Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Gabriel

Heaton

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Gabriel (H91.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: H91.05

Parish: Heaton

Original Location:

St. Gabriel’s Church, 2 St. Gabriel’s Road on the corner with Heaton Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE6 5QD. NZ 26811 66099.

On the north aisle.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 27th November 1921 at Evensong by Mr. A. Angus

Materials Used:

Bronze, enamelwork and alabaster.

Present Condition: Excellent

Ownership and Maintenance: St Gabriels Church

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in pious and
loving memory of the
Men and Boys of
St. Gabriel’s Church
who gave their lives in
the Great War 1914-1918
R.I.P.

Memorial Description:

Bronze Plaque, rectangular 28 inches high x 43 inches wide (711mm x 1.09m) with raised centre top with decorated borders.

The dedication is in the higher top centre between two archangels, St. Michael (the angel of War) and on the other, St. Gabriel (the angel of Peace) both depicted in enamel work.

The four coats of arms of the Northumberland Fusiliers, the Durham Light Infantry, the Royal Air Force and the Navy are in each corner of the plaque in enamel work.

This in turn is set onto an alabaster frame of the same shape, 41½ inches high x 55 inches wide, (1.51m x 1.39m) with carved vine leaves and grapes.

The top corners, which complete the rectangle, are also carved.

The names are in four columns, using Roman capitals.

Names:

59 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. There are typed notes at the back of the church which give details

2. Mr. Angus, who unveiled the plaque, was father to two of the men who fell.

3. See Rev Arthur Henry John Pitt’s Every Name a Story entry.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; Philip Thirkell; James Pasby

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
28/11/1921 reports unveiling