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Stained Glass Window and Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Paul

Reference

W132.03

Place

WATERHOUSES

Map ref

NZ 181407

Original Location

St. Paul’s Church

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled by Rt. Rev. J.E.C. Welldon Dean of Durham.

Memorial Description

Stained glass window of three lights representing the Resurrection.

There is a brass plaque framed in very dark oak. At almost centre top, under the name of the parish, is a circle containing a cross. The dedication is carved to stand proud, as is the prayer at the bottom, in Gothic lettering.

Affixed to the lower two-thirds of the plaque are two brass plaques, very plain, stood on end side by side, each bearing the names in a single column under the respective ranks. The lettering is in sans serif lower case.

Materials used

Bronze plaque in oak frame.

Inscription

Waterhouses Parish Church. / To the glory of God / the stained glass east / window of this church and / the tablet are erected as also in memory of / the men of the parish who gave their / lives in the Great War 1914-1919.
In pace requiescant.

Names

62 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The plaque is very similar in appearance to one in Ushaw Moor. See U8.03

2. Sapper Thomas Allison was with 458th Field Company, Royal Engineers.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby

Durham County Advertiser 17/09/1920; 21/04/1922.

Auckland and County Chronicle 16/09/1920; 20/04/1922

Illustrated Chronicle 19/02/1920 page 6

Durham Chronicle 17/09/1920 reports unveiling.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
“In pace requiescant . . . “ ("May they rest in peace")Latin Mass for the Dead

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Mrs. B. Harvey; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall

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Stained Glass Window and Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Paul (W132.03)

 
WATERHOUSES   St. Paul’s Church
  
   Waterhouses Parish Church.  
   To the glory  +  of God 
   The stained      glass East 
   window of this church and this
   tablet are erected as also in memory of 
   the men of this parish who gave their 
   lives in the Great War 1914-1919.
  
      Sergeants                       Sergeants
   Davidson, Fred.                 Newton, Frank
   Smith, George                   Whitfield, John
      Corporal                        
   Henderson, William              
      Lance-Corporals                 Lance-Corporals
   Gibbon, John Wilfrid            Hewitson, John
   James, Emmerson                 Johns, Will.
      Sappers                         Sappers
   Allison, Thomas                 Hull, Ernest Harry
   Newby, Henry Ernest             Winter, George William
      Privates                        Privates
   Bate, Ernest Lloyd              Beeston, Henry
   Birkett, George Frederick       Bowey, Fred.
   Bradley, John James             Burrows, Daniel
   Chappell, William Henry         Charlton, John Wattam
   Charlton, Samuel                Close, James William
   Crowe, George                   Crowe, Joseph Elliott
   Dale, Robert                    Davey, Joseph Ernest
   Davidson, John George           Elliott, John
   Ellis, Thomas William           Gibson, Norman
   Goldsbrough, Robert William     Grant, David
   Guy, John George                Hall, George
   Hall, William                   Hebron, William
   Bodinner, Francis James Henry   Horner, Alfred Croft
   Hucklebridge, George William    Hutchinson, John William
   Hunter, John Shipley            Johnson, Wilfrid
   Johnston, George H.             Liddle, George
   Mills, Frederick                Mills, Thomas
   Moore, Thomas                   Picken, Fred.
   Rayner, William                 Reather, Ralph
   Richardson, Robert William      Robson, Francis James
   Sargeant, Arthur                Sargeant, John
   Spence, Peter Pearson           Spence, William
   Sutterfield, George             Whitfield, Matthew
   Wilkinson, John George          Wood, John Atherley
   Young, Joseph                   Dodds, Arthur
   
   In pace requiescant.
NamesW132.03

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