Memorial

Panelling 1914-18 St. Oswin

Wylam

Memorial Name: Panelling 1914-18 St. Oswin (W73.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: W73.01

Parish: Wylam

Original Location:

Church of St. Oswin, Church Road.

West end of church.

Which War:

1914-1918

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled Advent Sunday 1925.

Materials Used:

Oak

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in grateful memory of
(names)
Pro Patria

Memorial Description:

Panels, each  38 inches high x 13 inches wide, (96cm x 34cm) being the middle and right hand panels of a set of three.

The dates “1914” and “1918” are separated by a cross.

The names are incised in a single column on each panel using Roman capitals throughout.

The third panel is for 1939-45 (see W73.06).

Names:

48 full names.
See transcript

Notes:

1. In 1914-18, 70 men enlisted, including 5 bell ringers from St. Oswin’s.

 

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Paul Graham; David Petrie

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Paul Graham (Prudhoe Local History Society);
P. Thirkell;
Tony Harding;
David Petrie;
Janet Brown

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Names Documents:

WYLAM, Church of  St.Oswin.

  1914   +   1919               1914   +   1919

  To the Glory of God           Joseph Edward McCarthy

  and in grateful memory        William Francis McKenna

        of                      Joseph Milburn

  John Edward Adams             Joseph H. Nevin

  Joseph Forster Appleby        J. Wilfred Nevin

  John Ismay Atkinson           John Thomas Nixon

  Fred Bean                     Gerald Paget

  William Hall Bradley          Algernon George Parsons

  James Blythe                  Joseph Pattinson

  Edward Carr                   Henry Quentin Ridley

  William Richmond Clephan      George Robson

  George Cowings                Thomas Rutter

  Charles Andrew Dodd           Charles Springett

  John Dolan                    Alfred Turnbull

  James Henry Forster           Thomas A. Turnbull

  William Forster               Robert Turnbull

  Thomas Gelson                 Henry Turnbull

  Walter Hindley                Richard Watson

  Wilfred Hines                 Alexander White

  Frederick Hunter              William Watson Wild

  Jacob Irwin                   Charles Leyburn Wilkinson

  Frederick Johnson             Jack Winder

  James Leadbitter Knott        Frederick Henry Wright

  Henry Basil Knott             William Wrightson

  Lisle Lathan                  John William Young

  Frederick Leathard

  William Macaulay                   Pro Patria

Names W73.01

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