Memorial Details
Memorial
Chapel 1914-18 Holy Trinity
Reference
S140.097
Place
SUNDERLAND
Map ref
NZ 405571
Original Location
Holy Trinity, Church Street East (Old Parish Church). (Closed)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
c1920s
Memorial Description
Chapel, made out of the south aisle. There is a screen of four arches, three of which are windows, the fourth, left is the doorway to the chancel.
There is a plaque 6 feet 4 inches high x 5 feet 2 inches wide with an elaborately carved top. There is a wide border containing a leaf design carved in half relief, with a cartouche at the bottom containing the dates. At centre top is a cross with the “IHS” monogram below. The names are listed in six columns.
All lettering is gilded, with the dedication etc. in elaborate Roman capitals, and the names in sans serif capitals.
There is a plaque 6 feet 4 inches high x 5 feet 2 inches wide with an elaborately carved top. There is a wide border containing a leaf design carved in half relief, with a cartouche at the bottom containing the dates. At centre top is a cross with the “IHS” monogram below. The names are listed in six columns.
All lettering is gilded, with the dedication etc. in elaborate Roman capitals, and the names in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Screen made of oak from the old box pews.
Inscription
This / Chapel / is in grateful and loving memory of / (names) / who gave their lives for us.
“Jesu mercy” / 1914-1919
“Jesu mercy” / 1914-1919
Names
Ownership and maintenance
The Churches Conservation Trust
Notes
1. The plaque is surmounted by a flag but nobody can explain whose it is or why it is there.
2. "... the War Memorial Chapel, the screen of which was made of wood from the old box pews. The board in the Chapel shows the names of 192 local men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919 ... 21 of these under the heading 'Orphan Asylum', were young sailors (the orphaned sons of Sunderland mariners) who had been brought up and trained in nautical matters at the orphanage, built in 1862 by the Freemen and Stallingers, a few hundred yards south of the church" (Book in Sunderland Library)
3. In 1922, the Bishop of Durham dedicated a folding oak door at the west end of the nave to the memory of the fallen. Was this part of the chapel?
4. The church is now managed by The Churches Conservation Trust.
2. "... the War Memorial Chapel, the screen of which was made of wood from the old box pews. The board in the Chapel shows the names of 192 local men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919 ... 21 of these under the heading 'Orphan Asylum', were young sailors (the orphaned sons of Sunderland mariners) who had been brought up and trained in nautical matters at the orphanage, built in 1862 by the Freemen and Stallingers, a few hundred yards south of the church" (Book in Sunderland Library)
3. In 1922, the Bishop of Durham dedicated a folding oak door at the west end of the nave to the memory of the fallen. Was this part of the chapel?
4. The church is now managed by The Churches Conservation Trust.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; ABRC (copyright)
Sunderland City Library "Redundant Churches Fund ; Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear" Ref. L726.5 SUN
Bishopwearmouth Parish Church Brief history of the first Church of South Wearmouth gives the information in Note 3 above.
Sunderland City Library "Redundant Churches Fund ; Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear" Ref. L726.5 SUN
Bishopwearmouth Parish Church Brief history of the first Church of South Wearmouth gives the information in Note 3 above.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding; Anne McNair, Advisory Board for Redundant Churches; Alan Vickers; Sharon Vincent
Research In Progress
Sharon Vincent is researching the names on this memorial. Contact: sharonvincent03@hotmail.com
Chapel 1914-18 Holy Trinity (S140.097)
SUNDERLAND Holy Trinity Church
This
Chapel
is in grateful and loving memory of
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Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3
Allan T. Dagg S. Hutchinson G.
Allan A. Davis W. Irwin A.
Anderson W. Denevin J. Jackson W.
Anderson J.T. Delvin J. Johnson J.J.
Angus T. Dixon A.H. Johnson W.B.
Antlett G. Doubleday M. Johnston A
Arnot R. Drummond J. Kidd G.H.
Askew J. Edgley J.W. Knaggs W.E.
Bell D. Elliot W. Lane J
Blenkinsop J. Emmerson W. Lamb J.B.
Booth F.W. Fisher G.W. Lamb F.
Boxer T. Fitzgerald G.B. Laverick G.W.
Boys T. Foster J.D. Laverick R.
Brewis F.R. Gibson A. Laverick J.
Brockbanks H.S. Gibson R. Lawson A.S.S.
Brockbanks H. Gordon T. Leithead R.
Brockbanks R.W. Graham H. Lidster S.
Brown T. Graham P.S.S. Lidster W.
Brown J. Gray J.E. Lindsay R.
Brown J.G. Gray W. Longstaff A.
Brown A. Gray J. Longstaff R.
Brown T. Gray J.W. Macdonald T.
Bryce R.J. Gray G.B. Marley R.
Burton W. Hain G. Marshall T.R.
Carr F. Hall N. Marshall W.
Clarke G.J.H. Hamill C.W. Mathieson D.
Clarke J.C. Hammond J.I. Mathieson A.
Clark J. Hammond W. Maughan G.
Claxton J. Hammond J.G. McAnany G.
Cook R.H. Hagedorn A. McGahan B.
Coulson J. Hopper G.H. McGarley F.
Craddock J. Howe P. McGregor H.
Cranmer J. Hudson J.M. Millar T.H.
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Panel 4 Panel 5 Panel 6
Miller E. Smith J.G. Wilson S.
McMahon T. Smith T.P. Wooton D.
McMann A. Smith W. Wood S.
Moon H. Snaith G. Young G.C.
More H. South W.P. Young J.W.
Moran J. Tate J. Stewart W.B.
Morrow J. Taylor A.S.
Mullen W. Taylor D.
Munroe J. Taylor H.
Murdoch A. Taylor J.E.
O’Donald P. Thompson M. ORPHAN
Packard J.H. Thoms F. ASYLUM
Parton T. Thoms J. Burlinson A.
Parton D. Tindall R. Cable G.
Pater H. Trotter T. Chapman G.E.
Peverley T. Tucker T.R. Clarke J.H.
Peverley T.R. Turnbull R. Crawford J.
Pickering E. Tweddle W. Davison W.
Potts F. Vickers A. Duncan R.
Ramshaw R. Wadsworth W. Finley F.W.
Redford R. Wainwright T.M. Hagedorn G.P.G.
Rich H. Waters J.T. Harland G.
Richardson J.T. Waller G Lamb R.
Riley J. Watson C.N. Lowes W.E.
Ross O. Watson F.J. Milburn G.
Rowntree F. Watson R. McLaghlan W.
Ryles T.H. Watson T.O. Mordey J.
Sandeland A. Watson J.H. Orwin T.H.E.
Sayers C.O. Tyson J. Peverley R.
Sayers M. Wells A. Ranton A.
Shaw J. White W. Ranton J.
Skelton J.W. Wild J. Rooks T.
Smith H. Willis D. Singleton R.C.
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At bottom
who gave their lives for us.
“Jesu mercy”
1914-1919
NamesS140.97
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