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Plaque 1914-18 St. John Presbyterian

Reference

S86.085

Place

SOUTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 360 660

Original Location

St. John's Presbyterian Church. On west wall.

Present Location

Church now St. Paul & St. John's UR, Beach Road, South Shields, South Tyneside, NE33 3QE. NZ 377645

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque set in a dark wood frame. Plaque 24 inches wide by 36 inches high with frame 30 inches x 42 inches. There is a border of acorns. At centre top is a black cross. The dedication is in elaborate capitals. The names are listed in a single column in sans serif capitals. The quotation at the bottom in in Gothic.

Materials used

Brass plaque in wood frame.

Inscription

To the glory of God / and in memory of those who gave their lives in the Navy, Army and Mercantile Marine / during the war 1914-1918 / especially (names)
�Thanks be to God, which giveth us the / victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ�.

Names

20 full names
See transcript

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Peter Hoy; James Pasby

Source of quotation
�Thanks be to God who . . .� I Corinthians 15 v 57

External web link

Durham at War

South Tyneside Remembers

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; James Pasby; James Hoy Archive

Research In Progress

The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy. Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

Plaque 1914-18 St. John Presbyterian (S86.085)

   To the Glory of God

   and in memory of those who gave their lives in the

   Army, Navy and Mercantile Marine

   during the war 1914-1918

   Especially

   Richard Payne

   Walter Gould Mayne

   John Steinson

   Thomas Anderson

   Alfred Robinson

   Thomas John Hunter Robinson

   John Alexander Neilson

   Thomas Anderson

   Edward Anderson

   William Wilson Boyle Burgher

   Robert Ellerington

   Alexander Allen

   Norman Lusher

   John Edward Libberton

   James William Cook

   Robert Eltis Earnshaw

   John Henry Murray

   Frank Gifford

   Charles Andrew Leslie

   Joseph Frederick Smith

   ----------

   Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory

   Through our Lord Jesus Christ

S86.085

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