Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 West Avenue Presbyterian

Gosforth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 West Avenue Presbyterian (G9.27)

NEWMP Ref No.: G9.27

Parish: Gosforth

Original Location:

West Avenue Presbyterian Church, West Avenue.

Present Location:

Trinity Church – on the wall of the north staircase at the east end of the church

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Bronze

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Birmingham Guild.

Inscription:

1914-1919
We will remember them.
(Names)
Our beloved fallen.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 35 inches high x 23 inches wide (889mm x 584mm) one of a matching pair.

There is a plain raised border one inch wide.

The lettering is in raised Roman capitals.

Names:

6 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This was the former Presbyterian Church until 1972, when it became the United Reformed Church.

2. The church was aligned west-east, so that the pulpit is at the west end. The memorials are placed at west end of church, on either side of the arch to the “chancel”, near the pulpit.

3. In September 2000 Gosforth United Reformed Church, Woodbine Road Methodist Church and West Avenue Methodist Churches united to form Trinity Church, Gosforth, a Methodist/U.R.C. Local Ecumenical Partnership.

Sources:

Photo: Robin Gard; Linda Robinson

Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.