Memorial

Picture Choir 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin

Ovingham

Memorial Name: Picture Choir 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (O11.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: O11.04

Parish: Ovingham

Original Location:

St. Mary the Virgin Church.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Oil painting with brass frame and plaque.

How Money was Raised:

Presented to the church by Jane Thorp, choirmaster, 1904-1921.

Inscription:

In Grateful and Loving Memory
of the Members of the Choir
who fell in the Great War.
(Names)
and in remembrance of
the Courage and Patience of
the Women of the Parish
1914-1918.
We praise thee, O God.

 

Memorial Description:

Picture of Virgin Mary in ornate brass frame.

Hanging from the bottom of the frame is a small brass plaque bearing the inscription.

The names are listed in two columns.

The lettering is in Roman upper and lower case.

Names:

7 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

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

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No.785, 22/12/1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Sally Bird;
Janet Brown;
Philip Thirkell;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

OVINGHAM, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

         

  In grateful and loving memory

  of the Members of the Choir

  who fell in the Great War.

  ——————————

  Cecil Harrison       John Turner

  William Rogers       Charles W. Simpson

  Charles N. Turner    Edward Smith

  Godfrey R. Vickers

  ——————————

  and in remembrance of

  the courage and patience of

  the women of the Parish

  1914-1918.

  ——————————

  We praise thee, O God.

NamesO11.04

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