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Plaque 1914-18 Primitive Methodist

Reference

A19.01

Place

ACOMB

Map ref

NY928664

Original Location

Acomb Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street (now Methodist)

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque with curved top on wood pattress 36 inches high x 24 inches wide (914mm x 610mm) which echoes the shape. There is a single line border, which also forms a square round each bolt, of which there are six. The words "To the glory of God" are arched inside the dome. The dedication is in Roman capitals, the names are listed in a single column using sans serif capitals, and the quotation at the bottom is in Gothic upper and lower case.

Materials used

Brass plate on wood pattress.

Inscription

To the glory of God
and in
grateful remembrance of
the old scholars who fell
in the Great War
1914-1918

"Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends"

Names

10 full names.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Edward H. Thew, Newcastle on Tyne

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown

In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man than this . . .� St. John 15 v 13

Research acknowledgements

P. Thirkell; J. Brown; A. Grint; Tony Harding

Research In Progress

Alan Grint researched the WW1 names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555

Plaque 1914-18 Primitive Methodist (A19.01)

   To the glory of God

   and in

   grateful remembrance of

   the old scholars who fell

   in the Great War

   1914-1918

   Robert Bowman

   Robert Henry Charlton

   Edward Eddy

   Joseph Teasdale Eddy

   George Errington

   William Errington

   Robert Gibson

   Thomas Horne

   Robert Ramsay Robson

   Watson Eddy

   "Greater love hath no man than this, that

    a man lay down his life for his friends"

NamesA19.01

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