Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newbury
- Town
- Newbury
- County
- Berkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41409
Support IWM
Any gift we receive makes a vital contribution to our ongoing work, from conserving our collection to supporting our public programme.
Current location
Newbury Methodist Church
Northbrook Street (corner of Albert Road)
Newbury
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1AN
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 47024 67503
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- 1) Wall mounted, landscape oriented bronze plaque. Enclosing the inscription area is a heavy border comprising a rosette in each corner and foliate bosses along the sides. 2) Immediately below the main plaque is a smaller additional plaque displaying the name of one person who died of wounds received as a result of the Great War. Raised inscription text on both plaques.
- Inscription
- Upper plaque: 1914 TO THE GLORY OF GOD 1919 / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / (3 NAMES) / WHO LAID DOWN THIER LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR AND OF (1 NAME) WHO DIED AT SEA 1919 / "THEIR NAME ENDURETH TO ALL GENERATIONS" / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE SAFE RETURN OF / 100 MEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH AND CONGREGATION // Lower plaque; ALSO OF / (1 NAME) / DIED OF WOUNDS 1923
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Noakes, Edward Charles
Peel, Alfred
Sainsbury, Fredk
Shutler, Ralph
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, initials, surname, year died
Order of information: 3 names listed alphabetically by surname, then 2 names by year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaques
- 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 - Responsibility
- Methodist Church
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
This information is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC licence.
This means you may reuse it for non-commercial purposes only and must attribute it to us using the following statement:
© WMR-41409
For queries, please contact [email protected].