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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Reference

S121.05

Place

SHERBURN

Original Location

Sherburn Methodist Church

Present Location

Moved from the old chapel to Parkinson Memorial, later Methodist Church, possibly c1964.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled January 1921 by Mr. T. W. Dower, manager of Sherburn House Colliery.

Memorial Description

Plaque 16 inches high x 22 inches wide. There is a wide border of leaves on a black background culminating in roundels in the corners. The names are in two columns divided by a vertical line. Lettering is in a mix of elaborate, sans serif and Roman. Some initials are in red.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

In Memoriam
this Tablet is Erected in Memory of / (Names) / of this Church and Sunday School / who made the Supreme Sacrifice during / the Great War 1914 - 1918
"Greater love hath no man than this / that a man lay down his life for his friends "

Names

15 full names.
See transcript.

Notes

1. Old chapel was demolished and Chapel Court built on its site.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders

Durham County Advertiser 28/01/1921 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
"Greater love hath no man . . . St. John 15 v 13

External web link

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Plaque 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (S121.05)

SHERBURN  Parkinson Memorial Methodist Ch

   In Memoriam

   -----------

   this Tablet is Erected in Memory of

   George Ayre          George Grayson

   Arthur Banks         William Grayson

   William Barrass      Thomas Hutchinson

   Percy Clowes         George Kell

   William Cooper       Albert Purvis

   Thomas Cowan         Anthony West

   Thomas Forster       Thomas Winter

             George Howe

   of this Church and Sunday School

   who made the Supreme Sacrifice during

   the Great War 1914 – 1918

   --------

   "Greater love hath no man than this

   that a man lay down his life for this friends"

NamesS121.05

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