Memorial

Belford Erskine Presbyterian Church WW1 Plaque

The Plaque

Source: Copyright Belford Local History Society

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Current Location

Closed as a Church in 2018. In May 2020 the village plan to buy the Church as the new Village Hall. Until 1971 unification this was the Erskine Presbyterian Church, The former United Reformed Church, Nursery Lane, Belford, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, NE70 7NW, England

OS Grid Reference

NU 11010 33768

Denomination

United Reformed

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33339
Description: RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE SET WITHIN AN OAK FRAME. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN ENAMMELLED LETTERING. CELTIC KNOTWORK DESIGN BORDER; CROSSED FLAGS AT THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE. The first line of the dedication and the quotation at the bottom are in Gothic Script. All other lettering is in elongated Roman capitals, sunk in casting and enamelled names are listed in three columns.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH"

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 18
Died: 18
Information shown: Surname, forenames

History

Maker(s): Edward Thew of Newcastle, Makers

Conservation

Components

Frame

Height: 605mm

Width: 915mm

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Further Information

http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6506
Erskine Presbyterian Church Minutes (at Northumbria Archives) reference BUR/P/8/3