Memorial

Bamburgh - Triptych, WW1

Triptych

Source: Copyright John Hale

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Current Location

St Aidan's Church, Radcliffe Road, Bamburgh, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, NE69 7AE, England

NU 17839 34954

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Triptych
WMR Reference Number: 33310
Description: A wooden triptych with a handwritten roll of honour placed in the centre. The central portion has a gabled top. Inside the opened doors are listed names, incised and painted in black and red. In the central panel is a parchment roll with a highly coloured border, featuring a picture of Bamburgh Castle at top centre, and the same names but in a different order and including their forenames and regiments. There is a shelf for flowers below. Above the flower shelf is a small plaque stating that the wood used in the memorial was removed from HMS Britannia, cadet training ship at Dartmouth from 1865 to 1905.
Inscription: Left and Right Sides: ROLL OF/ HONOUR/ (Names- Left Hand Door Names B-M, right hand door names R-W) Centre: FOR/ GOD, KING AND COUNTRY/ GREATER LOVE HATH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS Small plaque above flower shelf: MADE FROM TIMBER REMOVED/ FROM/ H.M.S. BRITANNIA/ CADET TRAINING SHIP AT/ DARTMOUTH./ 1869 - 1905

Triptych

Height: 1210mm

Width: 1016mm

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good