Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist
Reference
H51.09
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 935640
Original Location
Hexham Wesleyan Church
Present Location
Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street. The right hand plaque of two to the left of the pulpit.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 3rd October 1920 by Lieut.Col. J. Ridley Robb 6 pm at a service conducted by Rev. J. Griffin Hodson.
Memorial Description
Plaque 22 inches high x 26½ inches wide on wood pattress. There is a wide decorated border of vine leaves and grapes. The names are listed in two columns in black Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass mounted on oak.
Inscription
To the glory of God and in Memory of the / following men of this church who gave / their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918
Faithful unto death.
Faithful unto death.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Edward H. Thew, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C.N. Dallison
Hexham Courant 09/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 09/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 27/12/1919 reports proposals.
Hexham Weekly News 08/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 1887-1987 (booklet by Nan Garbutt)
Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10
Hexham Courant 09/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Alnwick & County Gazette 09/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 27/12/1919 reports proposals.
Hexham Weekly News 08/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 1887-1987 (booklet by Nan Garbutt)
Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
The late Ken and Dorothy Southern; Colin Dallison; J. Brown; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (H51.09)
HEXHAM, Trinity Methodist Church
To the glory of God and in memory of the
following men of this Church who gave
their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918
Benjamin D. Alexander John McIntosh
Ernest Armstrong Richard D. Oliver
Nevison G. Barnfather Alexander J. Pattinson
George W. Boustead John Robson
William Dodd Thomas W. Robson
James W. Dodds John R. Robson
Gladstone G. Elliott George W. Smith
J. Christopher Forster Robert W. Smith
Walter Hetherington William R. Thew
Frank T. Iveson Richard D. Telfer
James H. Iveson John R. Wallace
Frank P. Lees Ernest Wallace
Arthur L. Lowes Norman Wilkinson
Percy S. Millburn Robert Young.
"Faithful Unto Death".
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On the back page of the Order of Service on Unveiling is a Roll of Honour of those who served. It reads:
HEXHAM WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR
Cecil Armstrong R.B. Dodd Robert Sanderson
Arthur Armstrong Frank J. Elliott Herbert Towns, M.M.
Henry Armstrong J.W. Elliott Arthur Towns
Frank Armstrong George Forster William Taylor
John W. Armstrong W. Golightly John Tweddle
George F. Armstrong J.E. Hunter Matthew Thompson
Thomas Armstrong Tennyson Hamilton Herbert Vipond
J. Alvey G.C. Hamilton Norman Vipond
M. Burn, M.M., M.C. Robt. W. Huntington J. Whitehead
J. Roustead John Hetherington Joseph H. Wear
W.G. Beavers B.A. Iveson John Young
James A. Barton George Keith E. Ellerington
T.G. Barnfather T.W. Lamb J. Laidler
F.O. Bailey H.D. Lees, M.C.A. Lee
Alfred Baxter John T. Lee Albert Lee
Bertie Bell Dan McIntosh F.W. Maltby
Edward Charlton John P. Makepeace R.W. Nichol
J.J. Cresswell Jos. Maughan Norman Purvis
John J. Dodd John E. Milburn E.P. Shield
Harry Darlington James A. Oliver F. Waugh
George E. Darlington James Pearson J.W. Ward
J.J. Darlington T.S. Pearson J. White
Thomas Darlington Thos. Robson E. Wilkinson
James W. Dodds J.W. Rothery
John W. Dinning William Robson Ruby Baxter
Robert Davison S.W.T. Stainthorpe Annie Oxley
Joseph Daglish George Sanderson.
NamesH51.09
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