Memorial Details

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Photo: J. Brown

Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Reference

L61.03

Place

LOW FELL

Map ref

NZ 250 600

Original Location

Wesleyan Methodist Church, 557 Durham Road. Low Fell.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 7th December 1919 by Mr. William Gordon.

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour of paper behind glass. The frame is 3 feet 3 inches high x 2 feet 1 inch wide and 2 inches wide. The roll has a border of twisted rope ending in square knots at the corners. The names of those who served are listed in four columns divided by vertical lines. The names of those who died are in three columns in a boxed panel below. The lettering of the dedication is in elongated Roman capitals, the names in elongated sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Oak frame, paper roll.

Inscription

In / honour of the Men / of this / Church and Sunday School / who served in the Great war / 1914-1919
Faithful Valiant Victorious.

Names

Notes

1. From the church, 161 men served, of whom 29 fell.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; J. Brown

Newcastle Daily Journal 03/01/1920 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle 08/12/1919 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 13/12/1919 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 08/12/1919 reports unveiling.

External web link

Links to Source Material :

Research acknowledgements

Michael Newrick; J. Brown; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (L61.03)

 
LOW FELL   Wesleyan Methodist Church
  
   In
   Honour of the Men
   of this
   Church and Sunday School
   who served in the Great War
   1914-1919
  
   Emerson Adamson          Walter Duncan            Norman Lunn, M.C.    Richard Sockett 
   George C. Alder          Arthur Elliott           George McIntosh      Charles Stephenson
   Norman Anderson          H.C. Elliott             C.T.H. Mackie        Norman Stephenson M.M.
   Harry Arkle              Thomas Elliott           William Marley       Robert Stephenson
   Hugh Armstrong           William P. Elliott       Frank Marshall       William Stoker 
   Ernest Auld              Wm. Eltringham           Fred Marshall        John J. Sugden 
   Norman Bell              James H. Evans           Edward Minto         George Suttie
   Sydney A. Bird           C.J. Farrell             A.H.W. Mole          Harold Swan
   Thomas M. Bird           Henry Farrell            Geoffrey L. Mole     Charles E. Thompson
   William T. Bird          Arthur Floyd             George Morrison      Edward Thompson
   J.J. Bloomfield          William Foster           Robert Morrison      H.E. Thompson
   John E. Bowden           Gordon Gardner           Thomas M. Morrison   John J. Thompson
   John W. Brown            Hubert Gardner           Wm. H. Morrison      Joseph Thompson D.C.M.
   Robert Brown             Alexander Glasgow        Edmund Nicholson     Victor Thompson
   Henry Carr               William S. Glasgow       Wm. Nicholson        A.R. Trotter
   Thomas Carr              Harold Goodley M.C.       Wm. Norman          W.C. Trotter
   Edward D. Clough         Joseph E. Gordon         G.V.S. Oliver        Norman Henderson
   Leslie H. Clough         Robert Gordon MM & 2bars John S. Oliver       Fred A. Urwin 
   William H. Clough M.S.M. Thomas Gowland           Samuel Ord           Harold Urwin
   Thomas Cockburn          Thomas A. Graham         J. Sydney Ormston    Joseph Varty
   George Copplestone       Rev. W. Hardwick         Edward Pearson       John Veitch
   J. Sydney Copplestone    Nicholas Harvey          Victor Platton       George Weatherhead
   Arthur Coulson           Robert Henderson         John G. Pringle      Thomas E. Wells 
   Robert Coulson           William Henderson        Alfred J. Raine      William Wells
   Robert Coulson           Fred Hepple              Thomas E. Raw        J. Richard White 
   Thomas Crone             James H. Hepple          Aubrey Reay          John G. Wilder 
   A.H. Davis               Robert Hepple            Theo. B. Reay        Sam Williams
   James Davison            Wm. Keenleyside          Ernest Richardson    Charles Wilson
   John G. Davison          Reuben Layton            J.A. Richardson      John W. Wilson
   Thomas Davison           Wm. Lofthouse            John T. Rutherford   Joseph Wilson
   John R. Deighton         James Lowrey             Fred Scrowther       W. Harvey Wilson
   John A. Douglas          J. Ramsey Lunn           Robert Shaw          David K. Young 
   T.E. Douglas             Stanley H. Lunn          Urwin Shaw           Harry C. Young
                                                     David Soppitt        John Walker  
   
In box at the bottom
   J. Noel Arkle            Robert Ford              George C. Robson 
   Leslie C. Arkle          Wallace A. Henderson     John Thomas
   Norman A. Arkle          George T. Hiscoe         James Thompson
   Robert T. Bird           Edwin Humphreys          William V. Thompson 
   John Coulson             John Hunter              Alfred Turner
   William Coulson          Robert Lamb              James Veitch
   George Crabtree          Robert Pearson           Walter Veitch
   John Crabtree            J. Howard Poulton B.Sc   John Williams   
   George Davey             John Raffle              Edward Young
   Thomas Douglas           Robert Reay   
   
                            Faithful      Valiant      Victorious.
NamesL61.03     

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