Memorial

Embroidered Roll of Honour 1939-45 Christ Church

Felling

Memorial Name: Embroidered Roll of Honour 1939-45 Christ Church (F32.10)

NEWMP Ref No.: F32.10

Parish: Felling

Original Location:

Christ Church, Carlisle Street, Gateshead NE10 0HQ. NZ 27782 62301

Which War:

1939-45

Inscription:

To God be
the Glory
To the memory of all
1939 who served and fell in the war 1945
Their name liveth for ever more.
Names
Christ Church

Memorial Description:

Embroidered Roll of Honour 27 inches high x 21 inches wide (690mm x 530mm) in a wall mounted wood frame behind glass.

The memorial has been embroidered in cross-stitch.

There is a border with zigzag pattern up the sides.

A cross is on either side of the title.

The names are listed in a single column.

All names the names have a cross after them.

Names:

22 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The proposal was for a plaque to be erected, and an appeal for names was made.

2. There is a card tucked into the frame which reads:-
“War Memorial 1939-45
The original memorial was very
badly damaged and not fit to hang.
I decided to copy as near as possible a new one befitting to
once more hang in Christ Church.
The Date November 8th 1998
Rene Carr member of Christ Church”

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Heslop’s Local Advertiser
17/12/1949 reports proposals.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore”: Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

      To God be

         the

  +      Glory      +

  To the Memory of all

  1939   Who Served and fell in the War  1945

   Their Name Liveth For Ever More

 

  Pilot Officer Kenneth Morrison +   R.A.F.

  Pte.  Robert Carson +              D.L.I.

  Pte.  Joseph E. Templeton +        D.L.I.

  Flt.Sgt. Robert Hall +             R.A.F.

  P.O.  Frank L. Myers +               R.N.

  Pte. Leslie Jobling +              D.L.I.

  Pte. R. Donaldson +    Parachute R.E.G.T.

  O/S Sydney H. Irving +               M.N.

  A.B. Marlin L. Sloan +               R.N.

  A.C. Frederick Salkeld +           R.A.F.

  Gun. John O. Dixon +                 R.A.

  Ord S. Carlton Francke +             M.N.

  Ord S. Abraham Studholme +           M.N.

  Tpr. J.G. Gasgoine +               R.T.R.

  Marine D. Hopkinson +                R.M.

  Lcp. Robert W. Elliot +            D.L.I.

  Fmn. George Thresher +               M.N.

  Fmn. Cyril Inskip +                  M.N.

  Pte. John Young +                P. Corp.

  Pte. J. Spours +                   D.W.R.

  L/B Sidney Allen +                   R.A.

  Sgt. J.F. Green +      Coldstream Guards

  

  C H R I S T  C H U R C H

NamesF32.10

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