Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fittings
- District
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- Town
- Berwick Upon Tweed
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- SIR EDWIN LUTYENS (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 12 February 1920
Attended by: (Book 1, Number 647) - Unveiled
Date: 9 September 1920
Attended by: Bishop H B Hodgson of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich- his son is one of those named - Show More (1)
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33353
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Current location
Parish Church (Holy Trinity and St Mary's Church)
The Parade
Berwick Upon Tweed
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DE
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 00026 53200
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- REREDOS PANELLING AND COMMUNION RAILS. PANELS ARE ARCHED AND SEPARATED BY PILASTERS. INSCRIPTION ACROSS THE TOP WITH NAMES IN SINGLE COLUMNS ON EACH PANEL- six panels for WW1 and two for WW2. There is a red maltese cross at the top of each panel. The lettering is incised and gilded using lower case Roman.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WARS 1914 - 1918: 1939 - 1945. [Panel 1]-[WW1 names Addison to A Cockburn] [Panel 2]-[WW1 names J Cockburn to Gladston] [Panel 3]-[WW1 names Gladstone to J Johnson 1] [Panel 4]-[WW1 names J Johnson 2 to Palmer] [Panel 5]-[WW1 names Pattison to Simm] [Panel 6]-[WW1 names Sinton to Young then A H and A L Brock] [Panel 7]-[WW2 names Angell to JR Miller] [Panel 8]-[WW2 names W Miller to Williamson then AC Hill]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addison, G
Ainslie, J L
Angell, G
Armstrong, R M
Austin, T
Bain, J
Baldwin, C G
Bell, D
Bell, G
Bell, M R
See details for all 162 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 126
Served and returned: 0
Died: 126
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 35
Served and returned: 0
Died: 35
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Altar / Communion rail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Panelling
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Reredos
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Altar / Communion rail
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL 3 September 1920 reports the unveiling 'shortly'
- Northern Echo 3 and 10 September 1920 report the unveiling
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