Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Sunday School Trinity Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
B135.12
Place
BARNARD CASTLE
Map ref
NZ 053165
Original Location
Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church.
On north wall of schoolroom at rear of chapel.
On north wall of schoolroom at rear of chapel.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 1st September 1920 by Mrs. John Guy (the oldest teacher)
Memorial Description
Plaque. There is a wide border of oak leaves on a black background, culminating in corners decorated with crosses in red inside a knobbly circle. The names are listed in two columns divided by a decorated vertical line. The dedication is in Gothic lettering with some red initials. The names are in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
To the Glory of God / and in Sacred Memory of the undermentioned Scholars of / this Sunday School who gave their lives for King and Country / in the Great War 1914-1919.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Plaque made by King & Co., Hull.
Notes
1. This building was previously Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon
Teesdale Mercury 01/09/1920
Darlington and Stockton Times 4/9/1920 reports unveiling.
Teesdale Mercury 01/09/1920
Darlington and Stockton Times 4/9/1920 reports unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; Alan Farrar; Norman Jackson
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Plaque 1914-18 Sunday School Trinity Wesleyan Methodist (B135.12)
BARNARD CASTLE Wesleyan Methodist Church.
To the Glory of God
and in Sacred Memory of the undermentioned Scholars of
this Sunday School who gave their lives for King and Country
in the Great War 1914-1919.
Fred Breen Ralph Jones
Thos. W. Brown John Kipling
A. Roy Burn Fred Morley
William Chapman Alfred Nevison
Thomas Chapman Chas. W. Raine
J. Howard Emerson John Ramsden
George Golightley Sidney Wearmouth
Gordon Higginbotham George W. Wilson
NamesB135.12
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