Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ rebuild 1939-45 St. Mark Congregational
Reference
A13.12
Place
AMBLE
Map ref
NU 264043
Original Location
St. Mark's Congregational Church, Bede Street/Wellwood Street (now St Mark's United Reformed Church). Brass plate was beside the organ.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1948
Memorial Description
Plaque, 8¼ inches high x 26 inches wide (210 mm x 660 mm), mounted on a wood pattress. There is a single line border around the edge. The names are listed in four columns, two each on either side of the central dedication. Lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
This organ was rebuilt as a / memorial to the Glory of God / in grateful remembrance of / those who gave their lives in / the war 1939-45 / and as a thank offering for / our survival. 1948.
Names
Present condition
See Note 1 below
Notes
1. A fire in church in early 1970s meant that the old organ suffered water damage. It was replaced by electronic organ, which is not a war memorial, about c1983. This organ was removed when the church was modernised and renamed St. Mark's U.R. Church on Sunday 17th October 1982.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: David Wilkinson
External web link
Research acknowledgements
The late David Wilkinson; the late Jim Shepherd (East Coquet Local History Society); Mr. and Mrs. Alcock, Ellington
Research In Progress
See link above
Organ rebuild 1939-45 St. Mark Congregational (A13.12)
AMBLE, St. Mark's United Reformed Church
Centre
This organ was rebuilt as a
memorial to the Glory of God
in grateful remembrance of
those who gave their lives in
the war 1939-1945
and as a thank offering for
our survival. 1948
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Outer columns
Alwyn Anderson John Gardner James Ryan W. Henry Scott
Robert B. Crisp James Hastie James O. Straffen John H. Turnbull
Robert Coulson Robert Miller George Straffen Ian T. Walker
George Earnshaw Mark Rutherford A. Lloyd Shearer George B. White.
NamesA13.12
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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