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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Tynedale
Town
Hexham
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 3rd October 1920
    Attended by: LT COL J RIDLEY ROBB
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34102

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Current location

The right hand plaque of two to the left of the pulpit.
Trinity Methodist Church
Beaumont St
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 3LS
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 93501 63975
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Brass Plaque on oak wood pattress. There is a wide decorated border of vine leaves and grapes. The names are listed in two columns in black Roman capitals.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alexander, Benjamin D
Armstrong, Ernest
Barnfather, Nevison G
Boustead, George W
Dodd, William
Dodds, James W
Elliott, Gladstone G
Forster, G Christopher
Hetherington, Walter
Iveson, Frank T
See details for all 28 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 580MM, width 675MM
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • WMSH51.9
  • Hexham Courant 9/10/1920 reports unveiling.
  • Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 1887-1987 (booklet by Nan Garbutt)
  • www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7599. This page also has a digitised copy of the Order of Service for the unveiling. On the back page of that is a Roll of Honour of those who served.
  • Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814

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