Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour Served 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
C121.19
Place
CROOK
Original Location
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hope Street
Present Location
Durham County Record Office
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 1920 by Mr T. Finlay of Fir Tree.
Memorial Description
Two matching Rolls of Honour each bearing half the names. At centre top is a badge with the name of the church below. Beneath this is a swag on which is an open book. On either side is a laurel wreath surrounding a lamp with a flame. At bottom left on one roll is a picture of St. George bearing a sword aloft. On the other is an angel holding aloft a laurel wreath. The names are listed in three columns on each, the whole is printed using elaborate lettering for the titles and dedication and lower case lettering for the names.
Inscription
Crook Wesleyan Church.
Roll of Honour.
To the Glory of God and in loving / remembrance of the men of this congregation / who served in the Great War 1914-1919.
Roll of Honour.
To the Glory of God and in loving / remembrance of the men of this congregation / who served in the Great War 1914-1919.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed and executed by George D. Charlton, Barnhill, Dundee, late of Crook.
Notes
1. It looks as though the names of H.E.H. Gowland, C.H. Macdonald, J.E. Young and G.W. Young have been added at a later date.
2. The church was built in 1868 as a Primitive Methodist Church.
3. A limited number of souvenir booklets, containing photographs of the church, marble tablet, and illuminated scrolls was available at a charge of sixpence each.
2. The church was built in 1868 as a Primitive Methodist Church.
3. A limited number of souvenir booklets, containing photographs of the church, marble tablet, and illuminated scrolls was available at a charge of sixpence each.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall; Old photos: Simon Raine
Auckland Chronicle 02/12/1920 reports unveiling; 13/01/1921 also reports sale of booklets.
Durham County Record Office M/Cr 296 1 and 2
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
" Greater Love hath no man" John 15 v. 13
Auckland Chronicle 02/12/1920 reports unveiling; 13/01/1921 also reports sale of booklets.
Durham County Record Office M/Cr 296 1 and 2
Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling
" Greater Love hath no man" John 15 v. 13
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Aaron Cowen
Contact cowenaaron@hotmail.com
Contact cowenaaron@hotmail.com
Roll of Honour Served 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (C121.19)
First Roll:
Crook Wesleyan Church.
Roll of Honour.
To the Glory of God and in loving
remembrance of the men of this congregation
who served in the Great War 1914-1919.
The tumult and the
Shouting checks
The Captains and the Kings depart
Still stands thine
Ancient Sacrifice
An humble and a
Contrite heart
Lord God of hosts
Be with us yet
Lest we forget!
Lest we forget!
Kipling
W. Adamson * A.A. Burnip H. Dixon
J.G. Alderson C.W. Burnip H. Dodds
* A. Armstrong C. Burnip J. Dowson
J.R. Armstrong L. Burnip * T. Dowson
A. Askew T. Campbell M. Dunn
G.E. Askwith G. Campbell C. Edmundson
W.H. Askwith A. Carr A. Edwards
* W. Auton C. Carr T.E. Ellis
W. Bland J. Carr T. Flowers
H. Bowes S. Carr J. Furness
E. Braithwaite H.W. Claxton W. Green
* F. Braithwaite J. Clifford F. Hall
G. Browbank H.J. Close T. Hall
T. Close F. Heslop
J.G. Coates * W. Heslop
* F.W. Cooke G. Hetherington
* T. Cummins P. Hetherington
C. Curl S. Hetherington
A. Dalton T. Hilton
* W.G. Dalton * W. Hutchinson
A. Davies H. Johnson
A. Dewell J.H. Kidd
W. Dewell C.F. Kingston
A.E. Dickenson * J. Lambert
H.E.H. Gowland
Those marked * made
the supreme sacrifice.
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Second Roll:
Crook Wesleyan Church.
Roll of Honour.
To the Glory of God and in loving
remembrance of the men of this congregation
who served in the Great War 1914-1919.
Greater love
hath no man
than this, that
a man lay
down his life
for his friends
John 15 verse 13
W. Lax T. Page J. Sherrington
R. Lax J. Pallister * F. Smith
W. Lee E. Park * F.A. Smith
J. Lyall T.W. Park G. Smith
R.E. Lyall Alf. Parkin * H.H. Smith
S.A. Marshall Alf. Parkin H.A. Smith
G. McGuine Art. Parkin * J.E. Smith
F. Myers A. Parkin Sep. Smith
A. Norman F. Parkin * Syd. Smith
H. Norman * J.H. Parkin W.A. Smith
Hugh Norman * R.W. Parkin W.H. Smith
J.G. Norman W. Parkin J. Stephenson
L.P. Norman J. Pearson W. Stephenson
* C.H. Macdonald J.T. Pedelty W. Tarn
J. Pedelty R.P. Thexton
Jos. Pedelty W. Thornborough
W. Pybus H. Tweddle
A. Richardson R. Tweddle
* G. Richardson A. Wearmouth
C.F. Robinson * G.W. Wearmouth
J.A. Robinson A. White
W. Ruth E. White
W. Scales H. Whitfield
T. Scarr R. Willis
J.E. Young * G.W. Young
Those marked * made
the supreme sacrifice.
NamesC121.19
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