Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Sunday School Wesleyan Methodist

Barnard Castle

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Sunday School Wesleyan Methodist (B135.12)

NEWMP Ref No.: B135.12

Parish: Barnard Castle

Original Location:

Wesleyan Methodist Church. Scar Top

On north wall of schoolroom at rear of chapel.

Present Location:

Now Trinity Methodist Church

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 1st September 1920 by Mrs. John Guy (the oldest teacher)

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Plaque made by King & Co., Hull.

Inscription:

To the Glory of God
and in Sacred Memory of the undermentioned Scholars of
this Sunday School who gave their lives for King and Country
in the Great War 1914-1919.

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

There is a wide border of oak leaves on a black background, culminating in corners decorated with crosses in red inside a knobbly circle.

The names are listed in two columns divided by a decorated vertical line.

The dedication is in Gothic lettering with some red initials.

The names are in Roman capitals.

Names:

16 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon

Darlington and Stockton Times
04/09/1920 reports unveiling.

Teesdale Mercury
01/09/1920

Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 09 04 Sat -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Alan Farrar;
Norman Jackson

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Names Documents:

BARNARD CASTLE   Wesleyan Methodist Church.  

  To the Glory of God

  and in Sacred Memory of the undermentioned Scholars of

  this Sunday School who gave their lives for King and Country

  in the Great War 1914-1919.

  Fred Breen             Ralph Jones

  Thos. W. Brown         John Kipling

  A. Roy Burn            Fred Morley

  William Chapman        Alfred Nevison

  Thomas Chapman         Chas. W. Raine

  J. Howard Emerson      John Ramsden

  George Golightley      Sidney Wearmouth

  Gordon Higginbotham    George W. Wilson

NamesB135.12      

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