Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke

Ushaw Moor

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Luke (U8.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: U8.03

Parish: Ushaw Moor

Original Location:

St. Luke’s Church. 4 Waltons Buildings, Ushaw Moor, Durham DH7 7PL.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled May 7th 1921 by Hon. Joseph Pease, dedicated by the Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Brass plaques in oak frame.

Inscription:

Ushaw Moor Parish Church.
To the glory of God and
in proud and grateful
memory of the men of this
Parish who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-1918 the Stained
Glass East Window of this Church
and this tablet are erected.

In Pace Requiescant. (May they rest in peace)

Memorial Description:

Plaque, very plain.

The dedication is at the top surrounding a cross within a circle.

The lettering is raised using Gothic lettering.

Below this two sunken brass panels carry the names listed in a single column on each, the lettering in Roman lower case.

Names:

68 names and ranks.

See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Eddie Castling; James Pasby

Auckland County Chronicle
12/05/1921 reports unveiling.

Consett and Stanley Chronicle
13/05/1921 reports unveiling.

Darlington and Stockton Times
14/05/1921 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
13/05/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
07/05/1921 reports unveiling this afternoon.

Northern Echo
09/05/1921 reports unveiling.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation
“In pace requiescant” Latin Mass for the Dead

Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 05 14 Sat -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

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

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Names Documents:

USHAW MOOR   St. Luke’s Church

 

  Ushaw Moor Parish Church.

  To the Glory   +   of God and

  in proud and       grateful  

  memory of the men of this

  Parish who gave their lives in the

  Great War 1914-1918 the Stained

  Glass East Window of this Church

  and this Tablet are erected.

 

    Sergeants               Sergeants

  Edward Atkinson         Edward Dunn

  Chas H. Wightman        Joseph Vickers M.M.

    L/Corporal              Wireless Operator

  Geo. Etherington        William Gamble

    A.B.’s                  A.B.’s

  William Appleby         John L. Ambler

  Robert Blenkinsop       John Thomas Marchant

  Frank W.B. Rowbotham    J.C. Troughton

    Privates                Privates

  Ralph M. Ayres          Robert E. Brooks

  Henry Brookbanks        William Brett

  Davison Bell            Joseph Bone

  James Collins           George Carrol

  Edward Craigs           Cuthbert Carr

  Bertie Oswald Carr      John W. Dixon M.M.

  Joseph Dunn             John J. Evans

  Edward Evans            George H. Ellis

  Thomas Norman Ferguson  A. Gibson

  Joseph Hope             Francis T.P. Henderson

  Frank H. Herron         Walter Johnson

  Joseph Johnson          Robert Joyce

  Christopher Kirby       William Stamford

  Frank W. Leeming        George Robert Lendrem

  Thomas Metcalfe         Robert Mosley

  Frederick Mills         William A. Morgan

  John Oxley              George Patterson

  Robert Pringle          William H. Pringle

  Joseph Payne            Frederick Pratt

  Thomas Potts            Michael Quin

  Joseph Robson           Robert H. Robinson

  Richard Surtees         William Stephenson

  Mark Turner, D.C.M.     Joseph A. Tuppling

  Robert Tweddle          Alfred B. Turner

  John Winn               Thomas Walton

  Charles Walker          Nathaniel Walton

  Edward W. Wallage       William Watson

  Geo. Wilson             Ernest Young

  

  Dedicated May 7th 1921

 

  In Pace Requiescant.

——————————————————

The Durham County Advertiser 13/5/1921 gives the names as

follows.

——————————————————–

  John L. Ambler          Thomas Metcalfe

  William Appleby         Frederick Mills

  Edward Atkinson         William A. Morgan

  Ralph Ayres             Robert Mosley

  Davison Bell            John Oxley

  Robert Blenkinsop       George Patterson

  Joseph Bone             Joseph Payne

  William Brett           Thomas Potts

  Henry Brookbanks        Frederick Pratt

  Robert E. Brooks        Robert Pringle

  Cuthbert Carr           William H. Pringle

  Bertie O. Carr          Michael Quinn

  George Carrol           Joseph Robson

  James Collins           Robert H. Robinson

  Edward Craigs           Frank Rowbotham  

  John W. Dixon, M.M.     William Stamford    

  Edward Dunn             Richard Surtees

  Joseph Dunn             William Stephenson

  George Ellis            J.C. Troughton

  George Etherington      Alfred B. Turner

  Edward Evans            Mark Turner, D.C.M.

  John J. Evans           Joseph A. Tupling

  Thomas N. Ferguson      Robert Tweddle

  William Gamble          Joseph Vickers, M.M.

  A. Gibson               Charles Walker

  Francis P. Henderson    Edward W. Wallage  

  Frank Herron            Thomas Walton

  Joseph Hope             Nathaniel Walton

  Walter Johnson          William Watson

  Joseph Johnson          Charles H. Wightman

  Robert Joyce            George Wilson   

  Christopher Kirby       John Winn

  Frank W. Leeming        Ernest Young

  George R. Lendrem

  John T. Marchant

—————————————————-

Discrepancies between the two lists are:

  On plaque:              In Newspaper report.

  

  Ralph M. Ayres          Ralph Ayres          

  Bertie Oswald Carr      Bertie O. Carr             

  George H. Ellis         George Ellis         

  Thomas Norman Ferguson  Thomas N. Ferguson   

  Francis T.P. Henderson  Francis P. Henderson

  Frank H. Herron         Frank Herron         

  Michael Quin            Michael Quinn

  Frank W.B. Rowbotham    Frank Rowbotham  

  Joseph A. Tuppling      Joseph A. Tupling                 

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