Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
W100.04
Place
WHITBURN
Map ref
NZ 406619
Original Location
Wesleyan Methodist Church, at the corner of Lizard Lane and North Guards.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
31st May 1921 unveiled by Mr W.A. Bowman
Memorial Description
Plaque with shallow pedimented top, on a pattress of the same shape. The quotation is in the top. The names are listed in three columns. The dedication is in elaborate capitals, the names are in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
White marble on brown marble pattress.
Inscription
Greater love hath no man than this, / that a man lay down his life for his friend.
To the praise and worship of God / and in memory of the gallant men of Whitburn / who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
To the praise and worship of God / and in memory of the gallant men of Whitburn / who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
The tablet was executed by Messrs Borrowdaile of Sunderland
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; Peter Hoy; Tony Harding
Sunderland Echo 01/06/1921 reports unveiling of plaque with 39 names. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
South Shields Gazette 15/10/2014 reports proposals by the church to trace relatives for their Centenary commemoration.
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
Sunderland Echo 01/06/1921 reports unveiling of plaque with 39 names. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
South Shields Gazette 15/10/2014 reports proposals by the church to trace relatives for their Centenary commemoration.
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; James Pasby; Michael Mulhern; James Hoy Archives; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
The names for 1914-18 are being researched by the Whitburn Local History Society.
Also
Mrs. Christine Buckham, 52 Wheatall Drive, Whitburn, Nr. Sunderland,
SR6 7HQ. 0191 5293007 and
Joyce Bell
Contact: joyce.bell@audreyelizabeth.plus.com
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (W100.04)
WHITBURN Methodist Church
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friend.
To the praise and worship of God
and in memory of the gallant men of Whitburn
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
Christopher G. Grimwood
Richard Abbott George W. Hall William T. Sewell
Henry J.N.P. Allison Robert Harper Alan Shipley
John Asselbrough Robert Hogg Joseph E. Smith
Robert Barff Cuthbert R. Hutchinson Jacob T. Stenton
Ernest J. Barkess Arthur Jackson James Stenton
Robert H. Bruce William Jackson Thomas P. Stenton
Arthur W. Buzzard Robert P. Kellett Robert Sweeting
Thomas Buzzard Robert Lamb William Sweeting
William Chamberlain Norman Laverick William Tighe
David Dobson Thomas Linford Thomas Wallace
Daniel Donaldson James Miller John C. Waller
Frederick Elliott M.M. Robert W. Mustard Alexander Whyte
Robert Emmerson Robert Oliver John P. Wight
Hubert Farrar George Patterson Adolphus H. Williamson C.M.G.
Frederick J. Forster Tom H.S. Raine Charles G. Young
Robert Gibson Leonard Ranson Hammet Young
NamesW100.04
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