Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
B42.10
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 315815
Original Location
Bridge Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
Present Location
The present location of the brass plate (1) is unknown.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
1. Originally a plaque of long rectangular shape with a shallow pointed top. The letters are in Roman capitals.
2. Replaced by Font (see B42.09)
2. Replaced by Font (see B42.09)
Materials used
1. Brass
2. Oak with brass plates, each for 5 different churches.
2. Oak with brass plates, each for 5 different churches.
Inscription
1. In memoriam / 1914
Their name liveth for evermore 1918
2. In memory of those of / Blyth Wesleyan Church / who made the supreme sacrifice / during the Great War / 1914-1919 Their name liveth for evermore.
Their name liveth for evermore 1918
2. In memory of those of / Blyth Wesleyan Church / who made the supreme sacrifice / during the Great War / 1914-1919 Their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Notes
1. The Blyth Bridge Street Wesleyan Church was demolished in 1989 and replaced by the Blyth New Central Methodist Church. Beaconsfield Street, opened 1990.
2. See also B42.29
2. See also B42.29
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo of original plaque: Jack Tait
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Research acknowledgements
The late J. Tait, Blyth Local History Society
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (B42.10)
BLYTH, Central Methodist Church.
Inscription on former plaque:
In memoriam
John Colin Goulding Thomas Robert Smith
Joseph Greener John Soulsby
William Ewart Parker Ernest Robert Taylor
William Turnbull
1914 Their name liveth for evermore 1919
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Inscription on brass plate on font:
In memory of those of
Blyth Wesleyan Church
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the Great War
1914-1919
John Colin Goulding
Joseph Greener
William Ewart Parker
Thomas Robert Smith
John Soulsby
Ernest Robert Taylor
William Turnbull
Their name liveth for evermore.
NamesB42.10
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