’Connor, Michael

  Brown, John        Henderson, Thomas   O’Neill, A.

  Burke, Michael     Hornsby, Joseph     O’Neill, J.

  Burke, William     Hamilton, George    Patterson, James

  Burke, James       Hurst, Robert       ?Peacy, Noah

  Burke, Nicholas    Jackson, John       Quinn, James

  Callaghan, Thomas  ?Jenkins, James     Robson, Leo.

  Callaghan, Matt.   Kelly, Thomas       Richardson, J.W.

  Co????, Edward     Kelly, Terence      ?Ruddy, Howard

  Carr, Thomas       Kelly, James        Roberts, Frank

  Convery, James     Kelly, Thomas       Smith, Anthony

  Chambers, Sidney   ?Kane, Thomas       Swan, Thomas

  ?Conn, James       Letoria, Charles    Sowerby, John

  ?Caley, Patrick    Lowe, Patrick       Taylor, Edward

  ?G   Peter         Lavery, Joseph      Taylor, Isaac

  ?C   Laurence      March, John         Taylor, ?John   

  Devlin, Peter      McBride, Richard    Vetch, William

  Devlin, Frank      McLaughlin, Joseph  Welsh, James

  Devlin, William    McLaughlin, Patrick Welsh, Joseph

  Duffy, James       McLaughlin, Frank   Young, Thomas

  Duffy, Matthew     McLaughlin, William

  Duffy, Nicholas    ?Moll, Ernest   

NamesB111.02     

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