Memorial Details
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Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Salters Road Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
G9.23
Place
GOSFORTH
Map ref
NZ 244679
Original Location
Salters Road Methodist Church (Closed) In the vestibule.
Present Location
Trinity Church (former West Avenue Methodist Church). In the church hall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Feb. 12th 1922 by Mr. George Stephenson, dedicated by Rev. E.Marshall.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, with dome at centre top. There is a border pattern of stylized flowers raised against a black background. In the dome at centre top is a laurel wreath, coloured bronze, with the dates "1914" and "1918" on either side. The names are listed in two columns. The words "To the glory of God" are in Gothic script, the rest of the dedication and names are in elongated Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
1914 / 1919 / Our Glorious Dead /
To the Glory of God / and in honoured memory of the / following men who gave their lives / for us during the Great War. / Names /
These through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom.
Also in grateful recognition / of all others who served.
To the Glory of God / and in honoured memory of the / following men who gave their lives / for us during the Great War. / Names /
These through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom.
Also in grateful recognition / of all others who served.
Names
Notes
1. The Methodist Church of Salters Road and West Avenue united in 1951 to form one society. The United Church met in the Salters Road premises for 2 years before moving into the altered West Avenue premises in 1953. The Salters Road premises were demolished c.2000.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Northumberland Record Office has copy of unveiling service in the papers of Miss Nora Humphrey Ref. 5874; also a Polaroid photo (Ref. 4384/2/7).
Illustrated Chronicle Monday 13/02/1922 page 13 carries report of unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 18/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/02/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
“They through the gate of sacrifice . . .” Not ascertained.
Northumberland Record Office has copy of unveiling service in the papers of Miss Nora Humphrey Ref. 5874; also a Polaroid photo (Ref. 4384/2/7).
Illustrated Chronicle Monday 13/02/1922 page 13 carries report of unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 18/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/02/1922 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
“They through the gate of sacrifice . . .” Not ascertained.
Research acknowledgements
Gosforth Local History Society; Monica Goldfinch; Ruth Milne; Rev. J. Barry Lumley; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall; Linda Robinson; Peter Craggs
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Salters Road Wesleyan Methodist (G9.23)
GOSFORTH, West Avenue Methodist Church.
1914 1919
Our Glorious Dead
To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the
following men who gave their lives
for us during the Great War
Thomas Blair John Pullan
Arthur Cowley William S. Pullan
Frederick R. Curtice Henry T. Richardson
Rolfe Hanson Joseph Rust
Samuel Hepburn James Seaward
William Hodgson John W. Stephenson
John Johnson William Smith
Thomas Lattimer Andrew Tate
William Mahon Arthur Thompson
Robert Potts Robert Walton
They through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom
Also in grateful recognition
of all others who served.
NamesG9.23
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