Right hand panel North Tyneside Corps Shotton Colliery Divn. Corps Blaydon Burn Colliery Craghead Divn. Left hand panel District Staff Blackhall Colliery Div.
VI Northern District who gave their lives for their Country in the Great War of 1914-1919. To the glory of God and in memory of those Members of the St. Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material The Latin Motto "Pro Fide Pro Utilitate Hominum" translates as "For the Faith and in the Service of Humanity"ħğollowing restoration, the memorial was placed on view in the south transept of Durham Cathedral for a short while in 2019. The cross should be white to represent purity, the four arms represent the four cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude, and the eight points represent the eight beatitudes – spiritual tranquility, life without malice, contrition, patience, love of justice, mercy, sincerity and endurance under persecutionĦ. The origin of the badge of the Order of St.John of Jerusalem could be traced back to 1120, when Raymond de Puy, Grand Master, ordained that members should wear the eight-pointed cross to remind wearers that they always bore the Cross of Jesus Christ in their hearts. Following the unveiling, the plaque was taken to the Brigade HQ at 2 Osborne Terrace where it would be installed permanentlyĥ. 6 Division covered the area between the Humber and the Tweed and was comprised of Northumberland, Durham, and East and West YorkshireĤ. McNeil Alex McBean, tram conductor, was decorated with a bronze medal for saving the life of a child from being run over by a car at Wallsend on 7th October.ģ. The long service medal was presented to Divisional Superintendent T. At the unveiling ceremony, service medals were presented to Corpl. In 2011 it was taken to Trimdon Community Centre, through the good offices of manager Derek Bradley, where it is in a storeroom, still in store in 2012.Ģ.
Plans to move it to the Shotley Bridge Hospital Chapel fell through, and the memorial was kept at the St.John’s Ambulance HQ, Hunters Terrace, Chilton, Ferryhill, Co. John’s Road, Meadowfield Industrial Estate. The Brigade has moved to new premises, and the memorial was placed in storage at Durham County Headquarters, St.
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