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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Reference

E23.01

Place

ELSDON

Map ref

NY 936933

Original Location

St. Cuthbert's Church. On north inner wall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled November 1921 by the Duke of Northumberland. Dedicated by Canon Edward Rees of Rothbury.

Memorial Description

Plaque with pointed top mounted onto a black marble pattress 44 inches high x 30 inches wide (1.11 m x 762 mm). In the gable top are carved the Prince of Wales' feathers, and a carved ribbon underneath it has the words "Pro Patria" incised and painted gold. The bottom edge of the gable has the words "For God, King and Country". On either side of the names is a soldier facing inwards, rifle reversed, carved in half-relief. The names are borne on the plaque below in Roman capitals.

Materials used

White and black Carrara marble

Inscription

This / tablet is / erected by / subscription in honour / of those that have fallen / during the European War / 1914-18
"We have arrived at / victory and to day / they have their / reward".

Names

8 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

War Memorial Committee, Mr. C. Armstrong, chairman; Mr. W.J. Wilson, secretary;

How money was raised

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

R.B. Aves of Hexham.

Notes

1. For a similar memorial, see Cramlington C60.01

2. The Prince of Wales� feathers were chosen were �in keeping with the movement, of which several of the men in their younger days were members � the Boy Scouts�. (Illustrated Chronicle)

3. �In order to obtain a permanent institute and hall, which could hold in it a record of the men who went to the front from this wild and scattered area, a war gift auction of local produce and stock was conducted on the village green by Mr. Lancelot Robson of Scots Gap. The Rev. A.S. Wardroper, the vicar of Walker, opened the sale, and a large sum was realized�.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

Alnwick & County Gazette 28/02/1920 reports �100 raised in 12 months; 05/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal 22/11/1920 reports fundraising;

Illustrated Chronicle 12/10/1921 reports proposed memorial.

Diocese of Newcastle Faculties Nos. 757 and 767, 27/07/1921.

Morpeth Herald 26/09/1919 reports activity in Note 4 above; 27/02/1920 reports fund raising.

Hexham Weekly News 04/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Redewetter No.6 Magazine of the Redesdale Society.

Source of quotation:
"We have arrived at victory . . . . "The Advance to Victory" Dispatch 21st December 1918 by Field Marshall Haig.

Links to Source Material :

Morpeth Herald 1919 09 26 Fri

Morpeth Herald 1920 02 27 Fri

Research acknowledgements

J. Brown; Sally Bird; Redesdale Society; R.W. Gould; J. Forster; P. Thirkell; Michael Newrick; Raymond Ion; Tony Harding; Keith Maddison; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (E23.01)

   Pro Patria

   For God, King and Country

   This

   tablet is

   erected by

   subscription in honour

   of those that have fallen

   during the European War

   1914-1918

   Albert Storey, R.N.

   William Nichol, N.F.

   Walter Scott,  "

   Robert Arthur, D.L.I.

   John Riddell,  "

   Thomas Snaith, R.F.A.

   William Murray, N.Z.

   Thomas H. Snaith, M.G.C.

   "We have arrived at

   victory and to day

   they have their

   reward".

NamesE23.01

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