Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 United Methodist
Reference
B18.09
Place
BELLINGHAM
Map ref
NY 839834
Original Location
United Methodist Church
Present Location
Methodist and United Reformed Church Hall, Front Street
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1921
Memorial Description
Plaque of classical shape on plain rectangular pattress measuring 3 feet high x 3 feet 6 inches wide. The main plaque has a gable top, on the front of which a plain cross has been raised in half relief. The dedication and names are incised and blackened using Roman capitals throughout.
Materials used
White marble plaque on grey marble pattress.
Inscription
United Methodist Church, Bellingham. / To the Glory of God / and in honoured memory of the / members and scholars of this church, / who laid down their lives in the Great War / 1914-1919
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; Tony Harding
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1921 carries photo of plaque unveiled “recently”.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1921 carries photo of plaque unveiled “recently”.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Bellingham Local History Society; Janet Brown; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Alan Grint researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097: Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Plaque 1914-18 United Methodist (B18.09)
BELLINGHAM, Methodist Church.
United Methodist Church, Bellingham.
To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the
members and scholars of this church,
who laid down their lives in the Great War
1914-1919
Matthew Martinson. George Armstrong.
John Peter Waugh. Edwin Armstrong.
NameB18.09
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