Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Scotch Presbyterian
Reference
N34.37
Place
NORTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 356685
Original Location
Scottish Presbyterian Church.
Present Location
St. Columba's United Reformed Church (former Scotch Presbyterian) Northumberland Square / Howard Street.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque of cast bronze with half-dome at centre top, mounted on a very plain rectangular oak base, approx. 3 feet high x 4 feet wide. The dome is formed by a wreath of leaves. Down each side are carved pillars of classical style, entwined with laurel leaves. At centre top is the burning bush, emblem of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, with its motto "Nec tamen consumebatur" ("But it was not consumed") in a semicircle above it. On either side of this are the dates "1914" and "1918" with the dedication below. The names are listed in two columns, beneath which is the quotation from Hebrews. All design and lettering is raised in half-relief, cast in the moulding, with all lettering in serif capitals.
Materials used
Bronze plaque on oak pattress.
Inscription
In grateful and loving remembrance / of those who fell in the Great War.
"These all died in faith, not having received / the promises, but having seen them from afar".
"These all died in faith, not having received / the promises, but having seen them from afar".
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Wm. Lister & Sons Ltd., Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; James Pasby
Sources of quotations
“These all died in faith . . .” Hebrews 11 v 13;
"Nec tamen consumebatur" ("But it was not consumed") is the motto of the Scottish Nonconformist Church. It comes from the story of Moses and the Burning Bush told in Exodus 3.
Sources of quotations
“These all died in faith . . .” Hebrews 11 v 13;
"Nec tamen consumebatur" ("But it was not consumed") is the motto of the Scottish Nonconformist Church. It comes from the story of Moses and the Burning Bush told in Exodus 3.
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; J. Brown; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
The names on the North Shields memorials are being researched by the Tynemouth WW1 group.
Contact info@tynemouthworldwarone.org
Plaque 1914-18 Scotch Presbyterian (N34.37)
NORTH SHIELDS, St. Columba's Church.
Nec tamen (badge) consumebatur
1914 1918
In grateful and loving remembrance
of those who fell in the Great War
Fred Allerton George Johnson
Cyril Buglass Thomas Melrose
Henry Chambers Fred Spalding
Andrew F. Christie John Ord Taws
James C. Coull David Tulloch
Harold Cowie Colin Weir
Neal Cowie Harold Weir
Alfd. Hutchinson George Winley
"These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them from afar".
NamesN34.37
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