Memorial

Chancel screen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Marley Hill

Memorial Name: Chancel screen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (M34.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: M34.01

Parish: Marley Hill

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, St. Cuthbert’s Road.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated by Rev. J. Arbuckle ?10th April 1920.
Rev. N.J. Burgess read the lesson.
Rev. S.J.B. Groser read dedicatory prayers.

Materials Used:

Wood

Who Commissioned:

War memorial committee: President Rev. J. Arbuckle, secretary Mr. E. Stoker, treasurer, Mr. Thomas Richardson.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in memory of
(Names)
those Parishioners
who gave their lives
(Names)
for their God
King and Country
(Names)
in the Great War
1914-1919.
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Chancel screen, square headed and very finely carved.

The two side screens have apertures leading to the choir stalls.

The screen uprights have two panels at their feet, each 30 inches high x 9 inches wide (76cms x 23cms) each of which bears names listed in a single column.

Names:

58 names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Rev. S.J.B. Groser was organising secretary of the Church of England Men’s Society and Army Chaplain during the war.

2. The chancel screen was removed from its original position during restoration work to the other end of the building, where it screens off a kitchen/communal area. It was repainted.

Sources:

Photos: Ron Carson; Mr. and Mrs. M. Garfoot (Sunniside Local History Society)

Auckland and County Chronicle
08/04/1920. Blaydon Courier 17/04/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
12/04/1920 reports unveiling.

The People’s History The Turnpike Road F.G. Newman and Sunniside Local History Society, Tempus Publishing Ltd; 1997, Reprint 2004 page 49