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Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church

Reference

H140.04

Place

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.

Memorial Description

Plaque 2 feet high x 2 feet 10 inches wide set back in a border 5 inches wide. 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.

Materials used

Light oak

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

Names

59 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Congregation and relatives.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Ralph Hedley & Sons Ltd.

Notes

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

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: C. Sanders

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 09/06/1923 reports unveiling

Illustrated Chronicle 06/06/1923 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.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby

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Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church (H140.04)

   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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