Memorial - Horden Methodist Church

On 20th April, 1921 the Rev.R.Cleminson, a one-time resident minister of Horden, unveiled and dedicated a memorial at Horden Methodist Church, Thorpe Street.

According to the North East War Memorials Project the "plaque 37 inches high x 24 inches wide in wood frame 55 inches high x 39 inches wide which has a domed top and fluted pillars at the sides. In the dome, the words “The Great War 1914-1918” are carved in half relief. 

 

The centre panel is one of popular design with a border of Celtic pattern culminating in roundels in each corner. At the top is an arch with the spandrels hatched. The words “In Memoriam “ form an arch and are in Gothic lower case. The names are listed in two columns in elongated Roman capitals. There are red initials. Underneath is a shelf 75 inches long".

The inscription reads:

“In memoriam. Names of men from this church whom duty called. Greater love hath no man than this. Erected by their comrades and friends".

 

Pictures of the memorial can be found on the NEWMP website. 

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From Wiklipedia:  The 1914–15 Star was instituted in December 1918 and was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces who served against the Central European Powers in any theatre of the Great War between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. Like the 1914 Star, the 1914–15 Star was never awarded singly and recipients of this medal were also awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal, but only one of the two Stars could be awarded to the same person. The three medals were sometimes irreverently referred to as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after three comic strip characters, a dog, a penguin and a rabbit, that were popular in the immediate post-war era. Pip represented either of the two Stars, Squeak represented the British War Medal and Wilfred represented the Victory Medal.