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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary and St. Michael

Reference

D13.01

Place

DODDINGTON

Map ref

NT 996322

Original Location

Church of St.Mary and St.Michael. On north wall above font and opposite door.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque with cable patterned border, approx. 6 feet high by 3 feet wide The letters are sans serif capitals, incised and painted brown.

Materials used

Stone

Inscription

Greater love hath no man, than / this that a man lay down / his life for his friends.
Their Name Liveth / to all generations.

Names

12 names, ranks, & regiments listed, together with place and date of death.
See transcript.

Present condition

Good

English Heritage Listing

In Grade I Listed Building

Notes

1. This monument is identical in style to the one in Edlingham Church (E17.01)

2. The comma is in the wrong place on the plaque, being placed after �Man� rather than �This�.

3. Should the reference to Bass Wood be �Basin Wood�?

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Tony Harding; Roger Cuthbert

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No. 626, 21/10/1919.

Sources of quotations:
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St.John 15 v 13 ;

�Their name liveth to all generations� Not ascertained. Possibly Psalm 45 v 17 �I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations�.

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Roger Cuthbert

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary and St. Michael (D13.01)

DODDINGTON, Church of St. Mary and St. Michael

  Greater love hath no man, than

  this that a man lay down

  his life for his friends.

  Lieut. G. Lambton, Coldstream Guards

  Villers Cotterets, 1st Sep. 1914.

  Signaller D.M. Anderson, B.C. Regt.,

  St. Julian, 24th Apl. 1915.

  Pte. T. Hamilton, 7th Northd. Fusiliers

  Armentieres, 29th July 1915.

  Capt. H.P. Deedes, King's Royal Rifles,

  High Wood 15th July 1916

  Pte. G. Cock, Durham Light Infantry

  7th Oct. 1916

  Pte. R. Wilson, 7th Northd. Fusiliers,

  Etaples Hospital 28th Apl. 1917.

  Pte. T. Rowan, 1st Northd. Fusiliers,

  12th Dec. 1917.

  Sergt. D. Taylor, Somerset Light Infantry,

  Bass Wood 21st March 1918.

  Pte. T. Wilson, King's Own Scottish Borderers

  M.G.S. 3rd June 1918.

  Pte. S. Stonehouse, Northamptonshire Regt,

  17th. Sep. 1918

  Pte. J. Nesbit, Lancashire Fusiliers

  1st. Oct. 1918.

  A.S. J.O. Palmer, Hawke Batt, 1st R.N.B.

  Buried at sea off the Dardanelles, 26th Nov. 1915

  Their Name Liveth

  to all generations.

NamesD13.01

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