Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. James

Morpeth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. James (M17.09)

NEWMP Ref No.: M17.09

Parish: Morpeth

Original Location:

Church of St. James the Great, Cooper Chare / Wellway.

On South wall.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 26th February 1922 by Lt. Col. Irwin Wright, D.S.O., Commanding 7th N.F.
Dedicated by Dr. Wild, Bishop of Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Brass

Who Commissioned:

Church

Cost:

Estimated £150.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Inscription:

To the glory of God and in memory of the men of Morpeth
who fell in the Great War 1914-18.
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.

Memorial Description:

Plaque approx. 48 inches high x 60 inches wide (122cms x 152cms), set in a wood frame.

There is a wide patterned border of vines and bunches of grapes.

The names are listed in six columns using Roman capitals.

Names:

233 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Colours of 2nd/7th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers, were laid up April 1923, and returned to the Regiment in 1948.

2. Subscriptions were requested towards the cost, from relatives of those named, but there was no obligation. The cost would be about £150 which worked out at about 14s per name.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
27/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
15/04/1921, 09/09/1921 and 16/09/1921 report intention of placing the brass tablet and cost;
30/09/1921 clarifies that nobody was obliged to pay the costs of adding a name;
10/02/1922 reports proposed unveiling;
03/03/1922 reports unveiling;
02/04/1948 reports return of colours to N.F.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
27/02/1922 reports unveiling.

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

Research Acknowledgements:

George and Janet Brown;
Julia Wood (Morpeth Antiquarian Society);
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

MORPETH, St. James’ Church.

 

  To the glory of God and in memory of the men of Morpeth

  who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

Column 1           Column 2          Column 3

 

  Aitken, T.G.       Charlton, H.      Fram, F.        

  Alexander, W.      Clark, Joe.       Froud, D.       

  Allan, P.          Clark, R.B.       Froud, J.F.     

  Allen, T.          Clark, J.G.       Garvie, O.      

  Amlett, A.V.       Cook, W.          Garvie, T.      

  Angus, P.          Cooper, R.R.      Gair, T.N.      

  Armstrong, J.N.    Coutts, J.A.      Gair, J.        

  Armstrong, Edwin   Crake, G.C.       Gibson, W.      

  Armstrong, W.      Corbett, J.E.     Gilboy, G.      

  Arnott, E.         Croyle, J.        Gilboy, J.      

  Appleby, W.P.      Curry, A.         Givens, Peter  

  Ashton, E.         Conway, E.        Glass, W.T.     

  Atkinson, J.W.     Dalton, G.        Goldie, I.L.    

  Aynsley, J.B.      Dalton, M.        Graham, W.A.    

  Bates, G.          Dalton, R.        Green, E.       

  Barnett, W.R.      Daglish, R.A.     Green, M.       

  Bell, M.F.         Davidson, James   Green, G.       

  Black, John.       Davidson, T.      Grey, Geo.      

  Black, R.W.        Day, R.W.         Grey, J.        

  Blackhall, G.A.    Dodds, J.         Grey, J.W.      

  Blackhall, W.H.    Dodds, R.         Grey, R.        

  Blanch, R.W.       Dodds, T.         Haig, S.        

  Bowman, A.         Donnelly, J.P.    Hall, J.        

  Bowman, J.         Douglas, F.       Halliday, M.C.  

  Bowman, T.B.       Douglas, W.       Harrison, J.E.  

  Brady, E.          Douglass, F.      Hedley, R.      

  Brodie F. Gordon   Dryden, R.        Henderson, L.H.

  Brotherton, G.     Duncan, J.        Henderson, T.   

  Browell, J.L.      Dunn, A.          Hoey, Cyril I.  

  Brown, J.W.        Dunn, Geo.        Hood, T.        

  Brewis, J.         Dunn, Andrew      Hunter, C.      

  Boistin, C.        Diamond, H.       Hudson, J.      

  Bullock, P.J.      Elliott, G.W.     Hudson, J.W.    

  Buckley, J.        Fagan, A.         Jackson William

  Campbell, T.G.     Fawdon, G.R.      Jackson, W.     

  Case, H.E.         Fisher, B.S.      James W. Leslie

  Causton, S.        Foster, Bert.     Jamieson, E.    

  Charlton, W.R.     Forster, J.       Johnson, N.R.   

  Blackhall, A.                                       

  Dodds, M.                                           

  Blades, T.

—————————————————-   

Column 4           Column 5          Column 6

  Kane, J.G.         O’Brien, E.       Stewart, J.

  Kane, A.G.         O’Hare, J.D.      Stobart, G.E.

  Kemp, R.           O’Hare, J.        Straughan, W.P.

  Knight, J.M.       Oliver, R.        Swinney, N.A.

  Langley, W.        Overend, S.A.     Swinney, J.H.C.

  Lamb, J.R.         Patterson, D.R.   Swinney, F.

  Lawson, E.G.       Pringle, J.A.     Shotton, H.

  Lawson, J.         Pringle, J.A.     Taylor, E.

  Lee, H.            Purvis, H.L.      Taylor, E.J.

  Lothian, T.J.      Reay, J.L.        Telford, T.

  Lothian, J.        Reay, W.          Thompson, J.C.

  Lothian, T.        Richardson, J.G.  Trenent, W.M.

  Loughran, J.C.     Richardson, J.    Turner, A.H.

  Lowes, R.T.        Riddell, N.G.     Tweedy, T.H.

  Lyons, F.          Riddley, Pte.     Walker, R.

  Lyons, John        Robinson, S.      Waggott, J.A.

  Luke, E.           Robson, R.        Wastle, R.R.

  Mackay, A.         Rogers, R.        Waterston, B.

  Mackay, J.R.       Routledge, W.     Waterston, N.G.R.

  Marshall, L.       Sanderson, W.     Waters, J.

  Marshall, T.       Sample, A.        Watson, G.

  Matheson, Edward   Sample, Alex.     Watson, J.

  Matthewson, D.G.   Shaftoe, J.       Watson, T.

  May, A.L.          Shannon, T.       Watson, M.

  McCarthy, J.M.     Sharp, R.         Watson, F.S.

  McCarthy, W.       Shepherd, L.A.    Whittle, J.

  McGillian, C.      Shepherd, J.      White, A.

  Miller, J.         Slaughter, J.W.   Wight, Henry A.

  Monaghan, O.       Smith, J.         Wilkinson, I.

  Muckle, W.         Smith, T.         Williams, R.

  Murphy G. Franklin Smith, T.         Wynn, W.W.

  Murphy, J.         Soulsby, W.R.     Wright, S.A.

  Mounsey, W.        Sproat, R.        Youll, J.

  Nesbit, J.         Sproat, W.        Young, T.S.

  Nichol, Athol      Sproul, R.        Young, R.

  Nichol, John       Stafford, T.      Young, P.

  Nichol, M.         Stevenson, G.     Young, T.

  Nichol, T.         Stewart, John     Yule, A.

                                       Potter, J.

                                       Walker, J.R.

  THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

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