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Pulpit and Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church

Reference

W111.003

Place

WEST HARTLEPOOL

Map ref

NZ 510324

Original Location

Christ Church, Church Square.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Erected Easter Day 1920

Memorial Description

Pulpit, octagonal, on stone plinth. The font has a fluted design with tracery in circles on each face.
There is a plaque with decorated border giving the details.

Materials used

Stone base, ?oak pulpit. brass plaque.

Inscription

To the Glory of God / This Pulpit in memory of / the men from this Parish / and Congregation, / who laid down their lives / for King and Country / In the Great War 1914-18 / for the cause of right and freedom / is given by John Sanderson, / Shipowner, / Churchwarden of this Church / Since Easter 1905. / Easter Day, 1920..

Names

21 surnames and initials, plus 5 of those killed in the bombardment.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Given by John Sanderson, shipowner and churchwarden since 1905

Notes

1. The church was deconsecrated in the 1970s. The furnishings were removed. It finally became an art gallery in 1996. The pulpit was restored and replaced as a permanent fitting.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Simon Raine; Pamela Hogg

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall; Pamela Hogg

Research In Progress

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Pulpit and Plaque 1914-18 Christ Church (W111.003)

First plaque

   To the Glory of God

   This Pulpit in memory of

   the men from this Parish

   and Congregation,

   who laid down their lives

   for King and Country

   In the Great War 1914-18

   for the cause of right and freedom

   is given by John Sanderson,

   Shipowner,

   Churchwarden of this Church

   since Easter 1905.

   Easter Day 1920.

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Second plaque

   To the

   Glory of God

and

   in memory of

   the Fallen

---------

   Thomas Aitken    J.R. Mooney

   Fred Anson       J. Needham

   W. Bentley       D. Turnbull

   R. Ball          J. Whittle

   R. Borthwick     C.C. Pearson

   E. Coverdale     J. Clarke

   F.J. Downs       R. Busby

   J. Hall          E. Busby

   W. Liddle        S. Busby

   T. Lee           W.A. Bradley

        W.H. Spence

   Bombardment Victims

   J. Bunter        B. Young

   W. Chapple       R. Burgon

        J. Wood

---------

   1914-1918

NamesW111.03

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