Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Bankhead Independent Methodist
Reference
F47.03
Place
FENCE HOUSES
Original Location
Bankhead Independent Methodist Church.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 26 inches high x 20 inches wide set on a wood pattress. There is a border design of diamond and circle shapes culminating in crosses in elaborate squares at each corner. The name of the church is at the top. Underneath this is a scroll bearing the words “Roll of Honour”. The names are at the bottom inside an oval wreath. Lettering is sunk in casting and blackened using sans serif capitals throughout apart from the dates which are in elaborate capitals.
Materials used
Brass plaque in wood frame.
Inscription
Bank Head / Independent Methodist Church.
Roll of Honour / Dedicated to the / Honoured Memory of the following / Members of this Church, Choir and / Sunday School who made the Supreme / Sacrifice in the Great War / 1914-1919.
“They climbed the steep ascent to Heaven / Through Sorrow, Toil and Pain”.
Roll of Honour / Dedicated to the / Honoured Memory of the following / Members of this Church, Choir and / Sunday School who made the Supreme / Sacrifice in the Great War / 1914-1919.
“They climbed the steep ascent to Heaven / Through Sorrow, Toil and Pain”.
Names
Notes
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Dorothy Hall
Durham Record Office: Copy of inscription.
Source of quotation:
“They climbed the steep ascent . . .” Reginald Heber (1783-1826) hymn "The Son of God goes forth to war"
Durham Record Office: Copy of inscription.
Source of quotation:
“They climbed the steep ascent . . .” Reginald Heber (1783-1826) hymn "The Son of God goes forth to war"
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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Plaque 1914-18 Bankhead Independent Methodist (F47.03)
FENCE HOUSES: Independent Methodist Church.
Bank Head
Independent Methodist Church.
Roll of Honour
Dedicated to the
Honoured Memory of the following
Members of this Church, Choir
and Sunday School who made the Supreme
Sacrifice in the Great War
1914-1919.
George E. Knighton
Arthur W. Knighton
“They climbed the steep ascent to Heaven
Through Sorrow, Toil and Pain”.
NamesF47.03
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