Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Methodist
Reference
S111.06
Place
SILKSWORTH
Present Location
New Silksworth Independent Methodist Church, Tunstall View, SR3 1DX
Memorial Description
Plaque of popular design approx. 700 mm high x 500 mm wide. Around the edge is a border set against a sunken red background culminating in elaborate roundels at the corners. There is a cross at centre top. The dedication is in a mix of elaborate and sans serif capitals with some red initials. The names are in sans serif capitals inside a wreath.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Erected to / the Glory of God / and in honoured memory / of the men of this church / who made the supreme / sacrifice in the Great War.
“The path of duty is the way to glory”
“The path of duty is the way to glory”
Names
Who commissioned
Methodist Church, North Street.
Notes
1. This was found in 2013 in the loft
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: David Sloan
Source of quotation:
“The path of duty . . .” Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Viii. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Source of quotation:
“The path of duty . . .” Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Viii. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Methodist (S111.06)
Erected to
the Glory of God
and in honoured memory
of the men of this church
who made the supreme
sacrifice in the Great War
1914-1918
Arthur Bainbridge
Thomas Taylor
William Rivers
Richard Vincent
“The path of duty is the way to glory”
NamesS111.06
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