Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Bridge Street Methodist
Reference
C6.06
Place
CAMBOIS
Map ref
NZ 308835
Original Location
Bridge Street Methodist
Present Location
Northumberland Record Office
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated in November 1947 by Rev. Jim Errington
Memorial Description
Plaque, very plain, 24 inches high x 15 inches wide. The lettering is in white Roman capitals throughout.
Materials used
Steel
Inscription
Second World War /
1939-1945
Greater love hath no man / than this / that he lay down his life / for his friends.
In memory of (Names)
Names
Notes
Chris Errington has sent the following information:
"My father, the late Rev. Jim Errington dedicated the plaque in the now closed Bridge Street Methodist Chapel, Cambois. The plaque is now in the archives at Woodhorn and just before he died he wrote a piece about the history of the plaque as follows:
'This is the history of the plaque. In 1947 the Cambois British Legion invited me to conduct a memorial act of worship in the Bridge Street Methodist Church to dedicate the plaque. The names read were those local men killed in the second world war. The names were familiar to me. It was a personal honour to be involved in such an occasion.
The church closed in 1956 and the plaque was transferred to the local Cambois Working Men's Club. Later in 2008 the club also closed and the plaque found a place in the Woodhorn museum.'"
Rev. James W. Errington.
"My father, the late Rev. Jim Errington dedicated the plaque in the now closed Bridge Street Methodist Chapel, Cambois. The plaque is now in the archives at Woodhorn and just before he died he wrote a piece about the history of the plaque as follows:
'This is the history of the plaque. In 1947 the Cambois British Legion invited me to conduct a memorial act of worship in the Bridge Street Methodist Church to dedicate the plaque. The names read were those local men killed in the second world war. The names were familiar to me. It was a personal honour to be involved in such an occasion.
The church closed in 1956 and the plaque was transferred to the local Cambois Working Men's Club. Later in 2008 the club also closed and the plaque found a place in the Woodhorn museum.'"
Rev. James W. Errington.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: NRO 8009-1-1
Photos: Chris Errington
Blyth Post 27/11/1947 reports unveiling. (Ref: NRO 6994/36/24)
Photos: Chris Errington
Blyth Post 27/11/1947 reports unveiling. (Ref: NRO 6994/36/24)
Research acknowledgements
Patrick Easen; Northumberland Record Office; Chris Errington
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Plaque 1939-45 Bridge Street Methodist (C6.06)
Second World War
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1939-1945
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Greater love hath no man
than this
that he lay down his life
for his friends
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In memory of
Craft, Robert
Halloway, Arthur
Herron, William
Hickman, Thomas
Metcalf, Oscar
Morrison, John
Simmons, Samuel
Warnes, Seaman
NamesC6.06
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