Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 St. Paul’s Churchyard

Winlaton

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 St. Paul's Churchyard (W85.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: W85.01

Parish: Winlaton

Original Location:

St. Paul’s Churchyard, Scotland Head.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 22nd May 1918 by Mr. Frank Priestman, J.P.;
dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

“Stone is black pasture from Chollerford”

Cost:

£300

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription, plus a large anonymous donation.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Architect: Mr. W.H. Wood, F.R.I.B.A., Newcastle;
made by Messrs. Maile and Sons, London.

Inscription:

a.
At base of Cross 
Upon The Crucified One Look
And Thou Shalt Read As In A Book
What Well Is Worth Thy Learning.

On plinth 
In Memory Of Those Who Have Given Their Lives
For God, For King and For Country
In the Great War 1914-1918

b.
And In the Second World War 1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Cross of Celtic type decorated with interlaced design with crucifix at centre.

It stands on a square pedestal with sloping shoulders which rests on three plain stone steps.

The dedication is on the front of the pedestal, with the names from 1914-18 in two columns on the three sides using sans serif capitals filled with lead.

The names from 1939-45 are incised on the sloping shoulders.

Names:

a. 107 full names
b. 49 surnames and initials
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Archdeacon’s certificate number 5434, issued 20/12/1972 for, inter alia, the cleaning and repair of the War Memorial inside the main entrance to the grounds. Diocese of Durham Faculty Books

2. This memorial had been erected before the Great War ended.

3. A public meeting was called in August 1916 to decide on a war memorial, to be paid for by public subscription at a cost of £330(T.R. Hodgson).

4. T.R. Hodgson also says that there were 98 names. Since there are now 107, it seems possible that others were added later after the war ended.

5. The stone used is the same as that used on the spire and lantern of St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.

6. At the unveiling, Mr. Priestman said: “Between 800 and 1,000 men had gone from that parish. A large proportion had worked for firms with which he was connected, and that made him more than ever interested in the memorial”.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Dorothy Hall

Blaydon Courier
 19/11/1921 reports service of commemoration held in the church.

Consett and Stanley Chronicle
 31/05/1918 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
17/05/1918 gives description and proposed unveiling;
23/05/1918 reports unveiling with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
 25/05/1918 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Durham
Faculty books
Archdeacon’s certificate number 5434, issued 20/12/1972

A Religious history of Winlaton, Vol.1, The Church of St. Paul in the Parish of Winlaton 1828-1998, T.R. Hodgson, has information in Notes 3 and 4 above.

Source of quotation
“Upon the Crucified One Look . . .” Knitting A Conundrum Translated from the Latin by John M. Neale

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 17 Fri -1918 01
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 17 Fri -1918 02
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 17 Fri -1918 03
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 23 Thu -1918 01
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 23 Thu -1918 02
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 23 Thu -1918 03
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 23 Thu -1918 04
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 23 Thu -1918 05

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham and District L.H.S.;
George and Janet Brown,
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding;
James Pasby

Research In Progress:

Winlaton Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial Contact:- winlatonhistorysociety@yahoo.com

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Names Documents:

WINLATON, St. Paul’s Churchyard.      

 

On front face sloping plinth:

  Upon The Crucified One Look

  And Thou Shalt Read As In A Book

  What Well Is Worth Thy Learning.

————————————

On face:

 

  In Memory Of Those Who Have Given Their Lives

  For God, For King and For Country

  In the Great War    1914-1918

  And in the Second World War 1939-1945

 

  Thomas H. Siddle        William Purdy

  Robert A. Reay          James Purdy

  Albert J. Batson        Matthew Hailes

  John McPherson, R.N.D.  Thomas Heron

  Robert H. Dixon         Robert Renforth

  William G. Dobson       John G. Renforth

  Norman Eskdale          John McPherson, N.F.

  Stanley Eskdale         David Barber

            

  R.I.P.

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On second face sloping shoulder (1939-45)

  T. Robson               A.V. Smith

  R. Robson               W.J. Sinton

  J. Reeves               H.T. Thornton

  A. Renwick              J.J. Ward

  J. Sanderson            J. Walker

  F. Sharp                G. Watson

  N. Slater               T. Wilson

————————————

On second face (1914-18:

  Thomas Craig            David Blakey

  Joseph Lamonby          George Hunter

  Richard Armstrong       James Spires

  Lancelot Parkin         William W. Spires

  William Dawson          John Cowen

  James Tilley            Frank Boyd

  Michael Gardner         William Morgan

  Thomas Richardson       William Bell

  Henry Richardson        Robert Chambers

  William Bilclough       James Kelly

  Thomas Bilclough        Ernest T. Walker

  William T. Taylor       John J. March

  Robert G. Atkinson      Forster Burrell

  George Tennick          Lionel Bennett

  Alma Hudson             John Young

  William Gill            William Young

  William Chapman

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On third face sloping shoulder (1939-45):

  J.R. Allinson           G. Burrell

  F.G. Bell               M. Burrell

  H. Blakey               G.W. Broome

  T. Brown                B. Corr

  R. Brennan              A. Charlton

  J.M. Burn               E.C. Charlton V.C.

  P. Bilclough            L. Donnelly

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On third face (1914-18):

  William G. Atkinson     George Atkinson

  Charles Burdon          Andrew Craig

  John W. Dixon           James Dixon

  Irving Dixon            John W. Edgar

  John W. Flinn           John Higgins

  Thomas Pattison         Stephen W. Renwick

  Zachariah Scott         Robert Telford

  Thomas A. Campbell      James C. Duffy

  Daniel Graham           Anthony Smith

  Joseph W. Tilley        Thomas Swan

  Charles Johnson         John Y. Henderson

  George R. Conway        John J. Gascoigne

  William Wilson          William Byers

  Robson Miller           John H. Tweddle

  John R. Gilhespy        Thomas West

  Martin Small            Frank S. Nesbitt

  Thomas Howell           John H. Nesbitt

————————————

On fourth face sloping shoulder (1939-45):

  G. Davison         J. Hopper         G. Kendal

  Jennie Davidson    F. Hughes         T. Lewis

  W. Esson           W.T. Hughes       W. Morgan

  J. Grady           R. Johnson        J. Morton

  L. Goundry         J.R. Johnson      J.E. Maughan

  E. Hardy           J.R. Jeavons      J.W. Patterson

  R.W. Hodgson       N. Jowett         J. Proctor.

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On fourth face (1914-18)

  Ernest Jobling          Wesley Johnston

  Samuel Armstrong        Charles W. Reay

  William J. Gaul         John J. McCray

  George E.A. Laybourne   Joseph Lowdon

  Joseph Laybourne        Joseph Wilson

  Philip E. Crane         Lancelot J. Swan

  John G. Clarke          Joseph Raper

  William Atkinson        Joseph Stewart

  George Irwin            John E. Dixon

  Wilkie Burdon           T. John McDonnell

  Robert S. Mclean        James T. Hunter

  Robert Anderson         Thomas H. Baines

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