Roll of Honour 1914-18 Salters Road Wesleyan Methodist

Salters Road Methodist Church (Closed).
In the vestibule.

West Avenue Methodist Church.
In the church hall.

Trinity Church – on the wall of the north staircase at the east end of the church

1914-18

Unveiled Feb. 12th 1922 by Mr. George Stephenson;
dedicated by Rev. E. Marshall.

Brass

1914 – 1919
Our Glorious Dead

To the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the
following men who gave their lives
for us during the Great War.
(Names)
These through the gate of sacrifice entered a greater kingdom

Also in grateful recognition
of all others who served.

Roll of Honour, with rounded centre top.

There is a border pattern of stylized flowers raised against a black background.

At centre top is a laurel wreath, coloured bronze, with the dates “1914” and “1918” on either side.

The names are listed in two columns.

The words “To the glory of God” are in Gothic script, the rest of the dedication and names are in elongated Roman capitals.

1. The Methodist Church of Salters Road and West Avenue united in 1951 to form one society. The United Church met in the Salters Road premises for 2 years before moving into the altered West Avenue premises in 1953. The Salters Road premises were demolished c.2000.

Photos: Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle 
13/02/1922 page 13 carries report of unveiling with photo.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
13/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
18/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo.

Northumberland Record Office
has copy of unveiling service in the papers of Miss Nora Humphrey Ref. 5874;
also a Polaroid photo (Ref. 4384/2/7).

Source of quotation
“They through the gate of sacrifice . . .” Not ascertained.

Gosforth Local History Society;
Monica Goldfinch;
Ruth Milne;
Rev. J. Barry Lumley;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Linda Robinson;
Peter Craggs

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