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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Luke

Reference

G21.01

Place

GREYSTEAD

Map ref

NY 771858

Original Location

St. Luke's Church, (closed) on C199 between Bellingham and Falstone. North wall.

Present Location

Now in St.Aidan�s at Thorneyburn.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 170cm high x 68.5cm wide with dome at centre top. There is a wide patterned border of leaves. At the top is a wide cross with a figure (?St. Luke) superimposed. The lettering is in elaborate black Roman capitals, with the benediction in Gothic lower case, with some initial letters and the dates in red.

Materials used

Bronze plaque with black and gold marble frame.

Inscription

To the glory of God / and in Honoured Memory of / the men of this Parish who / fell in the Great War 1914-1919
May they rest in peace.

Names

5 names, ranks and regiments, date and place of death, and where buried.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

R.B. Aves of Hexham

Notes

1. St.Luke�s was closed and used as a store for the house alongside, but the plaques remained in situ for several years.

2. The plaques were rededicated in St.Aidan�s on Sunday 9th November 2014.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

The Journal 13/05/1920 reports that memorials are being erected.

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No.631, 26/11/1919

In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097

The Meeting of the Waters: The North Tyne and Redesdale Team Magazine Nov.2014 reports proposed rededication in St.Aidan�s.

Source of quotation
�May they rest in peace� Mass for the Dead

Research acknowledgements

Bellingham and North Tyne Local History Society; Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Tony Harding

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

Research is also being carried out by Caroline Waitt Contact- caroline.waitt@btinternet.com

Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Luke (G21.01)

GREYSTEAD, St. Luke's.

   To the Glory of God

   and in Honoured Memory of

   the men of this Parish who

   fell in the Great War 1914-1919

   2nd Lieut. W.J. Robson, Northumbld.Husrs.(Yeo)

   Killed at the Battle of Cambria 30th Nov.1917.

   Buried in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, N.E. of Peronne.

   2nd Lieut. G. Dixon, Royal Engineers

   Killed in action in Flanders 6th Aug.1915

   Buried at Cambria France

   Pte. T. Forster, 4th Northumberland Fusilrs.

   Died of wounds, 27th April 1915.

   Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, France.

   Pte. Willie Little, No.1 Co.1 Pltn. 15th Btn. Canadians.

   Died of wounds, Sep.2nd 1917

   Buried in Longueness Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer

   Pte. W. Wood, 17th Batt. A.I.F.

   Missing. presumed killed. 9th Oct. 1917.

   at Passchendaele Ridge, France.

   "May they rest in peace".

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   Note: Should “Cambria” read “Cambrai”?

Names G21.01

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