Memorial Details
/tn_D10.01 Ph 01 JB.jpg)
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew
Reference
D10.01
Place
DINNINGTON
Map ref
NZ 208734
Original Location
St. Matthew’s Church, Main Street. North wall of nave.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 24th April 1923 by Col. Sir Joseph Reed of Horton Grange.
Memorial Description
Plaque, approx. 2 feet high x 3 feet wide, comprising cast bronze half relief of a dead soldier lying on a bier. At his head is the Angel of Peace, at his feet a kneeling woman representing Humanity is looking behind her to a naked child representing the rising generation, but pointing to the new dawn of a better world through sacrifice. The bronze is placed on a marble pattress, with a shelf above and a curved lower edge. The inscription is incised into the pattress, using Roman capitals, and painted gold.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
Robert A. Holmes. 1914 . IN MEMORIAM . 1918 James L. Hall
Geoffrey D. Hutchinson Frank Nicholson Joseph Rochester
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Names
5 full names.
See above.
See above.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Bronze panel designed and moulded by A. Drury, R.A., 1922. The marble plaque made by Emley & Sons Ltd. Newcastle.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Eddie Castling; Janet Brown
Morpeth Herald 27/04/1923 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 19/04/1923 reports unveiling on Saturday coming; 23/04/1923 reports unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/11/1923 reports proposed unveiling; 28/04/1923 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 781, 13/12/1921.
The Glorious Dead. Figurative Sculpture of British First World War Memorials.
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Morpeth Herald 27/04/1923 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 19/04/1923 reports unveiling on Saturday coming; 23/04/1923 reports unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/11/1923 reports proposed unveiling; 28/04/1923 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 781, 13/12/1921.
The Glorious Dead. Figurative Sculpture of British First World War Memorials.
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Sally Bird; J. Brown; the late Bill Watson; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk
Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew (D10.01)
You are looking at all the information and the best images we have so far on this memorial. If you can supply more information or better images please get in touch by sending an email to enquiries@newmp.org.uk.
Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
The British Library is preserving this site for the future in the UK Web Archive at www.webarchive.org.uk
Copyright 2013, North East War Memorials Project. Registered Charity No. 1113088
Another Effective Group Website