Memorial

Plaque Fallen 1914-18 1939-45 Dilston Road Methodist

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque Fallen 1914-18 1939-45 Dilston Road Methodist (NUT247)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT247

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Dilston Road Methodist Church, Dilston Road / Callerton Place, Arthur’s Hill

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45.

Materials Used:

Oak

Inscription:

To the glory of God and in loving memory
of the
young men of
this Church who
fell in the Great Wars
1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Great love hath no man this this
that a man lay down his
life for his friends.

Memorial Description:

Plaque, very elaborate, with pillars at each side culminating in finials.

The rounded top has a bird – the Dove of Peace? – with leaves and fruit on either side.

The dedication is in the semicircle at the top.

The names are on the central panel, in two columns using gilded Roman capitals.

The names for 1939-45 are below these.

At the base is a shelf supported by a cherub’s head.

Below this is the quotation “Greater love . . .”

Names:

a. 26 full names.
b. 6 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Tony Harding

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Dilston Road. Methodist

  To the Glory of God and in loving memory

  of the

  young men of

  this church who

  fell in the Great Wars

  1914-18   1939-45

  Harry Allen         John Hyslop

  Norman Allen        Wilfred Lattimer

  Cecil Armstrong     James V. Lowes

  George B. Atkinson  Frank Metcalfe

  Stanley Bailes      James Milne

  Arthur W. Bell      Arthur Nelson

  William Brown       James Richardson

  Fred Dawson         Roland Stobbart

  Harry Dodds         John Tait

  Robert Dunn         John S. Trotter

  James Fahey         Oliver Virtue

  John Gibb           Thomas Whitfield

  Ralph Havery        Edward Wilkinson

  1939 – 1945

  Mervyn Adamson      Harry Gilhespy

  Harry Chalders      Alex McKay

  John Chirnside      Leslie Whillis

  Greater love hath no man than

  this that a man lay down his

  life for his friends

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