Memorial Details
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Memorial
Table and Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
A38.05
Place
ANNFIELD PLAIN
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Wesleyan Chapel. In the vestibule.
Present Location
Not known. Any help would be appreciated.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 29th October 1922 by Rev. W.H. Finlay. (Findlay), resident minister.
Memorial Description
Communion table. Brass plaque on oak base.
Materials used
Oak and brass
Inscription
1914-1918. Our Glorious Dead. To the Glory of God and in honoured memory of the following men who gave their lives for us during the Great War.
These, through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom.
Also in grateful recognition of those who served.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Messrs. E.H. Thew of Newcastle.
Notes
1. This was St. John’s Methodist Church from 1932, which closed in 1963 when it joined with Catchgate Methodist Free Church.
2. Miss Reed, an old and trusted member of the church, made a beautiful gift of vases for use on the new memorial table.
2. Miss Reed, an old and trusted member of the church, made a beautiful gift of vases for use on the new memorial table.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Stanley News 02/11/1922
Consett Guardian 03/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Stanley and Chester-le-Street News 02/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Blaydon Courier 04/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Annfield Plain and District by Jack Hair (People’s History) 2002
Consett Guardian 03/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Stanley and Chester-le-Street News 02/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Blaydon Courier 04/11/1922 reports unveiling.
Annfield Plain and District by Jack Hair (People’s History) 2002
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Table and Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (A38.05)
ANNFIELD PLAIN Wesleyan Chapel
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 a good photograph.
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1914 1918.
Our Glorious Dead.
To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the
following men who gave their lives
for us
during the Great War.
Lindsay Simpson Thomas William Hodgson
Albert Eddy George Stephenson
Ernest Lynn Pigford John Robert Birtle
William Boll Thomas Rutherford
Robinson Currey Bell John Edward Blakey
Thomas Hetherington Joseph Hartiss
Robert Harrison Samuel Bailiff
John Rodham Hodgson
These, through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom.
Also in grateful recognition of those who served.
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There are one or two differences according to newspapers:
William Bell instead of William Boll
Ernest Lyn Pigford instead of “Lynn”
Robinson Curry Bell instead of “Currey”
John Roddam Hodgson instead of “Rodham”
John Henry Birtle instead of “John Robert Birtle”
James Edward Blakey instead of John Edward Blakey
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