Memorial

Panels 1914-18 1939-45 Holy Trinity

Berwick upon Tweed

Memorial Name: Panels 1914-18 1939-45 Holy Trinity (B25.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: B25.08

Parish: Berwick upon Tweed

Original Location:

Holy Trinity Church, The Parade

Present Location:

The Church is now Holy Trinity and St. Mary’s.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 9th September 1920 by the Bishop H.B. Hodgson of St. Edmondsbury and Ipswich.

Materials Used:

Dark oak

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Sir Edwin Lutyens

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in memory of those
who gave their lives
in the Wars 1914-1918, 1939-45

Memorial Description:

Reredos panelling and communion rails, 72 inches high (183cms).

The panels are arched and separated by pilasters, making four panels on either side of the altar.

Across the top on both sides is the dedication.

The names are carried in single columns on each panel, with a red Maltese cross at the top of each panel.

Those from 1914-18 are in the first six panels, those from 1939-45 in the two right panels.

Lettering is incised and gilded using lower case Roman.

Names:

a. 126 names only.
b. 34 names only.
See transcript

Notes:

1. The son of Bishop Hodgson, who did the unveiling, was among those killed, and his name appears on the memorial.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Newcastle Daily Journal
04/09/1920 reports proposed unveiling “shortly”

Northern Echo
03/09/1920 reports unveiling “shortly”;
10/09/1920 reports unveiling

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty Book 1, No. 647, 12/2/20, NRO 1875.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 09 03 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 09 10 Fri -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Sally Bird;
Ralph W. Gould;
Janet Brown;
Philip Thirkell;
Rev. Alan Hughes;
M. Newrick;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Research on names for 1939-45 is being carried out by Tony Brown.

Contact: tonybrown901@btinternet.com

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Names Documents:

BERWICK UPON TWEED, Holy Trinity Church.     

    

Along the top:

  To the glory of God and in memory of those who gave their

  lives in the Wars 1914-1918,1939-45

———————————–

First panel         Second panel        

  H. Addison          J. Cockburn         

  J.L. Ainslie        M. Cockburn         

  T. Austin           E.G. Cowen          

  J. Bain             G. Crawford         

  C.G. Baldwin        T. Crombie          

  R. Bell             D. Cumming          

  M.R. Bell           D. Dickinson        

  N.L. Bell           J. Dickinson        

  G. Booth            W. Dickinson        

  J. Booth            G. Dumble           

  A. Borthwick        C. Erswell          

  H. Borthwick        W. Ewart            

  J. Borthwick        T. Faragher         

  G. Brodie           C.O. Fedden         

  J. Brotherton       T.H. Fell           

  J. Burns            A. Flannigan        

  R. Burns            L. France           

  H.C. Carr           C. Freeman          

  G.R. Carter         A.G. Galbraith      

  T.H. Clark          J. Gibson           

  A. Cockburn         R. Gladston         

———————————–

Third panel         Fourth panel           

  A. Gladstone        J. Johnson             

  W. Gold             J. Keir                

  J. Grainger         R. Knox                

  G. Grey             T. Laidlaw             

  H.L. Hall           J. Landels             

  S.G. Harvey         W. Leitch              

  T. Haswell          W. Lindsay             

  H.W. Heckels        A. Lockhart            

  J.M. Heckels        A.B. McCreath          

  A. Henderby         J. McFarlane           

  A.M. Henderson      W. McGregor            

  J. Henderson        A. Macnab              

  J.H. Henderson      R. Manton              

  W. Henderson        W. Marsh               

  W.N. Hodgson        T. Meston              

  G. Hogg             J.G. Middlemiss        

  J. Hogg             T. Morrison            

  A. Hush             W. Nelson              

  J. Hush             H.F.J. Newbould        

  J. Hush             T.E. Nicholson         

  J. Johnson          J.T. Palmer   

———————————–

Fifth panel     Sixth panel   

     

  W. Pattison         W. Sinton           

  R. Pearson          J. Skelly           

  H. Pickering        F.W. Smail          

  P. Pomfret          H. Smith            

  H. Poole            T. Smith            

  T. Poole            E.W. Stiles         

  F. Pringle          J. Storey           

  G.M. Pritchard      L. Sutherland       

  I. Purvis           A. Taylor           

  A. Rattray          I.C. Taylor         

  J. Renton           A.W. Thompson       

  E.J.M. Robertson    T. Thompson         

  J.A.T. Robertson    J. Weatherley       

  G. Robson           W. White            

  W. Robson           A. Whitlie          

  W.I. Robson         E. Whitlie          

  W. Russell          P. Whitlie          

  J. Rutherford       R. Witton        

  G.H. Shields        G. Yeoman

  E. Simm             G. Young

  P. Simm             A.H. Brock

                      A.L. Brock

———————————–

Seventh panel       Eighth panel

  G. Angell           W. Miller

  R.M. Armstrong      J.W. McQuarrie

  W. Blaikie          C.H. Patterson

  G. Bell             J. Richardson

  D. Bell             W.F. Riddell

  J. Burgon           J. Smeaton

  H. Derry            G. Sinton

  M. Dixon            J. Tait

  J. Faill            A. Townsley

  J.R. Forster        G. Turnbull

  T. Henderson        H. Warner

  E. Huffam           T. Wood

  J.E. Jamieson       W.M. Wood

  T.W. Jamieson       W.A. Woolley

  G.M. Lamb           R. Weatherley

  G. Lough            G. Wright

  J.R. Miller         A. Williamson

                      A.C. Hill

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