Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin

Ponteland

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (P12.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: P12.08

Parish: Ponteland

Original Location:

Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Main Street / North Road.

West wall of nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 30th September 1923 and dedicated by the Vicar, Rev. F.W. Langton.

Materials Used:

Marble and alabaster.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in grateful memory of the men
from Ponteland who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918
(Names)
May they rest in peace.

Memorial Description:

Plaque approx. 30 inches high x 18 inches wide (76cms x 46cms) set in a pink marble pattress. There are carved borders approx. 36 inches high 27 inches wide (91cms x 69cms) surmounted by two pinnacles at the top corners.

The names are listed in two columns, lettering throughout is in sans serif capitals, painted black.

There is a British Army tin hat above, and a pink marble shelf below.

Names:

40 names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; T. Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
01/10/1923 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
 06/10/1923 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
“May they rest in peace” Mass for the Dead

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 10 05 Fri -1923

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ponteland Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Philip Thirkell;
Ralph W. Gould;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

PONTELAND, St. Mary the Virgin Church

 

 

  To the Glory of God

  and in grateful memory of the men

  from Ponteland who gave their lives

  in the Great War 1914-1918

 

  Herbert G. Baldwin   Thomas Lant

  David J. Barnes      Andrew B. McCreath

  Samuel Battensby     Robert Moffitt

  Stanley R. Bone      Edmund Mortimer

  Walter Brighton      William Brian Mortimer

  Thomas Brown         Thomas Ord

  William J. Caughey   John Pollard

  John Crozier         George Railton

  George T. Emms       Charles Richardson

  Thomas Gibson        Ridley Robinson

  William Glass        Henry Smith

  Andrew Graham        James Stobert

  John Graham          William S. Thompson

  James L. Hall        Charles H. Walls

  Maurice C. Hill      Thomas Weightman

  Geoffrey Hutchinson  Thomas Wilde

  Charles R. Ions      John Wilkinson

  Norman Kane          James Wilson

  John Kettley         James Young

  Edwin Lant           Richard Youngman

 

   May they rest in peace

NamesP12.08

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