Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Methodist
Reference
H81.03
Place
HUMSHAUGH
Map ref
NY 917714
Original Location
Methodist Church
Present Location
Transferred to St. Peter’s in 2007
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 2 feet high x 1 foot 6 inches wide, set on an oak pattress which is 6 ins wider all round. The edge of the brass is moulded. Names are listed in two columns using Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass on oak pattress.
Inscription
To the glory of God and in hallowed / memory of the men of this neighbourhood / who made the supreme sacrifice in the / Great War 1914-1918
Names
Present condition
New pattress.
Notes
1. This church closed in 2005. The plaque was placed on a new pattress, in St.Peter’s in 2007, and is now situated beneath H81.01.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Tony Harding; Rev. Michael Thompson
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 Methodist (H81.03)
HUMSHAUGH, Methodist Church.
To the glory of God and in hallowed
memory of the men of this neighbourhood
who made the supreme sacrifice in the
Great War, 1914-1918 - - - - - -
J.A. Beattie J.W. Douglas
W. Beattie A.J. Herdman
E. Charlton W.C. Robson
W.H. Charlton T. Saint
J.W. Cocker W. Turnbull
J.D. Davidson H. Vass
NamesH81.03
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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