Memorial

Shilbottle Parish-Reredos (including WW2 memorial seat)

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Current Location

St James' Church, Shilbottle, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2XS, England

OS Grid Reference

NU 19578 08720

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
WMR Reference Number: 33943
Description: Reredos of 6 wooden panels, three on each side of the altar. The dedication runs along the top of each column, using Gothic lettering incised and painted gold, and separated from the names by a wavy line of leaves. This motif is also used to divide the WW2 names from the WW1 names. The names are incised in sans serifs capitals and painted gold in a single column on each panel
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THIS EAST WINDOW HAS BEEN FITTED/ AND THEIR NAMES RECORDED HERE/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ ADEN/ (NAME)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 21
Died: 21
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 14
Died: 14
Information shown: surname,forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename

History

Maker(s): James Middlemiss, a sidesman & one of the first village men to go to war, Wood Carver
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

13th November 1921

Duke of Northumberland

Dedicated

13th November 1921

Revd Canon Blackett Ord, Archdeacon of Northumberland

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Shilbottle Parish-Reredos (including WW2 memorial seat)

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Shilbottle Parish-Reredos (including WW2 memorial seat)

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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