Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. James
Reference
S18.03
Place
SHILBOTTLE
Map ref
NU 196087
Original Location
In the War Memorial Institute.
Present Location
St. James' Church, Middle Road. In the south transept.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 3 feet high by 3 feet 6 inches wide (914 mm x 1.06 mm), made of three boards put together horizontally, with a plain wood frame. The lettering is incised and gilded. The names are listed in two columns. The dedication and bottom line are in Gothic script, the rest in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
In memory / of those who gave their lives in the / Great War / 1914-1918
Their name liveth for evermore.
Their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Present condition
Recently restored, varnished and rehung in the church following major repair work to the church.
Notes
1. Brothers William Wilson and Mossman Wilson were killed within a week of each other in 1915, Mossman dying on 23rd April. William was a Pioneer and Mossman was a Private with the N.F.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; the late David Wilkinson; David Riches (East Coquet LHS); Joyce Snaith, Churchwarden, St.James’s Church, Shilbottle
Research In Progress
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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. James (S18.03)
SHILBOTTLE, St. James' Church.
In memory
of those who gave their lives in the
Great War
1914 - 1918
Robert Baxter William Smails
George W. Buglass James Thompson
Thomas H. Charlton Alexander J. Tweedy
William Darling Thomas H. Weightman
Robert Green Brian B. Weightman
Joseph R. Hall Robert G. Weightman
John Hindhaugh James J. Wilson
George Slater Mossman Wilson
John Smails William Wilson
Martin Young
Their name liveth for evermore
NamesS18.03
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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