Memorial

Panels 1914-18 1939-45 Falklands 1982 St. Alban

Earsdon

Memorial Name: Panels 1914-18 1939-45 Falklands 1982 St. Alban (E3.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: E3.02

Parish: Earsdon

Original Location:

St. Alban’s Church, below south end of western gallery.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Falklands 1982.

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 6th November 1921 by J.R. Hall.
Dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Materials Used:

Oak

Cost:

Estimated at £35

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.

The money had already been raised.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

W.H. Wood, F.R.I.B.A.
(Faculty gives Edwards and Manby, Architects, Newcastle upon Tyne).

Inscription:

a. b.
To the glory
of God and in
honoured memory
of these men
who gave their
lives in the
Great War
1914-1920
and
1939-1945

c.
Falklands 1982.

Memorial Description:

Five panels, each measuring 27 inches high x 11 inches wide (69cms x 28cms), screwed into the wall separately.

The total length 5 feet 8 inches.

The centre plaque bears the dedication, and beneath it is the “I.H.S.” symbol.

Two panels to its right bear the names from 1914-18, two panels on the left bear the names from 1939-45.

The one name from the Falklands is at the bottom of the panel on the extreme right.

The letters are incised and gilded, the dedication in Roman capitals and the names in sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 58 names and ranks.
b. 31 names and ranks.
c. 1 name and rank
See transcript.

Notes:

1.   The Faculty for 1939-45 allows for the removal of a 1914-18 memorial from the SE corner of the church (see E3.03) and to re-erect the panels at the west end, with two additional panels bearing the names from 1939-45.

Sources:

Photos: Jim Winter; Philip Thirkell; old postcard: Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
07/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty Book 2, 23/11/1950.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Seaton Delaval Local History Society;
P. Thirkell;
R.W. Gould;
Jack Tait (Blyth L.H.S.);
J. Brown;
Tony Harding;
Jim Winter;
Patrick Easen;
Dorothy Hall;
Barney Rice

Research In Progress:

Research on this memorial is being done by Colin Bray.

Contact: colin380@sky.com

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Names Documents:

EARSDON, St. Alban’s Church.

 

Centre panel:

  

  To the glory

  of God and in

  honoured memory

  of these men

  who gave their

  lives in the

  Great War

  1914-1920

  1939-1945

——————————————————-

Panels 1                      Panel 2

         

  Pte.     P.L. Anderson     A.B.     T.S. Luther         

  “        C.F. Arkle        Sergt.   M.T. MacMillen      

  “        W. Ashworth       Pte.     J.R. MacMillen    

  “        W. Atwell         “        W. McClay         

  “        R. Barnfather     A.B.     M. Mather           

  L.S.     L. Beecham        Sergt.   G.W.J. Moon         

  L/Cpl.   T. Bengall        A.B.     J.R. Mordue         

  Pte.     W.J. Boyle        Pte.     M.W. Morris         

  “        H. Brown          “        J. Nicholson        

  “        T.S. Brunton      A.B.     J. Nicholson        

  A.B.     J.H. Cartwright   Pte.     J. Richardson       

  Pte.     J. Davidson       “        O.W. Richardson     

  Cpl.     L.J. Davies       L/Cpl    P. Robinson         

  Sergt.   J. Dobson         Pte.     R. Robinson         

  Pte.     W. Dowdall        A.B.     F. Sidell           

  L/Cpl.   T.H. Emmerton     Pte.     C.J. Stephens       

  Pte.     J. Gay            Cap.     T.A. Thirlwell      

  Cpl.     T.W. Gray         Cpl.     E. Thompson         

  Pte.     F. Hall           L/Cpl.   J.E. Todhunter      

  Cpl.     R. Harrison       Pte.     C.B. Towart         

  Sap.     R.C. Harrison     “        M. Towart           

  Pte.     J. Hart           Cap.     D.T. Turner         

  A.B.     G. Hewison        Pte.     W.H. Walker         

  Pte.     F. Hindmarsh      Cpl.     L. Wanless          

  Sergt.   J.H. Hood         Pte.     M. Watson           

  Pte.     J. Hunter         Cpl.     A. Wells            

  “        C. Jacques        Pte.     T.W. Wintle         

  L/Cpl    J. Langford       Pte.     J. Donnachie        

  A.B.     J.H. Lister

  O.S.     W. Lister   

  Note Both MacMillen and McClay read Mac.Millen and Mc.Clay

——————————————————-

Panels 3                      Panel 4

  

  Lieut.   James Bain        A.B.     B.W. Hammerton      

  2nd.Eng. S. Bolton         PLO.     C. Hemy             

  2nd Off. J.L. Bray         A.B.     R. Hesseltine                  

  “        W.M. Bray         Bomb.    G.W.L. Hind         

  Str.     S.W. Burrows      Fus.     R. Hogarth          

  Capt.    F. Carlin         Dvr.     T. Jack             

  A.B.     C. Connor         Gnr.     W. Knox             

  L.A.C.   V. Davidson       Sgt.Maj. R. Minto            

  Ft.Sgt.  R. Davison        Sgt.     J. Oldham           

  Fus.     S.W. Dawson       Fus.     J. Simpson          

  Pte.     T.E. Dawson       Ft/Sgt.  C.E. Smith          

  1st RD/O W.L.T. Ellison    Lieut.   E. Snaith           

  Rifle.   W.D. English      App.     J.W. Taylor         

  Cpl.     W.V. Hancock      PLO.     T. Walker           

  Str.     J.A. Hall         Pte.     A. Whillis          

  ________                   Pte.     Wm. Hall            

                                                     

                             Capt. C. Dent                 

                             (Falklands 1982)  

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