Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Bridge Street Presbyterian

Blyth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Bridge Street Presbyterian (B42.16)

NEWMP Ref No.: B42.16

Parish: Blyth

Original Location:

Bridge Street Presbyterian Church (demolished c1955).

Present Location:

The plaque was removed to the Co-operative Funeralcare Chapel of Rest on 11th November 2009.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled Oct. 1922 by Capt. Kitkat, R.N. in the absence of Lieut.Col. J.H. Nicholson

Materials Used:

Brass

Present Condition: Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

W.H. Endean and Son.

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in memory of the
men of the
congregation of
Bridge Street
Presbyterian Church
who fell in the Great
War 1914-1918

(Names)

They died that we might live.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 24 inches high by 12 inches wide (61cms x 30cms), very plain, mounted on a wood pattress.

The names are listed in two columns using Roman capitals.

Names:

17 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. A replacement memorial has been erected at Blyth United Reformed Church, Waterloo Road. See B42.42

Sources:

Photos: Jack Tait; George Robson

Blyth News
27/10/1922 reports unveiling

Morpeth Herald
27/10/1922 reports unveiling.

Blyth United Reformed Church Bicentenary 1776-1976; A History of Presbyterianism in Blyth over the past 200 years” by W.A. Thompson, BSc. (NRO: Ref P.280).

Source of quotation
“They died that we might live” Hail! and Farewell! by John Oxenham

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 10 27 Fri -1922

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall;
George Robson;
Gary Stafford, funeralcare director

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Names Documents:

Blyth, Bridge Street Presbyterian Church.

 

  To the Glory of God

  and in memory of the

  men of the

  Congregation of

  Bridge Street

  Presbyterian Church

  who fell in the

  Great War 1914-1918

  ————-

 

  Allen, Robert C.

  Blyth, John W.

  Clark, Joseph T.

  Clark, James

  Farquharson, George

  Finlayson, Charles

  Graham, William

  Harney, John

  Hepple, Harry

  Murray, George

  Murray, Robert

  Murray, Thomas

  Patterson, Charles R.

  Reay, Richard E.

  Taylor, John

  Turnbull, Thomas

  Webster, John W.

 

  “They died that we might live”

NamesB42.16

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