Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. John’s Terrace Wesleyan Methodist

On the Corner of Albert Road and John’s Terrace Wesleyan Methodist Church (Demolished).

In the porch.

Unknown

1914-18

Unveiled 15th August 1920 by Rev. J.C. Nattrass.

Brass in oak frame.

Engraved by Mr. M. Hamilton of Jarrow, who was 80 years of age.

(Dedicated to members who fell)

Plaque 24 inches high x 42 inches wide (608mm x 1.06m), framed in oak.

1. One of the names is spelt differently in the newspapers. One has Joseph Lane, the other has Joseph Laine. He was killed at Palmer’s Works on the 15th June 1915, during an air raid but is not on the Palmer’s memorial.

2. The War Memorial was taken off the wall by a Church parishioner and was taken home for safekeeping.. Extensive enquiries since 2005 have failed to to find this Memorial. (Conversation with a member of the public, South Shields, September 2005)

3. The Church was demolished in 1966.

Illustrated Chronicle
16/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
21/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
16/08/1920 reports unveiling.

North Mail
16/08/1920 reports briefly on unveiling.

Shields Daily Gazette
16/08/1920

German Air Raids on Britain 1914-1918. Cpt Joseph Morris; 1925; Sampson Low, Marston and Co Ltd; Reprint by the Naval and Military Press, 1993. ISBN 1 897632169

Dorothy Hall;
Philip Strong;
Bill Hartman;
James Pasby:
Richard Jennings