Memorial Details
Memorial
Reredos 1914-18 Church of Venerable Bede
Reference
M46.19
Place
MONKWEARMOUTH
Map ref
3958
Original Location
Church of Venerable Bede, Church Lane (demolished 1963)
Present Location
Royal Artillery Club, 10 Mary Street, Sunderland, SR1 3NH
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 11th September 1920 by Cllr. T. Harrison, “one of the oldest members of the church”; dedicated by Rev. E.N. Mellish, V.C., vicar of St.Mark’s, Lewisham.
Rededicated on 11th November 2010 by Rt.Rev. Mark Savage, Bishop of Jarrow.
Rededicated on 11th November 2010 by Rt.Rev. Mark Savage, Bishop of Jarrow.
Memorial Description
Altar and reredos. There is a row of six panels, 2 feet high x a total of 4 feet 10 inches wide. There is a border of raised crosses at intervals at top and bottom. Above the panels is another which runs the entire length. This carries the dedication, with a cross at centre, using Gothic script on a gold background.
The names are listed in a single column on each of the vertical panels in Roman capitals.
The names are listed in a single column on each of the vertical panels in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak picked out in gold.
Inscription
Remember ye with thanksgiving and with all honour / before God and men those Soldiers and sailors who gave / their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914 - 1919 / especially those of this Congregation and parish to / whose memory the altar and reredos of this church / are dedicated and their names are here recorded.
Names
Cost
£430 including other items. See Note 1 below.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed by Mr. W.H. Wood, F.R.I.B.A. of Durham; pictures painted by Mr. G. Watson of London.
Notes
1. Other gifts included a handsome white altar frontal, vases and candlesticks. Total sum subscribed was £430.
2. Gertrude Ann Patrick (aged 18) and her brother Henry Patrick (16) were civilian casualties of Zeppelin bombing raid on April 1st 1916.
3. Rev. Capt. Mellish, who dedicated the memorial in 1920, was the first member of the Army Chaplain’s Department to receive the Victoria Cross.
4. Following the close of Venerable Bede Church in 1963, the panel with the names is all that remains. This was stored in a boiler house in All Saints' church before being placed in Monkwearmouth Library where the rededication in 2010 was attended by the Duke of Kent.
5. In the Library the memorial was accompanied by a mini-biography of each person named.
6. After Monkwearmouth Library closed in 2013, the memorial was removed by the Sunderland Armed Forces Network (SAFN) to the Royal Artillery Club, where it was rededicated in November 2014.
2. Gertrude Ann Patrick (aged 18) and her brother Henry Patrick (16) were civilian casualties of Zeppelin bombing raid on April 1st 1916.
3. Rev. Capt. Mellish, who dedicated the memorial in 1920, was the first member of the Army Chaplain’s Department to receive the Victoria Cross.
4. Following the close of Venerable Bede Church in 1963, the panel with the names is all that remains. This was stored in a boiler house in All Saints' church before being placed in Monkwearmouth Library where the rededication in 2010 was attended by the Duke of Kent.
5. In the Library the memorial was accompanied by a mini-biography of each person named.
6. After Monkwearmouth Library closed in 2013, the memorial was removed by the Sunderland Armed Forces Network (SAFN) to the Royal Artillery Club, where it was rededicated in November 2014.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos of panels: C. Sanders; Bob Dunn: Morris Adamson
Northern Echo 13/09/1920 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 13/05/2010 reports proposals for restoration; 26/05/2010 reports on progress; 01/10/2010 reports relocation to Monkwearmouth Library and proposed rededication; 25/11/2014 reports its rededication in the Royal Artillery Club.
Unveiling Programme 2010
Source of quotation:
“May they rest in peace” Mass for the Dead
Northern Echo 13/09/1920 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 13/05/2010 reports proposals for restoration; 26/05/2010 reports on progress; 01/10/2010 reports relocation to Monkwearmouth Library and proposed rededication; 25/11/2014 reports its rededication in the Royal Artillery Club.
Unveiling Programme 2010
Source of quotation:
“May they rest in peace” Mass for the Dead
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Mrs. Hughes; Dorothy Hall; Alan Vickers; Bob Dunn; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; David Sloan
Research In Progress
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Reredos 1914-18 Church of Venerable Bede (M46.19)
MONKWEARMOUTH Venerable Bede Church (demolished)
Running along the top:
Left hand side
Remember ye with thanksgiving and with all honour
Right hand side
before God and men those Soldiers and Sailors who gave
Left hand side
their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914 - 1919
Right hand side
+ especially those of this Congregation and parish to
Left hand side
whose memory the altar and reredos of this church
Right hand side
are dedicated and their names are here recorded.
May they rest in peace
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Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3
John R. Adamson Joseph Cooper Ralph Gardiner
Lancelot Adamson Thomas Cooper Thomas Gardner
Henry Armstrong John Cowper George E. Gibbon
Thomas Armstrong James W. Crawford James E. Graham
Andrew Atkinson William H. Crinall Joseph Gray
William Attley Henry G. Cutter James Grieveson
John T. Bailes James Cutter David S. Hall
John W. Baker Robert A. Davison Ernest N. Hall
Charles Ball Edward P. Dennis William Hamilton
John R. Baxter Stanley Dennis Robert Hanson
William Beavers William S. Derby William Harris
William Bell Thomas Dixon Richard Harding
Henry W. Bellam Thomas H. Dobbs Robert Herdman
John W. Benn William G. Dobson Percy Hills
George Booth William C. Dorans Thomas Hope
William Boys George Dorward Stanley Hopper
Frank Brack Wallace Dorward William J. Hornsby
John Bradley David Dryden Frederick C. Hull
William Brown Herbert Egar Robert Hull
William Buckley John G. Feeney John W. Humphry
William Burns Simon Fenwick Joseph W. Hunter
Samuel Cable James Forsyth John L. Kennard
Charles F. Carter George Foster William S. Kinnair
John W. Chapman James Foster Robert W. Knox
Frederick Clark George B. Foulkes Clifford Landrath
William Colling James Foulkes Ernest Landrath
Ernest Cooper Ralph R. Galley William Landrath
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Panel 4 Panel 5 Panel 6
James M. Laws Edward Reeves Thomas Speed
Richard H. Leach James Richardson John Spence
Norman Lilly John T. Richardson John W. Stobart
Joseph Madden William Roberts James Storey
Joseph Marsh Hugh Robinson Thomas Straker
Arthur McBryde John Robson Thomas A. Stuart
William McDermot Lockie Robson William L. Sutherland
William McDonald Edward Rosscamp James E. Swinhoe
James McRoy Stephen W. Routledge John T. Swinhoe
John G. McRoy James W. Rutherford George W. Tate
Adolphus Miller John Sanderson Ernest A. Townsley
James Miller William Scorer George Tulloch
Thomas R. Morrison Andrew Scott David Urwin
George E. Noble Archibald Scott John Vickerson
Herbert Noble George Scott Richard Walters
William A. Oliver Walter Scott James R. Walton
Hugh F. Orchard William F.N. Scott Walter J. Ward
George B. Parrington John Sewell William Wardle
John W. Parkington Frederick W. Shaw James Watson
Gertrude A. Patrick Sidney Shiel James Webster
Henry Patrick Robert O. Shield Robert Wigham
Alfred Pratt Gerald Skillet John E. Woodger
James Preshaw Mason Sloan John W. Yeo
Henry S. Proctor Albert Smith Arthur Youern
Ralph S. Ramsay George Smith William Youern
William Reed John W. Smith George G. Young
Fredrick Reeve William Snowden
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2014 some names were altered.
William Atley instead of William Attley
John W. Humphrey instead of John W. Humphry
Clifford, Ernest and William Landreth instead of Clifford, Ernest and William Landrath
Names M46.19
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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