- Type of Memorial
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Lectern or desk
- WMR Reference Number
- 33953
- Description
- Book of Remembrance in Vellum. Wood bound book with hand written illuminated text containing the names of the dead from 1914-18 with those from 1939-45 added.
It rests on a wooden lectern the back of which is like an inverted T, with a patterned border of Tudor roses carved in half relief. There is a cross at the top wrapped in a scroll, also in half relief, below which the words "Roll of Honour" are incised in Gothic lower case script.
- Inscription
- Page 1-HALTWHISTLE/ ROLL/ OF HONOUR/ 1914/ TO 1918
Page 2- HONOURING THE/ MEMORY OF MEN AND/ WOMEN OF THE PARISH/ OF HALTWHISTLE/ WHO NOBLY GAVE THEIR OWN LIVES/ TO SECURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR/ FRIENDS, THE HONOUR OF THEIR/ COUNTRY, AND THE FREEDOM OF THE/ WHOLE WORLD, WHEN THREATENED/ WITH DESTRUCTION IN THE RUTHLESS/ WARFARE OF THE YEARS 1914 - 1918,/ THIS RECORD OF BRAVE/ NAMES IS PLACED IN THEIR/ PARISH CHURCH THAT THEY MAY/ BE REMEMBERED BEFORE GOD WITH/ GRATITUDE AND WITH PRAYER
Page 3- Eternal/God our/Father/Who by Thy Son, Our Lord,/hast taught us, that whoso/loseth his life for Thy sake shall/ keep it unto life eternal;/mercifully grant, that the lives/laid down in their country's/service, in the cause of truth/and freedom may be precious/in Thy sight; and may Thy/Grace make them perfect in/the glad service of Thy/Heavenly Kingdom through/the merits of our Saviour/Jesus Christ/Amen.
Pages 4-7 [WW1 names]
Page 8- 1939-1945/[names]