Memorial Details

Photo: Anne Bradley

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Memorial

Communion gates and Plaque 1914-18 St. Patrick R.C.

Reference

F32.06

Place

FELLING ON TYNE

Map ref

NZ 277619

Original Location

St. Patrick�s Roman Catholic Church. High Street, Felling, NE10 9LT

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Plaque unveiled 28th October 1923 by Captain F. Garvey; other items were unveiled by Fr. E. Costello, who also dedicated all the memorials.

Memorial Description

Pair of Communion gates each featuring a communion cup at centre of a pattern of six circles inside a large circle between low walls of Caen stone.
Two niches contain two white marble statues of �Our Blessed Lady� and the �Sacred Heart�. The �Sacred Heart niche is a memorial in its own right. See F32.19
At the north end of the western aisle is a plaque set into a moulded frame with regular raised ?flowerbuds set into it. The plaque itself is of brass. There is a narrow double border in black with a cross in red at centre top, and roundels at each corner. The names are listed in six columns. The prayer �R.I.P.� is at the bottom. Lettering is in Roman capitals throughout.

Materials used

Brass gates and plaque.

Inscription

On plaque :
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / the men of this parish who made the supreme / sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918.
R.I.P.

Names

162 names in full with some ranks.
See transcript.

Cost

�900. The gates themselves cost �184. The right niche cost �337.

How money was raised

Parishioners

Notes

1. George William Slowther did not die in the Great War, he died in the 1970s, his name was added by mistake.

2. The statue of Our Lady in the right niche was presented at a cost of �125 by Thomas Gilroy, Esq.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Anne Bradley

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 03/11/1923 reports unveiling.

A Brief History of the Church

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

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Anne Bradley; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding; Marie McNichol; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress

Tommy Wood is researching the names on Felling memorials. Contact: pelawpie@gmail.com

Felling Heritage Group are researching Contact:

Communion

FELLING

   To The    the    Sacrifice 
    Column 1 
    William Armstrong    James Arnott    John Arnott    Ralph Atkinson    Thomas Braddock    James Brannen    Roderick Birney    John Boyle    William Francis Burnham    James Berry    Patrick Bradley    John Bradley    Wilfred Boynes    Thomas Birney    John Brown    William Cassy    Henry Carson    Robert Carson    Ralph Carson    Joseph Carson    Mark Churchill    Charles Conville    Francis Convery    Michael Coleman    James Collins    James Cosgrove    Francis Cairns 
    R.          I. ---------------- 
    Column 4 
    John Morgan    James Moorhead    Henry Murray    Daniel Mullen    Joseph Mullen    Hugh Mullen    John Moore    William Montgomery    James Montgomery    John Mulligan    Joseph John McGrother    Daniel McDonald    John McKeon    John McNulty    Albert Murray    Daniel McVay    Daniel McKie    Joseph Murphy    James McKeown    Henry Mulholland    William McGuiggan    George Marshall    Joseph McAllister    William Murphy    James McGill    James    Eugene Molloy NamesF32.06 

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