Memorial Details
Memorial
Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 Aden St. James
Reference
S18.01
Place
SHILBOTTLE
Map ref
NU 196087
Original Location
St. James' Church, Middle Road.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Aden
b. 1939-45
c. Aden
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 13th November 1921 by the Duke of Northumberland. Dedicated by Rev. Canon Blackett Ord, Archdeacon of Northumberland.
Memorial Description
Reredos of six wood panels, three on each side of the altar. The dedication runs along the top of each column, using Gothic lettering incised and painted gold, and separated from the names by a wavy line of leaves. This motif is also used to divide the 1939-45 names from those of 1914-18. The names are incised in sans serif capitals and painted gold in a single column on each panel.
Materials used
Wood
Inscription
a. To the glory of God / and in memory of the Men of / this Parish who gave their lives / in the Great War 1914-1918 / this East Window has been fitted / and their names recorded here.
b. 1939-1945
c. Aden.
b. 1939-1945
c. Aden.
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Carved by James Middlemiss, a church sidesman, one of the first Shilbottle men to go to war.
Notes
1. At the unveiling “The Vicar read the names of Euan Sanderson and Philip Sanderson (Eastfield Hall, Warkworth) as worshippers in the church whose names were recorded in their own church”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown; P. Thirkell; David Riches
Alnwick & County Gazette 13/11/1921 reports proposed unveiling; 19/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 14/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 13/11/1921 reports proposed unveiling; 19/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 14/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; the late David Wilkinson; David Riches (East Coquet Local History Society); J. Brown; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 Aden St. James (S18.01)
SHILBOTTLE, St. James' Church.
Panel 1 Panel 2
To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Men of
Robert Baxter William Darling
George W. Buglass Joseph J. Dunn
Thomas H. Charlton Robert Green
Joseph R. Hall
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1939-1945
R.W. Anderson J. Berry
A. Armstrong A. Knox
J.H. Maddern
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Panel 3 Panel 4
this Parish who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
John Hindhaugh William Smails
George Slater James J. Thompson
John Smails Alexander J. Tweedy
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K.F. Middlemist J.T. Pringle
G. Porteous D. Simm
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Panel 5 Panel 6
this east Window has been fitted and their Names recorded here.
Thomas H. Weightman
Brian B. Weightman Mossman Wilson
Robert G. Weightman William Wilson
Thomas Weir Martin Young
James J. Wilson
------ ------
1939-1945
J.R. Straughan P.W. Weightman
S. Thompson A. Widdrington
J.I. Trueman ADEN
R.J. Hughes
NameS18.01
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