Memorial

Bethesda United Methodist Church - WW1 and WW2

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Current Location

Methodist Church, Turnpike, Newchurch, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 9EA, England

OS Grid Reference

SD 83575 22395

Denomination

Methodist

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 13230
Description: An bronze oval plaque mounted centrally on a brass backing plate enclosed within a pair of fluted Corinthian columns supporting a horizontal entablature. The assemblage is mounted on a wooden backing board. On the board a fixed ribbon is attached to the top with a crown, flanked by two acacia sprigs immediately below the ribbon. A further fixed scroll is attached at the bottom of the board.
Inscription: On a Ribbon at the top of the frame - BETHESDA U.M. CHURCH WATERFOOT On the brass backing plate at top - TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ Oval bronze plaque in centre - (WW1 names) with THEIR NAME LIVETH at bottom of the border. On the brass backing plate at bottom -1939-1945/ THIS TABLET WAS ADDED TO THE EXISTING WAR MEMORIAL IN MEMORY/ OF TWO OF OUR MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ (WW2 names) On a scroll at bottom of the frame - THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR UNTO THEMSELVES

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of names: surname

History

Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: Church council

Ceremonies

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28th April 1923

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Bethesda United Methodist Church - WW1 and WW2

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