Memorial
Book of Remembrance Served 1914-18 St. Nicholas
West Boldon
Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance Served 1914-18 St. Nicholas (W99.06)
NEWMP Ref No.: W99.06
Parish: West Boldon
St. Nicholas’ Church, The Folly.
Above the Chantry altar.
1914-18
“Dedicated at St.Nicholas Festival, 1919”
Purple morocco leather binding in oak and silver box.
In Memoriam
To the Glory of God
and in ever grateful Remembrance
of the men of Boldon (west, east south)
who, in Navy. Army and Merchant Service, came to
the call of their King & Country in the Great War
1914-1919, & in faithful Service and brave Warfare carried
to Victory the cause of Freedom and Justice for
all Nations
This Liber Vitae is inscribed.
Book of Remembrance (“Liber Vitae”) approximately 12 x 9½ inches, (30cms x 24cms) bound in dark red leather with a gold cross.
The flyleaf is highly decorated with – at top – the shields of Scotland and England, with the dedication below.
The names are listed in a single column on each page, with a note of which area of Boldon they came from.
The case, measuring 10 inches x 12½ inches x 3¼ inches ( 25cms x 32cms x 8cms) which contains the book has a sunken panel on the top which contains a hall-marked silver St. Cuthbert type cross with the words “St. Nicholas Church Boldon” at the crossing.
On each of the four arms is a single word: “In” “manus” “”mias” “domine”.
It has Celtic style silver fittings on all sides, and a carrying handle at each end.
Above these fittings a hall-marked silver band runs around the box bearing a four-line verse in sans serif capitals:
“These men of ours, unselfish, unafraid,
went to the world wide fight
for England and the right
Forget not how they fought and how we prayed”
412 surnames and initials of those who served
73 surnames and initials of those killed.
See transcript.
1. “Liber Vitae” translates as “Book of Life”
Photos: Tony Harding
Source of quotation:
“These men of ours, unselfish, unafraid . . .” Not known, but used on several memorials around the country.
Additional Research Documents
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Tony Harding
The names on these memorials are being researched by Peter Hoy
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.
WEST BOLDON St. Nicholas’ Church
On top of box
In
St. Nicholas
manus Church mias
Boldon
Domine
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Round sides of box
These men of ours + unselfish, unafraid
went to the world-wide fight
for England and the right
Forget not how they fought and how we prayed
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Fly-leaf
F. Aubrey E. Leake – Rector.
C. Leeson } Churchwardens
W. Tempest } St. Nicholas, Boldon
Dedicated at St. Nicholas Festival 1919
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Title-page
Masthead illustration
In memoriam
To the Glory of God
& in ever grateful Remembrance
of the men of Boldon (West, East, South)
who, in Navy, Army & Merchant Service came to
the call of their King & Country in the Great War
1914-1919, & in faithful Service & brave Warfare carried
to Victory the cause of Freedom & Justice for
all Nations
This Liber Vitae is inscribed
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Page 1
Adamson, R.H. west
Alderslade, Jno. S. east
Alexander. west
Allan, Major. east
Allen, Hugh “ “
Allen, Wm. “ “
Anderson, G. “ “
Applegarth, W.J. “ “
Appleton, Herbt. “ “
Archer, Wilson “ “
Arthur, Thos. west
Baharie, D. east
Baldwin, G. west
Bates, Lieut. S. south
Batey, A.B. west
Bell. east
Bell, Thos. C. “ “
Bell, John “ “
Bickers. “ “
Bird, Chas. D. “ “
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Page 2
Black, Hy. east
Black, G.A. “ “
Blades, W.H. “ “
Blakey, J.F. south
Blenche, John east
Boggin, Fred. west
Bond, William “ “
Boyd, Sidney east
Brace, A.F. west
Bradford, F.R. east
Bradley, C.E. “ “
Brannen, Michl. west
Brehenney Sidney “ “
Brockhill Edwin east
Browell Basil Brig.Gen. “ “
Brown J.W. west
Brown Ernest, Lieut. east
Brown G.P. west
Brown Robt. “ “
Buckham Robt. “ “
Bullman, A. “ “
Burgham W. east
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Calvert, Joseph east
Campbell, Ernest “ “
Campbell, Alexr. “ “
Campbell, Jno. L. “ “
Canterdale “ “
Carr, W.H. “ “
Carr, I.W. “ “
Carter “ “
Carter, Richard “ “
Cave, E.J. “ “
Cawthorne, J. “ “
Cawthorne, W.J. “ “
Cawthorne, Thos. “ “
Cawthorne, J.L. “ “
Charlton, John west
Charlton, Thos. “ “
Charlton, Joseph “ “
Charlton, Wm. “ “
Clarke, Jas. M. “ “
Clarkson, Edwn. J. Capt. “ “
Clazey, J.O. Lt. Col. south
Clifford, Herbert east
Clifford, Norman “ “
Clifford, Ernest “ “
Clinch, Ge. south
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Clinton, E.A. east
Coates, W.J. “ “
Coates, Thos. “ “
Coates, Edwn. west
Cobham. Sergt. Maj. south
Coleman, Wm. west
Coleman, F.M. “ “
Coleman, Ge. “ “
Collins, Fred east
Colwell, J.W. “ “
Collade, Thos. “ “
Common, Lancelot west
Connor, M. south
Conify, Michael west
Cook, Sept. east
Cooper, A. “ “
Cooper, P. “ “
Corry, Thos. “ “
Cowley, Wm. south
Cox, Walter east
Crozier, Theo. “ “
Currey, Cecil “ “
Currey, Geo. west
Cutler, J.B. east
Cutter, Reginald “ “
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Davidson, J. west
Davidson, Hy. east
Davidson, W.E. “ “
Davey, Edwn. west
Dean, Hy. Jno. east
Denton, Percy “ “
Dobbinson, Fred west
Dobbinson, Richd. “ “
Dobbinson, J. “ “
Dodds, Jno. east
Dodds, Jas. “ “
Dodds, Jno. reservoir west
Dodds, Jas. reservoir “ “
Dodds. Rainton House east
Dowson, Thos. west
Dorman, Jas. east
Dorman, J.W. “ “
Drake, Hy. “ “
Dryfitt, J.B. “ “
Duffey, Jno. “ “
Duncan, Herbert south
Dymond, V. east
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Edwards, Stanley east
Edwards, Robert “ “
Ellis, E.E. “ “
Ellis, G. “ “
Elphinstone, Jno. “ “
Elphinstone, Wm. “ “
Eltringham, Thos. “ “
Fairhurst, Jas. west
Fairish, N. east
Fawcett, L.B. “ “
Ferguson, Robt. “ “
Fish, J.M. “ “
Fisher, J.C. west
Fleming Doctor, W. east
Forster, Dick west
Forster, Thomas “ “
Forster, Henry “ “
Forster, Jno. R. “ “
Forster, Arthur “ “
Forster, Matthew east
Freeman, Geo. “ “
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Gaine, Sherwood east
Gaine, Arnold. Capt. “ “
Gaine, Herbert. Lieut. “ “
Gaine, Ernest “ “
Gaine, Donald “ “
Gaudie, Fred “ “
Gibson, C. west
Goss, R.C. east
Goss, Drummond “ “
Goss, Trevor “ “
Gowland, J.M. “ “
Graham, W.F. “ “
Graham, Oliver “ “
Grey. Lieut. “ “
Grey, Archie “ “
Grey, Archie west
Grey, Geo. “ “
Grey, Jno. T. “ “
Hall. Major. Bellevue east
Hall, Sidney “ “
Hall, William south
Hands, John east
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Hardy, J. east
Hare, C. south
Harper, Robt. “Lieut.” east
Harrison, J.W. “ “
Harrison. Capt. “ “
Hartford, I. west
Hartman, Jno. east
Hartshaw, A. south
Hay, Jno. “ “
Healing, C. east
Hedley, Jas. “ “
Hedley, Robt. “ “
Henderson, G. “ “
Henderson. Capt. “ “
Hepple, Geo. west
Hines, Gerald east
Holdcroft, James west
Holderness, W. south
Honeyman, Robt. east
Honeyman, Tom south
Honeyman, David “ “
Hood east
Horton, L. “ “
Houston, David south
Humphreys, Thos. west
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Page 9
Hutchinson, Joseph east
Irwin, John east
Jacques, W.C. “ “
James, W.H. “ “
Jameson. Major west
Jaram, H. east
Jenkins, Albert west
Johnson, Albert east
Johnson, J.E. Lieut. “ “
Johnson, E.H. “ “
Jones, Thos. west
Jones, H.E. “ “
Joy, Frank east
Kendall, Percy east
Kirk, R.C. “ “
Kirkham, Isaac west
Kirkley, Aidan. Capt. “ “
Kirkley, Egbert. Capt. “ “
Knox, Jno. “ “
Knox, Wm. “ “
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Page 10
Knox, Hy. west
Lancaster, A.W.
Lake, Sidney J.
Lane, Jas. A. Major east
Lawson, Geo. “ “
Lee, Arthur “ “
Leiper, F. “ “
Leonard, F. west
Leonard, G. “ “
Leonard, H. “ “
Linge, Hebden south
Linge, H.B. “ “
Lockey, Robt. east
Looney, R. “ “
Lorraine, D. Capt. “ “
Lowdon “ “
Lowdon “ “
Lowe, Ge.O. “ “
Luke “ “
Lumsden “ “
Lyons, Leslie “ “
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Major, William east
Mark, L. “ “
Mark, R. “ “
Mark, Stanley “ “
Mark, J.S. “ “
Martin, R. “ “
Massingham, W. “ “
McBurnie, Thos. “ “
McCready, A. “ “
McGillivwray, Jas. “ “
McGurk, John “ “
McKenzie, Jno. Jas. “ “
McLaughlin, Thos. west
McNeave, M. Police east
Mee, Richard “ “
Melville, J.W. “ “
Meynell, G. west
Minchell, Peter “ “
Minchell, Peter Jr. “ “
Minchell, Edwn. “ “
Minchell, John “ “
Minchell, Wm. “ “
Mitchell, Jas. “ “
Mitchison, Jas. east
Moir, Jno. Jas. “ “
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Moore, Frank east
Moore, Thomas west
Moore, Cecil east
Mordue, W.J. “ “
Morris, H. west
Morton, R. south
Mouter, Robt. west
Muir, Andrew “ “
Muir, James “ “
Muir, Edwin “ “
Muir, Joseph “ “
Myers, John “ “
Napier, C.S. east
Newton, Geo. Lieut. “ “
Nichol, Senr. “ “
Nichol, Frank R. “ “
Nicholson, J.H. “ “
Nicholson, John Lieut Col. west
Nicholson, Ivan Lieut. “ “
Nicholson, Fred east
Nicholson, John “ “
Nicholson, Fred “ “
Nunn, Fred “ “
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Page 13
Oliver, Fred east
Outhwaite, Thos. “ “
Pearson, S.E. east
Pepper, Michael “ “
Pepper, Thomas “ “
Phillips, E. west
Poole, W. east
Porteus, Richd. “ “
Potts, John Capt. “ “
Potts, Turnbull “ “
Poulson, Herbert south
Price, W.H. west
Ranson, Hy. west
Reed, Vernon east
Reed, Fred G. “ “
Rennison, Lancelot “ “
Richardson, Thos. “ “
Richardson, E.H. west
Richardson, Geo. L. “ “
Richardson, Thos. east
Richardson, N. west
Richley, W.B. east
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Page 14
Rigby, Alex. west
Rigby, Peter “ “
Roberts, R.G. east
Roberts, S.A. “ “
Roberts, F.A. “ “
Roberts, A.W. “ “
Robertson, Neil “ “
Robinson, Wilfred “ “
Robinson, Albert “ “
Robinson, A.F. “ “
Robinson, Wm. “ “
Robinson, Geo. “ “
Robinson, Fredk. “ “
Robinson, J. “ “
Robson, Edward “ “
Robson, Bryan Lieut “ “
Robson. no Lane “ “
Robson, John P. “ “
Rose, M.H. Armstrong’s BPS west
Rowe, Wm. Capt. east
Rowe, Ramsay Lieut. “ “
Rowe, Edward “ “
Rutherford, Chas. west
Rylance, E. east
Rylance, J. “ “
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Page 15
Ryles, Walter east
Sanderson, Jos. west
Sans, J. “ “
Sharman. east
Shaw, Sidney “ “
Shuttleworth, Alf west
Shuttleworth, Jn. “ “
Shuttleworth, Joseph “ “
Simpson, John east
Skelton, Joseph “ “
Smith, John James west
Smith, Charles east
Smith, Geo. Lieut. south
Smith, Arnold Major “ “
Smith, William, C.F. “ “
Smith, Ernest A. east
Snowball, F. west
Spain, Joseph Lt.Col. east
Spain, Jacob “ “
Spain, Albert “ “
Sparshott. Lieut. “ “
Spencer, J.W. “ “
Stafford, Joseph “ “
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Page 16
Stafford, Robt. A. west
Stafford, James “ “
Stanners, John E. “ “
Stansfeld, C.W. east
Stephenson, Alfred “ “
Stephenson, John “ “
Stephenson, Fred west
Stephenson, A. east
Storey. Lieut. “ “
Storey, Fred west
Storey, Robert “ “
Storey, Randall “ “
Storey, Chas. “ “
Suffield, F. east
Suggett, Jn. F. “ “
Swales, Milton south
Swinhoe, Robt. west
Taylor, John west
Taylor, Wm. “ “
Thirwell, M. east
Thompson, J.S. “ “
Thompson, E.E. “ “
Thompson, Matthew “ “
Thompson, Fred “ “
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Threadgall, J. east
Thornton, Robt. west
Thubron, Fred Capt. east
Thubron, Percy “ “
Thubron, R.W. “ “
Thubron, C.T. “ “
Tornbohm, Otto “ “
Troughton, Geo. “ “
Turnbull, Thos. west
Ussell, W. east
Walker, J. west
Walker, Stanley east
Walker, J.J. west
Wallace, Thos. “ “
Wallace, Wm. “ “
Wallis, Robt. J. east
Waters. Lieut. south
Watson, Thos. east
Weatherhead, Alex. west
Webster, Thos. west
Wells, Geo. east
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Page 18
Wells, D.P. east
Welsh, J.A.V. “ “
Welsh, F.C. “ “
Welsh, J.H. “ “
West, Thos. west
Whinney, Matthew Dodd east
Whitehead. “ “
White, Percy “ “
Wickens, Chas. L. “ “
Wightman, Eldred S. “ “
Williams, Joseph “ “
Willis, Chas. Herbt. “ “
Wilson, Cecil west
Wilson, Allan east
Wilson, John “ “
Wilson, Hugh “ “
Wilson, Robert “ “
Wishart, John “ “
Wood. Capt. “ “
Wood, Herbert west
Wooton, Jas. C. east
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Page 19
Yates, John west
Young, Albert W. east
Young, Robt. “ “
Young, Jno. “ “
Younger, J. “ “
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Page 20
Jesu + Mercy
In loving Memory of those
who laid down their lives in the same great Cause
“Eternal Rest grant them O Lord”
Aldridge, J.W.
Arthur, James
Atkinson, J.
Birkett, Francis Edgar
Bond, John
Bottom, James Henry
Camsey, James
Case, Elliot Dryden Lieut.
Case, Harold
Clark, Edward
Clark, Lothian
Clark, Christopher
Clark, James Reubin
Clark, Percy
Coffle, Hugh
Davidson, William
Davidson, Andrew
Dawson, John
Duncan George
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Page 21
Ganie, George G. Capt.
Gallantree, Henry
Gibson, George F.
Grey, Ralph
Grieves, James Lieut.
Hall, Henry Roy
Hardy, William
Hardy, Buller
Harker, Richard
Hines, Charles Major
Hines, Anstin Lieut.
Hedworth, Anthony W.
Henderson, W.S.
Hunter, John
Kent, James
Kirk, Walter
Kirkley, Wilfred Lieut.
Klotz, Walter
Lockey, Ewan
Lowe, Joseph
McDermott, Michael
McGillivrey, Fredk.
McKenzie, Fredk. Henry
Meek, John Lieut.
Mitchell, Robert
Moore, Haviland
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Nesbit, Thomas H.
Nicholson, Charles
O’Neill, James
Parsons, Bewley
Pepper, John
Pippet, Thomas Noye
Rupp, Albert. Lieut.
Roberts, Arnold
Sanderson, Ronald
Smith, Alfred
Taylor, David John
Taylor, Ivan
Taylor, Joseph Winship
Turner, James
Turner, Victor
Walker, William F. Lieut.
Whinney, George W.
Wilson, Matthew Dodds
Wilson, Featherstone
Wilson, Joseph
Wynyard, Robert
“Let light perpetual shine upon them”
Cont.
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Additional Names
Duncan, Roger
McAllister, Stephen
McDermott, Michael
Stephenson, Herbert
Turnbull, John
Ward, John
Young, Thomas W.
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Page 24
Badge of the Northumberland Fusiliers
The Officers and Men of the
3rd Battalion, The Northumber-
land Fusiliers whose Head-
quarters and Training Camps
were in this parish, and who from
first to last played leading and
noble parts during the War ….
Passed through the Battalion
during the War,
Officers – 5000.
Other Ranks – 22000.
Killed & Died on Service – 6000.
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