Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 West Avenue Presbyterian
Reference
G9.28
Place
GOSFORTH
Map ref
NZ 244678
Original Location
West Avenue Presbyterian Church, West Avenue.
Present Location
Trinity Church
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque, 35 inches high x 23 inches wide, one of a matching pair. There is a plain raised border 1 inch wide. The lettering is in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
1939-1945 / We will remember them.
Our beloved fallen.
Our beloved fallen.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Birmingham Guild.
Notes
1. This was the former Presbyterian Church until 1972, when it became the United Reformed Church.
2. The church was aligned west-east, so that the pulpit is at the west end. The memorials are placed at west end of church, on either side of the arch to the "chancel", near the pulpit.
3. In September 2000 Gosforth URC, Woodbine Road Methodist Church and West Avenue Methodist Churches united to form Trinity Church, Gosforth, a Methodist / URC Local Ecumenical Partnership.
4. No allowance has been made for the relocation of any war memorials in the new Trinity Church.
2. The church was aligned west-east, so that the pulpit is at the west end. The memorials are placed at west end of church, on either side of the arch to the "chancel", near the pulpit.
3. In September 2000 Gosforth URC, Woodbine Road Methodist Church and West Avenue Methodist Churches united to form Trinity Church, Gosforth, a Methodist / URC Local Ecumenical Partnership.
4. No allowance has been made for the relocation of any war memorials in the new Trinity Church.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Robin Gard
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.
Research acknowledgements
The late Robin Gard (Gosforth Local History Society); Monica Goldfinch; Ruth Milne; Peter Craggs
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 West Avenue Presbyterian (G9.28)
GOSFORTH, West Avenue U.R. Church.
1939-1945
We will remember them.
Mary Anderson Parmley
Gertrude Walker
Owen Bolton
Peter Craggs
William Erin Miller Dean
Edward T. Graham
Bruce Hamilton Hindmarsh
Edward Kiddie
Denis Layton
Harold Simpson Smith
David Wilson
Frederick John Young.
Our beloved fallen.
NamesG9.28
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