Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Presbyterian

Bellingham

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Presbyterian (B18.13)

NEWMP Ref No.: B18.13

Parish: Bellingham

Original Location:

Presbyterian Church

Past Location:

Later United Reformed

Present Location:

Methodist and United Reformed Church Hall.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled April 1920

Materials Used:

Paper.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle.

Inscription:

Roll of Honour
For King and Country
Presbyterian Church Bellingham
1914-1919

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

Framed scroll 30 inches high x 18 inches wide (76cms x 46cms) behind glass in wood frame.

At top left is depicted a soldier carrying a rifle at the ready.

The words “Roll of Honour” are in red and gold on a scroll at the top, behind which, top right, are depicted four flags.

The soldier is standing on a circle bearing the arms of Great Britain with the Union Flag alongside.

The dates 1914-1918 are inside a laurel wreath.

The lower section of the roll has a narrow blue border.

The names are listed in two columns headed “Name” and “Regiment”; those who died are indicated by a cross beside the name.

The lettering is hand painted using sans serif black capitals shadowed with red.

Names:

42 names, ranks and regiments, including 8 who died.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding

Newcastle Daily Journal
09/04/1920 reports unveiling of a “mural tablet”.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Bellingham Local History Society;
Michael Newrick;
J. Brown;
Tony Harding

Research In Progress:

Alan Grint researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555

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Names Documents:

BELLINGHAM, Presbyterian Church.

 

  ROLL OF HONOUR

 

  For King & Country

 

  Presbyterian

  Church Bellingham

 

  1914  

  1919                                             Name                     Regiment

                                                Little, Pte., T.S.          4th N.F.

                                                Little, Pte., Adam          4th M.G.C.

                                                Nichol, 2nd Air Mech. R.    R.A.F.

  Name                      Regiment            Potts, Nurse Jean.          V.A.D.

  + Armstrong, Driver, Wm. R.F.A.               Potts., Pte. Wm.            12th Royal Lancers.

    Armstrong, Pte., John   21st Tyneside Sco.  + Rae, A.B., John           R.N.D.

    Armstrong, Driver, Geo. M.G.C.              Rae, Surg. Prob., Arch.     R.N.

    Armstrong, Nurse Jane.  V.A.D.              Rae, Pte., Peter            Black Watch

  + Brown, Pte., George J.  N.F.                Riddle, Armr.Staff.Sgt.J.L. R.G.A.

    Brown, Pte., Robert,    4th N.F.            + Robertson, L/C., John D.  K.O.Y.L.I.

                            (M.M.)                        

  + Cowan, Sergt., Andrew,  East Yorks. Regt.   + Robson, Sapper, Thos.     R.E.

    Dagg, Sergt., George,   M.G.C.              + Robson, Pte. W.N.         3rd Tyneside Scott.

                            (M.M.)                 

    Dagg, Pioneer, George   R.E.                Robson, Corpl. Arch.        R.E.

    Davidson, Pte., R.W.D.  Duke of Wellington  Robson, Corp. Thos.         4th N.F.

    Drummond, Pte., Thos.   2nd Yorks. Regt     + Rutherford, Pte., Arch.   4th N.F.

    Elliott, Sapper, Wm.    R.E.                  Scott, Pte., J.D.         Northd. Hussars

    Hall, Sergt., John C.   23rd N.F.           Seaton, Pte., Alex. N.      2nd N.F.

    Hall, Driver, Alex.,    R.F.A.              Shaw, L/Sergt. T.R.         4th N.F.

    Hall, Trooper, Henry.   Northd. Hussars     Short, Sergt.Inst. Jas.     A.G.S.  N.F.

    Hall, Corpl. Matt.      4th N.F.            Thompson, Pte. T.H.         A.S.C.

  + Hamilton, Sergt. Jas.   N.F.                Wilson, Pte., John          13th N.F.

    Jameson, Gunner, Jas.   R.G.A.              Wilson, Pte., E.H.          9th N.F.

    Little, A.B., James     R.N.D.              Wilson, Pte. Geo.           3rd N.F.    

 

  Those marked + have died

NameB18.13

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