Memorial

Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Union Congregational ‘Royalty’

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Union Congregational 'Royalty' (S140.096)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.096

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

Union Congregational ‘Royalty’ Church, Chester Road, Sunderland.

Present Location:

Now in West Park Rd U.R. Church (formerly Grange Congregational Church).

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 5th April 1922 by Rev. W.D. French.

Materials Used:

Leather bound book.

Inscription:

a.
Union
Congregational Church
Sunderland

Herein are inscribed the names of
the men who went forth from this
Church
to take part in the Great War 1914-19

Those whose names are written in red
returned not to us, but
“Their hope is full of immortality”

To all who served the gratitude of today
and of all tomorrow is a
sure possession.

b.
Those who
served in the
Second World
War 1939-1945

The tumult and the shouting died
the captains and the kings depart
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice
A humble and a contrite heart.

Lord God of Hosts be with us yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget

Memorial Description:

Book of Remembrance 11 inches high x 9 inches wide (276mm x 226mm) bound in leather.

There is a thin gold line around the edge on three sides.

The flyleaf is highly illuminated using elaborate calligraphy.

The names are handwritten in a single column on each page, those who served are in black, those who died in red.

They are listed under the headings of Army, Navy and Merchant Service.

The 1939-45 names are preceded by another illuminated page.

The names are also in a single column, but across the top and down the two sides is a coloured border and all capital letters are illuminated.

Names:

a. 105 surnames and initials of those who served including 17 who fell.
b. 38 full names of those who served including 1 who fell.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “In a casket below the tablet (S140.088) an album is placed containing the names of all men who served in the war, as well as those who made the supreme sacrifice.” (1922)

2. The “Royalty church” was demolished in 1970s.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
05/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
08/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
Their hope is full of immortality Wisdom of Solomon 3
To all who served the gratitude of today and of all tomorrow is a sure possession Not ascertained
“The tumult and the shouting died . . .” Recessional Rudyard Kipling

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Pam Waistall;
Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

Title-page

  Union

  Congregational Church,

  Sunderland.

  Herein are inscribed the names of

  the Men who went forth from this

  Church

  to take part in the Great War, 1914-1919.

  ———————

  Those whose names are written in Red

  returned not to us, but –

   “Their hope is full of immortality”.

  ———————

  To all who served the gratitude of today

  and of all tomorrow is a

  pure possession.

—————————————————-

Page 1

  Army.

  *Rev. J.G. Aldridge.

  T.H. Armstrong.

  T.E. Bacon.

  F.W. Baxter.

  F. Baxter.

  J.E. Bradley.

  *Harold H. Brierly.

  G. Talbot Brown.

  J.E. Clark.

  L.A. Common.

  B.E. Common.

—————————————————-

Page 2

  C.R. Common.

  F. Cuthbert.

  G.F. Dodds.

  A.G. Douglas.

  A.G. Everett.

  *Arnold Garcia.

  *J. Goddart.

  *Arnold J. Green.

  F.S. Green.

  F.T. Green.

  H. Habgood.

  T.W. Hindmarch.

—————————————————-

Page 3

  N. Hodgson.

  W. Hughes.

  D. Hutton.

  S. Ireland.

  W. Jefferson.

  J.S. Johnson.

  W.H. Kean.

  A.E. Kieffer.

  A. Lewis.

  *Harry Lucas.

  D. Macnair.

  I.A.F. Macnair.

—————————————————-

Page 4

  J. Macnair.

  T.D. Macnair.

  T.R. McCarthy.

  A.W. Manning.

  E. Manning.

  W.R. Mann.

  R.H. Mathewson.

  P. Marlborough.

  J. Mayhew.

  A. Metcalfe.

  W.B. Milbanke.

  T. Miller.

—————————————————-

Page 5

  *T. Pearson.

  Angus Philipson.

  E. Philipson.

  G. Philipson.

  R.T. Pindar.

  J. Potts.

  W.W. Potts.

  R. Potts.

  R.H. Priestly.

  T.P. Priestley.

  W. Priestly.

  J.A. Ross.

—————————————————-

Page 6

  *Arnold Rudd.

  T. Rudd.

  H. Salvin.

  T.L. Sedgewick.

  M. Smith.

  W.H. Smith.

  *E. Spalding.

  J. Spalding.

  D. Stirling.

  *J. Stirling.

  M. Stirling.

  R.W. Staddon.

—————————————————-

Page 7

  *Arthur C. Stewart.

  S. Streets.

  *Thos. H. Souter.

  W. Taylor.

  J.D. Thatcher.

  W.H. Tullock.

  W. Walker.

  H. Wilkinson.

  W.L. Wilkinson.

  H. Williamson.

  F. Wright.

  A. Yates.

  J.W. Younson.

—————————————————-

Page 8

  Navy.

  A. Manning.

  E. Marrs.

  J.E. Miller.

  F.E. Proom.

  R. Streets.

—————————————————-

Page 9

  Merchant Service.

  *J.W. Allan.

  G.H. Armstrong.

  M. Dixon.

  F. Dobbing.

  T. Graham.

  *William Hedley.

  T. Laing.

  J.E. Lucas.

  *William Read.

  J.G. Read.

  J.R. Robertson.

—————————————————-

Page 10

  J. Robson.

  G.L. Sedgewick.

  F. Snowball.

  *John Snowdon.

  *Alan H. Thatcher.

—————————————————-

Page 11

  Those who

  served in the

  Second World

  War, 1939-1945.

  The tumult and the shouting dies

  The captains and the kings depart

  Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice

  An humble and a contrite heart

  Lord God of Hosts be with us yet

  Lest we forget Lest we forget

—————————————————-

Page 12

  William Bishop

  Leonard Blake

  William Carr

  Roy Cross

  William France

  Harry Gibson

  William Gibson

  Peter Gordon

  Joan Gray

  Dorothy Gray

  Archie Harlow

  Robert Horn

—————————————————-

Page 13

  Hilda Ireland

  Olive Joicey

  George King

  Raymond Lamb

  Andrew Leithead

  Charles Leithead

  Alice Lind

  John Martin

  Doris McLean

  Appleby Murgatroyd

  Colin Murgatroyd

  Ethel Murgatroyd

—————————————————-

Page 14

  Eunice Murgatroyd

  Edward Murray

  Michael O’Halloran

  Charles Ratcliffe

  Austin Roberts

  John Robinson

  Swan Sinclair

  *Charles B. Summers

  Thomas Thompson

  Leslie Watt

  Robert Watt

  Joseph Wells

  Raymond Wells

  Edwin Wilson

—————————————————-

  In the book, the names of the fallen are written in red.  

  Here they are identified by an asterisk *

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