Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin Church

Seaham and Seaham Harbour

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (S117.11)

NEWMP Ref No.: S117.11

Parish: Seaham and Seaham Harbour

Original Location:

St. Mary the Virgin Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Erected April 1922

Materials Used:

Brown and white alabaster.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

John Lowes and Son, Durham.

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in grateful memory
of
(names)
all of this parish
who laid down their lives
in the Great War
1914-1918.
Death is swallowed up in victory.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with fluted frame.

The central panel has a border of blue and gold mosaic.

At centre top is an elaborate cross incised into the alabaster.

The names are listed in two columns.

The dedication is in Old English lower case, the names in elaborate Roman and the rest below this is in sans serif capitals.

The quotation at the bottom is in sans serif capital italics.

Names:

10 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle
 21/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
25/04/1922 reports recent erection of plaque.

Seaham Weekly News
28/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
 “Death is swallowed up in victory” 1 Corinthians 15 v 54

Sources Link: Northern Echo 04 25 Tue -1922

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

SEAHAM    St. Mary’s Church

 

  To the Glory of God

  and in grateful memory

  of

 

  J. Douglass      E. Smith

  A. Garthwaite    A.C. Taylor

  J. Kerry         S.C. Thompson

  T. Parker        A.M. Thorman

  J.W. Simpson     G.H. Wilkie

 

  all of this parish

  who laid down their lives

  in the Great War

  1914-1918.

  Death is swallowed up in victory.

NamesS117.11

 

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