Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 St. Mary Magdalene
Reference
W38.03
Place
WHALTON
Map ref
NZ 131813
Original Location
Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene. By west wall of nave.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance 21cm high x 26cm wide x 3.5cm deep, bound with blue leather and embossed with gold lettering. The names are hand-written in black ink.
It rests in a wood case 37cm deep x 52cm wide x 10.5cm with glass front and lined with blue velvet.
It rests in a wood case 37cm deep x 52cm wide x 10.5cm with glass front and lined with blue velvet.
Materials used
Leather binding in a glass case.
Inscription
A Book of Remembrance / of those who went forth from / Whalton and District / and gave their lives in Two Great Wars / 1914-18 1939-45 / also of those who served. /
A gift of Whalton and District / British Legion in gratitude and appreciation. /
We will remember them.
A gift of Whalton and District / British Legion in gratitude and appreciation. /
We will remember them.
Names
Who commissioned
Whalton & District British Legion
Cost
Estimated at £26/10s for the cabinet, £5 for the book.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
W.B.Edwards and Partners, Architects, Newcastle (presumably for the cabinet)
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1903, 11/06/1954
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1903, 11/06/1954
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Ken and Dorothy Southern; P. Thirkell; Patrick Easen; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 St. Mary Magdalene (W38.03)
WHALTON, St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Plaque.
A Book of Remembrance
of those who went forth from
Whalton and District
and gave their lives in the Two Great Wars
1914-18 1939-45
also of those who served.
A gift of Whalton and District
British Legion in gratitude and appreciation.
We will remember them.
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Page 1
Names of the Fallen
1914- 1918 1939-1945
Captain Charles Adamson
Private Robert Swan Appleby
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Crinkley
Private John Elliott
Major John Foster
Lance Corporal Thomas Grieve
Lance Corporal William Lawson
Private James McNally
Lieutenant Edmund Mortimer
Lieutenant William Brian Mortimer
Trooper William Davidson Rochester
Lieutenant Ralph Eustace Smith
Private James Stanners
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Page 2.
Those who served and have since died.
John Anderson
Joseph Anderson
Frederick P. Barnett
Mark Barnett
Charles Henry Clarke
William Gibson Elliott
John Hall
Edwin Ernest Moscrop
William Pickering
James Logan Renton
William Thomas Sanderson
Philip Eustace Smith
Richard Straker
Thomas Alexander Taylor
John Rimmington Higginbottom
Robert W. Watson
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Page 3.
Those Who Served
Joseph Appleby
Robert S. Appleby
Guy Barnett
Mark Barnett
George Bell
Mark Bell
Richard Benson
Hubert A. Clarke
John Clelland
George Cowans
Fred. Crinkley
Harry Davison
George Drummond
William Elliott
Gerard Eustace Smith
Philip Eustace Smith
Thomas Eustace Smith
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Page 4.
Those Who Served
William Ferguson
Edward Frizzle
John William Harvey
Robert Harvey
William E. Hedley-Dent
Fred Holland
Harry Hopper
Robert Hopper
John Jackson
William Lawson
Kenneth J.W. Leather
Mark Leather
Ernest Lowther
Lawrence Macknight
Joseph Moscrop
Robert Nichol
Peter Norton
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Page 5.
Those Who Served
George Pallan
Haswell Peile
James Pickering
David Reay
Joseph Reay
Eustace D. Renwick
Charles B. Robson
Thomas Rutherford
William T. Sanderson
John Thomas Scott
John Simpson
Edwin Sisterson
Ernest Smith
Henry Stevenson
John Stafford
Ernest Telfer
Edward Trewick
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Page 6.
Those Who Served
John Turnbull
Joseph Henry Warren
Arthur Warren
Kenrick P. Walker
John Walker
Robert W. Watson
Gilbert Whelpton
William Whitfield
John James Spence
Vera Raper W.A.A.C.
NamesW38.03
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