Memorial

Triptych 1914-18 1939-45 Prince Consort Road Methodist

Gateshead

Memorial Name: Triptych 1914-18 1939-45 Prince Consort Road Methodist (G39.044)

NEWMP Ref No.: G39.044

Parish: Gateshead

Original Location:

Prince Consort Road Methodist Church (Closed)

Present Location:

Transferred to Whitehall Road Methodist Church in 1963.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 3rd April 1921 by Rev. B.A. Barber, Hon. C.F., Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Oak with brass plaques.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Cabinet made by Mr. J.S. Bacon of Gateshead;
brass plaques by Mr. M. Forster of Nun Street, Newcastle.
Mr. John H. Duncan

Inscription:

a.
1914
to
1919
Memory
To the
glory of God
and
in memory of those from
this church
who gave
their lives for their country
Their name liveth for evermore.
Roll of Honour.

b.
Also in grateful remembrance
of all who served in and those
who paid the supreme sacrifice
in the 2nd World War 1939-1945.

Memorial Description:

Triptych 52 inches high x 23 inches wide and 5 inches deep (131cms x 59cms x 13cms).

The dates are carved in the rounded top.

Two doors each  30 inches high x 9 inches wide (76cms x 23cms) each carry a plaque 27 inches high x 6 inches wide (69cms x 15cms).

There is a single line border round each plaque.

At the back is a plaque shaped like a scroll 23 inches high x 13 inches wide (60cms x 33cms), with a single line border and a palm leaf between the dedication and the names.

Underneath on the back another plate for 1939-45 is  4 inches high x 12 inches wide (9.5cms x 31cms).

The names are listed in 3 columns.

The lettering is incised and coloured black with some red.

Names:

a. 9 full names of those who fell; 62 surnames and initials of those who served.
b. None.
See transcript

Sources:

Photo: C. Sanders

Illustrated Chronicle
02/04/1921 reports proposed unveiling tomorrow

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
09/04/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
04/04/1921 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 04 02 Sat -1921
Sources Link: Northern Echo 04 04 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

GATESHEAD Prince Consort Road Methodist Ch.

This has not been compared with a good photograph nor

with the original.

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Centre panel

  1914

  to

  1919

  To the

  Glory of God

  and

  in Memory of Those from

  This Church

  Who Gave

  Their Lives for Their Country

  ——

  Fred Elliott

  Herbert Gailes

  Ernest C. Hadden

  Harry Moon

  James Miller

  Isaac Newton

  Ebe. S. Pendrich

  Thomas Shaw

  Robert W. Turner

  Their name liveth

  for evermore.

  Also in grateful remembrance

  of all who served in and those

  who paid the supreme sacrifice

  in the 2nd World War 1939-1945

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  Left hand panel        Right hand panel

  Roll                   Roll

  of                     of

  Honour.                Honour

  Anderson R.            Manners R.

  Bamlett H.W.           Milburn F.

  Barnes U.              Moore C.

  Bell G.                Newton W.

  Brown A.               Newton J.H.

  Campbell J.G.          Newton J.

  Charlton R.            Nunn G.

  Clark R.               Newton I.

  Cole R.                Patrick W

  Dewing A.P.            Picken C.H

  Duncan J.H.            Picken W.

  Duncan G.              Picken P.

  Dunn W.                Rennie J

  Dunn N.                Robertson J.  

  Elliott J.             Rouse W.

  Geesin T.T.D.          Rutherford Alf

  Gibson A.              Rutherford A.

  Gowdie W.              Rutherford H.

  Graham R.              Rutherford W.

  Grainger F.J.          Scott G.T.

  Grainger W.J.H.        Sharp J.

  Harrison W.            Smeaton J.

  Harvey J.              Smeaton W.

  Hetherington T.        Smith F.

  Hill J.                Thompson J.R.

  Howard A.              Thompson R.C.

  Hutt G.                Turnbull J.

  Hunter T.              Turner G.

  Johnson Mark E.        Wind F.

  Jopling C.             Yendell J.

  Jopling R.             Young W.J.

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