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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Reference

B165.01

Place

BLUCHER

Map ref

NZ 176662

Original Location

Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Present Location

Stephenson Memorial Methodist Church
On left hand wall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled Good Friday, 1921

Memorial Description

Plaque 3 feet high x 2 feet wide on a wood pattress which is 2 inches wider all round. The names are contained with a shield-type border which has a spray of leaves draped over the top. The names are in two columns divided by a swirling pattern. Lettering is in fonts and coloured black, with some words in red.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

Blucher Wesleyan Church / and / Sunday School /
To the / Glory of God / and in / Remembrance of those connected with the above / who fell in the Great war / 1914-1919 / Roll of Honour / (Names)
�Greater love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends�.

Names

8 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

M. Forster, engraver, 18 Nun Street, Newcastle on Tyne.

Notes

1. All the men named were Sunday school teachers.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Janet Brown

Illustrated Chronicle 18/03/1921 reports proposed unveiling

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

Links to Source Material :

Illustrated Chronicle 1921 03 18 Fri

Research acknowledgements

Dougie Leech; Jack Satterthwaite; Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (B165.01)

BLUCHER      Methodist Church.

   Blucher Wesleyan Church

and

   Sunday School

   To the

   Glory of God

   and in

   Remembrance of those connected with the above

   who fell in the Great war

   1914-1919

   Roll of Honour

   R. Ancrum        W. Robson

   G. Graham        W. Robinson

   W. Hardy         A. Tait

   T. Patterson     R.J. Tait

   “Greater love hath no man than this, that

   a man lay down his life for his friends”.

Names B165.01

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