Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Eden
- Town
- Alston
- County
- Cumbria
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 4226
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- St Paul's Methodist Church
Townhead
Alston
Eden
Cumbria
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 719 465
Denomination: Methodist
- St Paul's Methodist Church
- Description
- FRAMED Parchment ROLL OF HONOUR WITH hand painted INSCRIPTION. FIGURE OF AN ANGEL HOLDING A LAUREL WREATH IS DEPICTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NAME LISTS AND FIGURE OF A MOURNING WOMAN HOLDING A LAUREL BRANCH IS DEPICTED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE NAME LIST. LAUREL WREATH ALSO DEPICTED AT THE BASE OF THE NAME LIST. The whole has been hand painted in colour, with the names handwritten in gold. The names of the fallen have an asterisk beside them.
- Inscription
- ALSTON WESLEYAN METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, David
Armstrong, J Ralph
Barwick, Harold
Bell, Bertie
Bell, Fred N
Bell, Geo Vernon
Bell, Geo Walton
Bell, John R
Bell, John Wm
Bell, Robert
See details for all 98 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 98
Served and returned: 87
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Parchment
- Frame
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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