Memorial Details
Memorial
Screen 1914-18 1939-1945 St. Aidan
Reference
H137.06
Place
HERRINGTON
Map ref
NZ 342528
Original Location
St. Aidan’s Church, St. Aidan’s Terrace, West Herrington
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Dedicated May 1920 by Canon Bell of York Minster
Memorial Description
Screen of five panels with traceried and gilded top. The centre panel cuts across the corner, with the four outer panels along the walls. The whole is highly decorated with gilt on a black background.
The centre panel has a crucifix with behind it, a ribbon bearing the words “Great love hath no man than this”. Below is the dedication, and below this again is a chalice, with an adoring angel in each of the two panels on either side.
The extreme left hand panel bears the dedication.
The other three outer panels bear the names in a single column on each.
The names for 1939-45 are on the extreme right hand panel.
The lettering is incised and gilded, using Roman capitals for the names, and elaborate lettering for the quotation and dedication.
The centre panel has a crucifix with behind it, a ribbon bearing the words “Great love hath no man than this”. Below is the dedication, and below this again is a chalice, with an adoring angel in each of the two panels on either side.
The extreme left hand panel bears the dedication.
The other three outer panels bear the names in a single column on each.
The names for 1939-45 are on the extreme right hand panel.
The lettering is incised and gilded, using Roman capitals for the names, and elaborate lettering for the quotation and dedication.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
a. In ever / glorious / memory / of the / parishioners / of Herrington / who gave / their lives / in the / Great War / 1914-1918
For us He died / for you and me / For us they died / for you and me.
For us He died / for you and me / For us they died / for you and me.
Names
Cost
Estimated £130
How money was raised
Public subscription
Notes
1. The odd shape of the memorial is explained by the fact that it once went round a pillar in the old church. Later it was adjusted to fill a corner.
2. Newrick Crow and Benjamin William Brunson, both named on this memorial, were brothers-in-law. (Ken Reay, great-nephew of Newrick Crow)
2. Newrick Crow and Benjamin William Brunson, both named on this memorial, were brothers-in-law. (Ken Reay, great-nephew of Newrick Crow)
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; John Grainger: old postcard: James Pasby
Auckland and County Chronicle 21/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 850
Source of quotation:
"For us He died, for you and me" . . . Not ascertained.
Auckland and County Chronicle 21/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Diocese of Durham Faculty number 850
Source of quotation:
"For us He died, for you and me" . . . Not ascertained.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders, James Pasby; John and Mavis Dixon; Pam and Ken Linge; Ken Reay; John Grainger
Research In Progress
David Sloan is researching the names on this memorial.
Contact: david.sloan@btinternet.com
Screen 1914-18 1939-1945 St. Aidan (H137.06)
WEST HERRINGTON St.Aidan’s Church
Left hand panel Second panel
Samuel Coffey
Thomas Bostle
Thomas Cruddas
Alfred Dawson
George Moore
John Wm. Edgar
John Kay
In ever John Stephenson
glorious George Owen
memory Joseph Wm. Watt
of the Joseph Chambers
parishioners George Bray
of Albert A.F. Larssen
Herrington William Gunn
who gave Ernest Saxon
their lives John Duke
in the Edward Cain
Great War James Marsh
1914-1918 William Simpson
James Mitchison
Ernest Ritchie
Benjamin Wm. Brunson
Robert McGee
Charles Bryson
Arthur Stamp
William Handy
James Bradley
Wm. Henry Fowler
Harry Bilton
George Welsh
Christopher Burdon
Newrick Crow
George Ward
Norman Poole
Matthew Greener
John Robert Coulson
Edward Anderson
Wm. Stanley Cruikshanks
John Thomas Brunton
Henry King Murray
Wilfred Gaff
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Centre panel Fourth panel
John Robert Laws
Clarke Green
James Ward
Joseph Thos. Oliver
I.N.R.I. Robert Davison
William Ashburn
John Dawson
Greater Edward Clark Turnbull
Frederick Gould
love hath Stephen Chipchase
Charlton Hedworth Banks
no man Edward Percival Matson
Robert William Laverick
than this. Martin Davison
John Murray
William Oxley
Robert Archer
Joseph Francis
Henry Clayton Grass
William Lawson
Ralph Mackintosh
Charles Emery
Thomas Dawson
George Ainger
George Edward Dawson
Arthur Gunn
Ernest Slassor
Roland Laidler
John Mitchison
Matthew Allan
For us He died John Haynes
Thomas Rickaby
for you and me James Gould
Walter Hartburn
For us they died Samuel Grand
Arthur Ferris
for you and me. William Gill
John Fletcher
Thomas Anderson
Joseph Teasdale
John W.Laws
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Right hand panel
1939-1945
Stephen Arkley
George W. Arkley
John Burnside
Albert Byrom
James Briggs
William Bailey
Harry Brown
William Chambers
Arthur Cook
Cecil Devon
George Davidson
John W. Edmondson
Robert Fawcett
Elizabeth Fraser
James Furnival
Robert Grant
W. Garbutt Henderson
Thomas Hepple
John James Holland
John Hood
Thomas Lauderdale
George Lawson
Joseph Marsh
John McCall
George Bell Midgley
John Henry Moreton
Wilfred Nutter
Robinson Oliver
Ernest Pattison
W. Sinclair Rose
James Edward Simpson
Edward Saxon
William Henry Smith
NamesH137.06
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