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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Burbank United Methodist

Reference

W111.093

Place

WEST HARTLEPOOL

Original Location

Burbank United Methodist Church

Present Location

Hartlepool Art and Museum Services

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 13th Nov. 1932 by Col. Thomlinson, J.P.

Memorial Description

Plaque 36 inches high x 24 inches wide. At centre top, underneath the name of the church, is a wreath containing a cross with the two dates on either side. The names are listed in two columns. All is in raised half-relief, the lettering being Times Roman capitals throughout.

Materials used

Bronze

Inscription

Burbank United Methodist Church / West Hartlepool / 1914-1918 To the Glory of God / and / in grateful and honoured memory of those / Who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War
Greater Love Hath No Man than this
Also to commemorate the devotion and self-sacrifice / of the 114 adherents who went from this church at their country's call

Names

27 full names.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Burbank United Methodist Church

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Designed and made by R.H. Mackin, Surtees Street.

Notes

1. The service included a visit by Evangelist Gipsy Smith, whose presence caused queues outside for two hours and an estimated crowd of 2,000 attended.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: James Pasby

Hartlepool News and Daily Mail 14/11/1932 reports unveiling and visit of Gipsy Smith. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Mark Simmons (Hartlepool Art and Museum Services)

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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Burbank United Methodist (W111.093)

West Hartlepool Burbank United Methodist

   Burbank United Methodist Church

   West Hartlepool

   1914         1918

   To the Glory of God

And

   In grateful and honoured memory of those

   Who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War

   Charles Bamford           John Hodgson

   Herbert Baxter            William Hodgson

   Tom Bonnard               John James Husband

   James Edward Brown        Robert Mitchell

   John William Conner       John Henry Oldfield

   Charles Davies            Charles Richmond

   Joseph Dove               Harold Rowlands

   William Henry Duncan      Herbert Stewart Snowball

   John Christopher Easby    David Steerman

   Thomas Fox                John William Steerman

   William Harper            Edward Wallace

   Herbert Harrison          John Ward

   Frank Hodgson             Robert Wilson

   George Hodgson

   Greater Love Hath No Man than this

   Also to commemorate the devotion and self-sacrifice

   Of the114 adherents who went from this church

   At their country's call

NamesW111.93

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