Memorial

Roll of Honour Fallen of Parish 1914-18 St. Anne’s

Ancroft

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour Fallen of Parish 1914-18 (A14.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: A14.06

Parish: Ancroft

Original Location:

In St. Anne’s Church

Present Location:

Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Card.

Inscription:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names of the men from this Parish who have given / their lives for their King and Country.
“Blessed are the dead”:
“Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.”

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, 11 inches high x 8 inches wide (285 mm x 200 mm), on standard printed Mowbrays 338 pre-printed card.

Now without its frame.

The quotation “Greater love . . .” is at the top, printed on each side of a cross.

The second and third quotations are at the bottom.

The dates and names are handwritten.

The names are listed in two columns.

Names:

21 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Compare this with Haggerston H2.01

Sources:

Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn,
Ref. EP 17/50

Source of quotations:
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” (John 15 v 13)
“Blessed are the dead” Revelation 14 v 13
“Father in Thy gracious keeping . . .” Hymn “Now the labourer’s task is o’er”.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Tony Harding;
Staff at Northumberland Archives, Woodhorn

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Names Documents:

This is now very difficult to read.  The names have been compared with A14.02.  

 

  1914     1918

 

  Greater love hath no [cross] that a man lay down his

  man than this,               life for his friends.

 

  Parish of Ancroft

 

  Roll of Honour

 

  Names of the men from this Parish who have given

  their lives for their King and Country.

  

  Geoffrey Lambton           Sergt. A. Middlemiss, W. Yorks

  W.R.M. Crossman            L.Cpl A.A. Scheurer M.R.

  Joseph Edmondson D.L.I     Private R. Campbell Blk. Wtch

  George Naylor Leyland      ”       Jos. Hardy M.G.C.

  John A. Tower Robertson    ”       Jn. Hardy N.F.

  William Chambers K.O.S.B.  ”       C. Johnston N.F.

  David McNichol Bk.W.       ”       F. Patrick N.F.

  Andrew Turner D.L.I.       ”       P. Pomfret C.G.

  L.Cpl John Athey Blk.W.    ”       R. Pringle N.F.

  Thomas H. Edmondson D.L.I. ”       Wm. Taylor

  John Mather N.F.

 

  “Blessed are the dead”

 

  Father, in Thy gracious keeping

  Leave we now Thy servant sleeping

NamesA14.06      

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