Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Peter

West Sleekburn

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Peter (W34.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: W34.01

Parish: West Sleekburn

Original Location:

St. Peter’s Church,  West Sleekburn (closed c1989 now a private house)

Past Location:

West Sleekburn Middle School

Present Location:

West Sleekburn Village Hall, Wansbeck Terrace NE62 5XD

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 4th July 1920 by Sir Thomas Oliver.

Materials Used:

Teak “from an old battleship”.

Who Commissioned:

Stakeford and West Sleekburn Branch of the Disabled Sailors and Soldiers Federation.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Hughes, Bolckow and Co. Ltd.

Inscription:

a.
The
Great War 1914-1918
For God, King and Country.
The Heroic Dead.

b.
World War 1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Plaque 64 inches high x 30 inches wide (163cms x76cms) with gabled top, and pilasters below dividing the monument into two arched panels.

The dedication is in the gable, painted in gold lettering.

Below the gable, and above the panels, are painted (left) a sailor, (right) a soldier and (centre) the badge of the Discharged Sailors and Soldiers – a blue leaf with the initials D.S.& S. painted in white.

The top of each panel has the words “Roll of Honour” and the names are listed in a single column in each.

The words “The Heroic Dead” are on the frame below this.

An addition panel has been added underneath, beautifully incorporated, on which the list continues, with names listed in two columns.

Another section, again made to fit the whole, has been added at the bottom to carry the names from 1939-45 also listed in two columns.

All names are hand-written in gold paint, using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

a. 110 names and regiments
b. 15 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The material used may well have been from the “Britannia”, from which Hughes, Bolckow made many memorials, and which was dismantled at Blyth, but timber from other boats was also used..

2. The cost of the additional names for 1939-45 was £25, already raised by public subscription. It was designed by H.L. Honeyman, Architect, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Morris Robinson; ABRC Copyright; James Pasby

Alnwick & County Gazette
10/07/1920 reports on the unveiling on 4th July 1920, and the memorial “commemorates 102 men”

Morpeth Herald
09/07/1920 reports the unveiling ceremony.

Newcastle Daily Journal
05/07/1920 reports unveiling of plaque commemorating “102 men”.

Northern Echo
 06/07/1920 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No.1715 dated 16/12/1949 allows for the extension of the memorial to include 1939-45.

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 07 09 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 07 06 Tue -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown;
Michael Newrick;
John Dobson,
Rev. Jeremy Thompson;
Morris Robinson;
Patrick Easen;
Jim Dix (Chapelwarden, St. Paul’s, Choppington);
Miss Anne McNair, Advisory Board for Redundant Churches;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

WEST SLEEKBURN, St. Peter’s Church.

 

  The

  Great War 1914-1918

 

  For God, King and Country

 

  Roll                         Roll

  of                           of

  Honour                       Honour

 

  Andrews S.        N.F.       Millican R.       N.F.

  Allen Geo.        N.F.       Millican T.       N.F.

  Angus Jno.C.      W.Y.       Meins A.          N.F.

  Angus             W.Y.       Moore G.W.        R.F.A.

  Anderson W.G.     A.O.C.     Morris Al.        N.F.

  Burns Al.         L.R.       Nicholson R.      N.F.

  Bolton W.         R.F.       Nicholson J.      N.F.

  Brown J.R.        N.F.       Nicholson R.      N.F.

  Brown M.          N.F.       Nicholson Wm.     N.F.

  Bush C.           N.F.       Neal Y.           Y.L.

  Burkenshire W.H.  R.E.       Osborne A.        N.F.

  Burton G.         N.F.       Pattie T.         N.F.

  Buglass R.        N.F.       Patterson H.      N.F.

  Campbell R.       N.F.       Pattinson D.      N.F.

  Carr Al.          N.F.       Reid R.           R.A.M.C.

  Cottrell H.       N.F.       Reid J.           N.F.

  Clark P.          N.F.       Roberts F.S.      R.A.M.C.

  Clark H.F.        N.F.       Rix R.            N.F.

  Coils T.          N.F.       Robinson T.       N.F.

  Dodds R.          N.F.       Robinson J.       N.F.

  Douglass W.       N.F.       Robinson A.       N.F.

  Dixon W.          N.F.       Ronaldson F.      R.F.

  Dixon R.M.        N.F.       Robson J.         N.F.

  Dunn Wm.          L.S.Y.     Redpath F.        R.N.D.

  Flanigan M.       R.N.D.     Redpath G.        R.N.D.

  Foster F.         N.F.       Shields R.        N.F.

  Gray J.G.         N.F.       Sayburn J.        R.N.

  Gray Thos.        N.F.       Scott G.W.        Q.R.S.

  Godsmark J.       N.F.       Stewart B.        N.F.

  Green J.          N.F.       Straughan G.      N.F.

  Gibson R.         N.F.       Simpson W.        N.F.

  Hall W.           N.F.       Scott J.          N.F.

  Hall J.           W.Y.       Scott W.          N.F.

  Hardie W.         N.F.       Smith W.          N.F.

  Holden E.         N.F.       Spraggon W.       N.F.

  Hope G.           N.F.       Swann W.          Q.H.

  Harvey R.J.       N.F.       Turnbull, J.      N.F.

  Harvey A.         R.F.A.     Thompson W.       N.F.

  Hunter W.         N.F.       Usher W.S.        R.A.M.C.

  Hudspith T.       R.F.       Wood W.           N.F.

  Ince R.           N.F.       Wood W.           R.D.C.

  Jarvis W.         N.F.       Wood Al.          N.F.

  James R.          N.F.       Wright J.T.       N.F.

  Johnson T.        N.F.       Whipps, J.        N.F.

  Johnson A.M.      N.F.       Waite W.          N.F.

  Killoran J.W.     N.F.       Walding, G.       R.M.L.I.

  Laws A.           N.F.       Yeouart J.        N.F.

  Logan T.H.        N.F.       Eastham J.        N.F.

  Lowes G.          N.F.       Joice E.T.        R.N.D.

  Millican M.       N.F.       Dunn J.           N.F.

 

  The Heroic Dead

 

  Continued

  Elsdon R.         N.F.       Turner J.         W.Y.

  Andrews J.E.      N.F.       Welbury, J.       N.F.

  Armstrong R.J.    N.F.       Herron G.         N.F.

  Blaylock J.W.     N.F.       Nicholson, W.     N.Z.C.

  Summers G.        N.F.

 

  World War 1939.1945.

 

  Eke J.            R.N.       Laws W.           N.F.

  Fairbairn R.      D.L.I.     Routledge A.      R.N.

  Hamilton J.W.     R.N.       Smith J.G.        R.A.

  Jones J.T.        Q.R.R.     Tait H.S.         K.O.S.B.

  Kennedy R.A.      R.A.M.C.   Tait J.           M.N.

  Lanham H.         R.A.       Turnbull J.       R.A.F.

  Longbottom S.     R.N.       Wilkin T.         R.A.F.

  Logan R.          D.L.I.

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