Memorial

Roll of Honour 1939-45 St. Mary

Staindrop

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1939-45 St. Mary (S133.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: S133.05

Parish: Staindrop

Original Location:

Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Front Street.

In the vestry.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Possibly G.H. Richardson.

See Note 2 below.

Inscription:

The men of our Parish.
We pray that these may in God’s keeping be
Now and forever till war’s shadow flee.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour behind glass in a frame 12½ inches high x 9½ wide (32cms x 24cms).

The page is pre-printed with the national badge at centre with the union flag and the English flag on either side.

Below is a scroll bearing the words “The Men of our Parish”, with a prayer below.

The names are inside a single line border.

The names are handwritten in two columns in capitals throughout.

Names:

34 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. At the bottom is printed what is thought to be “Copyright Home Works”.

2. The similarity in design to the Book of Remembrance suggest that this was done by the same man.

3. Such documents were often displayed on the inside of Church doors and were used as a focus of prayer.

Sources:

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

John and Mavis Dixon

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Names Documents:

STAINDROP Church of St. Mary the Virgin

  The men of our Parish.

  We pray that these may in God’s keeping be

  Now and forever till war’s shadow flee.

  Fred Hardy  R.A.               Christopher Ward  R.N.

  James Cooke  R.A.S.C.          John Stewart  Green Howds

  Charles Stirk  R.A.S.C.        William Suddick  K.R.R.

  J. Wardle  Tyneside Scottish   Cecil Tarn  D.L.I.

  G. Hunter  R.A.                Reginald Leonard  R.N.

  Raymond Jackson  R.A.S.C.      L. Fogg-Elliott  R.N.

  Stanley Elliott  R.A.F.        William Reed  Green Howds

  Herbert Pattison  D.L.I.       John Cody  R.A.M.C.

  Harry Pattison  R.A.           Douglas Davidson  R.A.F.

  Russell Walker  Green Howds    William Race  R.A.F.

  Jack Bell  D.L.I.              Reuben Johnson  R.A.

  *Leslie Bowran  R.N.           J. Scarth  R.N.

  Joe Gorman  R.A.               John Hadden  R.A.

  Harold Reed  Black Watch.      Herbert Smith  D.L.I.

  W. Walker  Green Howards.      B. Warne  Hampshire Regt.

  Richard Wanless  C.B.R.        Gordon Riley  R.E.

  Maurice Gibbon  R.A.           Wilfred Hodgson R.E.

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  *This name should be “Bowron”

NamesS133.05

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