Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Tyneside
- Town
- Longbenton
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th July 1921
Attended by: MAJ GEN SIR K MONTGOMERY
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34307
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Current location
BENTON METHODIST CHURCH
Longbenton
North Tyneside
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 277 690
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED PLAQUE WITH RAISED LETTERING MOUNTED ON WOODEN PATTRESS. LAUREL WREATH IN RELIEF AT TOP LEFT. TUDOR ROSE IN RELIEF AT EACH BASE CORNER
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN RECOGNITION OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH/ WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE WAS MADE BY/ (NAMES)/ THESE ALSO SERVED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, James A
Batie, Hugh
Bean, William
Bell, Frank
Birkett, Arnold
Bowman, Reginald
Briault, Harry A
Burrell, John
Carlyon, Norman
Carlyon, Phillip
See details for all 37 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 37
Served and returned: 31
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height C 30IN, width C 20IN
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Backboard
- 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
- SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 14/7/1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSB85.1
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