Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Felton
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 29 April 1919
Attended by: Undefined - Dedicated
Date: April 1920
Attended by: Revd GA Brown - Unveiled
Date: April 1920
Attended by: Mr C E Leech of Seghill Hall & Herbert Coxon of Newcastle-on-Tyne - Show More (2)
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33438
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Current location
South wall at the west end of the nave
St. Michael and All Angels' Church
Riverside
Felton
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE65 9EA
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 18205 00192
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque set within a marble frame. Incised inscription in red and black enamelled lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE HEROIC DEAD CONNECTED WITH FELTON PARISH/ WHO ANSWERED THE CALL OF/ KING AND COUNTRY, FIGHTING FOR/ LIBERTY, HUMANITY AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ BE THOU FAUTHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE/ THIS MEMORIAL BRASS AND UNION JACK ARE THE GIFTS OF/ EDWARD AND BARBARA NEWTON OF THIRSTON HOUSE, WHO ENSHRINE/ WITH THESE OTHER BRAVE MEN, THE NAME OF THEIR GALLANT NEPHEW/ GEORGE DIXON, M.I.M.E. (NB MIME is likely to stand for Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. As the list of names on the memorial shows, Second Lieutenant Dixon was an officer in the Royal Engineers.)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aikman, Douglas
Auldjo, John W
Bainbridge, Thomas Lindsay
Bainbridge, Wilfred Hudson
Bowey, Thomas
Campbell, Thomas
Cleugh, John
Cockburn, Arthur
Crisp, Robert J
Dixon, George
See details for all 36 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: height 1040mm, width 660mm
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Frame
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Edward and Barbara Newton of Thirston House, Felton. - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7207
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/264597/
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL 28 April 1920
- MORPETH HERALD 7 May 1920
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