Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin

Willington Quay

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (W56.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: W56.05

Parish: Willington Quay

Original Location:

St. Mary the Virgin Church, Churchill Street / Perth Gardens

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled April 10th 1921 by Archdeacon of Northumberland, Rev. C.F. Blackett-Ord.

Materials Used:

Marble

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

J. Mullen, Sculptor, Wallsend.

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in proud and grateful memory of the following men
of this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Plaque of white marble set on a black pattress 40 inches high x 46 inches wide (102cms x 117cms) with rounded centre top.

There is a narrow single-line border, and a cross at centre top.

The dedication is in block Roman lettering, the names are in three columns in sans serif lettering.

Names:

57 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Ralph Gould

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
16/04/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
11/04/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
11/04/1921 reports unveiling ceremony.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 04 11 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

WILLINGTON, St. Mary the Virgin Church.

  To the Glory of God

  and in proud and grateful memory of the following men

  of the parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

  Clive Bailey          Michael McDonough     Matthew B. Roll

  Arthur C. Bainbridge  Frederick G. Marley   John Rowbottom

  Nicholas T. Barritt   Alfred Mavin          John Sandilands

  Donald B. Bell        Russel E. Millar      William Saunders

  William Brown         Thomas Moffat         William D. Scott

  James P. Caisley      Walter H. Muir        William Sowerby

  John Campbell         George H. Newbold     William Spencer

  Thomas Campbell       Michael O’Brien       Albert Stobbs

  William Clark         William O’Brien       Thomas Stoker

  Maurice Connor        Thomas O’Donald       Alexander Storey

  John Crozier          William Ormston       Rowell Swan

  John W. Duke          Andrew R. Patterson   Gilbert Swinbourne

  William R. Dunlop     Robert F. Patterson   William Taylor

  William Elliott       Thomas Y. Patterson   William Truscott

  Edward L. Galloway    William Pickering     Thomas Twizell

  Isaac Higginbottom    Hector Rendall        Alfred Wadey

  William Hyde          Harvey Y. Robertson   William Waugh

  Edward D.M. Lambert   John C. Roll          Robert Wilkinson

  Percy McCubbin        John J. Edgar         George T. Woodman

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