Memorial

Vase Burgess 1916 St. John the Evangelist

Burnhope

Memorial Name: Vase Burgess 1916 St. John the Evangelist (B153.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: B153.06

Parish: Burnhope

Original Location:

Church of St. John the Evangelist, Holmside Lane

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 2nd May 1925

Materials Used:

Brass

Who Commissioned:

Family

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in memory of
Captain W.H.L. Burgess
Killed on the Somme
20th July 1916
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Memorial Description:

Vase, 14 inches high x 5½ inches diameter (36cms x 14cms) with shallow neck.

It has a design of grape leaves and fruit around the shoulder.

The dedication is carried below this, using a mixture of Roman upper, lower and italic script.

Names:

See above

Notes:

The dedication was on the same occasion as the dedication of the chancel screen.

See his Every Name A Story entry

 

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall

Consett Guardian
01/05/1925 reports dedication

Source of quotation:
“Dulce et decorum est . . .” Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
John & Mavis Dixon

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