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Plaque 1914-1919 St. John Methodist

Reference

A38.15

Place

ANNFIELD PLAIN

Map ref

1651

Original Location

St.John�s Methodist Church (Closed)

Present Location

United Methodist Church, Catchgate. (Closed)

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 42 inches high x 24 inches wide with rounded centre top. This is mounted on a wood pattress 45 inches high x 43 inches wide of classical design with the top echoing the shape of the central plaque. There is a wide border of repeated motif. At centre top is a laurel wreath with the dates on either side. The names are listed in two columns. The lettering is in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Brass plaque on oak pattress.

Inscription

1914 1919 / Our glorious dead / To the Glory of God / and in Honoured Memory of the / following men who gave their lives / for us during the Great War.
These through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom / Also in grateful recognition of all others who served.

Names

15 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. St. John�s Methodist Church was closed in 1963 and demolished soon afterwards.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

The Story of Annfield Plain and District F.J. Wade.

Source of quotation:
�These through the gate of sacrifice . . .� Possibly adapted from The Divine Companion The Second Prophecy, called The Messiah by James Allen.

External web link

Durham at War

Additional Notes

09/11/2017; Dorothy Hall visited Catchgate Church, took photos and left contact leaflet

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; Jennifer Britton

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Plaque 1914-1919 St. John Methodist (A38.15)

ANNFIELD PLAIN   St. John’s Methodist Church

   1914                  1919

   Our Glorious Dead

   To the Glory of God

   and in Honoured Memory of the

   following men who gave their lives

   for us during the Great War

   Lindsay Simpson          John Roddam Hodgson

   Albert Eddy              Thomas William Hodgson

   Ernest Lynn Pigford      George Stephenson

   William Bell             John Henry Birtle

   Robinson Curry Bell      Thomas Rutherford

   Thomas Hetherington      James Edward Blakey

   Robert Harrison          Joseph Hartiss

                Samuel Bailiff

   These through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom

   Also in grateful recognition

   of all others who served

NamesA38.15

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