Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Bellingham

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (B18.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: B18.02

Parish: Bellingham

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Church, Centre of Village.

South wall of nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass on marble base

Inscription:

Sacred to the memory of
(Names)
belonging to this parish
who laid down their lives for
their country in the war
against Germany and her allies
1914-1918.
“Their name liveth for evermore” Eccles. XLIV 14.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 34 inches high x 28 inches wide (86cms x 71cms), on a black pattress.

There is a wide patterned border of leaves, raised in casting on a black background.

The words “Sacred to the memory of” and the Biblical quotation at the bottom are in Gothic upper and lower case lettering, the rest of the dedication at the bottom is in Roman capitals.

The names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals.

Names:

33 names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photo: Tony Harding

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty Book 1, No. 780, NRO 1875.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Bellingham & N. Tyne Local History Society;
Sally Bird;
Philip Thirkell;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding

Research In Progress:

Alan Grint researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097:-Cogito books 01434 602555