Memorial

Crucifix 1914-18 St. Peter’s Churchyard

Stockton on Tees

Memorial Name: Crucifix 1914-18 St. Peter's Churchyard (S138.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: S138.14

Parish: Stockton on Tees

Original Location:

St. Peter’s Church, Yarm Road.

In churchyard.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 27th November 1920 by N. Hibbins, an ex-serviceman.
Dedicated by Rev. F.H. Kirkham

Materials Used:

Stone

Cost:

£122 17 shillings 6 pence.
Mr. Bowron’s costs were £19 9 shillings and 9 pence

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Erected by Mr. Bowron

Inscription:

+
To the
glory of God
and in ever living
gratitude to heroes
of this parish
who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914-1919

Memorial Description:

Crucifix on an 8 feet high (2.4m) octagonal column set on a pedestal resting on three steps.

The dedication is carried on the front of the pedestal, the wording in raised elaborate capitals in sunken panels.

It stands in a grassy area close to the west wall of the church, almost hidden by trees.

Names:

None

Notes:

1. Mr Hibbins, who unveiled the memorial, was a parishioner who had served with the Royal Field Artillery. He had been wounded and hobbled to perform his task.

2. “Owing to several circumstances, it had been impossible to obtain the services of any of the high dignitaries of the church, but he thought it perhaps not unfitting that such a function should devolve upon a person who was himself directly responsible for the spiritual life of the parish”

3. The Christ figure has lost a leg and a foot through vandalism. The lettering is weathering.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Stockton and Teesside Herald
04/12/1920

Stockton and Thornaby Herald
04/12/1920 reports unveiling with the quotation above.

“Lest We Forget” A tribute to the WW1 Casualties commemorated at St. Peter’s Church, Yarm Road, Stockton on Tees. Albert Roxborough 2014-18