Memorial

Lychgate 1914-18 St. Peter’s Churchyard

Newbrough

Memorial Name: Lychgate 1914-18 St. Peter's Churchyard (N12.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: N12.01

Parish: Newbrough

Original Location:

St. Peter’s Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled September 1922 by Col. E.P.A. Riddell, DSO, CMG;
dedicated by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese.

Materials Used:

Prudham stone panels; oak grown at Morpeth

Present Condition: Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Messrs. Hicks and Charlwood, Newcastle;
built by Mr. T. Charlton, Newbrough.

Inscription:

On tie beams at front
Their name liveth for evermore.

on the beams at rear
They are in peace.

To the glory of God and in memory of
the men of this
parish who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

Memorial Description:

Lychgate.

On the front tie beam of the roof the words “Their name liveth for evermore” are incised in Gothic letters, while in a similar position on the back are the words “They are in peace”.

Inside are two stone plaques, one on each side.

On each the names are listed in two columns, the lettering incised using Roman capitals.

The dedication is carried on the top edge of the stones on either side.

Names:

39 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding

Hexham Courant
18/10/1919 reports fund raising.

Hexham Weekly News
22/09/1922 reports dedication.

Newcastle Daily Journal
05/07/1920 reports fund raising and opening ceremony.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Janet Brown;
Michael Newrick;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

First side

 

  Sergt. Matthew H. Lowes 28      N.F.        Pte. Arthur Charlton 22          N.F.

  Signr. R. William Nattrass 36   D.L.I.      Pte. Matthew Coulson 25          N.F.

  Sergt. John E. Smith 25         N.F.        Pte. Thomas Harrison 24          L.F.

  L.Sergt. Norman Charlton 24     N.F.        Pte. William Heslop 23           N.F.

  Corp. William T. Butland 21     R.E.        Pte. Frank Hodgson 25            N.F.

  Corp. James Hardy 22            T.S.        Pte. John J. McCready 33         N.F.

  L.Corp. Thomas Sowerby 23       N.F.        Pte. Thomas Wilson 38            N.F.

  Trooper John Cleminson 25       N.H.I.Y.    Pte. Walter Charlton 21          K.O.Y.L.I.

  Sergt. Harold B.Hetherington 32 R.E.        Pte. Foster Johnson 19           K.O.Y.L.I.

  L.Corp. Norman Davidson 20      N.F.        Pte. Alfred Cawkwell M.M. 21.    M.G.C.

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Second side

 

  Pte. Joseph W. Cowen 21         N.F.        Pte. H. Anthony Allen 42         N.Z.

  Pte. Nicholas W. Nicholson 19   M.G.C.      Pte. J. Henry Bell 41            Foresters

  Pte. Gladstone Elliot 19        Northants   Pte. Joseph Shield               C.E.F.

  Pte. Nicholas Glendinning 19    A.S.C.      John Stevenson 23                N.F.

  Pte. William E.Hoggard 32       Gren.Guards Pte. Fred Tiffin 21              N.F.

  Pte. John W. Mews 27            T.S.        L.Corp. William McWilliams M.M. 29  D.L.I.

  Pte. Thomas R. Peart 22         R. Warwicks Spr. Robert Elliott 34           R.E.

  Pte. Robert Smith 28            D.L.I.           George Spraggon             G. Guards

  Pte. Frank Thorburn 21          W.Riding.        Louis Charlton 29           R.N.

  Pte. Matthew J. Johnson 37      R.W.F.

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