Memorial Details
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Memorial
Sunday School 1914-18 Primitive Methodist
Reference
A17.17
Place
ASHINGTON
Map ref
NZ 265877
Original Location
Ashington Primitive Methodist Church
later Station Road Methodist Church
later Station Road Methodist Church
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 24th October 1920 by Rev. J. Sutcliffe of South Shields.
Memorial Description
Plaque.
Inscription
(Erected by the Sunday School in memory of their teachers and scholars who fell in the Great War 1914-1918)
Names
Notes
1. Each of the families of the three men named on this memorial were presented with an illuminated personalized certificate which read: We, the members and friends of the Ashington P.M. Sunday School, desire to express our deepest sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. (Name) and family in the great loss they sustained by the death of their beloved son (name and rank) who gave his life for his country’s sake on (date) in the Great European War 1914-18). Earnestly praying that God may support and comfort you in the great thought of Victory coming to the world by sacrifice. Duty nobly done brings its own reward. For his country’s sake”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Morpeth Herald 29/10/1920 reports the unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
D.J. Wise; J. Brown
Research In Progress
Alan Grint is researching the Names on this memorial.
Contact www.ashingtonmemorial.com
Ashington Memorial Group are researching the names on their local War Memorials Contact: margaretallison@hotmail.com
Ashington Memorial Group are researching the names on their local War Memorials Contact: margaretallison@hotmail.com
Sunday School 1914-18 Primitive Methodist (A17.17)
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been extracted from a newspaper
report and has not been compared with the original
nor with a good photograph.
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“Erected by the Sunday School
in memory of their teacher and scholars
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919”
Lance Corporal Thos. A. Tyrell, Seaforth Highlanders, August 1917.
Lance Corporal Wm. Thompson, 22nd N.F., March 1918
Corporal Robert W.M. Smith, 3rd Cheshire Regiment, April 1918.
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Parish Notes
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