Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin

Whickham

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (W86.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: W86.03

Parish: Whickham

Original Location:

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Church Green.

In south aisle.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 21st August 1921 by Lieut. Col. A. Henderson, C.M.G., T.D.,
dedicated by Rev. Canon Archdale.

Materials Used:

Bronze in oak frame

Inscription:

In honoured memory of the
Whickham men who died in the
cause of righteousness in the
Great War 1914-1918

“In Thy redeeming love have mercy on the fallen”.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with rounded centre top set in a wood frame which echoes the shape.

At the top is a wreath, inside which is a cross, and from which a ribbon trailing underneath carries the words “Not / Right / Might”.

There is a bronze inner border.

The names are listed in two columns.

The background is black, and the lettering is in raised and burnished sans serif capitals throughout.

There is a shelf underneath.

Names:

65 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Ann Graham; Kevin Milburn; Tony Harding

Blaydon Courier
27/08/1921 reports unveiling

Consett Guardian
02/09/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
22/08/1921 reports unveiling

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
22/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
07/04/1920 reports proposal to erect monument.

Seaham News
25/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
22/08/1921 carries brief press report of unveiling ceremony.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation
“In Thy redeeming love . . .” From the Campaign Prayer Book 1892 -“For the Sick and Wounded”

Sources Link: Consett Guardian 09 02 Fri -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham & District L.H.S.;
Ann Graham;
Dorothy Hall;
Kevin Milburn;
Tony Harding

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Names Documents:

WHICKHAM, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

Right not Might

In honoured memory of the

Whickham men who died in the

cause of righteousness in the

Great War 1914 – 1918

Arthurs, D. Kitchingman, J.E.

Atkinson, C.C. Laybourne, T.

Atkinson, H. Liddell, J.

Atkinson, J.W. Lynn, W.

Atkinson, W. Mann, R.A.

Bell, W.M. Martin, J.

Bell, W.T. Masland, F.N.

Bertram, A. Mowbray, G.F.

Brennan, J. Mulvey, J.

Brennan, P. Nevin, W.

Briggs, J. Porteous, T.

Buckton, H.A. Proud, H.

Campbell, H.H. Redden, E.

Cawthorne, T. Robson, M.

Costello, J. Ross, T.

Detchon, J.O. Scott, W.

Dodds, J. Simpson, J.

Elliott, F. Smiles, B.E.

Findley, A. Sneddon, F.E.K.

Findley, M. Stalker, R.

Garrett, I. Stark, W.S.

Graham, H. Swindle, J.

Harbottle, R. Swindle, M.C.

Harm, T. Taylor, R.

Hedworth, A. Thompson, R.W.

Hedworth, T.H. Thompson, W.K.

Hodgson, J.E. Walters, H.

Hogg, E. Wardhaugh, J.

Howe, G. Wilson, E.E.

Huxley, B. Wheatley, J.

Ismay, W.N. Whitfield, J.

Jones, L. Whitfield, W.

Kelly, W.

“In Thy redeeming love have mercy on the fallen”

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