Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Sans Street Wesleyan Methodist

Sunderland

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Sans Street Wesleyan Methodist (S140.067)

NEWMP Ref No.: S140.067

Parish: Sunderland

Original Location:

The middle porch, Sans Street Wesleyan Methodist

Present Location:

St.John Methodist Church, Ashbrooke Road, The Grove, NZ 395558

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 5th May 1919 by Mrs Nicholson

Materials Used:

Brass in wood frame

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Cowell and Gatiss, Sunderland

Inscription:

To the
imperishable memory
of the gallant dead
and in honour of all others
connected with this mission who served their
God, King and Country
in the Great War of Freedom 1914 – 1919
This tablet is inscribed this 5th day of May 1919

Memorial Description:

Plaque of popular design 36 inches high x 24 inches wide (91cms x 61cms) set in a plain wood frame 3 inches wide (8cms).

There is a wide border of string design culminating in roundels in the four corners.

The central panel is arched, the spandrels being hatched.

The names are listed in four columns divided by a vertical line.

Those who fell are listed in a cartouche at centre, those who served are underneath.

Lettering is in sans serif capitals throughout with some words in red.

Names:

19 names of those who died
134 names of those who served.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Memorials were also unveiled at Herrington Street, High Street East and Whitburn Street Wesleyan Chapels.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Tony Harding; James Pasby

Sunderland Echo
02/05/1919; 05/05/1919 and 06/05/19 all contain reports of proposed proceedings.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Tony Harding;
Alan Vickers

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Names Documents:

SUNDERLAND  

    

  To the

  imperishable memory

  of the gallant dead

  and in honour of all others

  connected with this mission who served their

  God, King and Country

  in the Great War of Freedom 1914 – 1919

  This tablet is inscribed this 5th day of May 1919

 

Fallen

 

  A. Clark      R. Green       A.E. Nixon        W.H. Stevenson

  T. Bell       S. Hopper      H. Redfern        W.B. Thirkell

  H. Burnham    H.R. Leach     J. Robinson       F. Thompson

  T. Cook       N. Mitchell    J. Simpson        M.R. Thompson

  F. Foster     W. Morris      W.H. Sinclair

 

Served

  H. Allen          F.H. Charles      R. Hunt           J.A. Read

  R.E. Allen        H.E. Charlton     F. Ilsley         R.G. Rees

  J. Alpine         J. Coffee         B. Innes          J. Robson

  R. Annison        J. Coffee         N. Innes          G. Roper

  M. Atkinson       H. Cook           R. Jackson        J. Sanderson

  A.C. Aylen        I. Cowan          F. Jeffrey        R. Scott

  C. Barber         J. Curoe          R. Jenkins        J. Sedgwick

  L. Barber         J. Cutter         W. Jones          A.O. Senior

  H. Barnes         R. Davis          T.W. Logan        J. Sherwood

  J. Barnes         W. Dixon          A. Mason          H. Shickle

  W. Barnes         R. Dixon M.M.     R. McLaren        S. Shipley

  A. Barrow         W.D. Dodd         A. Meddes         E. Simpson

  N. Barrow         U.H. Dodd M.C.    R.M. Milburn      J.W. Sinclair

  E. Barrow         J.L. Dodd         R. Miller         N.C. Sinclair

  A. Bartram        J. Donaldson      J. Mitchell       F.O. Smith

  J. Bell           G. Elders         R. Mitchell       C.B. Smith

  G. Bell           J.W. Farrer       D. Nicholls       H.W. Snowball

  H. Bevan M.M.     W. Foster         T. Nicholson      F. Stobart

                                                                 D.C.M.

  W. Bolton         G. Frater         N. Page           S.G. Snowball

  J.M. Bolton       G. Gale           W. Parkyn         A. Suddick CdeG

  G. Boyes          T. Gatt           G. Paxton         J. Sutherland

  H. Bradley        J. Gibson         T.W. Pillard      T. Tallentyre

  F. Brady          P. Goldsborough   R.E. Pickering    H. Thirlwell

  A. Brown          J. Green          O. Powley         J. Roper

  G. Brown          S. Green          T. Press          R. Thompson

  J. Brown          J. Greenwood      J. Price          T. Thornton

  T.S. Brown        H. Harding        J.W. Proud        R.J. Tindle

  R. Brown          H. Hays           D. Proud          J. Watts

  F. Bruce          W. Henderson      A.J. Punshon      J.W. Watts

  A.S. Bruce MM/Bar G.W. Honley       R. Punshon        R. H. Wetherall

  W. Bushell        G. Hornsby        S. Richardson     A. White

  F. Butler         E. Hornsby        J. Richardson     J.T. Whitehead

  R. Calvert        T. Hull           T.L. Ridley       J. Wood

  J. Cartledge      W.M. Briggs

                                      Rev W. Marshall Johnson

                                          Superintendent Minister

 

Names S140.67   

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