Memorial

Screen 1914-18 St. Mary

Barnard Castle

Memorial Name: Screen 1914-18 St. Mary (B135.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: B135.02

Parish: Barnard Castle

Original Location:

St. Mary’s Church, Newgate, DL12 8NQ

In north door of the tower

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 27th April 1923 by Dr. A.C. Headlam, Bishop of Gloucester.

Materials Used:

Oak, lead and glass.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. R. Wylie, Architect, Newcastle.

Inscription:

1914-1918
To the glory of God
and to
commemorate
those who fell in
the Great War.

Memorial Description:

Screen, 9 feet high x 10 feet 6 inches wide(2.7m x 3.2m), of four traceried wood panels each 102 inches high x 24 inches wide (259cms x 61cms) with two stained glass windows.

The windows are patterned in Gothic style with traceried top.

One design features a cross encircled by a laurel wreath and the St. George’s cross in red at the bottom; another design is a cross encircled by a gold crown and either the St.Andrew’s saltire in blue or a shamrock in green at the bottom.

The dedication is on a shield placed centrally above the door formed by the two central panels.

Angled side panels give the names written in a single column on each in gold lettering using Roman capitals throughout.

“The four panels in stained glass have embodied in their design a laurel wreath of victory around a sword, a shield of St. George with sunrise, symbolizing the dawn; a crown of glory surrounded by a circle representing Unity, and a shield of St. Andrew and the Shamrock, with the Cross of Suffering” (Northern Echo)

Names:

124 names and ranks where known.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This church is the church of the Durham Light Infantry, as it was formed in this town. There are a number of flags in the church

2. At the unveiling ceremony, a pulpit was also unveiled in memory of the late James Watson of Spring Lodge, but this was not a war memorial.

3. In Durham County Record Office there is a “Challenge” blue school exercise book which contains “Names of those who fell in the Great War 1914 – 1920”. See B135.23

4. Two unidentified news cuttings report on the efforts of John Pringle to find the graves of the men from the town who were killed in 1918 and that he proposes to write a book about them.

5. Two further names were added in 2014. See transcript.

6. Peter Wise in his research discovered there were mistakes in the spelling of some names, initials and ranks. They are corrected and sometimes commented on in his book

Sources:

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon, Simon Raine; Jim Sewell; Kevin Milburn; Peter Wise

Auckland and County Chronicle 
3/06/1923 reports unveiling

Darlington & Stockton Times
28/04/1923 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
28/03/1923 reports unveiling with photo of screen.

Northern Echo
05/10/1921 reports proposal to erect a screen “between the Baptistry and the knave (sic); 28/04/1923 reports unveiling;
19/10/2014 reports addition of two names to the screen.

Teesdale Mercury
07/02/1923;
02/05/1923

Durham County Record Office
Reference EP/BC 14/103

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack H Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Sources Link: Northern Echo 10 05 Wed -1921
Sources Link: Northern Echo 04 28 Sat -1923

Additional Research Documents

B135.02 Dedication Leaflet 1923

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Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Jim Sewell;
Kevin Milburn;
Peter Wise

Research In Progress:

Peter Wise has researched the names on the memorial in St Mary’s Church (B135.02)

A booklet of Peter’s research (cost £4 plus pp for UK) can be obtained by contacting him. Contact: pgwise@tiscali.co.uk

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Names Documents:

     To the glory of God

     and to

1914  commemorate         1918

     those who fell in  

     the Great War.

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Upper Left hand panel             Upper Right hand panel

  Col.        Graham. A.                     Jemmeson. G.      

  Capt.       Butler. R.J.       Sergt.      Johnson. W.E.   

  ”           Errington. T.                  Jones. J.

  ”           Gall. E.S.                     Kelly. E.

  ”           Hepworth. W.J.H.               Kelly. J.   

  ”           Sayer. T.E.                    Kipling. T.B.

  Lieut.      Heslop. W.                     Layland. J.T.

  ”           Hughes. J.W.       Private     Lee. E.   

  ”           Lowe. E.I.         Sergt.      Little. A.W.

  ”           Wilson. M.                     Lodge. B.G.

  2nd Lieut   Berry. G.W.                    Lumley. H.

  ”           Burn.A.R.          Private     Merryweather. F.

  ”           Raine. C.W.                    O’Hara Moore. J.T.

  ”           Stembridge. J.                 Morley. F.

  Sub. Lieut. Emerson. J.H.                  Mulgrew. T. Senr.

                                             Mulgrew. T. Junr.

  Private     Allinson. F.                   Murray. G.A.

  ”           Ashmore. J.                    Nevison. A.V.

              Ashmore. F.                    Nixon. T.W.

              Bailey. J.                     Okey. J.

              Barker. N.                     Okey. N.   

              Barrett. H.T.       Sergt.     Parker. E.L.            

  Sergt.      Beadle. H.                     Patterson. R.H.

              Blenkinsop C.W.                Raine. J.W.

  Private     Breen. F.                      Ramsden. J.

  L. Corp.    Brown. G.A.                    Robson. T.A.

  ”           Brown. T.W.                    Rogers. J.

              Chandler T.                    Shepherd. B.

              Chapman. T.                    Shepherd. T.

              Chatt. T.                      Sissons. S.

              Coates. A.                     Smiles. R.H.   

              Connell. G.         Corp.      Smith. G.H.               

              Croft. G.W.                    Smith. J.T.

  Sergt.      Dent. J.                       Smith A.

              Dodds. B.                      Smith. F.

              Emerson. A.W.                  Smith. R.   

              Etherington. R.H.   Corp.      Stoddart. R               

              Evans. H.                      Stoddart. S.

  L. Corp.    Fawcett. R.                    Stokeld. T.A.

              Featham. F.J.                  Stout. G.   

  S. Maj.     Finn. P.            Sergt.     Stout. J.W.               

  Private     Finn. J.                       Theakston. R.W.

  ”           Fleet. W.                      Urquhart. F.   

              Foott. A.           L. Sergt   Waine. G.G.     

  Sergt.      Gilmore. J.                    Waine. W.

              Gray. H.A.                     Walker. R.

              Hall. J.                       Walton. A.E.

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Lower Left hand panel             Lower Right hand panel  

              Hall. S.                                 

              Harrison. L.                   Wardle. G.H.         

  Corp.       Hebdon. R.          Sergt.     Watson. H.   

  ”           Henderson. F.                  Watson. J.R.

              Hewitson. W.                   Wearmouth. S.T.

  Sergt.      Hird. J.W.B.                   Welford. A.      

              Hodgson. W.         S.Sergt.   Wellman. F.T.   

  R.S.M.      Holmes. W.E.                   Wilkinson. J.   

              Hopson. J.F.        Private    Wilkinson. S.W.

              Horan. J.                      Wilson. W.   

              Horan. F.                      Wilson. J.P.

              Hunt. J.W.                     Wilson. G.W.    

              Hunter. T.S.        Sergt.     Young. E.

              Jemmeson. T.        Private    Young. R.E.

              Jemmeson. F.        ”          Young. J.

NamesB135.02   

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