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Plaque 1914-18 Methodist

Reference

O12.02

Place

OVINGTON

Map ref

NZ 063639

Original Location

Methodist Chapel.

Present Location

Following the closure of the Methodist Church, these were housed in the Village Hall until it was sold in 1992. Then in the hands of T.W. Batey, former Parish Councillor, who succeeded in placing the memorials in the local Working Men's Club in March 1993

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled Sunday March 1st 1920 by Rev. J.G. Hodgson, Hexham.

Memorial Description

Plaque 3 feet x 2 feet with dome at centre top, on a pattress which echoes the shape. There is a wide border of oak leaves and flowers.. At centre top is a cross enclosed by a laurel wreath. The lettering is in Roman capitals, apart from the quotation at the bottom, which is in Gothic script.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

Erected / in memory of the men / of the / Ovington District / who gave their lives for their / King and Country / in the Great War 1914-1918.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends".

Names

10 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Present condition

Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

E. Thew, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Hexham Courant 06/03/1920 gives details of the unveiling ceremony.

Shields Daily News 05/06/1923 reports raising the question in Parliament re the proposed footbridge scheme.

Imperial War Museum photograph in Mr. Saggers' Collection

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man than this . . .� St. John 15 v 13

Research acknowledgements

C.N. Dallison; Paul Graham (Prudhoe LHS); the late R.W. Gould; Imperial War Museum; Mr. T.W. Batey

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Plaque 1914-18 Methodist (O12.02)

OVINGTON, Methodist Chapel.

   Erected

   in memory of the men

   of the

   Ovington District

   who gave their lives for their

   King and Country

   in the Great War 1914-1918.

   Sergt.      Joseph Scott.

   Private     John Lyall.

   Private     Edward Smith

   2nd. Lieut. Godfrey Vickers

   Private     Robert Scott

   Private     Charles Simpson

   Private     Robert Urwin

   Private     Edwin Foster

   Private     William Pigg

   Private     George Robson

   "Greater love hath no man than this, that

   a man lay down his life for his friends".

NamesO12.02

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