Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Beamish

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (B162.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: B162.01

Parish: Beamish

Original Location:

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Pit hill, Beamish.

Present Location:

The Church at Pithill closed 1985.

Rebuilt as the Chapel at North of England Open Air Museum. NZ 2181 5436.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled April 1920

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. J.H. Ratcliffe, one of the young men of the church.

Inscription:

Beamish Wesleyan Methodist Church
Roll of Honour
1914 Lest We Forget 1919

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour on paper behind glass.

Highly illuminated, it features fluted columns at each side, each entwined by an ivy stem.

The name appears at the top.

The words “Roll of Honour” are on a scroll.

The dates “1914” and “1919” are at the feet of the two columns.

The words “Lest We Forget” are centre bottom.

The names are listed in five columns separated by a pale blue vertical line edged with gold.

The names are handwritten in elaborate capitals, with all initials illuminated.

Names:

86 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. In 2014 the memorial was moved from the staff room in the Chapel to the wall to the left of the entrance door.

Sources:

Photos: Janet Brown; Simon Raine

Chester le Street Chronicle
30/04/1920; 06/05/1920

Source of quotation
“Lest we forget” Recessional by Rudyard Kipling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

BEAMISH   Wesleyan Methodist Church

   

    Beamish Wesleyan Methodist Church

    Roll of Honour

    Bird, J.R.    Glover, R.      Jobson, W.    Pescod, J.      Severs, J.

    Brooks, J.    Gowland, B.     Laybourn, R.  Pescod, M.      Severs, J.

    Burridge, E.  Gowland, H.      Laybourn, T.  Pickering, J.   Severs, W.

    Burridge, W.  Gowland, M.G.    Linton, F.    Ratcliffe, J.   Shaw, H.

    Chambers, A.  Gowland, W.      Linton, N.    Ratcliffe, J.E. Toomer, W.

    Chambers, S.  Harm, T.         Little, A.    Ratcliffe, R.   Trueman, A.

    Cole, C.      Harm, W.        Lonsdale, J.  Ratcliffe, W.   Walker, A.

    Dennison, J.  Henderson, A.    Martin, A.    Ratcliffe, W.   Wilkinson, G.

    Dodds, H.     Henderson, T.   Marwood, J.   Rayner, J.      Wilkinson, W.

    Ellis, J.     Hepplewhite, J. Mitchell, V.  Reayer, T.      Wood, H.

    Emmerson, W.  Hoyle, T.H.      Morley, T.    Ridley, B.      Wood, J.

    Finlay, W.    Jackson, T.     Neary, T.     Ridley, J.      Woodcock, A.

    Garnham, H.   Jobson, A.      Nesbitt, W.   Radham, G.      Woodcock, E.

    Gibson, J.    Jobson, J.      Pasco, T.     Sanders, H.     Wrangham, J.

    Gowland, J.   Young, J.       Marwood, R.   Young, R.       Gowland, T.

    Hewitson, T.  Mackey, W.       Ridley, T.    Richardson, J.  Walker, J.

    Severs, T.    Cooper, I.      Handley, J.   Toomer, F.      Bates, J.R.

                                  Handley, M.    

NamesB162.01   

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