Memorial

Litany Book Rewcastle 1942 Holy Trinity

South Shields

Memorial Name: Litany Book Rewcastle 1942 Holy Trinity (S86.094)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.094

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

Holy Trinity Church (demolished 1980), on the corner of Commercial Road and Laygate Road, South Shields. NE33 1RW. NZ 35847 66368.

Past Location:

Private Hands.

Present Location:

St Jude’s Church, St Jude’s Terrace, South Shields NE33 5PB. NZ 36233 66052

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Leather, paper

Who Commissioned:

Holy Trinity Church.

Present Condition: Good

Ownership and Maintenance: St Judes Church

Inscription:

In memory
William T. Rewcastle
killed by enemy action
At sea 16th April 1942
Aged 59 years
R.I.P.

Memorial Description:

Book, stiff bound in Red dimpled leather, 10 inches high x 7 inches wide (254mm x 176mm).

On the front cover the words “The Litany” embossed, are in gold above a large embossed cross.

Names:

See above.

Notes:

1. This was formerly in Holy Trinity Church which was at High Shields, and now closed. It was at the crossroads formed by Laygate and Commercial Road.

2. The book was shown to the researcher in St. Jude’s Church, who were presented with the book for safekeeping when the Holy Trinity Church was demolished in 1980.

3. See W.T. Rewcastle Every Name a Story entry.

Sources:

Photo of cover: C. Sanders; Jmaes Pasbyu

British Vessels Lost at Sea 1939-45; Patrick Stephens Ltd., ISBN 0 85059 267 4