Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert

Blaydon

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (B111.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: B111.14

Parish: Blaydon

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Church, Shibdon Road, Blaydon, NE21 5AE.

On north wall

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 5th November 1921 by Dr. Howard Morrison in the absence of Lieut.Col. Simpson.
Dedicated by the Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Marble (Portland Stone?), slate

Inscription:

In grateful memory of
those from this Parish
who gave their lives in the
service of their country.
“Greater love hath no man”.

also
in memory of
those who gave their lives
in the 1939-1945 war
and in subsequent conflicts.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 72 inches high x 96 inches wide (183cms x 244cms) of grey marble on dark marble base.

The plaque has raised columns at both sides, and is surmounted by a Latin cross at centre top.

The dedication is borne in a panel at the top.

The dates “1914” and “1919” are in the top right and left hand corners of the central panel.

The names are listed in four columns using Roman capitals.

The quotation is in raised lettering in a panel at the bottom.

Beneath this is a smaller plaque 10 inches high x 36 inches wide (25cms x 91cms) set on a black slate pattress.

This bears the dedication for 1939-45 in sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 200 full names.
b. None.
See Transcript

Notes:

1. In 1994, the Rector said he was trying, so far in vain, to put up a smaller tablet underneath this one to commemorate the 45 dead of 1939-45. (Faculty 1995)

2. The name “Duncan B. Holliday” should be “Duncan B. Halliday”.

Sources:

Photos: Errol Broomfield; Ron Carson; Simon Raine

Blaydon Courier
05/11/1921 reports proposed unveiling tomorrow;
12/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
05/11/1921 carries a photo.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
04/12/1920 reports proposed plaque for which £228 had been raised and would contain the names of 198 fallen soldiers;
07/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
12/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
07/11/1921 reports unveiling.

North Mail
04/12/1920 reports £228 having been raised.

Diocese of Durham Faculty Books
Number 8022, issued 19/07/1995

Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 07 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Ann Graham;
John Maughan;
Errol Broomfield;
Ron Carson;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Winlaton Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial

Contact:- Contact: winlatonhistorysociety@yahoo.com

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Names Documents:

Blaydon, St. Cuthbert’s Church.

  

  In grateful memory of

  those from this parish

  who gave their lives in the

  service of their country

  1914                 1919

———————————————-

  1st Column             2nd Column            

  1914

  Septimus Amos        John H. Davidson      

  Walter Amos          John W. Davidson      

  Robert Anderson      James Davison         

  Thomas Anderson      Nicholas F. Davison   

  John M. Archer       Thomas Denny          

  George Armstrong     Irving Dixon          

  Thomas Ayre          James Dixon           

  May G. Brinton       John W. Dixon         

  Thomas Banks         J. William Dixon      

  J. Frederick Barton  John Dobby            

  Tom Barton           Joseph Douglass       

  John Bates           John W. Edgar         

  Tom Bates            Wilfrid Elliott       

  Albert G. Batey      William Elliott       

  James Batey          George Farrow         

  John A. Bell         Frederick Finlay      

  H. Sidney Bell       Douglas Fleming       

  James Birkett        George W. Fletcher    

  John S. Birss        James W. Foster       

  David T. Blackburn   James W. Foster       

  William E. Brewis    Cyril E. Gadsden      

  Alexander S. Brown   Thomas Gee            

  Alfred Brown         John R. Gilhespy      

  Charles Brown        Robert H. Gill        

  Donald A. Brown      Joseph Greener        

  Isaac Brown          Jesse Grundy          

  James Brown          Duncan B. Holliday    

  Robert Brown         Charles C. Hands      

  T. Nixon Brown       Thomas Hands          

  Thomas N. Brown      Charles H. Handysides

  Foster S. Burrell    George Harrison       

  William N. Cairns    Richard Harrison      

  Thomas A. Cameron    John W. Harwood       

  Fred. W. Cann        William H. Hawdon     

  Thomas S. Carnaffan  Thomas H. Haywood     

  Robert Carr          William R. Heppell    

  Mark Cawthorn        John C. Hewitt        

  William Cawthorn     William Hewitt        

  William Cawthorn     Samuel Higgins        

  Edward Chilton       Thomas Hindmore       

  William Chilton      Adam Hodgson          

  Robert Chisholm      Albert Hogg           

  Robert Clark         Robert Holliday       

  Richard H. Clark     Joseph Holmes         

  Thomas Coats         James Home            

  William O. Corby     Robert Hopper         

  George Craig         T. Hymers Hopper      

  J. Wilson Creighton  Thomas Horricks       

  James E. Crompton    John J. Hutchinson    

  Tom Dale             Llewellyn E. James    

———————————————-

3rd column           4th column

  Thomas W.T. Jameson  Joseph Raper   

  Ernest Jobling       James Richardson      

  Reginald D. Jobling  T. Harry Richardson

  Charles Johnson      Henry Ridley   

  James Johnson        Jack Robertson

  Wesley J. Johnston   Robert P. Robertson

  William L. Jones     Charles Rochester

  George Kendle        Frederick T. Rogers

  Joseph Kirkup        William Rogerson

  William Lakey        Ernest Scott

  Alexander Laybourn   John W.M. Scott

  James Lee            John W. Shaw

  Frederick W. Lennox  Robert Somerville

  Richard Llewellyn    William Somerville

  Robert LLewellyn     Thomas E. Steel

  Alfred Lowdon        Alf. E. Stokoe

  Edward Lowdon        Thomas Stonehouse

  George Lowdon        Robert Storey

  George Lucas         George E. Strange

  Samuel Macmaster     John J. Surrey

  Joseph March         Lance P. Swan

  George Marshall      Thomas Swan

  John Marshall        Richard Tench

  Joseph Marshall      Thomas Tench

  Charles E. Mason     Walter Thompson

  John Maughan         Robert A. Thorburn

  Anthony McFarlane    J. Bateman Tolson

  Alfred McRae         Robert Tulip

  William J. Melvin    William Tunley

  Andrew Mitchinson    James S.H. Turbitt

  James Nelson         George Vallance

  John W. Newton       Thomas Vallans

  Ernie Nicholson      Frank H. Viner

  David J. Noble       John T. Walker

  John Ogle            William Wallace

  William Osborne      George H. Watson      

  Edward Parker        Joseph Watson

  Edward Parker        Joseph Watson

  John F. Patterson    Robert Watson

  Walter Payne         Thomas Watson

  George H. Pedelty    James Wears

  Joseph Pentland      John G. Welsh

  George W. Phillipson William D. Whinham

  Charles Pletts       Alexander White

  Henry Potter         Joseph Wilson

  Septimus Potter      T. William Wilson         

  Bertie Puddifoot     William Wintrip                                        

  Edward A. Puddifoot  Richard Woods

  Joe G. Purvis        Tennant Wormald

  William Purvis       Charles W. Yallop

  Greater love hath no man

———————————————-

Lower plaque

 

  also

  in memory of

  those who gave their lives

  in the 1939-1945 World War

  and in subsequent conflicts.

————————————————-

  Note:

  The name “Duncan B. Holliday” should be “Duncan B. Halliday”.

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