Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mark Congregational
Reference
A13.11
Place
AMBLE
Map ref
NU 264043
Original Location
St. Mark's Congregational Church, Bede Street/Wellwood Street (now St Mark's United Reformed Church). On rear wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 1919 by Lord Armstrong of Cragside.
Memorial Description
Plaque 39 inches high x 45 inches wide (990 mm x 1.14 m). The names are listed in two columns with ornamental vertical lines down right and left edges and between the columns of names. The title is in Gothic lettering, the rest of the lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
Roll of Honour / The names mentioned below are those of men / connected with this church, who made the supreme / sacrifice in the Great War for liberty and justice.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man / lay down his life for his friends.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man / lay down his life for his friends.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
J.P. Whittle, local sculptor.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: David Wilkinson
Illustrated Chronicle 28/11/1919 reports unveiling with photos.
Morpeth Herald 28/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13
Illustrated Chronicle 28/11/1919 reports unveiling with photos.
Morpeth Herald 28/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
The late David Wilkinson, the late Jim Shepherd (East Coquet Local History Society); Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
See link above
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mark Congregational (A13.11)
AMBLE St. Mark's United Reformed Church
Roll of Honour
----------------
The names mentioned below are those of men
connected with this church, who made the supreme
sacrifice in the Great War for liberty and justice.
George Trotter Ernest Murray
William J. Aitchison John Dawson
Robert D. McInnes Robert Turnbull
Adam Dennison Thomas H. Brown
George Pringle James L. Voy
John Cockburn William E.M. Lyall
-------------- (1914-1918)-------------
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.
NamesA13.11
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