Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 St Peter’s Presbyterian

Millfield Sunderland

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 St Peter's Presbyterian (M44.12)

NEWMP Ref No.: M44.12

Parish: Millfield Sunderland

Original Location:

St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church, St. Mark’s Road Millfield (closed 1980, demolished 1980s)

 

Past Location:

St. Bede’s United Reformed Church Millfield (closed 2020)

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass

Inscription:

To the glory of God
And
In honoured memory of the men of this church
Who laid down their lives in the Great War
1914-1918

(names)

They died that we might live

 

Memorial Description:

Brass Plaque

Names:

9 full names
See transcript

Sources:

Photos: James Pasby

 

Source of Quotation
They died that we might live
From the poem “Hail! and Farewell!” by John Oxenham, quoted in his book of poems All’s Well””, published by Methuen and Co. Ltd., first published November 1915.”

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

   

Millfield St Peter's Presbyterian

   

   To the glory of God

   And

   In honoured memory of the men of this church

   Who laid down their lives in the Great War

   1914-1918

   

   Stanley C. Alder      Robert E. Dickenson   Robert Fairweather

   Alexander Baird       David Fairweather     Hamilton Moss, M.C.

   George Blake          Donald Fairweather    John Walker

   

   They died that we might live

Names M44.12

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