Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
T54.03
Place
THORNLEY (Easington)
Original Location
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Waterloo Street.
Present Location
Thornley Methodist Church, Dunelm Road, Thornley
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated by September 1923 by Rev. T.A. Roberts, minister.
Memorial Description
Organ with two manuals and 18 stops. The case is “of polished oak and on each side is a panel form, with decorated corners.”
Above the console is a triangular brass plaque 30 inches wide x 9 inches high bearing the dedication. The names are listed in three columns. Lettering is in in elaborate capitals for the dedication, and the names in Roman capitals.
Above the console is a triangular brass plaque 30 inches wide x 9 inches high bearing the dedication. The names are listed in three columns. Lettering is in in elaborate capitals for the dedication, and the names in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak case. Brass plaque
Inscription
+ / To the glory of God / and in memory of / (Names) who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
Names
Who commissioned
Thornley Wesleyan Methodist Church
How money was raised
Members of the church, including some large donations from the bereaved.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Nelson of Durham.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Bob Dunn
Auckland Chronicle 06/09/1923 reports dedication.
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006.
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore”: Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15.
Auckland Chronicle 06/09/1923 reports dedication.
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006.
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore”: Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Wheatley Hill History Club have researched the names on this memorial. See book details above.
Organ 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (T54.03)
+
To the glory of God
and in memory of
J.E. Cook A. Lambert J.T. Price
P. Cook W. Luke R. Thompson
R. Jordison J.W. Potts J.S. Youll
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
NamesT54.13
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