Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Northumberland Square Presbyterian

North Shields

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Northumberland Square Presbyterian (N34.37)

NEWMP Ref No.: N34.37

Parish: North Shields

Original Location:

Northumberland Square Presbyterian Church

Present Location:

Now St. Columba’s United Reformed Church, 30 Northumberland Square

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Bronze plaque on oak pattress.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Wm. Lister & Sons Ltd., Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Inscription:

In grateful and loving remembrance
of those who fell in the Great War.
“These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them from afar”.

Memorial Description:

Plaque of cast bronze with rounded centre top.

This is mounted on a very plain rectangular oak base, approx. 36 inches high x 48 inches wide (91cms x 48cms).

Down each side are carved pillars of classical style, entwined with laurel leaves.

A wreath of leaves creates an arc in which is the burning bush, emblem of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, with its motto “Nec tamen consumebatur” (“But it was not consumed”) in a semicircle above it.

On either side of this are the dates “1914” and “1918” with the dedication below.

The names are listed in two columns, beneath which is the quotation from Hebrews.

All design and lettering is raised in half-relief, cast in the moulding, with all lettering in serif capitals.

Names:

16 surnames and Christian names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; James Pasby

Sources of quotations
“These all died in faith . . .” Hebrews 11 v 13;
“Nec tamen consumebatur” (“But it was not consumed”) is the motto of the Scottish Nonconformist Church. It comes from the story of Moses and the Burning Bush told in Exodus 3.