Memorial
Chapel 1914-18 Abbey
Hexham
Memorial Name: Chapel 1914-18 Abbey (H51.46)
NEWMP Ref No.: H51.46
Parish: Hexham
Priory and Parish Church of St. Andrew, Market Place.
In centre of north transept aisle.
1914-18
Dedicated 2nd February 1936 at Evensong by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.
Various.
Rector, Rev. J.V.C. Farquhar and the P.C.C.
Various individuals and public subscription
Cathedral Architect Mr. W.H. Wood was asked to design the Tablet.
On altar :
To the glory of God and in memory of the men of this Parish
who gave their lives in the War 1914-1918.
On cross :
In memory of the
men of Hexham
1914 1918
War Memorial Chapel.
Altar table with Cross and pair of matching candlesticks.
Altar is of wood, 35 inches high x 84 inches wide x 27 inches deep (89cms x 213cms x 68.5cms).
It is a table standing on four sturdy legs at each corner and a fifth placed centrally at the front.
It has a traceried front, above which the dedication is carved in a single line in Roman capitals.
Cross is of wood 18 inches high x 9 inches wide (45cms x 23cms), at the base, with a diagonal design up the lower half of the stem.
The dedication is on the base.
Candlesticks are 11 inches high x 7 inches wide (27.5cms x 18.5cms), with slightly tapering shaft and the same diagonal line design.
Both cross and candlesticks have been painted a dull gold colour.
None. See H51.06
1. “The Altar and Kneeler are anonymous gifts; the Cross, Candlesticks and Vases have been purchased with a sum of money held by Miss Calcutt, the proceeds of a Lecture given by her cousin, Captain Knight, some years ago. These are all given in memory of the men of Hexham who died in the war”.
The Standard Lights were given by Major and Mrs. Straker;
large Flower Bowl was given by Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield;
Cruets were given in memory of Ada Beel by her family;
Altar Book was give in memory of his wife by R.H. Taylor;
silver Paten was presented by Mr. T. Simpson in memory of his wife;
the Altar Linen, Burse and Veil, Kneeling Mat and other valuable things were worked and given by Mrs. Blackett-Ord;
Mr. B.A. Robinson made and presented the metal holders for candlesticks and vases;
Prayer Desk was being paid for from money from the Mothers’ Union;
the Carpet was purchased from profits from sale of penny Leaflets.
2. The chapel was first proposed in 1917, and plans went on show in the Abbey in 1921, but it took 19 years to reach agreement and raise the funds.
3. The War Memorial Chapel was intended for week-day Eucharists and was to be used for all daily offices.
4. “This Chapel is the gift of Friends to the Glory of God and a Memorial of Cuthbert Farrar Savage, who died in France fighting for his country, and of the many years of work in Hexham of Edwin Sidney Savage, his father” Hexham Parish Magazine, Nov. 1917
5 At a vestry meeting in 1917, among other items discussed “it was agreed to approve the erection of a chapel in the Abbey, as a memorial to Lieut. Cuthbert Farrar Savage, N.F., killed in action, and in recognition of the work of Canon Savage as Rector of Hexham during the past 19 years”.
6. The Newcastle Journal 17/09/1917 reports Vestry meeting to approve the erection in the abbey of a chapel as a memorial to Lieut. C.F. Savage and the many years of work of Canon Savage his father.
Photos: C.N. Dallison
Newcastle Journal
17/09/1917 reports meeting.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
22/09/1917 reports proposals in Note 5 above
Hexham Parish Magazine
June 1917; August 1918; May & June 1921; Aug. 1923; March 1935; March, April & July 1936.
C.N. Dallison
Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
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HEXHAM
The Hexham Parish Magazines of June and July 1917 give a Roll of Honour of those served.
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Name Rank Regiment Address
Thomas Abbott Private Northd. Fusiliers Foundry Cottages
Harry Abbott Private Northd. Fusiliers Foundry Cottages
E. Armstrong Private Northd. Fusiliers Burswell Avenue
Rollo Atkinson 2nd Lieutenant Durham L.I. Eilan’s Gate
James William Banks Private King’s R. Rifles Priestpopple
Nevison C. Barnfather L. Corporal Royal Fusiliers Brookside
Ernest Baty L. Corporal Canadian E.F. Leazes Crescent
Ernest Temperley Baty Engineer R.N.R. Tynedale Terrace
J. Bell Bandsman Northd. Fusiliers 17 Eastgate
Hogarth Bell Captain Northd. Fusiliers Summerods
William Bowstead Private Northd. Fusiliers Haugh Lane
Richard Brooks Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers 37 Prior Terrace
Thomas Burn L. Corporal Northd. Fusiliers Crescent Avenue
T. Cathrae Private Northd. Fusiliers Gilesgate
William A. Charlton Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers Orchard Cottages
W. Cooper Private Northd. Fusiliers 25 Hall Gates
J. Cuningham Private Northd. Fusiliers Gilesgate
James Harold Cuthbert, D.S.O. Captain Scots Guards Beaufront Castle
William Donnelly Private Northd. Fusiliers Gilesgate
George Dodd Private Northd. Fusiliers 12 Gilesgate
Arthur Davison 2nd Lieut’ant Australian I.F. 2 Woodside
Thomas William Edwards Private Royal Engineers Cockshaw
Robert Elliott Sapper Royal Engineers Rye Terrace
Frank Forster Private Tyneside Irish Jubilee Buildings
Fred. G. Gibson Private Northd. Fusiliers Glen Terrace
R. Gibson Private Northd. Fusiliers Acomb
John Grierson Private Northd. Fusiliers Lodging House
James Halliday L. Corporal Gordon Highl’ders Market Street
F. Harvey Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers Holy Island
Reginald Head Captain Border Regiment Hackwood
W. Henderson Private Northd. Fusiliers Haugh Lane
Frank Taylor Iveson Lieutenant D.L.I. (att.Man’s) Tynedale Terrace
Wilfrid Jefferson Corporal Canadian E.F. Delegate Hall
James Kelly Private Northd. Fusiliers Burn Lane
W. Kirsopp Private Northd. Fusiliers Turner’s Yard
Ernest Alfred Leather Major Northd. Fusiliers Beacon Grange
Frank Lees Lieutenant Northd. Fusiliers Elvaston Road
Drew Little Lieutenant Durham L.I. Tynedale Terrace
Henry King Lockhart Corporal Motor Cyclist R.E. Summerrods Rigg
Archibald Long 2nd Lieut’ant Northd. Fusiliers Tynedale Terrace
Guy Long 2nd Lieut’ant Suffolk Regiment Tynedale Terrace
William Maclaughlan Able Seaman R.N. 49 Gilesgate
Philip Macmahon Lce.Corpl. K.O.Y.L. (sic) Haugh Lane
William Metcalf Private Northd. Fusiliers Prior Terrace
Fred Nevison Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers Tyne Green
J.E. Newton Bomber Northd. Fusiliers Prior Terrace
Ralph Newton Private Northd. Fusiliers Prior Terrace
Fred. Newman Private Northd. Fusiliers Westbourne Grove
John Oliver Private Northd. Fusiliers Garden Terrace
Gerald E. Pattinson Corporal H.S.M.G.C. Portland Lodge
Arthur Patterson Private Royal Marine L.I. St. Oswald’s Road.
George Pearson Private Northd. Fusiliers Garden Terrace
William Gillies Pearson Drummer Northd. Fusiliers Cockshaw
Thomas Pigg Private Northd. Fusiliers Cockshaw
Lionel Plummer Captain Northd. Fusiliers Glengarth
T. Potts Private Northd. Fusiliers Kingsgate Terrace
James Thomas Redpath Lieutenant K.O.S.B. Court House
F. Riley Private Northd. Fusiliers Market Street
Ernest Riley Private Northd. Fusiliers Haugh Lane
J.W. Robinson Captain Northd. Fusiliers South Park
Fred. Robson Corporal Northd. Fusiliers North Terrace
Percy Robson Able Seaman R.N. Division Richmond Place
John Robson Private Northd. Fusiliers Market Street
E. Rourkes Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers Market Street
John Robson Private Northd. Fusiliers North Terrace
John Robson Private Northd. Fusiliers Priestpopple
Jos. W. Robinson Private Australian I.F. 15 Quatre Bras
Frank Riley Private Northd. Fusiliers Gilesgate
Cuthbert Farrar Savage Lieutenant 10th Northd. Fusiliers The Priory
David Salkeld Private Northd. Fusiliers Prior Terrace
Victor E. Scott Sergeant Northd. Fusiliers 1 Garden Terrace
T.W. Smith Driver R.F.A. Priestpopple
George Smith Private Tyneside Scottish Chipchase, Wark
W.R. Thew Sergeant North’d Yeomanry
(att. Royal Berks). Shaftoe Leazes
John Edward Thompson Private R.N. Division Woodbine Terrace
Walter Turnbull Private Australian E.F. Orchard Place
John Thompson Private Northd. Fusiliers 7 Garden Terrace
Michael Urwin Private Tyneside Irish Gilesgate
Charles J. Darley Waddilove Private R.A.M.C. Beacon Grange
William Watt Private Northd. Fusiliers 8 Kingsgate
Ernest Wallace Private Austra.Im.Force Leazes Lane
John Wallace Private Gordon High’ders Leazes Lane
Ernest Walton Private Canadian E.F. Portland Terrace
Harold Walton 2nd Lieut’ant Northd. Fusiliers Station House
George Watson Private Northd. Fusiliers Haugh Lane
R.M. Welch Private Northd. Fusiliers Priestpopple
William Wilkinson 1st Class Stoker Royal Navy Spital Terrace
W. Wilson Seaman R.N.D. Seal Terrace
Isaac Whittaker Private Northd. Fusiliers Market Street
William Ernest Woodman L. Corporal Northd. Fusiliers Shaftoe Crescent
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