Memorial
Wayside Calvary 1914-18 St. Chad
Bensham
Memorial Name: Wayside Calvary 1914-18 St. Chad (B134.07)
NEWMP Ref No.: B134.07
Parish: Bensham
Outside St.Chad’s Church, at the corner of Rawling Road and Westminster Street, Bensham.
1914-18
Unveiled 3rd May 1922 by Col. A. Henderson, C.M.G., 9 D.L.I.;
dedicated by Rev. H.W. Ellwood.
Stone base, teak cross, bronze figure.
Designed by Messrs. Hicks & Charlwood, Newcastle.
stonework by Mr. D. Morrison of Gateshead;
teak cross supplied by H. Brown & Sons, Newcastle;
bronze figure by Messrs. J.W. Singer & Sons Ltd., London.
Erected by the
Congregation and
Parishioners
of St. Chad’s
in memory of
those who served
in the Great War
1914-1918.
Grant, O God
Peace to the living
Rest to the dead.
Wayside Calvary with bronze crucified figure.
It’s total height was 10 feet 6 inches (3.2m).
The base was of three steps at the sides and one at the front.
The dedication is on a plain slab at the front, using sans serif lead lettering.
None.
See B134.08
1. The Church’s copy of the Faculty survives. It reads
“To erect a Calvary of a total height of ten feet six inches in the Churchyard on the north eastern angle of the Church of St Chad, Bensham, Gateshead aforesaid according to the design filed with the said petition and now deposited in the Registry of our Consistory Court and with the following inscription: “Erected by the Congregation and Parishioners of St Chad’s in memory of those who served in the Great War 1914 – 1918. Grant, O God, Peace to the living, Rest to the Dead.”
2. The memorial was vandalised and only the base left.
3. At some time recently, a plain wooden cross has been inserted into the base and the lettering cleaned.
4. A terrier reads: “On an open space at the north side of All Saints’ Chapel is a cross of teak-wood, with a bronze Figure of Christ Crucified; standing upon a pedestal of stone. This cross (or Calvary) was erected in the year 1922, at a cost of £200, provided by public subscription, to commemorate the ending of the Great War.”
Photos of plinth: J. Brown; photos of new cross: James Pasby
Illustrated Chronicle
03/05/1922 reports unveiling this evening
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
03/05/1922 reports proposed unveiling tonight;
04/05/1922 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
06/05/1922 reports unveiling with photo.
Northern Echo
05/05/1922 reports unveiling.
Shields Daily News
05/05/1922 reports of erection
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Ga.SCh 4/12 Faculty for the erection of a calvary in the churchyard as a war memorial, 17 February 1922 (1 paper)
Diocese of Durham.
Parish of St. Chad, Gateshead on Tyne. True Terrier and Account of Property and Fund to the above named Parish.
Source of quotation:
“Peace to the living, rest to the dead” Not ascertained
Additional Research Documents
Ralph W. Gould;
Janet Brown;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby
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The following has been transcribed from a newspaper report
THE FALLEN
Lieut. John Conway Adamson 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers
A.B. William Robert Allman R.N.D.
Pte. William Barnes 14th Yorks.
Cpl. Robert W. Calvert Tyneside Scottish
Pte. Albert Edward Chantler 9th Loyal North Lancs.
Pte. John Chantler 19th Northumberland Fusiliers
Signaller William Gordon Christie 2nd South Staffs.
Pte. John George Clark M.M. 23rd Royal Fusiliers
Petty Officer Joseph Fairley R.N.
Pte. William Fairley 21st. West Yorks.
Pte. Gordon Fairley Glasgow Highlanders
Second Lt. John Hylton Fisher West Riding
Second Lt. Herbert Fisher D.L.I.
Pte. William Forster Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Henry Grundy 9th D.L.I.
Pte. Richard Hibbs 9th D.L.I.
Gunner Thomas William Hodgson R.G.A.
Gunner Francis James Jackson R.G.A.
Pte. Robert Maddison Jopling R.G.A.
Pte. William Norman Kirton 1st Worcesters
Pte. Robert Lee 11th East Yorks.
Pte. John George Stokoe Siddle 25th Yorks. and Lancs.
Pte. David Moscrop Tyneside Scottish
Gunner Montgomery Robert Murray R.G.A.
Pte. J. R. Maddison —
Sergeant Robert Snowball 18th Royal Hussars
Pte. Frederick Stephenson D.L.I.
Pte. Charles Sterling 9th D.L.I.
Pte. George Teasdale 18th. Hussars
Pte. Sampson Austin Thompson 11th D.L.I.
Pioneer David Rattray Royal Engineers
— William Turnbull R.F.A.
Lieut. Collingwood Watchman R.N.R.
Pte. William Watson 8th N.F.
Cadet Thomas Robson Wilkinson R.F.A.
Sergeant Thomas Wright D.L.I.
Gunner Edmund Ellis Yarrow Tank Corps
Lieut. John Young 13th D.L.I.
Sapper James Wilfred Hunter Royal Engineers
Lance-Corpl. George Pearson D.L.L.
Sapper T.C. Kelly R.E.
Lieut. Idris Knox Patton R.A.F.
Leading Seaman E. Turnbull R.N.D.
Pte. Arthur Robert Watson N.F.
Sergeant John Williamson K.O.S.B.
Sapper Andrew Wright Canadians
Pte. R.A. Knapton D.L.I.
Pte. Henry Robert Nesbit Royal Warwicks
Pte. W. Stephenson Price N.F.
A.B. H.G. John Ross R.N.D.
Sergeant W.H. Silversides 12th D.L.I.
Lance-Corpl. Norman Wilson Soakell —
Pte. M.A. Stobart 8th D.L.L.
Thos. Derrey Driver —
Pte. James Butcher Ferguson Royal Scots.
Pte. John A. Forster 1st Australian E.F.
Pte. William T.E. French N.F.
Second Lt. Cyril Forster R.A.F.
Corpl. William Graham R.A.S.C.
Pte. John Ernest Harker N.F.
Lance-Corpl. George Wm. Herring D.L.I.
Lance-Corpl. Thomas George Moffatt D.L.I
Pte. Leonard Robert Moon N.F.
Lieut. Percival Railton N.F.
Pte. T.C. Routledge N.F
Pte. John Purvis Labour Corps.
Served and Returned safely
Pte. Albert Anderson D.L.I.
Cpl. Robert Archer R.E.
Sergeant John Urwin Archer York and Lancs.
2nd A.M. Robert M. Archer R.A.F.
Pte. John Armstrong D.L.I.
Driver Joseph Armstrong R.E
Leading Seaman Joseph Goodwin Armstrong R.N.A.S.
Cpl. John Henry Arnold R.A.F
Lance-Cpl. Lionel S. Arnsby N.F.
Pte. Richard H. Bartholomew D.L.I.
A.B. Percy Gofton Batty R.N.
— Godfrey D. Batty R.A.F.
— Harold C. Batty R.A.F.
Pte. J.T. Baty R.M.L.I.
Sapper John Bean R.E.
Cpl. Harvey F. Bell D.L.I.
Pte. Herbert H. Nixon R.E.
Pte. W.S. Garnett N.F.
Sergeant Joseph Walton Bell R.F.A.
Lce-Cpl. Algernon W. James Bertram D.L.I.
Pte. Joe Biggins N.F.
Lieut. John S.C. Black Scottish Horse
Pte. Gordon Black Scouts
A.C. Neil R. Black R.A.F.
Gunner Donald Wilson Brown R.G.A.
Cpl. Sydney Brown 9th D.L.I.
Sergeant John Bruce R.E.
Cpl. William Brunskill D.L.I.
Pte. Frederick Joseph Burn Royal Scots
S.B.S. John Butler R.N.
— Arthur Butler R.A.F.
A B. William Arthur Chadwick R.N.
C.Q.M.S Leslie Charlton R.E.
A.B. Samuel Clark R.N.
Pte. Herbert Clayton Essex Regt.
Lieut. William S. Clayton Australian I.F.
A.B. Norman Clayton R.N.D.
Pte. Harold Clayton R.E.
Sapper William Cochrane R.E.
A.M. 2 Oswald Henry Collins R.N.A.S.
Sapper John Carter Collins R.E.
Driver John George Collinson R.F.A.
Pte. John W. Craig Labour Corps
Sergeant Herbert Croker 18th D.L.I.
Driver Arthur Naylor Croker R.F.A.
Lt. Harry Malyon Crowe Transport
Pte. Ernest Crowe S.C.
Staff-Sergt. Edward Cousins 6th N.F.
Pte. Albert Edward Cousins 11th DL.L
Pte. James Cousins K.O.Y.L.L
Signal Sergeant John William Cowper D.C.M. R.G.A.
Seaman Henry Curren R.N.
— John Davison Headquarters Staff.
B.Q.M.S. Edward Davison R.F.A.
A.M. Frank Dover R.A.F.
Lance-Corpl. John Thomas Douglas 16th K.R.R.C.
Marine Henry Dodds R.N.D.
Pte. Fergus Doyle South Staffords.
Drummer Charles Howard Nicholson Fisher T.S.
Capt. Leslie Alfred Floyd Y. and L.
Gunner Henry Ferguson R.M.A.
Gunner Ernest Forster R.G.A.
Pte. Joseph Forster R.F.
Pte. R.A. Forster Royal Sussex
Pte. Edward W.H. French 9th D.L.I.
Pte. W.S. Garnett N.F.
Cpl. William Golightly R.E. Signals
Pte. Alexander Gordon. D.L.I.
Lance-Corpl. J.W. Gowland R.E.
Sergeant David Graham D.L.I.
Pte. Wilfred Graham Field Ambulance
Pte. William Gregory Gordons
Pte. Robert Grieve D. of W. West Riding Regt.
Pte. Walter H. Grieve R.A.S.C.
Pte. F.R. Grundy N.H.
A.M. Arthur Hackett R.A.F.
Sapper A.W. Hadden R.E.
Sapper Thomas Hadden R.E.
Lieut George W. Hall Y. and L.
Pte. Edward Norman Hall R.A.M.C.
Lieut. Henry Hall R.N.R.
Lance-Corpl. John Hall 5th D.L.I.
Sapper Harold Harker R.E.
Instructor R.R. Harker R.A.F.
Pte W. Harvey Royal Scots
A.M. Daniel Hawthorn R.A.F.
Sergt. Alfred Heath D.L.I.
A.15. Lawrenoe Henderson R.N.R.
Pte. John Hendry R.D.C.
Stoker Charles Napier Herring R.N.
Gunner George Herron R.F.A.
Pte. Richard Hewson R.M.L.I.
Pte. Albert Hewson R.A.F.
Corpl. Ernest E. Hill R.E.
Pte. Rowland Hill N.F.
Pte. Robert Hood N.F.
Pte. Henry Hoyle West Yorks.
Cpl. Charles Hutchinson M.G.C.
Pte. Herbert Hutchinson N.H.
Pte. Harold Hutchinson Northumberland Cyclists.
Signaller Ben Illingworth N.F.
Cpl Henry James Irving D.L.I.
Pte J.G. Jennings East Yorks.
Pte C.H. Johnson 9th D.L.I.
— James Johnson R.N.R.
Pte. John Johnson D.L.I.
Wheeler Pringle Johnson R.F.A.
Driver W.A. Knapton R.A.S.C.
AC George R. Knowles R.A.F.
Pte. Charles Williams Lawrence D.L.I.
Bdr F.G. Lawson R.F.A.
AB Thomas Laybourne R.N.
ERA John Laybourne R.N.
Sergeant Joseph Liddell I.W. and D.R.E.
Pte Robert Lillie R.F.A.
Gunner John Crosier Lister R.F.A.
Pte. James S. Longstaff 2nd K.S.L.I.
Guardsman Arnold March Grenadiers
Pte. Norman M. Martin R.G.A.
Pte. Matthew Matthewson 14th N.F.
S.S. George McCoach R.A.O.C.
Pte. John McCoach S.R.
Sapper E. McDonald —
Pte. William Mead N.F.
Pte. Jackson Mead N.F.
Guardsman Thomas C Medley Coldstreams
Cpl. John James Merritt R.G.A.
Gunner Joseph Miners R.G.A.
AM Ernest William Moffatt R.N.A.S.
Cpl. John Green Moodie 9th D.L.I.
Signaller Robert W. Moodie R.N.
AC 2 Cecil R. Moon R.A.F.
Pte. Robert Murray R.A.S.C.
— Florence Murray W.A.A.C.
WO William Mynheer R.N.R.
AC 2 William C. Nesbit R.A.F.
Sergeant Henry Nesbit R.F.A.
Pte. Herbert H. Nixon R.E.
Cpl. Joseph North R.M.C.C.
Cpl. George Page K.O.Y.L.I.
Sergeant H.G. Page D.L.I.
— Mary A. Parker V.A.D. Nursing Sister
— Alfred H. Parker R.N.A.
— Samuel Parkin R.A.F.
Gunner Matthew Parkin Tank Corps
S.M. Richard Parkinson R.A.S.C.
Pte. W.A. Parkinson R.F.
Sergt. R.H. Parkinson N.F.
Pte. Thomas Paterson R.A.S.C.
— George Patterson R.E.
Pte. Robert F. Paxton A.S.C.
Corpl. John F. Paxton A.S.C.
Sergt. Hugh F. Paxton R.E.
Pte. Robert F. Paxton Transport
Signaller Charles Melville Pearson R.E.
Pte. John Pearson D.L.I.
Cpl. John Robert Powell R.A.F.
Pte. J. H. Pragnell 12th Lincolns
Driver F. Price R.F.A.
Cyclist George Purvis A.C.C.
Stoker Fred Raw R.N.
Sergt. Robert Redman Raw D.L.I.
A.B. William Redpath R.N.
Pte. W. Riddell N.F.
Pte. Geore Robson R.A.M.C.
Pte. G.H. Robson D.L.I.
Sergt. Ralph Robson R.A.S.C
Pte. Robert Robson N. Staffs.
Cpl. Thomas J.S. Robson R.F.A.
Pte. Richard Ernest Robson N.F.
Sergt. Harry Ross 18th N.F.
Sergt. Gibson Ross Tank Corps
Pte. George A. Routledge East Yorks
Cpl. Samuel Routledge R.F.A.
Gunner Arthur Victor Rowden H.G.A.
Gunner John Rowell R.F.A
Pte. W. A. Rowell 16th H.L.I.
Pte. J. W. Rowell Cheshires
Gunner Reuben Thomas Rust R.G.A.
Pte. George Rutherford Yorks
Pte. J. Rutherford 9th R.F.
Pte. James Herbert Sanderson S. Lancs.
Chief Engineer Anthony Scott —
Engineer Anthony H. Scott —
Engineer Albert T. Scott —
Sapper W A. Scrafto R.E.
P.O. Ernest Shelley R.N.D.
Sapper John Shelley R.E.
A.B. Richard Shelley R.N.D.
Pte. Albert Shelley K.O.R.L.
Wireless Operator Edward Shipley R.N.V.R.
Sergeant George Al?an Silversides 14th N.F.
A.M. C.R. Silversides R.A.F.
Sergeant Robert Dickson Skelton D.S.M.
Cpl. W.T. Smith K O.Y.L.I.
Pte. John O. Smith 8th N.F.
Pte. Sydney F. Smith 6th N.F.
A B. Norman Smith R N.
Sapper J.H. Soakell R.E.
Pte. R.T. Soakell M.G.C.
Pte. Wm. Soakell R.A.M.C.
Pte. Joseph Newton Soakell Yorks and Lancs.
Signalman A.S. Soakell R.N.V.R.
Pte. Ernest W. Soulsby 17th N.F.
L.-Cpl. Thomas W. Stobart 3rd N.F.
Capt. H.J.S. Stone 3rd Border Regt.
Driver Catherine E. Stone W.R.A.F. M.T.
Lieut. T. E. Suddes R.N.R.
Lieut. Percival Railton N.F. and R.E.
A.M. T. W. Sumner R.A.F.
— William Surtees R.N.A.S.
8ergeant Frederick Sutton 9th D.L.I.
Pte. Norman Sutton 20th D.L.I.
L.-Cpl. W.F. Swan Machine Gun Corps.
Pte. Herbert Sutton 4th Yorks.
A.M. John Henry Tait R.A.F
Gunner Geo. Robert Taylor R.M.A.
Cpl. James Taylor N.F.
Cpl. Charlie Taylor 5th Lancs.
Cpl. Wm. Taylor A.S.
Cpl. David Taylor R.F.A.
Pte. W.J. Telford R.A.M.C.
Pte. Albert Hodgson Thompson A.S.C.
Chief Officer Robert Thwaites Mercantile Marine
S.M. John Toppe Tyneside Scottish
Sergeant John W. Topp Tyneside Scottish
Pte. James Topp A.S.C.
Sergeant Charles E. Towell R G.A.
Sapper G.C. Townsley R.E.
Bomr. J.W. Turnbull R F.A.
Sapper J.P. Walton Dispatch Rider
Pte. N.T. Walton R.A.M.C.
Signaller Thomas Ward 9th D.L.I.
Sapper C.E. Watson R.E.
Pte. Thomas Watson East Yorks.
Lieut. F.G. Watts N.F.
Pte. John Watts 9th D.L.I.
A.B. Wm. Williamson R.N.
Pte. R. Williamson R.A.S.C.
Gunner George Williamson R.G.A.
Gunner George Wilson R.G.A.
Pte. A. Wilson D.L.I.
Cpl. Frank Winter R.A.O.C.
Second Lt. R. Woods 9th N.F.
Driver J. Hutchinson Woods R.A.S.C.
— Arthur Woods R.A.F.
Pte. Thomas Wright —
Sergeant P.E. Kelly R.A.S.C. M.T.
Cpl. T.C. Kelly R.E.
Sapper J. R Kelly R.E.
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