Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Parish Church
Reference
O20.01
Place
OAKENSHAW
Original Location
Oakenshaw Parish Church (Demolished)
Present Location
St.Stephen’s, Low Willington.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1920 by Canon Willingston.
Memorial Description
Plaque of standard design 3 feet high x 2 feet wide set on a wood frame 4 inches wider. There is a wide border of string design culminating in roundels at the four corners. The main panel has an arch at the top, the area between the arch and corners being hatched. At centre top is a red cross. The names are in two columns. The lettering is in Roman capitals, the names in sans serif capitals, and the quotation at the bottom in Old English lower case.
Materials used
Brass in oak frame.
Inscription
+ / To the Glory of God / and / in Memory of those men of / Oakenshaw / who fell in the Great War / 1914 -1919
“Greater love hath no man than this”.
“Greater love hath no man than this”.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Edward H. Thew, Newcastle.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: C. Sanders; James Pasby
Auckland and County Chronicle 22/04/1920 reports dedication
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
Auckland and County Chronicle 22/04/1920 reports dedication
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
External web link
Additional Notes
James Pasby and Dorothy Hall visited St. Stephen's Willington 01/11/2017 re-photographed and left leaflets
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Parish Church (O20.01)
OAKENSHAW Parish Church
+
To the Glory of God
and
in Memory of those men of
Oakenshaw
who fell in the Great War
1914 -1919
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William George Armstrong James Hewitt
Anthony Barker Matthew Hopper
Norman Sylvester Barrass John Wall Johnson
James Brooks George Kyle
Daniel Brown Edward Winter Longstaff
Seward Carpenter James William Marr
John James Castle John Middlemas
Walter Collin John Patrick Murphy
Robert Coulson Samuel Nattrass
Stephen Divine George Payne
Edwin Elsbury Thomas William Rawlings
James Lancelot Ferguson George Robinson
James Gilpin Edward Sides
Joseph Glendenning Roger Stephenson
Robert Grundy Harry Taylorson
Robert Henderson Victor Thompson
Robert Wilson
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“Greater love hath no man than this”.
NamesO20.01
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