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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Reference

C52.09

Place

CORBRIDGE

Map ref

NY 991644

Original Location

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Princes Street, on liturgical south wall.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque, 43cm high x 61cm wide in a carved wood frame 100cm high x 66cm high. There is a border with geometric pattern with a square in each corner with a saltire with red background. The names are in two columns using sans serif capitals. The dedication and quotation are both in Gothic lower case lettering with red initials.

Materials used

Brass in wood frame.

Inscription

To the Glory of God and in Memory of / the men of this Church who gave their lives / for their King and Country in the Great War. / 1914-1919
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man / lay down his life for his friends."

Names

11 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Members of the church

Notes

1. Until the re-union of the three strands of Methodism in 1932, this church had been used by the Wesleyan Methodists. The United Methodists had worshipped in Hill Street until that church closed in 1939, and the Primitive Methodists had worshipped in the Market Place Church until it closed in 1985.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C.N. Dallison; Carol Knight

Newcastle Daily Journal 30/07/1920 reports that the members had raised �98 towards the renovation of their church and placing a tablet in memory of 11 members who had sacrificed their lives in the Great War.

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St. John�s Gospel 15 v 13

Research acknowledgements

Michael Newrick; Colin N. Dallison; Carol Knight; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (C52.09)

CORBRIDGE, Methodist

   To the Glory of God and in Memory of

   the men of this Church who gave their lives

   for their King and Country in the Great War.

   1914-1919

   ---------------------------

   Capt. R. Ellerington, M.C. L-Cpl. J.A. Pearson

   Sergt. J. Jackson          Pte. R. Atkin

   "    W. Wade               "    W. Blackburn

   Corpl. J.A. Logan          "    N. Lowes

   Cpl. F.L. Maddison         "    M. Mitchison

   Pte. J.H. Morrow.

   “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man

   lay down his life for his friends”.

NamesC52.09

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