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Plaque Choir 1914-18 Hill Street Methodist

Reference

C52.11

Place

CORBRIDGE

Map ref

NY 989643

Original Location

Hill Street United Methodist Church. Later Methodist Church, Princes Street. On the liturgical north wall, near the organ.

Present Location

Methodist Church, Princes Street. On the north wall

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled ?November 1921 by Rev. C. Taylor, Scotswood.

Memorial Description

Plaque, on wood pattress, total size 60cm high x 76cm wide. The top edge has a very shallow domed top. At centre top of the plaque is an enamelled shield of white Maltese cross with a helmeted inward-facing head in each quarter, also in white, on a dark blue background. On either side is a pattern of grapes and vine leaves raised in half relief.
The names are listed in two columns underneath the dedication, all lettering is in raised Roman capitals, on a pecked background.
Beneath is a smaller brass plaque 6cm high x 15cm wide giving the history of the plaque.

Materials used

Bronze plaque on wood pattress.

Inscription

In loving memory of the / members of the Choir of / this church who gave / their lives in the Great / War 1914-1918.
"We loved them in life let us honour them in death"

On smaller plaque :
This memorial / was removed from the / Hill Street Church / A.D. 1938

Names

6 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. Until the re-union of the three strands of Methodism in 1932 the Princes Street Church had been used by the Wesleyan Methodists. The United Methodists had worshipped in Hill Street until that church was closed in 1938, 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; Tony Harding

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 03/12/1921 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
�We loved them in life . . .� Not ascertained.

Research acknowledgements

C.N. Dallison; Carol Knight; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque Choir 1914-18 Hill Street Methodist (C52.11)

CORBRIDGE, Hill Street Methodist

   In loving memory of the

   members of the choir of

   this church who gave

   their lives in the Great

   War 1914 - 1918

   C. Thomas Ellison  Surtees Forster

   James Hall         Thomas Smith

   William Wade       John S. Ellison

   "We loved them in life let us honour them in death"

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Plaque below:

   This memorial

   was removed from the

   Hill Street Church

   A.D. 1938

NamesC52.11

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