Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Alnwick
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: September 1920
Attended by: DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, Dedicated by Rev J.Reavley
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33409
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Current location
On the back wall
ST JAMES URC
Pottergate
Alnwick
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 2XS
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 19561 08788
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED ROLL OF HONOUR. BLACK LETTERING. PAINTED DECORATED BORDER There is a slim patterned border. The names, which are listed in four columns, each hand-written, are contained within patterned border. At the top, the title is surrounded by stems of leaves. The dedication is in solid black lower case letters with an illuminated first capital 'IT". The quotation is in a small scroll at the bottom.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ ST JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ALNWICK./ THE NAMES MENTIONED BELOW ARE/ THOSE OF MEN WHO HAZARDED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR TO MAINTAIN THE/ SACRED IDEALS/ OF CHRISTIAN CIVILISATION/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 96
Served and returned: 96
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Memorial
- 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
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 18/9/1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSA 11.12
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