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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist Station Road

Reference

C115.06

Place

CORNFORTH

Original Location

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Station Road (Closed)

Present Location

The plaque has been removed and hangs on the wall in the Community Centre.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 2nd December 1920 by Rev. J.C. Jackson of Spennymoor.

Memorial Description

Plaque, carved to resemble a scroll, set on a pattress roughly shaped like a shield but with elaborate top. On the pattress above the shield is a cross. The names are in a single column on the plaque, lettering incised and blackened using Old English lettering for the top line, serif capitals for the names and rest of the dedication, with the quotation at the bottom in italics.

Materials used

?Marble plaque on black pattress.

Inscription

In abiding remembrance / of / (names) / who made the supreme / sacrifice in the / Great War 1914-1918 /
�Faithful unto death�.

Names

4 full names.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: A. Denholm

Auckland and County Chronicle 09/12/1920 reports unveiling.

North Daily Mail 03/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
�Faithful unto death" : Revelation 2 v 10

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Andy Denholm; Keith Bell

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist Station Road (C115.06)

WEST CORNFORTH    Wesleyan Methodist Church

   In abiding remembrance

of

   Michael Eltringham

   Robert Henderson

   William Scorer

   Walter Kirkby

   who made the supreme

   sacrifice in the

   Great War 1914-1918

    “Faithful unto death”.

NamesC115.06

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