Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin

Holy Island

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Mary the Virgin (H65.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: H65.05

Parish: Holy Island

Original Location:

St. Mary’s Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled July 1921 by Mr. M.G. Davies, J.P. of Wallsend.

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

The Misses Davies of Wallsend.

Inscription:

The Great War
1914-1919
Parish of Holy
Island
Roll of Honour

To the Glory of God and to the memory of
(names)

These are they which came out of great tribulation.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour behind glass.

It has a wide highly decorated border in ancient manuscript style.

At the top are two circular paintings.

Down the sides are shields bearing the badges of St. George of England and St. Andrew of Scotland.

At the bottom is a circle carrying the red and yellow stripes of the ancient kingdom of Northumbria.

The names are listed in two columns, with those from the Navy at the top followed by the Army, followed by those who died.

All lettering and decoration is hand painted.

Names are in black with red initials and red used for the regiments and ranks.

Names:

23 names from the Navy.
42 names from the Army.
All with ranks and regiments, some with distinctions earned, and whether injured, taken prisoner or killed.
8 names ranks and regiments of those who died.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Misses Davies, daughters of the man who unveiled the plaque, made the Roll of Honour “Because they loved the island”.

2. This was found in 2005 in a cupboard and has now been rehung in the church.

3. A Miss Davies also commissioned items from the firm of Hedley Brothers. Is there any connection?

Sources:

Photo: Tony Harding

Alnwick & County Gazette
13/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
These are they which came out of great tribulation Revelation 7 v 14

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown;
Tony Harding

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Names Documents:

Please note: the layout of this is does not exactly match that

on the original.  This is to allow the whole line to be seen on

the screen.

The order is the same.

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  THE GREAT WAR        +        PARISH OF HOLY
  1914-1919                     ISLAND

  ROLL OF HONOUR

  NAVY

  Brigham   Robert      Stoker RN             Straughan Robert      R.A.F.: A.M.

                        Injured               Shell     Adam        R.N.R.T: A.B.   

  Douglas   Joseph      R.N.R.T: A.B.                               killed

                        injured               Shell     Charles     R.N.R.T: A.B

  Henderson Robert      R.N.R.T: A.B.                               injured DSM

  Lilburn   George      R.N.R.                Spencer   George F.   R.N: A.B.

  Lilburn   Robert      R.N.R.T: A.B. D.S.M   Spencer   Percy O.    R.N: A.B.

  Markwell  James       R.N.R.T: A.B.         Tough     David       R.N.R.T: A.B.  

                        killed                Wilson    J.G. Baden-Powell R.N.R.  

  Markwell  John        R.N.R.T: A.B.         Wilson    John        R.N.V.R. Sub-Lieut.

  Markwell  Thomas      R.N.R.T: A.B.         Wilson    Ralph       R.N: A.B.

  Markwell  Ralph       Stoker R.N.R.         Wilson    Ralph A.    R.N.R.T: A.B.

  Patterson John        Stoker R.N.           Wilson    William     R.N.V.R.

                                                                    Motor-boatman

  Straughan Ralph W.    Lieut-Eng R.N.R.      Yetts     Robert      R.N.R.: E.R.A.

                        Injured                    

  Collins   Thomas      Cpl R.E.              Snowdon   Wm          Lieut K.O.S.B.Sea H.  

  ARMY

           

  Allison   George      Cpl. N.F.             Jobson    John        Pte. N.F.      

  Allison   James       Pte. N.F.                                   gassed and missing

                        wounded               Kyle      Robert      Pte. N.F.

  Allison   John S.     Military Police       Patterson Henry       Gunner R.G.A.  

  Cannon    John        Lieut. N.F.                                 wounded

  Cromarty  George D.   Pte. N.F.             Patterson James B.    Pte. D.L.I.

                        Killed                                      killed

  Cromarty  George      Pte. R.D.F.           Rankin    George      Pte. D.L.I.

                        Wounded and prisoner  Rankin    John        Gunner R.G.A.  

  Cromarty  Thomas W.   Pte. D.L.I.                                 wounded

                        Wounded               Renion    George J.   AC2 R.A.F.    

  Cromarty  Thomas      Driver R.H.A.         Sinclair  James       Sapper R.E.

  Cromarty  Thomas      Pte. Can.  M.C.                             wounded

                        Wounded               Souden    James       Staff Sgt RE

  Crossman  F.L.Morley  Major R.F.A. D.S.C.   Tough     John        Pte. D.L.I.

  Crossman  W.R.Morley  Lieut KRR             Tough     Joseph      Driver R.G.A.  

                        Killed                                      died during service

  Darling   Adam        Driver MGC            Walker     Benjamin K Pte. D.L.I.

                        Wounded               Walker     Edward T   Pte. D.L.I.

  Darling   James       Pte. N.F.                                   injured             

  Darling   Robert      Pte. N.F.             Walker     John W.B   Pte. N.F.            

                        Killed                Walker     Henry      Gunner R.G.A.  

  Darling   Thomas      Pte. N.F.                                   wounded

  Gardner   Thomas      M.G. N.F.             Walker     Robert     Pte. Sher. For.

  Grey      John R.     Sapper R.E.           Walker     William    Trooper B.E.F.

  Hollingsworth Fred    Capt Sth Staffs       Wilson     William    Pte. R.D.F.

                        Wounded                          prisoner & died after service

  Hope      George      Pte. N.F.             Yetts      G. Lilburn Cpl N.F.  

                        Wounded                                     wounded           

  Hope      Robert      Pte. Et Kents         Yetts      Thomas     Pte. Can Ex Force

  Hope      Walter M    Pte. N.F.             Richardson W.Joscelyn Lieut D.L.I.    

                        Wounded                                     wounded & prisoner      

                                                                

  TO    THE    GLORY    OF   GOD    AND   TO    THE    MEMORY   OF

  Crossman  W.R. Morley Lieut K.R.R.          Patterson  James B.   Pte. D.L.I.

  Cromarty  George D    Pte. N.F.             Tough      Joseph     Driver R.G.A.

  Darling   Robert      Pte. N.F.             Markwell   James      R.N.R.T: A.B

  Shell     Adam        R.N.R.T: A.B.         Wilson     William    Pte. R.D.F.

  +    THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION    +

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