Memorial

Organ 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist

Thornley Easington

Memorial Name: Organ 1914-18 Wesleyan Methodist (T54.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: T54.03

Parish: Thornley Easington

Original Location:

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Waterloo Street.

Present Location:

Thornley Methodist Church, 101 Dunelm Road, Thornley, Durham DH6 3HY.
NZ 35743 39413

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated by September 1923 by Rev. T.A. Roberts, minister.

Materials Used:

Oak case. Brass plaque

Who Commissioned:

Thornley Wesleyan Methodist Church

How Money was Raised:

Members of the church, including some large donations from the bereaved.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Nelson of Durham.

Inscription:

†
To the glory of God
and in memory of
(Names)
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

“Their name liveth for evermore”.

Memorial Description:

Organ with two manuals and 18 stops.

The case is “of polished oak and on each side is a panel form, with decorated corners.”

Above the console is a triangular brass plaque 30 inches wide x 9 inches high (762mm x 230mm) bearing the dedication.

The names are listed in three columns.

Lettering is in in elaborate capitals for the dedication, and the names in Roman capitals.

Names:

9 surnames and initals.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Bob Dunn

Auckland Chronicle
06/09/1923 reports dedication.

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006.

Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore”: Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 44:1-15.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Wheatley Hill History Club have researched the names on this memorial.

See book details above.

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Names Documents:

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  To the glory of God

  and in memory of

  J.E. Cook      A. Lambert    J.T. Price

  P. Cook        W. Luke       R. Thompson

  R. Jordison    J.W. Potts    J.S. Youll

  who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

  “Their name liveth for evermore”.

NamesT54.03

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