Plaque Gleemen 1914-18 St John’s Wesleyan Methodist

St. John’s Wesleyan Methodist Church Hall.

It was placed in the Library until it also closed.

Now in the tractor shed in the High School, Moor Road.

1914-18

Unveiled 13th July 1919 by Rev. A.J. Perry, M.C., a Vice-President of the Choir.

White and pink marble

Prudhoe Gleemen.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of
the members of our choir who fell in the
Great European War 1914-1919
(Names)

Plaque of white marble set in a pink marble surround with moulded frame and squared patterns at the corners.

The whole is set on a black pattress.

The names are listed in two columns.

The lettering is incised and painted black, the words of the dedication being in sans serif capitals, and the title and the names in Roman capitals.

1. St. John’s Wesleyan Methodist Church Hall, where the Gleemen used to practice, was demolished c.1980. The Library, now closed, was built on the site of the former church.

Photos: Paul Graham; Len Franchetti

Hexham Courant
19/07/1919 records unveiling with the details in Notes 2-7 above.

Paul Graham (Prudhoe Local History Society);
Bill Coulson;
Len Franchetti

The names on this memorial are being researched by Len Franchetti .

Contact: lenbren@talktalk.net