Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Oswald

Shiney Row

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Oswald (S124.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: S124.03

Parish: Shiney Row

Original Location:

St. Oswald’s Church. On A182 between Shiney Row and Herrington.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled and dedicated 11th June 1922 by Rev. G.F. Holme, Rector of Penshaw

Inscription:

St. Oswald’s Church, Shiney Row.
To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of this parish whose names are inscribed below who sacrificed their lives in the Great War 1914-1919. The altar and reredos in the church as well as the Roll of Honour are erected by those for whom they died.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour “beautifully illuminated in gold and colours, and framed in oak”

Names:

80 surnames and initials.
See transcript

Notes:

1. This was probably replaced by S124.08 which covers both wars. There are also quite a few differences in the names.

Sources:

Auckland and County Chronicle
02/09/1920; 15/06/1922

Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” Gospel of St. John 15 v 13

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
David Sloan

Research In Progress:

David Sloan is researching the names on this memorial.

Contact: david.sloan@btinternet.com

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Names Documents:

SHINEY ROW  St. Oswald’s Ch.   

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper report.

 St. Oswald’s Church,

 Shiney Row.  

 To the Glory of God

 and in memory of the men

 of this parish whose names

 are inscribed below who

 sacrificed their lives

 in the Great War 1914-1919.  

 The altar and reredos in the church

 as well as the Roll of Honour are

 erected by those for whom they died.  

 Greater love hath no man than this,

 that a man lay down his life for his friends.

 W. Archer       T. Forster      J. Middlemas    C.H. Thewliss

 W. Barker       C.O. Fox        C.W. Mellor     F.R. Thomas

 T. Bedlington   R. France       F. Moody        J. Tippins        

 T. Bellamy      R. Gaff         T. Mould        A. Todd

 J. Bellerby     J.J. Nicholson  F. McLindon     E. Todd

 T.W. Bennett    W. Grant        P. Oliver       W. Todd

 R. Billings     M. Guthrie      J. Oxley        G. Walls

 A. Bolam        W. Hall         W. Parnaby      J.G. Walton

 T. Borstall     M. Hewitson     J. Patterson    H. Ward

 P. Burke        C. Holland      J. Patterson    H. White

 E. Cain         J. King         J. Peebles      W. White

 R.W. Carr       R.B. Kitchen    W. Pigford      J. Wilson

 G.W. Cathcart   E. Laidler      J.W. Raisbeck   W.H. Wilson

 T. Carr         Ed. Laidler     H. Reed         M. Winn

 S. Chipchase    W. Laidler      E. Ritchie

 J.R. Conlon     F. Leadbitter   E. Scott   

 J.R. Coulson    T. Leadbitter   E. Sheriff

 R. Cummings     H. Leighton     A. Snowball

 J.C. Davison    T. Lovell       F.G. Smith

 W. Dunlop       T. Maddison     R. Smith

 E. Eddy         H. Mawdsley     I. Tate

 G. Fenwick      J. McCormick    W.W. Taylor

 J.W. Forster    E. Middlemas    J. Teasdale

NamesS124.03  

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