Stained Glass Window 1914-18 St. Augustin

St. Augustin’s Church, Washington Terrace / Jackson Street.

1914-18

Unveiled 11th November 1922 by Rev. Canon Crawhall, former vicar of Tynemouth and chaplain to the forces.

Brass

Window: £613 11s 2d;
brass plaque: £30.

Public subscription

Designed by Martin Travers;
made by Messrs G.J. Baguley and Son, Newcastle.

To the glory of God and in memory of those
whose names are set out below who gave up their lives
during the Great War 1914-1918

The stained glass of the east window of this church
forms the memorial of relatives, friends and parishioners

Requiescant in Pace.

Stained glass window of three lights with oculus above.

The left window depicts St. George, with St. Augustine.

The right window depicts St. Nicholas of Myra, with St. Oswald.

In the centre is Our Lady in glory. In the oculus is the risen Christ reigning in glory.

Plaque 31 inches high x 31 inches wide (79cms x 79cms), set in a very narrow wood frame.

It has a fine line border.

The dedication at the top is in fancy serif lettering, as are the details at the bottom, and the benediction.

The names are listed in four columns, each divided by a vertical line, using sans serif lower case lettering.

1. Centre light was unveiled in 1922; outer lights in 1925; the oculus in 1927.

2. The very last name must have been added later.

3. The wording on this plaque seems to have changed from that proposed. An old photograph shows:
the dates as “1914-1919” while the present plaque reads “1914-1918”;
the wording at the bottom reads “The Centre Light of the East Window of this Church”. The present plaque reads “The stained glass of the East Window.”

Photos:  Jeff Cook; R. Gould; old postcard: George Nairn

Illustrated Chronicle
13/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
18/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
13/11/1922 reports unveiling;
07/11/1925 reports proposed unveiling on Sunday week, i.e. 15th November, and an advertisement of
14/11/1925 reports proposed unveiling of “side windows of War memorial by Rev. H.J. Davis on Sunday 15th November 1925”.

The Studio
March 1923 contains an illustrated description of decorative art at the Royal Academy, and among the pictures is one of the centre light of this window;

Church History of St. Augustin’s, 1884-1984 by Reavley Gair, in which Neil Moat describes the windows.

Source of quotation
“Requiescant in Pace” (May they rest in peace) Latin Mass for the Dead

R.W. Gould;
Mrs. P. Amis (Caretaker);
Rev. M. Golightly;
Jeff Cook;
Dorothy Hall;
George Nairn

The names on the North Shields memorials are being researched by the Tynemouth WW1 group.

Contact info@tynemouthworldwarone.org