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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Town
- Fenham
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- THE WHITECHAPEL BELL FOUNDRY (Founder / Foundry)
MR ROBERT THOMPSON OF KILBURN (Wood Carver)
MR J W WALKER & SONS (Manufacturer)
MR E E LOFTING (Architect) - Ceremony
- Foundation Stone
Date: 25th July 1928
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 06th June 1952
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Dedicated
Date: 06th June 1931
Attended by: SIR JAMES KNOTT - Show More (2)
- Foundation Stone
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34407
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Current location
ST JAMES AND ST BASIL CHURCH
Fenham
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 220 650
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CHURCH, GARDENS AND CHURCH HALL. CONTAINS A LETTER WRITTEN BY MAJ J L KNOTT ON THE EVE OF HIS DEATH, AND A WINDOW DEDICATED TO THE TWO BROTHERS. CHURCH ALSO CONTAINS A WW2 ROLL OF HONOUR (NIWM 34408) AND AN INSCRIBED TENOR BELL WINDOW COMMEMORATING HENRY AND JAMES KNOTT DEPICTS EACH MAN, AND INCORPORATES SMALLER PICTURES OF SCHOOL AND HOME, WAR SCENES AND REGIMENTAL INSIGNIA. SEE FILE FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF OTHER WINDOWS.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT BY SIR JAMES KNOTT BARONET IN MEMORY OF HIS SONS JAMES AND BASIL KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Knott, Basil
Knott, James
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- 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
- Major J L Knott and Captain H B Knott
- WMO ID: 201110
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-04-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- STAND TO! No80 pp.36-37 (Sep. 2007) Published:WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION
- WMSF31.3
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