Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church

Hamsterley Colliery

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church (H140.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: H140.04

Parish: Hamsterley Colliery

Original Location:

Christ Church, on A694 opposite Ennerdale Terrace.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled June 1923 by Hon. S.R. Vereker of Hamsterley Hall;
dedicated by Rev. R.E. Parr, vicar of Medomsley.

Materials Used:

Light oak

Who Commissioned:

Congregation and relatives.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Ralph Hedley & Sons Ltd.

Inscription:

To the Glory of God and in undying memory of
(Names)
of this district who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War
Let light perpetual shine upon them
Erected by the congregation and relatives

Memorial Description:

Plaque 24 inches high x 34 inches wide set back in a border 5 inches wide (61cms x 86cms x 13cms).

At centre top is a raised cross with the dates “1914” and “1918” on either side, all raised to stand proud and gilded.

Names are listed in four columns with the dedication below.

All lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.

Names:

59 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This was dedicated to those who fell from Hamsterley, Westwood, Milkwell Burn and Blackhall Mill.

Sources:

Photo: C. Sanders

Illustrated Chronicle
06/06/1923 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
09/06/1923 reports unveiling

Stanley News and Consett Chronicle
07/06/1923 reports unveiling.

Tyne & Wear Archives
Ralph Hedley books No. 1302 (1923) carry work photos shown here

Source of quotation:
“Let light perpetual . . . .” Mass for the Dead.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby

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Names Documents:

  1914  + 1918

  To the Glory of God and in undying memory of:

  G.R. Allison   O.Earnshaw     T. Lamb         T. Parkinson

  T. Anderson    W. Errington   G. Leadbitter   T. Patterson

  J. Arthur      A.W. Fletcher  W. McDonald     J. Pigg

  T.E. Atthey    T. Forster     H. McIntosh     G.T. Ramsay

  J.E. Barrow    T. Forster     T. McKenzie     G. Robson

  J. Burns       R. Goodfellow  T.W. McKenzie   J. Smith

  J.L. Clewes    W.H. Gordon    C. McKinnelly   J. Scarr

  R. Cook        A. Graham      W.L. McWilliams J. Scott

  A Cockrill     R. Graham      J. Merritt      J. Soulsby

  G.S. Coulson   J. Hillary     W. Nevins       G. Street

  W.S. Coulson   J. Holdon      W. Nicholson    J. Vater

  R.W. Cowen     J.W. Howcroft  J. Nithsdale    A.R. Wallace

  J.H. Dickinson J.M. Huntsman  J.N. Oakes      J. Ward

  W. Dinning     E. Keenleyside T.W. Oakes      A.T. Watson

                 J.W. Kyle      J. Musgrove     A.W. Wilson

  of this district who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War

  Let light perpetual shine upon them

  Erected by the congregation and relatives

NamesH140.04  

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