Memorial

Lectern 1914-18 1939-45 Falklands St. John

Killingworth and West Moor

Memorial Name: Lectern 1914-18 1939-45 Falklands St. John (K9.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: K9.01

Parish: Killingworth and West Moor

Original Location:

St. John the Evangelist Church, West Lane, Killingworth.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Falklands 1982.

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Surnames and initials recorded on lectern in 1922.
Unveiled 19th February 1922 by John Reed of West Moor.
Dedicated by Dr. Wild, Bishop of Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Oak

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Hicks and Charlwood, Architects, Newcastle.

Inscription:

Left hand panel:
To the
Glory of
God
and in
memory
of those
from this
part of the
Parish

right hand side
who gave
their
lives for
God
King and
Country
in the
Great War
1914-1918.

On reading desk:
1914-18 In memoriam !914-18
1939-45
Names

Falkland Islands
(name)
1982.

Memorial Description:

Lectern, 55 inches high (140cms), with book rest 24½ inches wide and 21 inches high (62cms x 53cms), resting on an octagonal splayed foot.

On the front at the top is carved an angel carrying a laurel wreath, standing in a traceried arch, with his feet resting on a carved column.

The dedication is inside panels defined by a cable border on each side of the angel. Lettering is incised in Roman lower case.

The names are incised in Roman capitals on the book rest, those from 1914-18 on right and left and those from 1939-45 and the Falklands in the centre.

Names:

a. 58 surnames and initials.
b. 14 surnames and initials.
c. 1 full name.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding

Alnwick & County Gazette
25/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
20/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo of lectern.

Morpeth Herald
22/08/1919 reports memorial service

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
20/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
25/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
20/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No.765, 30/09/1921

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 08 22 Fri -1919

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Sally Bird;
Ralph W. Gould;
J. Brown;
Killingworth L.H.S.;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

KILLINGWORTH, St. John the Evangelist Church.

 

On front of lectern:

  To the                who gave

  Glory of              their

  God                   lives for

  and in                God

  memory                King and

  of those              Country

  from this             in the

  part of the           Great War

  Parish                1914-1918

——————————————————————-

On book rest:

     1914-18           In Memoriam        1914-18

    M. Allan                              A. Langford

    H. Bennett           1939-45          T. Logan

    J. Bennett                            C.F. Margetson

    G.R. Bolton        B. Charlton        A. Mason

    F. Bridges         L. Dodds           P. McDonald

    P. Brown           A. Douglas         C. McGregor

    R.H. Brown         D.L. Grant         T. Morley

    J.R.P. Brown       S. Gibson          G. Moon

    J.T. Cowell        J.S. Gibson        C.T. Nattrass

    I. Cowen           G.A. Hays          J. Prudhoe

    E. Cross           J. Lashley         J. Raine

    D.M. Dawson        W.H. Lumsden       E. Reed

    R. Dawson          J.D. McMenzie      D. Reed

    G. Dodd            D.M. Telford       G.A. Reilly

    J.A.H.E. Dodds     J.E. Telford       W. Ridley

    C. Drummond        S.V. Thompson      J. Robinson

    J. Duffey          W. Walton          J. Robson

    E.V. Ferguson      J. Thompson        G.M. Sancaster

    R. Fisher                             T.M. Sancaster

    W.H. Forster                          A. Stoves

    T. Gibson          Falkland Islands   G. Summerbell

    G. Hall                               E. Tait

    T.H. Hartley       Colin Davison      J.A. Tenant

    R. Hedley                             J. Thompson

    J.R. Hewitt        1982.              J. Tubman

    W. Hindmarsh                          H. Waite

    I. Hudson                             A. Wardle

    E. Jobson                             J. Weddell

    J.E. Kenny                            J.H. White

    J.W. Kenny                            A. Willis

    W. Kinghorn                           A. Wilson

NamesK9.01                     

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