Memorial

Plaque Parsons 1918 St. Bartholomew

Kirkwhelpington

Memorial Name: Plaque Parsons 1918 St. Bartholomew (K16.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: K16.01

Parish: Kirkwhelpington

Original Location:

St. Bartholomew’s Church.

South wall of nave

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Marble in two colours.

Who Commissioned:

Parents

Inscription:

In Loving Memory
of
Algernon George Parsons
Major R.F.A.
only son of
The Hon. Sir Charles Parsons K.C.B.
of Ray Demesne.
Born Octr. 19th 1886
Killed in Action
in Flanders April 26th 1918,
and Buried
in the Military Cemetery
at Lissenthoek

Pro Deo et Rege

Memorial Description:

Oval plaque about 24 inches high x 18 inches wide (61cms x 46cms).

The central piece of solid white marble is set into a narrow border of black marble.

At the top the regimental badge of the Royal Field Artillery has been incised, showing a cannon, with the motto “Ubique fas et gloria ducunt” (“Wherever fate and glory lead”).

The letters are incised and painted black using Roman lower case with the name in upper case.

Names:

See above

Notes:

1. “Pro deo pro rege” translates as “For God, For King”.

See Every Name A Story

External Links:

The CWGC entry for Major Parsons

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown, P. Thirkell

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No.607, 28/06/1919

Transactions of the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Vol. 34, 1917-18, page 382 contains information in Note 2 above.