Memorial

Corbridge Wesleyan Methodists - WW1

Memorial

Source: Copyright Stuart Nicholson

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Current Location

on the liturgical south wall, Methodist Chapel, Princes Street, Corbridge, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE45 5DB, England

NY 99105 64467

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33905
Description: Brass Plaque in a carved wood frame. There is a border with geometric pattern with a square in each corner with a saltire with red background. The names are in two columns using sans serif capitals. The dedication and quotation are both in Gothic lower case lettering with red initials
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN/ LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

Frame

Height: 640mm

Width: 1005mm

Depth: 55mm

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Plaque

Height: 435mm

Width: 635mm

Depth: inset

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

Newcastle Daily Journal 30/7/1920 reports that the members had raised £98 towards the renovation of their churchand placing a tablet in memory of 11 members who had sacrificed their lives in the Great War.
WMSC52.9
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6825
Unpublished chapel history (2015)-inside the chapel-for details of troop use in both wars