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Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul

Reference

R52.02

Place

RYHOPE

Map ref

NZ 409530

Original Location

St. Paul�s Church, Ryhope Street South. On west wall behind font.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque. There is an elaborate frame of black moulded wood, 3 feet 10 inches wide x 2 feet 6 inches high. In the hemispherical top is a St.Cuthbert�s cross inside a circle. The dedication is in a rectangle, the elaborate lettering raised in half relief (?fretted) and painted in gold on a black background.
The main panel has a border of chevrons. The names are in five columns divided by four vertical lines of chevrons. The names are in black, on a painted cream background, with red initials, using Roman capitals.
There is a shelf below, with carved front, 4 feet wide x 9 inches deep x 5 inches high.

Materials used

Wood. ?Oak.

Inscription

To the honoured memory of / those from this church and / parish who gave their lives / in the Great War 1914-18

Names

65 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Hicks and Charlwood.

Notes

1. A three-day bazaar was held to raise funds for the erection of a north aisle, to help with the completion of the church and also to extend the chancel in memory of the fallen.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; R. Riddell; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 16/10/1919 reports 3-day bazaar.

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul (R52.02)

RYHOPE   St. Paul’s Church.

   To the honoured memory of

   those from this church and

   parish who gave their lives

   in the Great War 1914-18

   J. Adams      W. Dove       H. Lamb        M. Rowlands   J. Yeaman

   G. Avery      R. Forster    R. Larkman     J. Ramsey

   T. Baird      J. Green      J. Lewins      J.W. Robson

   E. Baird      G. Green      R. Lewins      J. Reed

   A.G. Bell     J. Graham     W. Lumley      J.T. Scott

   T.O. Benny    J.N. Hanson   T. Liddell     J.S. Smith

   J. Briggs     H. Hanson     T. Lumsdon     A. Smith

   W. Burley     W. Haswell    J. McCormack   R. Smith

   T. Bateman    A. Hodgson    A. Middleton   T. Simpson

   W. Cambrook   T. Harrison   G.F. Moses     T. Thompson

   J. Coulson    G. Havelock   A. Myers       J. Thompson

   A. Crute      C.W. Hall     G. Musgrove    J.W. Watson

   W.A. Dodd     S. Holmes     T. Musgrove    T.W. Walsh

   G. Dogherty   J.P. Jasper   J. Nicholson   F. Williams

   J. Dowing     J. Kelly      J. Ramshaw     W. Walker

   D. Douglas    W. Kitchin    R. Robson      T. Walton

NamesR52.02

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