Memorial

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

Felling

Memorial Name: Communion gates and Plaque 1914-18 St. Patrick R.C. (F32.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: F32.06

Parish: Felling

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.

Materials Used:

Brass gates and plaque.

Cost:

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

How Money was Raised:

Parishioners

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.
(Names)
R . I . P.

Memorial Description:

Pair of Communion gates.

Each features 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.

Names:

162 names in full with some ranks.
See transcript.

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.

Sources:

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

Additional Research Documents

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 the names on this memorial Contact: stevescullion@hotmail.com

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Names Documents:

FELLING     St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church.  

  To The Glory of God and in Loving Memory of

  the Men of the Parish Who Made the Supreme

  Sacrifice in The Great War  1914-1918

  Column 1                 Column 2                  Column 3

  William Armstrong        George Cassy            Robert Hogan      

  James Arnott             Peter Dixon             Charles Houghton  

  John Arnott              John Diamond            Edward Herbertson  

  Ralph Atkinson           Joseph Donnelly         James Hughes      

  Thomas Braddock          Peter Docherty          Thomas Hutchinson

  James Brannen            George Docherty         Edward James Henry  

  Roderick Birney          Francis Dixon           Daniel Hughes     

  John Boyle               Andrew Dillon           James Hughes      

  William Francis Burnham  Thomas Divine           James Hatton

  James Berry              Patrick Derrick         Walter Hawker     

  Patrick Bradley          Adam Devine             Thomas Knight     

  John Bradley             Edward Ecclestone       Thomas Killen     

  Wilfred Boynes           William Errington       Thomas Keenan     

  Thomas Birney            Owen Fagan              John Kennedy      

  John Brown               John Farmer             John Kirwan       

  William Cassy            Richard Flannagan       Peter Kenny       

  Henry Carson             Michael Finn            Matthew Keenan    

  Robert Carson            Joseph Gedling          Robert Charles Laggan    

  Ralph Carson             William Greener         Thomas Laing      

  Joseph Carson            Michael Griffin         William Joseph Laws

  Mark Churchill           James Gordon            John Liddle       

  Charles Conville         John Thomas Garrett     Thomas Lennon  

  Francis Convery          Peter Gaffney           Thomas Lumsden    

  Michael Coleman          John Garrigan           James Lowery      

  James Collins            James Gladhill          2nd Lieut Joseph Lamb

  James Cosgrove           Joseph Grant            Lawrence Lamb     

  Francis Cairns           David Gibson            John Lamb         

  R.          I.          P.

———————————————————–

  Column 4                 Column 5                Column 6

  John Morgan              John McGuire            Martin Rogan

  James Moorhead           Michael Mellon          John Rowlands

  Henry Murray             John McPeake            George William Simpson

  Daniel Mullen            James McVay             James Sunderland

  Joseph Mullen            Lieut. Vincent McShane  Joseph Shivers

  Hugh Mullen              2nd Lieut John McShane  James Sloan

  John Moore               Patrick Joseph Norman   Patrick Stead

  William Montgomery       John Nee                George William Slowther

  James Montgomery         William Norris          Patrick Scullion

  John Mulligan            Henry Olsen             Jonas Stead

  Joseph John McGrother    Charles Joseph O’Hagan  Thomas Thompson

  Daniel McDonald          Philip O’Neil           Frederick Thompson

  John McKeon              John O’Brien            Joseph Toner

  John McNulty             John O’Connor           Edward Toole   

  Albert Murray            Joseph Parmley          William Towers

  Daniel McVay             Robert Pattison         Henry Toberty

  Daniel McKie             James Powers            Alfred Urwin

  Joseph Murphy            Joseph Quigley          Matthew Whelan

  James McKeown            John Quin               Thomas Wardill

  Henry Mulholland         John Patrick Radey      George Wardill

  William McGuiggan        John Reynolds           James William Wood

  George Marshall          Henry Riley             Capt. Herbert White

  Joseph McAllister        Hugh Reilly

  William Murphy           James Ronan

  James McGill             John Ronan

  James Stewart McGuinness Joseph Rooney

  Eugene Molloy            Patrick Roche

NamesF32.06  

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