Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. John the Evangelist

Chopwell

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. John the Evangelist (C92.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: C92.02

Parish: Chopwell

Original Location:

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Derwent View, Clayton Terrace Road.

On the right side of the Chancel Arch, facing the nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 25th April 1920 by Mr. F.O. Kirkup, agent for Consett Iron Co. Ltd.
Dedicated by Rev. C.E. Little, Rural Dean and Rector of Whickham.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Inscription:

To the glory + of God and
in memory of the following men from
this Parish who laid down their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918, the Chancel
Screen and Stained Glass East Window
in this Church have been erected
by grateful Parishioners.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, approx. 30 inches high x 12 inches wide (75cms x 30cms).

It is housed behind glass in a frame approx. 2 inches (5cms) wide.

At the top is a cross, there are angels on either side.

The dedication is hand written in elaborate lettering, upper and lower case, and coloured variously with black, blue, red, and green, and underlined with gold lines ending in scrolls.

The names are listed underneath this in five columns in black elaborate lower case lettering.

Names:

200 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

Illustrated Chronicle
27/04/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
26/04/1920 reports unveiling

North Mail
26/04/1920 reports unveiling briefly.

A History of Blaydon District by J. Maughan, was serialised in the “Blaydon Courier” about 1955-6. It is available as a collection of newspaper cuttings in the Newcastle Central Library.

Coal, Community and Conflict: A History of Chopwell K. Hordon, 1995.

Research Acknowledgements:

Geoffrey Nicholson;
George and Janet Brown;
Nan Smith;
Susan Carlisle;
Dorothy Hall;
Paul Murray

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

CHOPWELL, St. John’s Church.

       

  To the glory    +    of God and

  in memory of the following men from

  this Parish who laid down their lives

  in the Great War 1914-1918, the Chancel

  Screen and Stained Glass East Window

  in this Church have been erected

  by grateful Parishioners.

Column 1        Column 2    

 

  Allen, Robert                     Clementson, Wilfred Lawson   

  Allison, Tom.                     Clifford, John               

  Angus, John Thomas                Clipperton, William Charles  

  Appleton, Frank Roseveare         Coates, Robert               

  Armory, Joseph Henry              Coates, William Harold       

  Armory, Charles Frederick         Cobain, Henry                

  Armstrong, Robert                 Collins, Thomas              

  Armstrong, Joseph Thomas          Collins, John                

  Armstrong, John Joseph            Collingwood, John William    

  Armstrong, Thomas Wilson          Cook, Robert                 

  Armstrong, William                Conlan, Joseph               

  Armstrong, William Arthur         Coughlan, Robert             

  Atkinson, Fred                    Coulthard, Richard           

  Bailey, James                     Coulthard, Wilfred           

  Barker, John                      Coulthard, George William    

  Barnes, John William              Cowen, Robert William        

  Barron, John William              Cruddas, Ambrose             

  Bell, Herbert James               Curl, Sydney Charles         

  Betton, Louis                     Curry, William               

  Bevil, Thomas                     Davies, George               

  Birkbeck, William Addison         Davison, William             

  Black, James                      Dixon, Fred                  

  Bolam, George                     Dixon, Nicholas Mark         

  Braddock, Nicholas William        Dobson, Robert               

  Broad, John                       Dodd, James Septimus         

  Brown, John                       Dodds, William               

  Brown, Robert                     Dowson, William              

  Brown, John Robson                Driver, Ralph                

  Brown, John Henry                 Dunn, Charles                

  Brummell, Thomas                  Edwards, Edward              

  Burton, Isaac                     Farrow, Joseph               

  Cairns, Thomas William            Faulder, Thomas              

  Carr, William Aynsley             Fisher, Edward               

  Carroll, John Henry               Fletcher, Alfred             

  Cawthorn, Spencer                 Forster, William             

  Caygill, Joseph Watson            Forster, Frederick           

  Chaplin, Frederick                Foster, William              

  Charlton Michael Robt. Mitchinson Frame, Benjamin        

  Clark, John Joseph                Gardiner, John               

  Clark, Robert                     Geary, George Edward         

 

 ————————————————————

Column 3           Column 4

  Gibson, Thomas                    Lynn, Oliver Spencer       

  Gibson, Joseph Watson             Macfarlane, John Joseph    

  Gill, Dan                         Maddison, Robert           

  Goodwin, Charles                  March, William             

  Goodwin, John William             Martin, John               

  Graham, Robert                    Martin, William            

  Graham, John                      McKeown, Gerald            

  Greener, George                   McLean, James              

  Grierson, James                   McNeil, James              

  Grigg, Matthew                    McQueen, Albert            

  Hall, John George                 Merritt, William James     

  Hannah, Henry                     Millburn, Harold           

  Hardwick, Charles Thomas          Miller, Septimus           

  Harrison, Horace                  Minto, George William      

  Hawley, William                   Mitton, Harry Collingwood  

  Heslop, Joseph Edward             Moralee, Thomas            

  Heslop, Frank                     Morley, Thomas William     

  Hetherington, William             Murphy John                

  Hinde, William                    Myers, Albert              

  Hood, William                     Neilson, Nathaniel Clark   

  Hood, Anthony                     Nevins, Septimus           

  Hooks, James Samuel               Nixon, John Robson         

  Houghton, John James              Oswald, Fenwick            

  Hughes, Joseph Henry              Parkin, William Horace     

  Hutchinson, James Heslop          Pearson, John William      

  Ibbotson, Michael                 Pearson, Joseph Nevin      

  Jennings, William                 Pearson, William Robert    

  Johnson, Frederick                Peart, William             

  Johnson, William                  Poskett, Robert Victor     

  Kelly, Thomas                     Raine, Frank               

  Kennyford, James Willie           Raine, John                

  Kidd, George                      Raper, Edward              

  Kilpatrick, Henry James           Readman, John              

  Laws, Edward                      Richardson Joseph Chambers

  Liddell, George Burt              Richardson, James          

  Lockey, Walter                    Roberts, James             

  Longstaff, James                  Robinson, Albert           

  Longstaff, John Thomas            Robinson, William          

  Longstaff, William Ernest         Robinson, Joseph           

  Lowe, John                        Robson, James              

———————————————————–

Column 5

  Robson, George

  Robson, Thomas Charlton

  Robson, Lawrence.

  Rodgers, George William

  Routledge, John Thomas

  Scott, William

  Slee, Robert

  Slowther, Thomas George

  Sharpe, George Edward

  Smith, David

  Smith, William

  Smith, John

  Stephenson, Ralph

  Stephenson, Joseph

  Tarn, John

  Temple, Edward

  Tiplady, Thomas

  Towler, Robert

  Towler, William

  Thompson, James

  Thompson, George Beattie

  Turnbull, George

  Waistell, Thomas

  Wallace, Isaac

  Walters, Frank

  Wardlow, George

  Ware, John William

  Waters, John

  Watson, James

  Waugh, Tom

  Waugh, Joseph

  Welsh, Thomas James

  Wilkinson, Edward

  Williams, Edward

  Wills, Arthur

  Winter, Tom

  Woof, Frederick

  Wright, John

  Wright, Jacob Robson

  Hume, Arthur.

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