Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Westbourne Methodist
Reference
W111.025
Place
WEST HARTLEPOOL
Map ref
NZ 506315
Original Location
Westbourne Methodist Church. Westbourne Road, West Hartlepool. TS25. On west wall.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 23rd October 1921 by Mr. Grayley. Service conducted by Rev. C. Alexander Duthie, address by Rev. Frederick E. Brown, D.S.O.
Memorial Description
Plaque with domed top set on a rectangular light oak base. There is a rolled moulded edge. At centre top is a cross inside a laurel wreath, raised in half relief. The names are listed in two columns in raised Roman letters, with the quotation at the bottom in italics.
Materials used
Bronze.
Inscription
To the glory of God / and in proud and / grateful memory of the / men of this church who / served in the War 1914-1918./ The names of those who fell / are here inscribed.
“Their name liveth for evermore”
“Their name liveth for evermore”
Names
Notes
1. Rev. Frederick E. Brown had been a chaplain in France during the whole of the Great War.
2. Mr. Grayley was the father of the late W.E. Grayley, D.C.M.
2. Mr. Grayley was the father of the late W.E. Grayley, D.C.M.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 25/10/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 25/10/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Jane Hughes (for material on Sydney Leeming)
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Westbourne Methodist (W111.025)
WEST HARTLEPOOL Westbourne Methodist Church.
To the glory of God
and in proud and
grateful memory of the
men of this church who
served in the War 1914-1918.
The names of those who fell
are here inscribed.
Grayley, W.E., D.C.M.
Atkinson, H. Leeming, S.
Bonnard, T. Metcalfe, L.
Banks, H. Metcalfe, G.
Benson, T.W. Norris, R.H.
Bowman, J.A. Procter, R.
Dale, J.T. Smith, H.M.
Farmer, F.C. Spink, W.L.
Foster, T.P. Stoddart, W.
Harker, J. Suggett, W.
Holdforth, B.G. Ward, A.
Hunter, G.F. Whitton, W.W.
Levell, S. Willey, H.C.
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“Their name liveth for evermore”
NamesW111.25
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