Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- 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
- 33410
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Current location
ST JAMES URC
Middle Road
Shilbottle
Alnwick
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 2XS
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 19562 08798
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH BLACK MARBLE MOUNT. The dedication and names are in the main part, the names listed in two columns in Roman capitals and the dedication in plain capitals. The quotations beneath the names are in upper case italics. All lettering is incised and painted black There is a shelf at the bottom.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN THANKFULNESS FOR VICTORY, AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN BELONGING TO THIS/ CONGREGATION, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM, THEY PLAYED A MAN'S PART/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Thomas W
Cuthbert, James
Davison, Alex
Davison, Andrew
Duns, John
Forster, Joseph
Hardy, Richard
Hutchinson, Richard
Purvis, John E
Tait, John J
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: height 3.75 feet, width 3 feet
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: White Marble - Sicilian, Green Marble Swedish
- 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
- ST JAMES URC WW1 MEMORIAL TABLET
- WMO ID: 90938
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- WMSA11.13
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL by N/A 13/9/1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NEWCASTLE
- War Memorials Trust WM1991 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=420
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 7/8/1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
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