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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Thropton
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MR EDWARD H THEW (Manufacturer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Easter Sunday 1921
Attended by: George Nicholson, Senior Elder of the Congregation
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33976
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Current location
United Reformed (formerly Presbyterian) Church (now closed)
Thropton
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE65 7ND
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 02862 02251
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED NOWY-HEADED BRASS PLAQUE. INCISED BLACK LETTERING. WOODEN BACKBOARD. There is a double line border around the edge culiminating in a fleur-de-lis in the corners. Inside the dome is a plain red cross encircled by a wreath. The first three lines of the dedication are in Gothic script as is the quotation at the bottom. The rest of the dedication is in elongated Roman capitals as are the names, with the villages of origin in lower case lettering
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/"YE THAT HAVE ESCAPED THE SWORD-REMEMBER THE LORD"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Donkin, Samuel Thornton
Dunn, Simon
Fordy, Robert
Gutherson, Robert
Hall, Ephraim
Mactear, James
Renton, Robert William
Rogerson, Robert
Trotter, Thomas Murray
Walker, James
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, intials of forenames, place of birth
Order of information: rank THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 915mm, width 610mm
Materials: Brass
- 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
- MORPETH HERALD 11/7/1919 & 8/4/1921
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE 2/4/1921
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