Memorial

Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 St. Paul

Choppington

Memorial Name: Reredos 1914-18 1939-45 St. Paul (C36.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: C36.01

Parish: Choppington

Original Location:

St. Paul’s Church, on A1068, 1 mile north of Bedlington.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 23rd March 1924 by Dr. Neal;
Dedicated by Rev. H.C. Snowden, Vicar (Hon. Chaplain to H.M Forces).

b. Unveiled 31st October 1948 by Capt. Appleby, on National Executive of British Legion, and President of Northumberland British Legion.
Dedicated by Rev. H.M.C. Haines, Vicar of Choppington.

Materials Used:

Oak

Who Commissioned:

b. War Memorial Fund Committee.

Cost:

b. £97 9s was collected, of which £40 surplus was to be given to the Earl Haig Fund.

How Money was Raised:

a. Voluntary public donations only.
b. War Memorial Fund Committee.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Ralph Hedley & Sons, Newcastle.

Inscription:

a.
In grateful remembrance of those from this parish who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-18
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

b.
In memory of those
who lost their lives
during the Second
World War 1939-1945.

“They shall not
grow old as we
that are left grow
old”.

Memorial Description:

Reredos of twelve panels on either side of the altar.

The six to the left of the altar, and two of those to the right, are dedicated to 1914-18.

The remaining four panels are dedicated to 1939-45.

Each panel is about 48 inches high x 12 inches wide (122cms x 30cms) and decorated at the top.

The names are incised in Roman script, whilst the dedication, which runs along the bottom, is incised in larger Gothic lettering.

Names:

a. 184 surnames and initials, plus 9 who “Died from the effects of service”.
b. 51 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. For 1939-45 the suggestion for memorial gates was proposed and rejected.

2. As well as creating the panel on the reredos for 1939-45, a credence table was agreed upon for 1939-45, but whether it was actually obtained has not been ascertained. It was not mentioned in the press report of the unveiling of the panel, neither was it seen on a search of the church for this survey.
The Faculty allows for the fixed credence table to be replaced by a suitable movable table, inscribed “In memory of those who lost their lives during the Second World War 1939-1945”.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

Blyth News
24/3/1924 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
28/03/1924 reports unveiling of 1914-18 memorial;
17/09/1948 reports proposals for 1939-45 memorial;
05/11/1948 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty Book 2, No. 1661, 06/09/1948 obtained to add the names from 1939-45 to the four empty panels on south side of the those for 1914-18.

Tales from the Front Line: Part III World War One Local History Booklet published by Six Townships Community History Group contains “Bedlington Man in the Trenches” telling Pte. J. Reay’s account.

Sources of quotations
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13;
“They shall not grow old . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Research Acknowledgements:

Rev. and Mrs. R. Ford;
Janet Brown;
John Swan Perry;
Morris Robinson;
Mabel Percy;
Patrick Easen;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

CHOPPINGTON, St. Paul’s Church.

 

1st Panel      2nd Panel       3rd Panel       4th Panel       5th Panel       6th Panel         

Adamson, A.S.  Cairns, A.      Fawbert, J.     Ingham, T.      Martin, H.      Parkes, A.B.

Allen, R.W.    Calvert, H.     Fish, R.                        Mavin, R.       Patterson, H.

Anderson, H.   Carr, A.        Ford, A.        Jackson, G.     Maxwell, T.     Patterson, J.A.

Anderton, G.   Chapman, A.     Foster, F.      James, R.       McCarthy, J.    Pattie, T.

Armstrong, R.  Charlton, R.A.  Frater, I.      Jameson, J.     McGarrigle, W.  Pattison, D.P.W.

Armstrong,R.J. Chrisp, T.      Frazer, I.      Johnson, A.M.   McIntyre, J.    Paxton, G.

Atherton, J.   Chrisp, W.      French, B.      Johnson, E.     McKay, J.W.     Percy, J.

Athey, J.      Clark, H.C.                     Johnstone, F.   Mein, A.        Pendrich, J.

Atkinson, D.   Coppin, J.H.    Gallon, J.      Johnstone, J.   Middleton, J.   Phillips, W.

Atkinson, H.L. Coxon, P.       Gallon, W.      Johnstone, T.   Moffatt, J.     Porter, D.

Auld, J.       Cowans, J.      Gibbon, G.E.    Johnstone, W.B. Montgomery, W.  Price, H.

              Collingwood, G. Gibson, H.      Joisce, W.M.    Moore, H.C.     Pyle, J.G.

Bacon, D.      Crane, G.W.     Gibson, S.      Jordon, J.      Mossman, T.W.   Queen, C.

Baker, F.      Crackett, T.    Golden, H.H.                    Murray, A.E.    Redpath, J.

Banks, T.      Cunningham, P.  Golden, R.W.    Lamb, J.                        Reed, J.

Barnes, W.     Curry, T.       Graham, J.      Lawson, J.J.    Neal, G.        Richardson, E.

Barnfather, G.                 Grant, G.       Lawson, J.J.W.  Neal, S.        Ridge, T.

Barnett, W.R.  Darling, W.     Green, G.       Leece, J.       Neal, T.        Roberts, F.

Battersby,TWM. Deans, J.                       Legg, R.H.      Neesam, T.      Robinson, A.

Batchelor, H.  Dickenson, J.   Hall, J.        Lennon, W.      Nelson, T.      Robson, A.

Black, I.      Dickenson, J.J. Halcrow, R.     Locke, M.T.     Nichol, F.W.    Robson, C.

Blaylock, J.W. Dickinson, J.   Hare, A.        Lodge, W.       Nicholson, W.   Robson, J.

Briggs, J.     Dickinson, W.J. Hare, J.        Logan, H.                       Robson, J.R.

Brown, W.      Dixon, L.       Harle, J.       Logan, W.       Orkney, A.      Robson, R.

Bryans, W.     Dixon, R.M.     Hawkins, G.R.   Lowes, G.       Osborne, A.     Robson, W.

Burns, M.      Dixon, T.       Henderson, W.                                   Ross, J.

Burrell, W.    Dobie, T.W.     Hetherington, J.W.                              Russell, P.

              Dodds, R.       Hogg, J.                                

              Dunn, J.        Hutchinson, J.W.   

     

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IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

 

7th Panel      8th Panel       9th Panel       10th Panel      11th Panel     12th Panel

Sanderson, R.  Watson, M.      In memory of those/who lost their lives/during the Second/World War 1939-1945

Scurfield, J.  Watson, W.

Seymour, H.M.  Weightman, J.   Angus, J.       Fairbairn, J.   Nixon, C.H.     Stark, J.

Sherrard, E.F. White, P.       Adamson, E.Y.                                   Stuart, S.

Short, R.      Willis, G.J.    Aird, J.        Hall, J.        Orange, W.

Slaughter,J.W. Wilson, A.                      Hindmarsh, J.                   Taylor-Walker, I.

Smith, T.      Winlow, R.S.    Balaam, C.J.    Hudspith, J.    Panton, H.M.    Turner, G.

Straughan, G.  Wood, R.        Bell, R.        Hunn, A.        Parker, J.G.    Twist, R.

Summers, G.B.                  Boddy, G.H.                     Philips, T.

              Young, R.       Brown, H.       Johnson, T.R.   Prail, D.H.     Warrior, R.A.

Taylor, J.     Young, T.S.                     Joisce, L.      Punshon, M.     Whitfield, J.C.

Ternent, G.H.                  Cook, J.R.      Jordan, W.C.                             

Ternent, J.W. Died from the    Crammond, A.J.                  Redpath, N.

Thompson, A,  Effects of Service               Lennox, W.      Rice, R.        “They shall not

Thompson, E.                   Davis, R.J.H.   Lynn, L.        Robinson, H.    grow old as we

Thompson, H.  Barnfather, I.   Dinsdale, T.W.  Mash, J.        Robinson, J.    that are left grow

Thompson, J.  Barnfather, N.   Dye, B.A.       McBride, J.N.   Rogers, J.      old”.

Thompson, R.  Cook, J.E.                       McGregor, R.    Saviour, A.

Turnbull, J.  Cutter, J.       Eastham, G.     McIntyre, H.R.  Spencer, W.J.

Turner, J.    Hare, H.         Elliott, J.     Moffitt, R.     Stanton, H.

Turner, J.W.  Knox, W.F.

             McDonald, G.R.

             Seely, J.

             Wilson, A.

 

“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”

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