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Plaque 1939-45 West Harton Methodist

Reference

S86.079

Place

SOUTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 36?64?

Original Location

West Harton Methodist. On the front of the pulpit.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque 1 foot 11 inches high x 3 feet wide by. There is a border of white leaves. At centre top is a cross encircled by a laurel wreath. Names are listed in three columns. The lettering is in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

To the glory of God and in memory of / the young men of this Church and Sunday School / who made the supreme sacrifice / World War 1939-1945.
Let light perpetual shine upon them.

Names

11 full names.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: C. Sanders

Source of quotation
�Let light perpetual . . .� Mass for the Dead

External web link

Durham at War

South Tyneside Remembers

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders

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Plaque 1939-45 West Harton Methodist (S86.079)

SOUTH SHIELDS   West Harton Methodist.

   To the glory of God and in memory of

   the young men of this Church and Sunday School

   who made the supreme sacrifice

   World War 1939-1945

   Roland B. Bainbridge  William Lovatt   Thomas Saunders

   Leslie Clark          James Marshall   Thomas Stoker

   Cyril Firth           William Owen     Ernest Tollick

   Harry Kerswell                         Ronald B. Wetherell

   Let light perpetual shine upon them.

NamesS86.079

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