Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Methodist
Reference
H67.08
Place
HOLYWELL
Original Location
Bates’ Cottages Methodist Church was demolished in the 1970s
Present Location
Beside South African War Memorial
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 9th May 2003 by Cllr. M.A. Richardson, Mayor of Blyth Valley. Dedicated by Rev. M. Sellers, Elsdon Avenue UR Ch., Seaton Delaval.
Memorial Description
Plaque, 1 foot 4 inches high x 2 feet 2 inches wide. The names are listed in two columns. The lettering is incised and gilded, using Roman capitals throughout.
Materials used
Slate
Inscription
In grateful memory of the men of / Holywell who fell in the World War / 1939-1945.
At the going down of the sun and in / the morning we will remember them
At the going down of the sun and in / the morning we will remember them
Names
Notes
1. The plaque originally had an oak frame. This information came from a man whose father made the memorial and who watched his father putting it into the church.
2. The plaque was found after a caravan on a site at Rothbury was removed for breaking up. Some slabs were lying round and Mrs. Jane O’Neill found this one which had been used as a step for getting into the caravan.
3. The plaque was placed in 2003 inside the railings surrounding the South African War Memorial.
2. The plaque was found after a caravan on a site at Rothbury was removed for breaking up. Some slabs were lying round and Mrs. Jane O’Neill found this one which had been used as a step for getting into the caravan.
3. The plaque was placed in 2003 inside the railings surrounding the South African War Memorial.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos taken at re-dedication: J. Brown
Re-dedication programme
Evening Chronicle 12/09/2002; 05/10/2002
News Post Leader 14/08/2002
The Journal 09/12/2002 carries the story with a photograph
Herald and Post 11/12/2003 carries the story and photograph.
Source of quotation:
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.
Re-dedication programme
Evening Chronicle 12/09/2002; 05/10/2002
News Post Leader 14/08/2002
The Journal 09/12/2002 carries the story with a photograph
Herald and Post 11/12/2003 carries the story and photograph.
Source of quotation:
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.
Research acknowledgements
Mrs. Kathleen Black, Seaton Delaval Local History Society
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Methodist (H67.08)
HOLYWELL Methodist
In grateful memory of the men of
Holywell who fell in the World War
1939-1945.
A.B. A. Cairns Sgt. R. Snowdon
Pte. N. Ellison Spr. R. Taylor
Pte. W.T. Gray Sgt. P. Turnbull
Bdr. T. Hume A.B. J.H. Young
Pte. J.S. Simpson
At the going down of the sun and in
the morning we will remember them
NamesH67.08
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