Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
B162.01
Place
BEAMISH
Map ref
NZ 225549
Original Location
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Pithill
Present Location
The Chapel at Pithill closed 1985.
Rebuilt as the Chapel at Beamish Open Air Museum.
Rebuilt as the Chapel at Beamish Open Air Museum.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1920
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour on paper behind glass.
Highly illuminated, it features fluted columns at each side, each entwined by an ivy stem. The name appears at the top. The words “Roll of Honour” are on a scroll.
The dates “1914” and “1919” are at the feet of the two columns. The words “Lest We Forget” are centre bottom. The names are listed in five columns separated by a pale blue vertical line edged with gold. The names are handwritten in elaborate capitals, with all initials illuminated.
Highly illuminated, it features fluted columns at each side, each entwined by an ivy stem. The name appears at the top. The words “Roll of Honour” are on a scroll.
The dates “1914” and “1919” are at the feet of the two columns. The words “Lest We Forget” are centre bottom. The names are listed in five columns separated by a pale blue vertical line edged with gold. The names are handwritten in elaborate capitals, with all initials illuminated.
Materials used
Paper behind glass.
Inscription
Beamish Wesleyan Methodist Church
Roll of Honour
1914 Lest We Forget 1919
Roll of Honour
1914 Lest We Forget 1919
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. J.H. Ratcliffe, one of the young men of the church.
Notes
1. In 2014 the memorial was moved from the staff room in the Chapel to the wall to the left of the entrance door.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown; Simon Raine
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 30/04/1920; 06/05/1920
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” Recessional by Rudyard Kipling.
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 30/04/1920; 06/05/1920
Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” Recessional by Rudyard Kipling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (B162.01)
BEAMISH Wesleyan Methodist Church
Beamish Wesleyan Methodist Church
Roll of Honour
Bird, J.R. Glover, R. Jobson, W. Pescod, J. Severs, J.
Brooks, J. Gowland, B. Laybourn, R. Pescod, M. Severs, J.
Burridge, E. Gowland, H. Laybourn, T. Pickering, J. Severs, W.
Burridge, W. Gowland, M.G. Linton, F. Ratcliffe, J. Shaw, H.
Chambers, A. Gowland, W. Linton, N. Ratcliffe, J.E. Toomer, W.
Chambers, S. Harm, T. Little, A. Ratcliffe, R. Trueman, A.
Cole, C. Harm, W. Lonsdale, J. Ratcliffe, W. Walker, A.
Dennison, J. Henderson, A. Martin, A. Ratcliffe, W. Wilkinson, G.
Dodds, H. Henderson, T. Marwood, J. Rayner, J. Wilkinson, W.
Ellis, J. Hepplewhite,J. Mitchell, V. Reayer, T. Wood, H.
Emmerson, W. Hoyle, T.H. Morley, T. Ridley, B. Wood, J.
Finlay, W. Jackson, T. Neary, T. Ridley, J. Woodcock, A.
Garnham, H. Jobson, A. Nesbitt, W. Radham, G. Woodcock, E.
Gibson, J. Jobson, J. Pasco, T. Sanders, H. Wrangham, J.
Gowland, J. Young, J. Marwood, R. Young, R. Gowland, T.
Hewitson, T. Mackey, W. Ridley, T. Richardson, J. Walker, J.
Severs, T. Cooper, I. Handley, J. Toomer, F. Bates, J.R.
Handley, M.
NamesB162.01
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