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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary

Reference

W86.03

Place

WHICKHAM

Map ref

NZ 209613

Original Location

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Church Green. In south aisle.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 21st August 1921 by Lieut. Col. A. Henderson, C.M.G., T.D., dedicated by Rev. Canon Archdale.

Memorial Description

Plaque with a domed top set in a wood frame which echoes the shape. At the top, following the shape of the dome, is a wreath, inside which is a cross, and from which a ribbon trailing underneath carries the words "Not / Right / Might". There is a bronze inner border.
The names are listed in two columns. The background is black, and the lettering is in raised and burnished sans serif capitals throughout.
There is a shelf underneath.

Materials used

Bronze in oak frame

Inscription

In honoured memory of the / Whickham men who died in the / cause of righteousness in the / Great War 1914-1918
"In Thy redeeming love have mercy on the fallen".

Names

65 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ann Graham; Kevin Milburn; Tony Harding

Shields Daily News 22/08/1921 carries brief press report of unveiling ceremony.

Newcastle Daily Journal 07/04/1920 reports proposal to erect monument.

Illustrated Chronicle 22/08/1921 reports unveiling

Consett Guardian 02/09/1921 reports unveiling.

Seaham News 25/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Blaydon Courier 27/08/1921 reports unveiling

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 22/08/1921 reports unveiling.

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

Source of quotation
�In Thy redeeming love . . .� From the Campaign Prayer Book 1892 -"For the Sick and Wounded"

External web link

Durham at War

Links to Source Material :

Consett Guardian 1921 09 02 Fri

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham & District L.H.S.; Ann Graham; Dorothy Hall; Kevin Milburn; Tony Harding

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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary (W86.03)

WHICKHAM, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

   Right not Might

   In honoured memory of the

   Whickham men who died in the

   cause of righteousness in the

   Great War 1914 - 1918

   Arthurs, D.        Kitchingman, J.E.

   Atkinson, C.C.     Laybourne, T.

   Atkinson, H.       Liddell, J.

   Atkinson, J.W.     Lynn, W.

   Atkinson, W.       Mann, R.A.

   Bell, W.M.         Martin, J.

   Bell, W.T.         Masland, F.N.

   Bertram, A.        Mowbray, G.F.

   Brennan, J.        Mulvey, J.

   Brennan, P.        Nevin, W.

   Briggs, J.         Porteous, T.

   Buckton, H.A.      Proud, H.

   Campbell, H.H.     Redden, E.

   Cawthorne, T.      Robson, M.

   Costello, J.       Ross, T.

   Detchon, J.O.      Scott, W.

   Dodds, J.          Simpson, J.

   Elliott, F.        Smiles, B.E.

   Findley, A.        Sneddon, F.E.K.

   Findley, M.        Stalker, R.

   Garrett, I.        Stark, W.S.

   Graham, H.         Swindle, J.

   Harbottle, R.      Swindle, M.C.

   Harm, T.           Taylor, R.

   Hedworth, A.       Thompson, R.W.

   Hedworth, T.H.     Thompson, W.K.

   Hodgson, J.E.      Walters, H.

   Hogg, E.           Wardhaugh, J.

   Howe, G.           Wilson, E.E.

   Huxley, B.         Wheatley, J.

   Ismay, W.N.        Whitfield, J.

   Jones, L.          Whitfield, W.

   Kelly, W.

   "In Thy redeeming love have mercy on the fallen"

NameW86.03

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