Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. George Presbyterian

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. George Presbyterian (S140.049)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.049

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

St.George’s Presbyterian Church

Present Location:

Stockton Road United Reformed Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 29th June 1921 by Mr. J.A. Kennedy
dedicated by Rev. J. Miller Craig.

Materials Used:

Wood

Inscription:

To The Glory of God
& in grateful remembrance of the services
rendered by the sons of St George’s Church
in the Great War 1914 – 1919

Faithful unto death

Memorial Description:

Plaque 54 inches high x 30 inches wide (137cms x 76cms) with pointed top and moulded frame.

At centre top is a crown.

The names of the fallen are listed in two columns with date of death.

Those who served are in listed in three columns.

All lettering is incised and gilded using Roman capitals

Names:

23 names and dates of death of the fallen.
108 names of those who served.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby

Northern Echo
30/06/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
30/06/1921 page 3 column 8

Sunderland Echo
30/06/1921 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

SUNDERLAND  St. George’s Presbyterian Church

 

  To The Glory of God

  & in grateful remembrance of the services

  rendered by the sons of St George’s Church

  in the Great War 1914 – 1919

 

  J. Nelson       16 August 1915        R.P. Cranston      6 Jan 1917

  D.W. Forbes      6 September 1915     W.W. Hedley       24 July 1917

  M.S. Robertson   2 March 1916         J. Forbes         20 October 1917

  W. Burlinson    31 May 1916           J.D. Weatherhead  31 October 1917

  T.E Harrison     1 July 1916          C. Stuart         20 November 1917

  A.R. Wood        1 July 1916          E.P. McIndoe      27 February 1918

  R. Wilson       18 July 1916          G.C. Grieff       26 March 1918

  J.H. Robertson  18 July 1916          H. Thompson       28 March 1918

  H. Nesbit       15 August 1916        E.E. Hastie        9 July 1918

  M. Dalrymple    16 September 1916     J.K. Mitchell     10 August 1918

  D. Mitchell     16 October 1916       S.W. McKenna      10 October 1918

                        J.H. Sinclair   12 February 1919

 

  “Faithful unto death”

 

  Alexander A.             Henderson F.E.         Robson J.H.

  Bain V.                  Heslop T.              Robson T., Jr.

  Bain W.                  Holmes A.E.            Robson W.

  Bartram G.H.             Hudson S.L.            Rochester W.O.

  Bartram R.A., Jr., M.C.  Hunter T.R.            Rodgers A.N.E.

  Barker W.R.              Hutchinson A.G.        Sands G.T.

  Bennett L.               Hutchinson S.          Scott J.G.

  Bruce H.S.               Hutchinson T.G.G.      Scott J.D.

  Burn J.R., M.S.M.        Jack H.C.              Shaw A.

  Cameron E G.             Low H.B., M.C. & Bar   Shaw F.

  Charlton. C.C., C.DeG.   Manson L.S.            Shaw J.M.

  Charlton T., C.DeG.      Meredith H.            Slater W.

  Chrishop W.F.            Mitchell G.O., M.C.    Smith A.G.

  Cumming T.E., M.C.       Mitchell T.M.          Smith H.

  Cunningham R.G.          Mitchell W. McG., M.C. Stangroom E.W.

  Dalrymple W.             Moncur J. M.S.M.       Stothard B.S., D.S.C., C.DeG.

  Davidson A.              Moncur J.W.            Taylor A.C.

  Dinsmore S.J.            Morison J.A.           Taylor R.

  Dix J.F.                 Morison M. McK.        Telford A.T.

  Faichen J.A.             McCormick C.           Telford J.R.

  Faichen T.A.             McEwen J.              Telford J.W.

  Findlay F.M.             McIndoe W.             Thompson F., Jr.

  Fletcher R.              McLaren W.             Tindle W.

  Forbes P.                Neill J.               Todd E.L.

  Forbes R.S.              Nesbit W.              Trumper T.G.

  Fox W.                   Newby G.               Wallace H.K.

  Gorman C.E.              Newton E               Watson A.F.

  Grieff C.                Park J.L.              Weatherhead E.D.

  Hall J.A.                Porteous G.            Weir A.P.

  Hammond H.               Porteous S.H.          Weir T.B.

  Hanna J., Jr.            Powrie D.              Whitehouse J.A.B.

  Hanna W.                 Pratt A.H.             Whitehouse W.S.

  Harrison A.E.            Richardson C.E.        Wilkinson T.W.

  Harrison J.              Robertson A.S.         Wood J.G.

  Harrison P.              Robertson W.H.         Woolacott D.

  Hedley R.                Robson E.T.            Young P.

  

  The Sunderland Echo 30/06/1920 gives the following as the names of the fallen:-

  John Nelson

  David William Forbes

  Matthew Struan Robertson

  William Burlinson

  Thomas Ellis Harrison

  Andrew Robert Wood

  James Horan Robertson

  Robert Wilson

  Henry Nesbit

  Murray Dalrymple

  Douglas Mitchell

  Robert Percy Cranston

  William Wilson Hedley

  John Forbes

  John Dobson Weatherhead

  Charles Stuart

  Edward Phillips McIndoe

  Gowland Clarke Grieff

  Herbert Thompson

  Edward Ernest Hastie

  James Kinnaird Mitchell

  Samuel Walter McKenna

  John Hanson Sinclair

NamesS140.49

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