Memorial: M5789

Window in Newcastle Cathedral dedicated to Andrew Laing d. 1931

Location

St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ANDREW LAING C.B.E. / BORN JAN. 31ST 1856 DIED JAN. 24TH 1931 / ERECTED BY HIS SISTERS'

Details

Description: Three-light window depicting St Clement with an anchor, St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, and St Dunstan patron saint of metalworkers. Laing's interests in energy, shipbuilding and oil are illustrated in panels below showing oil wells, RMS 'Mauretania' 1907 (with victor's wreath and blue ribbons) and local coal-mining headstocks.
Type: Window
Position: St George's Chapel
Materials: Glass, lead
Vessel: 'Mauritania'

People

Laing, Andrew W.
Age: 84
Date of Death: 24/1/1934
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Lovie 'The Cathedral Church of St Nicholas Newcastle upon Tyne' (Norwich, 2005) p. 10.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters