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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Presbyterian

Reference

F6.04

Place

FALSTONE

Map ref

NY 722875

Original Location

Presbyterian Church (now United Reformed Church). On wall.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque, 3 feet high x 4 feet wide, with shallow gabled top. In the gable is carved a sword with a laurel wreath in half relief. There is a scrolled design supporting each side. The names for 1914-18 are listed in two columns, one obviously having been added later since it is out of place. The names for 1939-45 are incised on the bottom frame. All lettering is in sans serif capitals throughout, apart from the quotation which is in sans serif italics.

Materials used

White marble

Inscription

a. Sacred to the memory of our brethren / who fell in the Great War 1914-1918"
Greater love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends."
b. 1939-1945

Names

a. 14 names, ranks and regiments.
b. 2 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Beattie of Carlisle

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man than this . . .� St. John 15 v 13

Research acknowledgements

Bellingham and North Tyne Local History Society; J. Brown

Research In Progress

Alan Grint researched the WW1 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 1939-45 Presbyterian (F6.04)

FALSTONE  United Reformed Church

   Sacred to the memory of our brethren

   who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

   G. Davidson 4th N.F.          R.R. Potts 1st E.Y.

   W. Dodd 8th N.F.              M. Robson 24th N.F.

   R.N. Famelton 9th N.F.        W.J. Robson 1st N.H.

   T. Forster 4th N.F.           D. Rolfe R.N.D.

   C. Inglis 4th N.F.            W.E. Sisterson 1st N.F.

   D. Jackson 4th N.F.           J. Wylie 1st R.F.A.

   J.J. Rome 3rd N.F.            D. Jackson M.G.S.

   "Greater love hath no man than this, that

    a man lay down his life for his friends."

   1939-1945

   James T. Cowan. R.A.          Hector Inglis R.Sigs.

NamesF6.04

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