Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
M39.04
Place
MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE
Map ref
9425
Original Location
Wesleyan Methodist Church. In entrance lobby.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 16th July 1922 by Capt. Arthur E. Raine, Sunderland, a former scholar;
Memorial Description
Plaque 2 feet 7 inches high x 1 foot 8 inches wide, set into an oak frame, 3 feet 7 inches high x 2 feet 2 inches wide, which has an elaborate domed top and leaves raised in half relief at the corners and carvings down the sides.
The metal plaque has a border of entwined leaves sunk in casting and enamelled red. All the headings are in Roman capitals. The names are listed in two columns using sans serif upper and lower case black lettering with some red initials.
The metal plaque has a border of entwined leaves sunk in casting and enamelled red. All the headings are in Roman capitals. The names are listed in two columns using sans serif upper and lower case black lettering with some red initials.
Materials used
Metal (Steel) plaque in oak frame.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in honoured memory of the old / scholars of this circuit who fell / in the Great War / 1914-1919
Old Scholars of Middleton Sunday School who / served.
“A people who jeoparded their lives, even unto death”.
Old Scholars of Middleton Sunday School who / served.
“A people who jeoparded their lives, even unto death”.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders
Auckland and County Chronicle 20/07/1922
Darlington & Stockton Times (North) 22/07/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
“A people who jeoparded their lives . . .” Judges 5 v 18
Auckland and County Chronicle 20/07/1922
Darlington & Stockton Times (North) 22/07/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
“A people who jeoparded their lives . . .” Judges 5 v 18
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (M39.04)
MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE Wesleyan Methodist Church.
To the glory of God
and in honoured memory of the old
scholars of this circuit who fell
in the Great War
1914 ------------------------------ 1919
Bainbridge, Robt. W. Kidd, Balmer
Collinson, William Morton, George
Dent, Wilfred Nattrass, Walter
Forrest, Cecil Thompson, William
Gargate, Walter J. Walton, Joseph G.
Hutchinson, Ralph Watson, Geo. C.
Hetherington, Isaac W. Watson, Sidney
Wearmouth, Thomas W.
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Old scholars of Middleton Sunday School who
------------------ served ------------------
Allinson, W. Vincent Lee, Roland
Allinson, Isaac Lee, Norman
Allinson, Wilfred Lee, Robert
Allinson, Ernest Lee, Albert
Allinson, Fred Lee, Harold
Allinson, W. Eric Lowe, Harold
Anderson, J.W. Lowe, Reuben
Bainbridge, Sydney Lowe, Ralph W.
Beadle, Oswald Martin, Fred
Bell, George Pinkney, Frank
Bowran, Fred (Senior) Pinkney, John
Bowran, Fred Pinkney, J. Dixon
Brown, Thos. A. Pinkney, Richard
Brown, W.J. Raine, W. Stanley
Dent, Maurice Raine, Arthur E.
Grieve, W.J. Redfern, Thomas
Grieve, Anthony Robson, W. Walter
Grieve, Thompson Robinson, John G.
Hetherington, George Simpson, William R.
Hetherington, Maurice Sutherland, William
Horn, John R. Tallentire, Walter
Horn, Thomas Walton, William G.
Hunt, J. Henry Watson, Newby
Hyslop, John Watson, Fred
James, Wm. Horace Watson, T. Edward
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“A people who jeoparded their lives, even unto death”.
NamesM39.04
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