Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael R.C.

Houghton le Spring

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St. Michael R.C. (H132.11)

NEWMP Ref No.: H132.11

Parish: Houghton le Spring

Original Location:

St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Durham Road.

In the porch.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Cowell and Gatiss, Sunderland.

Inscription:

“Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
St. John XV.13

Pray for the souls of
the following members of
St. Michael’s Congregation
who lost their lives owing to the war
1914-1918.

“Eternal rest give unto them O Lord”.

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

There is a stylized border culminating in roundels in each corner.

The names are listed in four columns.

Lettering is in black sans serif, with some in red, using a mix of upper and lower case,

Names:

76 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photo: David Sloan

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

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
David Sloan

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Names Documents:

  “Greater love hath no man than this

  That a man lay down his life for his friends.”

  St. John XV.13

  ——

  Pray for the souls of

  the following members of

  St. Michael’s Congregation

  who lost their lives owing to the war

  1914-1918.

  ——

  Patrick Ahearne   Martin Gibbons   William E. Moore   James Reid

  George Anderson   John Gorman      Michael McDermott  Francis Reid

  Owen Bennett      Michael Griffin  Frederick McKeown  William Reid

  Peter Burke       Robert Hourigan  William McTear     Edward Reid

  John Cairns       John Hourigan    Joseph McDonald    Peter Robb

  John Robt. Conlon Leo Jackson      Andrew McDonald    Alfred Rice

  Michael Clarke    Joseph King      Michael McArdle    Alexandro Riani

  Michael Coughlan  Patrick Keegan   Edward McGrath     Daniel Smith

  William Costigan  Francis Kells    Edward McLinden    Henry Smith

  Owen Durkin       Thomas Kells     Stephen McLinden   Wilfrid Savage

  James Dunne       William Kells    John McGovern      Henry Thuburn

  James Dunleavey   William Kent     James McIntyre     Robert Thuburn

  John Dolan        Francis Keegan   John McKeever      John Tankard

  Michael Duffy     Charles Laing    Francis McCafferty Joseph Tippins

  Edward Doyle      Charles Morgan   James McDermott    John Vose

  Michael Dunleavey Joseph Molloy    Geo. W. Nicholls   George Vose

  Michael Donnelly  James Mulholland Roderick O’Neill   John White

  Joseph Francis    John Mulholland  Nicholas Oldham    John Williams

  John Garrigan     Michael Murphy   Michael Peyton     Joseph Wynne

  Matthew Guthrie   Wilton H. Morris Timothy Quinn      John Wilson

  ———————————————————–

  “Eternal rest give unto them O Lord”.

NamesH132.11

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