Memorial

Newport WW1 Roll of Honour (died)

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St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Newport, Uttlesford, Essex, CB11 3RA, England

TL 52058 34073

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 98172
Description: A framed illuminated Roll of Honour, with the United Kingdom crest at top-centre, flanked on each side by the flags of Allied nations. Beneath is the inscription, recording the names of 19 men from the village who had died.
Inscription: In Defence of Our Country, Newport's Gallant/ Men who have made the Supreme Sacrifice/ (names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname
Order of names: Not alphabetical by surname, or chronologically by date of death.

Roll of honour

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Newport News, Special Supplement May 2014, page 13, has an image of the Roll of Honour, and a description of it: 'The Newport memorial is made of Aberdeen granite and was paid for by public subscription. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Chelmsford in May 1920. The memory of all who served in the First World War is also kept by the Church. A Roll of Honour, giving the names of those who answered the call to arms, currently hangs in Church House as does a roll listing the names of 19 who had, to that point, given their lives. A much more comprehensive record is in a book, which from one end is a Muster Roll naming those who enlisted and from the other end gives the names of those who fell in a Roll of Honour. The book was donated by Mr and Mrs TC Kewley in memory of Mrs Kewley’s brother Sidney Barthropp, the first of the many'. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7wEAtw8QP5bZUtOeVM1RG40VGM/edit?resourcekey=0-f9BHLoOyEHmjSEvYvDLccg