Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Andrew

Haughton le Skerne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Andrew (H117.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: H117.03

Parish: Haughton le Skerne

Original Location:

St. Andrew’s Church, Haughton Road / Salters Lane South.

In the nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass plaque on oak pattress.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Hoods, Engravers, Middlesbrough.

Inscription:

Haughton le Skerne
In grateful memory of the men
of this congregation and
parish who fell in the Great War.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 20 inches high x 24 inches wide (51cms x 61cms) of brass on a plain oak pattress 4 inches (10cms) wider.

There is an elaborate border.

At the top it has leaves and ribbons with place names of battles along it: Africa, Italy, Dardanelles, France, Belgium, Salonica, Russia, India, with, at centre, a cartouche containing the words “Faithful unto death” sunk in carving and enamelled red.

Down the sides, the raised pattern has at each halfway point a laurel wreath with a staff (?sword) wrapped in leaves on a red background.

At centre bottom is a cartouche containing the dates with red lion and crown between the dates.

On the main panel the names are listed in two columns in Roman capitals with red pattern insert.

Names:

27 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/HaS 138 Faculty for the erection of brass tablet as a war memorial, 18 July 1923 (1 paper)

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
“Faithful unto death” : Revelation 2 v 10