Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Trinity and St. James Presbyterian

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Trinity and St. James Presbyterian (S140.053)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.053

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

Trinity and St. James’s Presbyterian Church, Park Terrace, Toward Road

Past Location:

St. George’s United Reformed Church

Present Location:

Stockton Road United Reformed Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

March 21st 1920 unveiled by Coun. S.M. Swan J.P.;
service conducted by Rev. C. Hunter Davies.

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Cowell & Gatiss of Sunderland

Inscription:

1914-1919
In honour
of those members and adherents of
Trinity and St. James’s Presbyterian Congregations
and their Sunday Schools
who in the Great War so nobly and bravely did
their Duty in defence of King and Country.
The safety of our Homes and the Liberties of the World were
preserved to us by the Sacrifice and Heroism of men like these.
(Names)
And
when the War was ended and the Roll was called the following
whose memory we cherish as sacred answered not for having fought
the good fight, they had entered through Death into Life

Memorial Description:

Plaque of popular design set in wood frame.

There is a border of string design culminating in roundels at the corners.

The central penal of the plaque has an arched top, where the spandrels are hatched.

The names of those who served are in four columns divided by vertical lines.

Those who died are in four columns inside a border at the bottom.

All lettering is in sans serif capitals.

Names:

132 full names of those who served
17 full names of those killed.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Trinity and St. James Presbyterian Churches joined in June 1918

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; James Pasby

Sunderland Echo
01/03/1920; 20/03/1920 announce unveiling;
22/03/1920 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Names Documents:

SUNDERLAND   Trinity and St. James’s Presbyterian Churches

 

  1914-1919

  In Honour

  of these members and adherents of

  Trinity and St. James’s Presbyterian Congregations

  and their Sunday Schools

————————–

  who in the Great War so nobly and bravely did

  their Duty in defence of King and Country.

——————————————–

  The safety of our Homes and the Liberties of the World were

  preserved to us by the Sacrifice and Heroism of men like these

—————————————————————-

  Anderson, Dr. John   Fisher, Lindsay        Middleton, John       Ripley, Ernest

  Armour, Fred         Fraser, James          Marsh, John           Smith, Sydney

  Aitchison, Jas.      Fraser, Wilfrid        Mackintosh, Dr. A.    Stafford, Victor

  Archibald, Geo.      Garrick, Lawrence      Macpherson, Dr. Jas.  Smith, Frank

  Bathgate, Arthur     Gauntlett, H.D.        McBain, Ed.           Smith, David

  Brown, Alex. J.      Greaves, Robt. J.      McBain, James         Smith, Clive

  Boys, John           Gray, H.               McBain, David         Slight, Thomas

  Bryan, Harry         Gregson, B.            Marshall, Geoff.      Sinclair, George

  Brown, Andrew        Hall, Richard          MacLennan, M.         Sinclair, John

  Bellas, Lance        Howard, S.             Mowbray, Wm.          Sinclair, Colin

  Burnop, John         Howard, Thos.          Mowbray, John         Swinney, Fred.

  Blyth, Thomas        Howard, Reub.          Miller, Tom.          Smith, James

  Blyth, James         Henderson, Wm.         Miller, Frank         Sharp, Alex.

  Boyle, Henry         Hay, Wm.               Moorhead, Tom.        Saunders, J.H.

  Cooper, Harold       Hepple, John           Nisbet, Andw.         Stoneley, Geo.

  Crawford, Geo.       Hodgson, W.            Nicholson, Tom.       Sinclair, Hector

  Crawford, Jas.       Joyce, John            Parker, Wm.           Shep, Robt.

  Cranmer, James       Johnson, John          Purse, Jack           Thomas, Alfred

  Cowe, Peter          Johnson, J.R.B.        Peterson, T.          Torbet, James

  Cleugh, John         Johnson, Tom           Peat, Wm.             Tweedie, Jas.

  Cleugh, Wm.          Johnson, Robt.         Patterson, Robt.      Turner, Wm.

  Cleugh, James        Lillie, John           Patterson, Thos.      Turner, Alex.

  Chance, Geo.         Lillie, James          Patterson, Jno.       Todd, E.

  Cook, James          Lamberd, Geo.          Read, Jack            Turnbull, Wm.

  Cockerill, Anthy.    Lamberd, Wm.           Rigg, William         Urquhart, Allan

  Campbell, Duncan     Longstaff, T.G.        Rimer, E.S.           Whittle, Wm.

  Davidson, Gordon     Marshall, A.E.         Reed, Howard          White, John

  Davidson, O.         McCree, Geo.           Ross, G. Smith        White, Lawrence

  Davidson, Adam, M.M. McCree, Wr.            Rutherford, J.G.      Westerby, C.F.

  Dennis, James        McCree, Ernest         Reed, Geo.            Young, Percy

  Edward, Stanley      Mackay, Malcolm        Robson, James         Young, Albert

  Fisher, Thomas       Mackay, Fred           Richardson, John

  Fidler, Robson       McFarlane, Dr. G.      Ripley, Tom.

—————————————————————

  And

  when the War was ended and the Roll was called the following

  whose memory we cherish as sacred answered not for having fought

  the good fight, they had entered through Death into Life

 

  Brotherton, A.       Goldsbrough, M.        Johnson, Charles      Robinson, Ralph

  Budge, John          Goldsbrough, W.        Miller, Wm            Robson, James T.

  Garrick, Andrew      Howard, W. D.C.M, M.M. Peterson, Harold      Stafford, Robt.

  Gibson, John R.      Heron, John            Reid, Wm.             Swinney, Wm.

                       Tweedie, Douglas, M.M.

Names S140.53      

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