Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
N33.02
Place
NORTH SEATON
Original Location
Methodist Church
Present Location
Community Centre
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 1945-6 by Mr. Alfred Robens, M.P. for Morpeth.
Memorial Description
Plaque 23 inches high x 23 inches wide set on a wood pattress six inches wider all round. The plaque is divided into a temple-like design. The central top panel has a gabled top and bears a laurel wreath which surrounds the words “Roll of Honour”. On either side, each in a cartouche, are the words “Methodist Church” and “North Seaton”. The main central panel bears the dedication and the names listed in two columns with vertical divider. The quotation is in a self-contained narrow panel along the bottom. Lettering is in Roman upper and lower case for the dedication and quotation, while the names are in sans serif upper case.
Materials used
Metal on wood pattress.,
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory / of the Men who gave their lives in the cause of Freedom in the / World War 1939-1945
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
E.H. Thew Ltd., Dean St., Newcastle on Tyne.
Notes
1. There was a proposal to remove these to the newly opened Heritage Centre on the sea front at Newbiggin by the Sea.
2. For a while these were stored in the Woodhorn Colliery Museum.
3. The Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Chapels merged in the 1930s and for a while both plaques were in the Methodist Church.
4 . The last name is that of Mrs. R. Hogg who was killed at Newbiggin when a bomb was dropped on Simonside Terrace.
2. For a while these were stored in the Woodhorn Colliery Museum.
3. The Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Chapels merged in the 1930s and for a while both plaques were in the Methodist Church.
4 . The last name is that of Mrs. R. Hogg who was killed at Newbiggin when a bomb was dropped on Simonside Terrace.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Morris Robinson
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Alan Geggie; Morris Robinson
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Wesleyan Methodist (N33.02)
NORTH SEATON Wesleyan Church
Methodist Roll North
Church of Seaton
Honour
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory
of the Men who gave their lives in the cause of Freedom in the
World War 1939-1945
Sergt. Harry Miller, R.A.F. Cpl. Thomas Grieves, Argyll & Suth. High.
“ Richard Jacques, R.A.F. Pte. Albert Edgar, R.N.F.
Flt.Sergt. James William Love, R.A.F. “ Wm. Milburn, R.N.F.
“ Basil Hudspith, R.A.F. Teleg. Norman Hutton, R.N.
W.O. James Nichol, R.A.F.V.R. Leading Stoker Wm. Turner, R.N.
Cpl. William McDowall, Seaforth High Mrs. R. Hogg, killed by enemy action.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names N33.02
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