Memorial Details
Memorial
Panel 1914-18 St. Stephen
Reference
S7.10
Place
SEATON DELAVAL
Map ref
NZ 303755
Original Location
St. Stephen's Church (Closed)
Present Location
Plaque removed from St. Stephen's Church 1964, following closure of church in 1962.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled May 1923 by two wounded soldiers, named as J.T. Stoker and William Slinn, in a service conducted by Rev. W. Jeffries, Rector of Kirkhaugh.
Memorial Description
Panel with raised centre top with border of vine leaves. At centre top is an ornate cross below which is the dedication in raised Roman capitals. The cross and dedication are possibly gilded. The names are engraved in three columns using Roman capitals with the initial letters coloured. The quotation is in the bottom frame.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in / memory of those who gave / their lives in the Great War / 1914-1919.
“Greater love hath no man than this”
Names
Present condition
Unknown
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Ralph Hedley, 52 St.Mary’s Place, Newcastle on Tyne.
Notes
1. The two wounded men who performed the unveiling ceremony had each lost a leg.
2. It seems that the memorial was to have been moved in 1967 to Holy Trinity, Seghill, and placed on the north wall under the balcony, (Diocesan Faculty 2521 12/12/1967 refers) but this work was not carried out.
2. It seems that the memorial was to have been moved in 1967 to Holy Trinity, Seghill, and placed on the north wall under the balcony, (Diocesan Faculty 2521 12/12/1967 refers) but this work was not carried out.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Old photo: Ralph Hedley Collection
Shields Daily News 04/05/1923 reports unveiling
Morpeth Herald 11/05/1923 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 04/05/1923 reports unveiling.
On file information re proposed move to Seghill (Seaton Delaval & District LHS).
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 2521 12/12/1967
Tyne and Wear Archives Ralph Hedley photo series. DT/RH/20-1-232
Shields Daily News 04/05/1923 reports unveiling
Morpeth Herald 11/05/1923 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 04/05/1923 reports unveiling.
On file information re proposed move to Seghill (Seaton Delaval & District LHS).
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 2521 12/12/1967
Tyne and Wear Archives Ralph Hedley photo series. DT/RH/20-1-232
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; J. Brown; Joan Winter (Seaton Delaval & District L.H.S.) ; Rev. Alan Bill; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
Research In Progress
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Panel 1914-18 St. Stephen (S7.10)
SEATON DELAVAL St. Stephen's Church (Closed)
To the Glory of God and in
memory of those who gave
their lives in the Great War
* * * 1914-1919 * * *
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James W. Aldridge William J. Dunn John A. Moody
William Amour John W. Davison Thomas Moore
John R. Armstrong William English Joseph M.R. Millet
John T. Armstrong Francis B. Ellis Mich. J. Mullarkey
Wm. Armstrong Thomas Freeman James McKean
James H. Brown John Forbes Wm. McGarrigle
William Bewick Thomas Graham Alfred Neil
Robert Bruce Arthur Harrison James Neil
John G. Buddle William Harrison Thomas Ogle
Thomas Bowman Francis Hall John Pattison
Matthew Bell James Hill William Pattison
William F. Bell John Hedley Samuel Patterson
John Bailey Jno E.W. Johnstone Frank Robe
William Bainbridge Ernest A. Johnson Chas. E. Robertson
Henry Barnes Daniel Kelly Robert Rutherford
Geo. F.H. Charlton Lawrence H. Kennedy Thomas R. Sprott
William G. Charlton William Lawson Wm. E. Stephenson
Thomas Charlton Henry Lawson Ernest Slinn
William Charlton George Lawson Edward Sidney
George Chrisp Edward B. Leader Henry W. Thompson
Mark Cockburn James W. Leatham Thomas Varley
James Collier Percy Lillicrap Joseph Wake
Edward Crosby Jacob Leighton Thomas A. Walker
George Dixon Arthur Malton Thomas Watson
Charles J. Dunn James Mason William Younger
Elizabeth Gleghorn
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On bottom frame:
Greater love hath no man than this.
NamesS7.10
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