Memorial

Picture 1914-18 St. Bartholomew

Croxdale

Memorial Name: Picture 1914-18 St. Bartholomew (C104.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: C104.04

Parish: Croxdale

Original Location:

St. Bartholomew’s Church, on A167 south of Durham.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Painting. White plaques.

Inscription:

The Great War 1914-1918
True love by life – true love by death – is tried
Live thou for England: We for England died.

Memorial Description:

Picture in a wood frame 36 inches high x 27 inches wide (91cms x 69cms).

It shows the angel at the mouth of the tomb announcing the resurrection, and is entitled “Easter Morn”, by Axel Endor.

There is a plaque bearing the title on the top frame.

Attached to the frame at the bottom is a small plaque 2 inches high x 6 inches wide (5cms x 15cms) which bears the dedication and the names incised in two columns.

Names:

21 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. In 2008, the painting was removed from the frame because it had crystals developing inside the glass and on the wood back of the frame.

2. The artist’s name should be Axel Ender. The original painting is in Molde Cathedral, Norway.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Source of quotation:
True love by life . . . source not ascertained

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
T. David;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

CROXDALE   St. Bartholomew’s Church

 

  The Great War 1914-1918

 

 Samuel Ayre, D.L.I.           Albert Nichols D.L.I.

 John Alker, Gloucester        Daniel O’Connell, West Yorks

 George Brown, D.L.I.          Robert Martin Proctor, Coldstream Guards

 Herbert Bell, D.L.I.          Herbert Smith, Yorks & Lancs.

 John Win Blackburn, D.L.I.    John Thomas Temporley, Yorks East.

 Robert Brewis, D.L.I.         Thomas Arthur Tarn, D.L.I.

 James Essen, R.G.A.           Jeremiah Stephen Watson, D.L.I.

 Frank Forman, Lieut. Warwick. John Thomas Wallace, D.L.I.

 James Gurkin, D.L.I.          John Wilson, D.L.I.

 Ernest Hanson, A.S.C.         Thomas Hall Wilkinson, Loyal North Lancs.

 John Richardson, D.L.I.

 

  True love by life – true love by death – is tried

  Live thou for England: We for England died.

NamesC104.04   

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