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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Gateshead
- Town
- Gateshead
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Connell (Designer)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 48238
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- Previous locations
- St James Church (demolished)
Park Rd
Gateshead
Gateshead
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 264 630
Denomination: Undefined
- St James Church (demolished)
- Description
- Five light stained glass window with associated stone tablets with dedication and names.
- Inscription
- Tablet 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THE PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THESE TABLETS AND WINDOWS,/ THE GIFTS OF/ A. E. WELTON ESQ.,/ WERE DEDICATED Tablet 2: MAKE THEM BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS IN GLORY EVER LASTING/ (NAMES) Tablet 3: THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, C
Allen, R
Archer, D
Armstrong, H
Armstrong, J M
Armstrong, W
Atkinson, R W
Bailey, H W
Bailey, J
Bailey, S J
See details for all 241 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 239
Served and returned: 0
Died: 239
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablets
- Condition
- History
- The Church was burnt down the window cracked. The tablets were saved and it was intended that they should be put in a memorial garden enquiries made in 2017 but not found.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- CDG39.24
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