Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Otterburn
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34082
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Current location
Otterburn Methodist Church
Main Street
A696
Otterburn
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE19 1NU
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 88861 93047
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Brass Plaque with domed top on wood pattress. There is a single red line running round the edge. At centre top is a cross in red, with the dates in black on either side. The quotation is below this, the top two lines arched slightly. The names are listed in two columns, the dedication in elaborate Roman capitals, the names in sans serif capitals. This is one of three identical plaques placed in each of the three churches in Otterburn. See also our references 34080 and 34081
- Inscription
- THEY SOUGHT THE HONOUR/ OF THEIR COUNTRY,/ THEY BEHELD THE GLORY OF GOD/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ferguson, John
Hall, Henry
Mcdougal, Richard H
Murray, James
Pease, Cuthbert
Richardson, Jas S
Rough, John
Swanson, W R
Thompson, Geo B
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,initials of forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 475mm, width 390mm
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: height 540mm, width 475mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8346
- Redewetter No.6 Magazine of the Redesdale Society.
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