Memorial

Screen 1914-18 1939-45 St. Hilda

Darlington

Memorial Name: Screen 1914-18 1939-45 St. Hilda (D40.046)

NEWMP Ref No.: D40.046

Parish: Darlington

Original Location:

St. Hilda’s Church (Closed)

On east side of Parkgate where it joins St. Cuthbert’s Way.

Present Location:

After the church closed in 1985, two panels of the screen were taken to the Town’s Museum, which also closed.

They are now in the Library.

The building is now the Light and Life Mission (2026)

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 16th November 1922 by Major-Gen. Sir Percy Wilkinson,
dedicated by Rev. J.A.G. Birch, senior divisional chaplain of the 50th Division.

Materials Used:

Oak

Who Commissioned:

Congregation.

Inscription:

Lost

Memorial Description:

Oak screen on east aisle, used as back panels to the altar.

The names for both wars are each on a panel 50 inches high x 24 inches wide (127cms x 61cms).

The names are painted in gilt lettering, those for 1914-18 in two columns and those for 1939-45 in a single column, in Roman capitals .

Names:

a.  67 full names
b. 12 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. St. Hilda’s closed May 1st 1985 and amalgamated with St. Columba. The original St Hilda’s building is Grade II listed and is now used by another Church organisation.

Sources:

Photo: C. Sanders; Brian Simpson

Darlington and Stockton Times
18/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Star
18/11/1922 page 8 reports unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Brian Simpson

Research In Progress:

Stephen Nicholson is researching the names on this memorial

Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com

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Names Documents:

DARLINGTON  St. Hilda’s Church

 

First panel   

  1914-1918

 

  William Alderson     Fred Hopper

  Hubert Backhouse     William Iceton

  Samuel Bailey        George Jefferson

  Leo Basham           Wilfred Johnson

  John D. Benjamin     Alfred Mais

  Bernard D.G. Biggs   Waddington Mais

  John Braithwaite     Chris. Martin

  Wilfred Burnip       George Martin

  Edward Carter        Richard Martin

  Rufus Castling       Daniel McKie

  Alfred Chilton       Samuel H. Middleton

  Bernard W. Clark     William Milton

  Alfred Clement       Albert Moses

  Walter Clement       Percy Moss

  Eli Cleminson        George A. Preston

  Griffith W. Cooper   Harry Priestley

  Cecil Davison        Frederick G. Raven

  Fred Davison         James H. Reece

  John Dougill         Ernest Robinson

  Ernest Dowthwaite    Frank H. Smith

  Fred Edmonson        Harry Smith

  John L. Edmonson     William A. Smith

  Robert H. Farey      Percy H. Tennant

  Thomas A. Fletcher   G. Harold Todd

  Norman Garget        Walter Trees

  George W. Geldard    Cecil L. Tyerman

  George A. Graham     Thomas A. Waddington

  Alec Haig            James Wallis

  Thomas Harrington    Thomas W. Walker

  Bryan Harrison       William K. Walton

  William J. Harrison  William Warrior

  Rupert Hinde         William Welburn

  Fred Hollingworth    William Wise

           William H. Wright

———————————————————-

Second panel

  1939-1945

 

  Bernard C. Alderson

  Thomas William Bulmer

  J. Burnside

  Richard Fairweather

  Kenneth Gibson

  Leslie Green

  Sydney Hatherick

  Archer Jacques

  Norman Liddle

  Maurice Towers

  William Philip Warren

  William Henry Wise

NamesD40.46

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