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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
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

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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
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: height 1650mm, width 2250mm
    Materials: Marble - Sicilian
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Red
Listing information
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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