Memorial Details
Image Required
Memorial
Cup Libberton 1918 Primitive Methodist A.F.C.
Reference
E50.06
Place
EIGHTON BANKS
Original Location
Primitive Methodist Church.
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Presented to the club in September 1922.
Memorial Description
Cup, known as “The Libberton Cup”, suitably inscribed.
This was presented to the Primitive Methodist Church Association Football Club.
This was presented to the Primitive Methodist Church Association Football Club.
Materials used
Silver
Inscription
(Dedicated to the memory of John Edward Libberton, who fell in September 1918)
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Mr. William Kidd, general dealer, 46 Wrekenton Row, Wrekenton.
Notes
1. The cup was provisionally accepted and sanction was being sought from the Durham Football Association for a tournament consisting of teams connected with churches and Sunday School playing within a radius of three miles from Wrekenton Mechanics Institute. This was granted.
2. Mr. Kidd, was married to Margaret Libberton, the eldest sister of Private Libberton.
3. At a social evening when the cup was handed over, Mr. Kidd said he hoped the cup would help the club financially as well as create a greater interest among teams of similar class.
2. Mr. Kidd, was married to Margaret Libberton, the eldest sister of Private Libberton.
3. At a social evening when the cup was handed over, Mr. Kidd said he hoped the cup would help the club financially as well as create a greater interest among teams of similar class.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 08/09/1922 reports proposal; 22/09/1922 reports handing over of cup.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk
Cup Libberton 1918 Primitive Methodist A.F.C. (E50.06)
You are looking at all the information and the best images we have so far on this memorial. If you can supply more information or better images please get in touch by sending an email to enquiries@newmp.org.uk.
Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
The British Library is preserving this site for the future in the UK Web Archive at www.webarchive.org.uk
Copyright 2013, North East War Memorials Project. Registered Charity No. 1113088
Another Effective Group Website