Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Low Fell

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (L61.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: L61.03

Parish: Low Fell

Original Location:

Wesleyan Methodist Church, 557 Durham Road. Low Fell.

Present Location:

Wesley Memorial Church Low Fell

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 7th December 1919 by Mr. William Gordon.

Materials Used:

Oak frame, paper roll.

Inscription:

In
honour of the Men
of this
Church and Sunday School
who served in the Great war
1914-1919

(Names)

Faithful . Valiant . Victorious.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour of paper behind glass.

The frame is 39 inches high x 25 inches wide (99cms x 64cms).

The roll has a border of twisted rope ending in square knots at the corners.

The names of those who served are listed in four columns divided by vertical lines.

The names of those who died are in three columns in a boxed panel below.

The lettering of the dedication is in elongated Roman capitals, the names in elongated sans serif capitals.

Names:

134 full names of those who served;
29 full names of those who died.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the church, 161 men served, of whom 29 fell.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; J. Brown

Illustrated Chronicle
08/12/1919 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
 08/12/1919 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
03/01/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
 13/12/1919 reports unveiling.

 

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 1919 12 08 Mon Low Fell 03
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 1919 12 08 Mon Low Fell 04

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Michael Newrick;
J. Brown;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

LOW FELL   Wesleyan Methodist Church

 

  In

  Honour of the Men

  of this

  Church and Sunday School

  who served in the Great War

  1914-1919

 

  Emerson Adamson          Walter Duncan            Norman Lunn, M.C.    Richard Sockett

  George C. Alder          Arthur Elliott           George McIntosh      Charles Stephenson

  Norman Anderson          H.C. Elliott             C.T.H. Mackie        Norman Stephenson M.M.

  Harry Arkle              Thomas Elliott           William Marley       Robert Stephenson

  Hugh Armstrong           William P. Elliott       Frank Marshall       William Stoker

  Ernest Auld              Wm. Eltringham           Fred Marshall        John J. Sugden

  Norman Bell              James H. Evans           Edward Minto         George Suttie

  Sydney A. Bird           C.J. Farrell             A.H.W. Mole          Harold Swan

  Thomas M. Bird           Henry Farrell            Geoffrey L. Mole     Charles E. Thompson

  William T. Bird          Arthur Floyd             George Morrison      Edward Thompson

  J.J. Bloomfield          William Foster           Robert Morrison      H.E. Thompson

  John E. Bowden           Gordon Gardner           Thomas M. Morrison   John J. Thompson

  John W. Brown            Hubert Gardner           Wm. H. Morrison      Joseph Thompson D.C.M.

  Robert Brown             Alexander Glasgow        Edmund Nicholson     Victor Thompson

  Henry Carr               William S. Glasgow       Wm. Nicholson        A.R. Trotter

  Thomas Carr              Harold Goodley M.C.       Wm. Norman          W.C. Trotter

  Edward D. Clough         Joseph E. Gordon         G.V.S. Oliver        Norman Henderson

  Leslie H. Clough         Robert Gordon MM & 2bars John S. Oliver       Fred A. Urwin

  William H. Clough M.S.M. Thomas Gowland           Samuel Ord           Harold Urwin

  Thomas Cockburn          Thomas A. Graham         J. Sydney Ormston    Joseph Varty

  George Copplestone       Rev. W. Hardwick         Edward Pearson       John Veitch

  J. Sydney Copplestone    Nicholas Harvey          Victor Platton       George Weatherhead

  Arthur Coulson           Robert Henderson         John G. Pringle      Thomas E. Wells

  Robert Coulson           William Henderson        Alfred J. Raine      William Wells

  Robert Coulson           Fred Hepple              Thomas E. Raw        J. Richard White

  Thomas Crone             James H. Hepple          Aubrey Reay          John G. Wilder

  A.H. Davis               Robert Hepple            Theo. B. Reay        Sam Williams

  James Davison            Wm. Keenleyside          Ernest Richardson    Charles Wilson

  John G. Davison          Reuben Layton            J.A. Richardson      John W. Wilson

  Thomas Davison           Wm. Lofthouse            John T. Rutherford   Joseph Wilson

  John R. Deighton         James Lowrey             Fred Scrowther       W. Harvey Wilson

  John A. Douglas          J. Ramsey Lunn           Robert Shaw          David K. Young

  T.E. Douglas             Stanley H. Lunn          Urwin Shaw           Harry C. Young

                                                    David Soppitt        John Walker  

  

In box at the bottom

  J. Noel Arkle            Robert Ford              George C. Robson

  Leslie C. Arkle          Wallace A. Henderson     John Thomas

  Norman A. Arkle          George T. Hiscoe         James Thompson

  Robert T. Bird           Edwin Humphreys          William V. Thompson

  John Coulson             John Hunter              Alfred Turner

  William Coulson          Robert Lamb              James Veitch

  George Crabtree          Robert Pearson           Walter Veitch

  John Crabtree            J. Howard Poulton B.Sc   John Williams   

  George Davey             John Raffle              Edward Young

  Thomas Douglas           Robert Reay   

  

                           Faithful      Valiant      Victorious.

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