Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sunderland
- Town
- Houghton-le-Spring
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- RA Ray of Sunderland School of Art (Designer)
John Lowes & Son of Durham (Makers) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22 Dec 1920
Attended by: Earl of Durham, Lord Lieutenant of the County
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71186
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Current location
north wall
St Michael & All Angels Church
Church Street
Houghton-le-Spring
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
DH4 4DN
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 34178 49852
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Sicilian marble tablet with Gothic arched top at centre. There is a border of fawn mottled red ogwell marble from Devonshire, also used to divide the plaque into four panels of white marble. In the arch at the top is a cross, carved and gilded, with the dedication below, incised using Gothic script and coloured black. The main plaque is divided into four panels, each bearing names in sans serif lettering
- Inscription
- Erected by the Congregation / of this Church to the honoured memory / of their relatives who fell in the Great War / 1914-1918./“Their name liveth for evermore”./[names]/“The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.”
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, Fd
Allen, M
Allen, R
Almond, C
Anderson, R
Appleby, N
Atkinson, T
Aungles, M
Bainbridge, J
Bainbridge, Ts
See details for all 100 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 100
Served and returned: 0
Died: 100
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, regiment, decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: height 1650mm, width 2250mm
Materials: Marble - Sicilian - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Red
- Tablets
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: £165
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: The Congregation - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7508
- Durham County Advertiser 25/1/1924 reports proposals
- Northern Echo 13/5/1920 reports proposed memorial; 23/12/1920 reports unveiling
- Illustrated Chronicle 23/12/1920 reports unveiling
- Darlington and Stockton Times (North)25/12/1920 reports unveiling
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