Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1939-45 Avenue Methodist
Reference
C101.07
Place
CONSETT
Original Location
Avenue Methodist Church
Present Location
Durham County Record Office
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance, approx. 1 foot high x 1 foot wide x 4 inches deep. Bound in red leather, it has an embossed border, and a simple small metal cross on the front cover.
Individual leaves, 14 in all, including fly and end pages, are of heavy card with pages inserted within the card frames.
Lettering is in calligraphy with red capitals, with some pages highly illuminated.
Individual leaves, 14 in all, including fly and end pages, are of heavy card with pages inserted within the card frames.
Lettering is in calligraphy with red capitals, with some pages highly illuminated.
Materials used
Red leather binding, card and paper
Inscription
On cover
Avenue Methodist Church / Consett / Book of / Remembrance.
Title page
In Remembrance / of all those connected with / The Avenue Methodist Church / Consett / who served in the / World War 1939-1945 / on Land, Sea and / in the Air We recall with gratitude those / who gave their lives to deliver / the world from a great evil and give / thanks to God for their great sacrifice.We also give thanks to God for all / Who served and returned in / safety to us.
“Glorious it is to wear the Crown / of a Deserved Pure Success”.
End page
There’s but one gift / that all our dead desire / One gift that man can give, / and that’s a dream, / Unless we, too, can burn / with that same fire / Of sacrifice; die to the / things that seem; / Die to the little hatreds; / die to greed; / Die to the old ignoble / selves we knew; / Die to the base contempts / of sect and creed. / And rise again, like these, / with souls as true / And that’s not done by sword, / or tongue, or pen, / There’s but one way – / God make us better men.
Avenue Methodist Church / Consett / Book of / Remembrance.
Title page
In Remembrance / of all those connected with / The Avenue Methodist Church / Consett / who served in the / World War 1939-1945 / on Land, Sea and / in the Air We recall with gratitude those / who gave their lives to deliver / the world from a great evil and give / thanks to God for their great sacrifice.We also give thanks to God for all / Who served and returned in / safety to us.
“Glorious it is to wear the Crown / of a Deserved Pure Success”.
End page
There’s but one gift / that all our dead desire / One gift that man can give, / and that’s a dream, / Unless we, too, can burn / with that same fire / Of sacrifice; die to the / things that seem; / Die to the little hatreds; / die to greed; / Die to the old ignoble / selves we knew; / Die to the base contempts / of sect and creed. / And rise again, like these, / with souls as true / And that’s not done by sword, / or tongue, or pen, / There’s but one way – / God make us better men.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
Durham County Archives Ref. M/Co 653
Source of quotation:
"Glorious it is to wear the crown . . .” from a poem in a book called Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses: by Adelaide Ann Procter.
“There’s but one gift that all our dead desire . . .” Peace and Goodwill 1932 Alfred Noyes
Durham County Archives Ref. M/Co 653
Source of quotation:
"Glorious it is to wear the crown . . .” from a poem in a book called Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses: by Adelaide Ann Procter.
“There’s but one gift that all our dead desire . . .” Peace and Goodwill 1932 Alfred Noyes
External web link
Research acknowledgements
John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance 1939-45 Avenue Methodist (C101.07)
CONSETT Avenue Methodist Church
On cover
Avenue Methodist Church
Consett
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Book of
Remembrance.
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Title page
In Remembrance
of all those connected with
The Avenue Methodist Church
Consett
who served in the
World War 1939-1945
on Land, Sea and
in the Air
We recall with gratitude those
who gave their lives to deliver
the world from a great evil and give
thanks to God for their great sacrifice.
We also give thanks to God for all
Who served and returned in
safety to us.
“Glorious it is to wear the Crown
of a Deserved Pure Success”.
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Page 1
Aisbett J.W.
Almond J. B.
Atkinson L.
Atkinson K.G.
Atkinson G.
Barrett J.
Bell T.
Bell J.
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Page 2
Bell J.W.
Bell W.
Brown E.
Brown R.
Buddle R.
Buddle N.
Bartle Josephine
Buddle Violet
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Page 3
Caygill S.
Currie D.
Cuthbertson A.J.
Crowle S.
Davison E.
Davison R.
Dodds J.
Dodds L.W.
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Page 4
Draffan R.
Deans Nellie
English A.
English J.
English W.
Fisher W.
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Page 5
Field G.
Foster G.
Gardiner J.
Gardiner K.
Gardiner L.
Haddon J.
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Page 6
Hale A.E.
Hanson Charles
Hanson Cecil
Hall G.
Hall H.
Harwood R.
Heckels T.
Hopper J.
Hull Lilian
Hudson Annie
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Page 7
NAMES OF THOSE WHO WERE
KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Philip Boyd
William Colwell
Sydney Howe
John Hutton
Joseph Proud
Arthur Richardson
George Westthorpe
For those we love within the veil
who once were comrades of our way,
We thank thee, Lord: for they have won
to cloudless day.
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Page 8
NAMES OF
THOSE WHO WERE
KILLED OR DIED ON SERVICE
Raymond Brown
Hugh Doyle
Joseph Forster
Robert Gent
Eric Lamb
Eric Lockrane
There are no tears within their eyes,
with love they keep perpetual tryst,
And praise and work and rest are one
with Thee, O Christ.
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Page 9
Johnson H.
Lamb W.
Lose D.
Lumsden Doris
Marshall A.
Matthews L.
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Page 10
Maxwell J.
Millhouse R.
Malpass S.
Morgan M.
McDonald G.
Mason R.
Nattrass E.
Newton H.
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Page 11
Newton F.
Outon I.
Prosser A.
Prosser J.W.
Proud J.
Philipson H.
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Page 12
Philipson L.
Reed E.
Reed T.
Rutherford A.
Robson L.C.
Scott R.
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Page 13
Seaman R.
Seaman J.
Shearer A.
Stewart Eleanor
Scott Winifred
Thompson H.
Thompson M.
Thompson T.
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Page 14
Teasdale Nora
Teasdale Annie
Trotter J.
Westhorpe G.A.
Weatherburn M.
Williamson R.
Williamson S.
Westgarth E.
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Page 15
Wood W.
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Page 16
There’s but one gift
that all our dead desire
One gift that man can give,
and that’s a dream,
Unless we, too, can burn
with that same fire
Of sacrifice; die to the
things that seem;
Die to the little hatreds;
die to greed;
Die to the old ignoble
selves we knew;
Die to the base contempts
of sect and creed.
And rise again, like these,
with souls as true
And that’s not done by sword,
or tongue, or pen,
There’s but one way –
God make us better men.
NamesC105.07
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