Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Barnabas

Burnmoor Bournmoor

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Barnabas (B154.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: B154.01

Parish: Burnmoor Bournmoor

Original Location:

St. Barnabas’ Church, Chester Road DH4 6EU.
On A183 Sunderland-Chester le Street at junction with Rose Crescent.

North wall.
Upper of two plaques.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 8th November 1921 by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Durham, K.G., G.V.C.O., P.C.,
dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Jones and Willis

Inscription:

In honoured memory
of the men from this parish
who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-1918.
Their name liveth for evermore.

Memorial Description:

Plaque set on an oak pattress with fluted edge.

The names are listed in two columns.

The lettering is in Roman capitals.

There is a shelf on each side.

Names:

47 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. There is a wreath laid by one family each year.

2. There is a piece of card nearby with the words:

“Sleep lightly lad. Thou art for King’s guard at daybreak. With spotless kit turn-out And take a place of honour”.

3. According to the The Story Durham source, the plaque was made by E.H. Thew.

4. “We motored to Burnmoor, where I dedicated a war memorial which Lord Durham unveiled with a very felicitous speech. I also preached. We dined at Lambton very pleasantly”. (Bishop Henson 08/11/1921)

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall; David Sloan: James Pasby

Chester le Street Chronicle
18/11/1921 reports unveiling with list of 45 names.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
02/11/1921 announces unveiling on 8th;
10/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
11/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Stanley News
10/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Sunderland Echo
09/11/1921 page 4 reports unveiling;
02/11/1923 reports unveiling of William Smith’s tablet;
04/12/1931 reports vases dedication.

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Bu 4/8 Invoice issued by Morris and Company, London, for light in stained glass depicting Samuel, 10 April 1919, and invoice, issued by Edward H. Thew, Newcastle, for engraving memorial brass tablet, 25 November 1919
Ref: EP/Bu 4/10 Faculty for the insertion of a stained glass window at the west end and brass tablet on the north wall in memory, respectively, of Frederick Blunt of the 25th Durham Regiment who died on 28 June 1918 and of all the men who died in the First World War, 24 June 1921

The Story of Burnmoor Church, County Durham (Thomas Westgarth, FCIS, 1948)

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

Sources of quotations;
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
“Sleep lightly Lad” Not ascertained.