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Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 St. Peter

Reference

F6.01

Place

FALSTONE

Map ref

NY 724874

Original Location

St. Peter's Church, Falstone Village.

Present Location

Now in the vestry

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour behind glass in a wood frame 32cm high x 46cm wide. On either side of the title is a water colour sketch of the local countryside. The names for 1914-18 and 1939-45 are each listed in three columns, hand-written in black ink. The title, dates and exhortation at the bottom are in red.

Materials used

Paper in glass fronted frame.

Inscription

a. Falstone / War Memorial / 1914-18
b. 1939-1945
"Salute the glorious dead who went out and returned not"

Names

a. 28 full names.
b. 8 full names.
See transcript

Present condition

Water damaged.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

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

Source of quotation
�Salute the glorious dead . .� Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration on 21st July 1865 James Russell Lowell.

Research acknowledgements

Bellingham and North Tyne Local History Society; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Jill Swaile

Research In Progress

Alan Grint researched the WW1 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: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555

Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 St. Peter (F6.01)

FALSTONE, St. Peter's Church.

   Falstone

   War Memorial

   1914-1918

   Archibald Bell      William Armstrong   Frank Armstrong

   John Dodd           George Davidson     John Darcy

   James O. Elliott    Christopher Elliott Walter Dodd

   Richard E. Harrison Thomas Foster       Robert N. Famelton

   Christopher Inglis  George Hymers       John Hymers

   William Little      James Jobling       David Jackson

   Matthew Robson      Roger R. Potts      William Moscrop

   Walter Sisterson    John J. Rome        David Rolfe

   Thomas Welsh        David Steele        Frank Steel

                       James Wylie

   1939-1945

   Andrew Fletcher     John L. Bird        James T. Cowan

   Hector Inglis       Thomas G. Grimwood  Raymond Terry

   Alex. P. Weir       Edward Fiddler

   “Salute the glorious dead who went out and returned not”

NamesF6.01

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