Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Corbridge

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (C52.09)

NEWMP Ref No.: C52.09

Parish: Corbridge

Original Location:

Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Princes Street

On liturgical south wall.

Present Location:

Now Methodist Church

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass in wood frame.

Who Commissioned:

Members of the church

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.”

Memorial Description:

Plaque, 17 inches high x 24 inches wide (43cms x 61cms) in a carved wood frame 26 inches high x 39 inches wide (66cms x 100cms).

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.

Names:

11 names and ranks.
See transcript.

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.

Sources:

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