Ringing to Commemorate the Fallen of The Great War

2014 marked the start of a 4 year long commemoration of the fallen of WWI.
During the war, 41 ringers from towers residing in the D&N went to war and never returned home. To recognise their sacrifice the D&N rang a commemorative quarter peal at the tower where the fallen rang, on the day that they fell. In addition a quarter peal was also rung for each on the appropriate day at Newcastle Cathedral where the plaque pictured on the right is displayed (click on the picture to see an enlarged version).

A document detailing the fallen ringers can be found here.

A second document lists dates, spanning from December 1914 to March 1919, on which commemorative quarter peals were rung and at which tower.

Many thanks to Ellen Crabtree (Central District ringing master) for putting these documents together, she has also created a blog on which further details of ringers who fell will be recorded together with details of ringing completed in their memory, the blog can be found by clicking here.

Details of all commemorative ringing can also be found on the Ringing World BellBoard.