Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

St. Cuthbert’s Church.

On north inner wall.

1914-18

Unveiled November 1921 by the Duke of Northumberland.
Dedicated by Canon Edward Rees of Rothbury.

White and black Carrara marble

War Memorial Committee, Mr. C. Armstrong, chairman; Mr. W.J. Wilson, secretary;

Public subscription

R.B. Aves of Hexham.

This
tablet is
erected by
subscription in honour
of those that have fallen
during the European War
1914-18
“We have arrived at
victory and to day
they have their
reward”.

Plaque with pedimented top mounted on a black marble pattress 44 inches high x 30 inches wide (111cms x 76cms).

In the gable top are carved the Prince of Wales’s feathers.

A carved ribbon underneath it has the words “Pro Patria” incised and painted gold.

The bottom edge of the gable has the words “For God, King and Country”.

On each side of the names is a soldier facing inwards, rifle reversed, carved in half-relief.

The names are borne on the plaque below in Roman capitals.

1. For a similar memorial, see Cramlington C60.01

2. The Prince of Wales’s feathers were chosen were “in keeping with the movement, of which several of the men in their younger days were members – the Boy Scouts”. (Illustrated Chronicle)

3. “In order to obtain a permanent institute and hall, which could hold in it a record of the men who went to the front from this wild and scattered area, a war gift auction of local produce and stock was conducted on the village green by Mr. Lancelot Robson of Scots Gap. The Rev. A.S. Wardroper, the vicar of Walker, opened the sale, and a large sum was realized”.

Photos: J. Brown; Philip Thirkell; Tony Harding

Alnwick & County Gazette
28/02/1920 reports £100 raised in 12 months;
05/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Hexham Weekly News
04/11/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
12/10/1921 reports proposed memorial.

Morpeth Herald
26/09/1919 reports activity in Note 4 above;
27/02/1920 reports fund raising.

Newcastle Daily Journal
22/11/1920 reports fundraising;

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculties Nos. 757 and 767, 27/07/1921.

Redewetter No.6
Magazine of the Redesdale Society.

Source of quotation:
“We have arrived at victory . . . . “The Advance to Victory” Dispatch 21st December 1918 by Field Marshall Haig.

Janet Brown;
Sally Bird;
Redesdale Society;
Ralph W. Gould;
J. Forster;
Philip Thirkell;
Michael Newrick;
Raymond Ion;
Tony Harding;
Keith Maddison;
Dorothy Hall

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