Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Hexham

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (H51.09)

NEWMP Ref No.: H51.09

Parish: Hexham

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.

Materials Used:

Brass mounted on oak.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Edward H. Thew, Newcastle upon Tyne.

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
(Names)
Faithful unto death.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 22 inches high x 26½ inches wide (56cms x 67cms) 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.

Names:

28 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: C.N. Dallison

Alnwick & County Gazette
09/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Hexham Courant
09/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Hexham Weekly News
08/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
27/12/1919 reports proposals.

Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 1887-1987 (booklet by Nan Garbutt)

Source of quotation
“Faithful unto death” Revelation 2 v 10

Research Acknowledgements:

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

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

 

HEXHAM, Wesleyan 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".

   

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.

  

Names H51.09

 

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