Memorial

Reredos and Plaque 1914-18 St. Barnabas

Hendon

Memorial Name: Reredos and Plaque 1914-18 St. Barnabas (H123.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: H123.04

Parish: Hendon

Original Location:

St. Barnabas Church (demolished)

Present Location:

Plaque moved to St. Ignatius the Martyr Church c.1960s.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 27th October 1920 by Rev. S. Layton Petrie, Vicar,
unveiled by Major C.J. Bewley

Materials Used:

Oak

Cost:

£250

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Messrs Hicks and Charlewood Newcastle
constructed by Mr J. Hedley.

Inscription:

The reredos
in this church is erected
to the Glory of God
and in proud and grateful memory
of the following men who fell
in action during
the Great European War
1914 – 1919

Memorial Description:

Reredos

Plaque 48 inches high x 27 inches wide with a carved top 4 inches wider (122cms x 69cms x 10cms).

There is a carved border of stylised flowers raised in half relief.

The dedication is in a sunken panel at the top.

The centre panel is sunken with an elaborate edge surround.

The names are listed in two columns.

All lettering is in Roman capitals.

Names:

51 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. It is feared that the reredos was destroyed as no home could be found for it.

2. 2015 -This plaque is matched by H123.03, and between them is the St. Ignatius Crucifix in the porch area of St. Ignatius.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Roland Riddell; James Pasby

Northern Echo
01/11/1920 reports unveiling (in London!)

Sunderland Echo
28/10/1920 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 01 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Roland Riddell;
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Names Documents:

HENDON   St. Ignatius the Martyr Church

 

  The reredos

  in this church is erected

  to the Glory of God

  and in proud and grateful memory

  of the following men who fell

  in action during

  the Great European War

  1914 – 1919

  

  +

                           Andrew Thomson

  Albany Aspinall D.C.M.   Reginald J. McIntyre

  Philip Asquith           Frederick Morgan

  Alfred H. Atkinson       Alfred Munro

  Ernest Bailey            James Murphy

  Robert Bailey            George S. Murray

  John Bell                David Muirhead

  Thomas J.F. Brown        John G. Noble

  George Campbell          Thomas Noble

  William Carlin           Thomas Potts

  James F. Chapman         John S. Pawsey

  John Dowsey Magog        Thomas Rooks

  Andrew B. Forsyth        Robert V. Roberts

  Robert L. Gordon         Harold Richardson

  Alexander Gibbons        William O. Riddel

  Henry Gray               George L. Salmond

  Thomas Harrison          Joseph Smith

  Charles Irvine           Edwin Smurthwaite

  William Jennings         Richard Spenseley

  Thomas W. Laydon         William Taylor

  John T. Lawrence         John F. Thompson

  Frederick W. Long        Reginald Wayman

  Alec Lister              Thomas D. Wayman

  Thomas Marwood           Albert E. Warde

  James McCutcheon         Charles Wright

  John McCutcheon          Ebenezer Whatcott

NamesH123.04      

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