Memorial Details
Memorial
Pieta 1914-18 St. Mary R.C.
Reference
S138.10
Place
STOCKTON
Map ref
NZ 446197
Original Location
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, 2 Major Street
TS18 2DD. In the garden.
TS18 2DD. In the garden.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1921
Memorial Description
Pieta on top of a square block 4 feet 4 inches (1.32m) high x 6 feet 6 inches long (1.98m) x 4 feet (1.21m) deep. The block has a sunken panel 1 foot 6 inches 482mm high x 5 feet (1.52m) long wide on the front which contains the dedication and names. There is a sunken panel at each end 3 feet (914mm) long x 1 foot 6 inches (457mm) high also bearing the names in three columns on each. The lettering is incised.
Materials used
Marble panels. Granite -over painted with white paint.
Inscription
Pray for the souls of the following / who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Greater love than this / no man hath that a / man lay down his life for/ his friends
Names
How money was raised
This was paid for by a 'Carpet' fund raised by the parishioners of the Church.
Present condition
20th March 2015. Overall condition of Memorial is excellent. The right hand panel is difficult to read.
There is a hairline crack developing in the front marble name plaque.
Ownership and maintenance
St Mary's R..C Church.
Notes
1. The Church was built in 1842.
2. The first name on the Pieta is the parish priest Father Matthew Forster Burdess. He was killed in France after only five weeks in France in April 1917.
3. The Memorial also included an altar rail. This was removed in the 1970s.
4. There has been an addition of a wooden angled roof over the Pieta, due to excess birds' droppings defacing the Memorial.
2. The first name on the Pieta is the parish priest Father Matthew Forster Burdess. He was killed in France after only five weeks in France in April 1917.
3. The Memorial also included an altar rail. This was removed in the 1970s.
4. There has been an addition of a wooden angled roof over the Pieta, due to excess birds' droppings defacing the Memorial.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; James Pasby
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
The names on the Memorial have been researched by Tom and Joan Walker with help from Rev. David Youngson.
Contact: twwjpw@btinternet.com
Pieta 1914-18 St. Mary R.C. (S138.10)
STOCKTON ON TEES St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church.
Pray for the souls of the following
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918
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Front
Rev. M. Burdess D.D.C.F. Wm. Hnry. Finch Jno. Murphy
Geo. Parker Thos. Wm. Moore Thomas Horan
Jas. Stirling Michael Ryan John Butler
Wm. Murray Thos. Stewart Mat Wilson
Thos. Ridsdale Thos. McGuinness Mtn. Marroney
Thos Prior Smith Jno. Wm. McIntosh Wm. Durkin
John Nevins Ed. Joseph Kay W. Shevelin
Jos. Morrison John Jos. Hardy Chas. Davidson
Ptrk. Murphy Jas. Rawlings Robert Brown
G. Aloys. Thompson Jas. Michael Gill James Carling
Jas. McGeeney Robt. Murphy James McGowan
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Arthur Farrell Rchd. Harrison James Casey
Harold Close Robt. A. Carson John Casey
Frank Close Thomas Dwyer Ed. Moore
Wm. Fearns T.A. Peirson Geo. Moore
Mchl. F. Ruane Robt. Tarney Flx. McWilliams
Thos. Hy. O’Neil Jas. O’Shaughnessy Chas. Finnigan
Sylvester Daly Thos. Agstn. Brady John Boyd
Thomas Boyle Hubert Dolan Rchd. Jordan
Cecil Stewart Frank Carlin James Dodds
2nd Lieut. Rbt. R. Kay Frank Logan Cecil Morgan
Chrs. Hardy Charles Logan James O'Neil
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Right
John Callaghan Patk. Jordan Francis McCann
John McAdam Peter Connolly Arthur Clinton
Frank O’Neil Alex McInteer Patrick Connolly
Patk. Sullivan James O 'Brien Peter Jackson
Wm. A. Wright Francis Canavan Myles Lee
Thos. Wm. Vokes Thos. Swenston James McIntyre
Alex. McMullen Albt. Ed. Brette Michael Forkin
James Healy Francis Morgan John O’Donnell
Sydney C. Davis Thos. Mockleer John McCarthy
Michl. O'Keefe Jeremiah Cunningham
RIP
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Left
Greater love than this
No man hath that a
Man lay down his life for
his friends. John XV 13
NamesS138.10
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