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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Allendale Town
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: July 1920
Attended by: LT COL H C MILLICAN OBE TD of Newcastle
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33717
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Current location
Trinity Methodist Chapel
Shield Street
Allendale Town
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE47 9BT
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 83686 55734
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- PAIR OF STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WITH ARCHED TOP. Window 1 shows Jesus in a red robe looking to the left, with left hand extended. Below are names of those who served, listed in two columns, followed by the dates “1914-1919”. Window 2 shows a soldier, wounded in the head, leaning on a tree stump, looking towards Jesus in window 1. Below is the inscription and 4 names of those who died listed in two columns. All lettering is painted in black elaborate capitals
- Inscription
- Window 1: (Those who served) 1914-1919 Window 2 : (Those who fell) Abide with me, fast falls the eventide, / The darkness deepens, Lord with me abide. / When other helpers fail and comforts flee / Help of the helpless O abide with me. In honoured memory of / (names) / who made the supreme sacrifice (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bell, Bertie
Bell, Gw Ernest
Bell, Roland S
Dixon, Joseph W
Edgar, Lancelot D
Edgar, William A
Glendinning, Fred T
Glendinning, John J
Glenwright, Ww
Henderson, A
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 18
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- CHURCH REFURBISHED IN 1989
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Newcastle Daily Journal 31/1/1920 reports proposal to erect stained glass windows; 20/7/1920 reports unveiling
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6290
- Hexham Weekly News 6/2/1920 reports approval of design
- WMSA6.1
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