Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 4 D.L.I. South Africa 1899-1902 St. Mary
Reference
G39.008
Place
GATESHEAD
Original Location
St. Mary's Church. On north wall of chancel, close to pulpit steps.
Present Location
St. Mary's Church was destroyed by fire in 1979.
Which war
South Africa 1899-1902
Memorial Description
Plaque
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Durham IV Light Infantry / To the glory of God / and in memory of the undernamed men / of the / 4th Battn. Durham L.I. / who were killed in action or died in / South Africa / 1900, 1901 and 1902. / Erected by the Officers, N.C.Os and men of the battalion.
Names
Present condition
Destroyed
Notes
1. "Further enquiry has revealed that there is no evidence of the South African Memorial in the Church".
2. "D.L.I. Museum report they are aware of the loss of the South African War Memorial and they have the information from it on record". (E. & N. Armstrong).
3. The Church was made redundant in 1978. There were fires in 1979 and 1983. The building was restored in 1986 by the North East Civic Trust. It was converted for use as Phillips’ Auction House. Reopened as a Visitor Centre by Newcastle City Council in 2000. Now re-opened as Gateshead Heritage @ St.Mary’s.
2. "D.L.I. Museum report they are aware of the loss of the South African War Memorial and they have the information from it on record". (E. & N. Armstrong).
3. The Church was made redundant in 1978. There were fires in 1979 and 1983. The building was restored in 1986 by the North East Civic Trust. It was converted for use as Phillips’ Auction House. Reopened as a Visitor Centre by Newcastle City Council in 2000. Now re-opened as Gateshead Heritage @ St.Mary’s.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Gateshead Library Local Studies Dept. books of epitaphs in St. Mary's Church
4th Royal Warwickshire Regiment For remembrance and in honour of those who lost their lives in the South African War 1899-1902. James Gildea, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack H Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
4th Royal Warwickshire Regiment For remembrance and in honour of those who lost their lives in the South African War 1899-1902. James Gildea, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack H Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ethel and the late Neville Armstrong (Whickham & District L.H.S.);Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
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Plaque 4 D.L.I. South Africa 1899-1902 St. Mary (G39.008)
GATESHEAD, St. Mary's Church.
Durham IV Light Infantry
To the glory of God
and in memory of the undernamed men
of the
4th Battn. Durham L.I.
who were killed in action or died in
South Africa
1900, 1901 and 1902.
Cpl. Woodcock, J. Pte. Duffy, F.
Cpl. Armstrong, J. Pte. Doyle, W.
Cpl. Burns, T. Pte. Finneran, J.
Cpl. Buglass, R. Pte. Kell
Cpl. Bradley, T. Pte. McLaughlan, J.
Cpl. Connor, C. Pte. Monaghan, J.
Cpl. Connor, C. Pte. Mason, W.
Cpl. Callaghan, J. Pte. Quinn, C.
Erected by the Officers, N.C.Os and men of the battalion.
NamesG39.08
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