Memorials - Bamber Bridge - Methodist Church WW1 & WW2 Plaque
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Bamber Bridge Methodist Church, Community and Worship Centre, Station Road, Bamber Bridge, PR5 6ED OS Grid Reference: SD 56544 25653 (New memorial) IWM War Memorial Register (Old memorial) - WM Ref 42548 IWM War Memorial Register (New memorial) - WM Ref 61408 War Memorials Online - Not on site (4 May 2017) Location incorrect on IWM War Memorial Register (4 May 2017) The original memorial was situated inside the church and took the shape of a board - this no longer exists. It was broken up around 2005 and was replaced with a stone plaque affixed to the wall of the memorial garden with the names of the fallen from the First and the Second World War. Mike Bertram from the church has provided a list of the men who were commemorated on the original memorial, both fallen and served. These names were written into the church memorial book before the original memorial was broken up.
The original memorial was situated inside the church and took the shape of a board - this no longer exists. It was broken up around 2005 and was replaced with a stone plaque affixed to the wall of the memorial garden with the names of the fallen from the First and the Second World War. Mike Bertram from the church has provided a list of the men who were commemorated on the original memorial, both fallen and served. These names were written into the church memorial book before the original memorial was broken up. The new memorial takes the form of an inscribed stone plaque and contains the names of 7 men who died in the Great War and 1 man who died while serving in the Second World War. The letters are picked out in gold lettering and decorative swords are inscribed either side. The tablet is affixed to the wall of the memorial garden to the left of the main entrance to the church, accessible from Wesley Street and Station Road. The work was undertaken by McMurray Brothers Ltd., Preston. New Memorial
There are no spaces between lines on the plaque and the names are centred
To the Glory of God
this tablet was erected by the congregation of this church to commemorate and perpetuate the names of those men who fell serving their country Great War 1914-1918 T. Jasper Shovel, C.F. Edward Bamber, M.M. Cornelius Seed Arthur Cowley Hubert Cooper Harry Forrest John Maudsley Second World War 1939-1945 Jack Derbyshire Old Memorial
I do not know exactly how these names were arranged, so I have put them into the same columns as arranged in the church memorial book.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF THIS CHURCH TO COMMEMORATE AND PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO SERVED IN H. M. FORCES DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 (NB: This part of inscription taken from UKNIWM) 1914/18 FALLEN Edward Bamber Hubert Cooper Arthur Cowley Harry Forrest John Maudesley (NB: Possible mis-spelling - see above) Cornelius Seed T. Jasper Shovel CF SERVED
Thank you to Mike Bertram and his colleagues at Bamber Bridge Methodist Church for access to the original memorial transcript and for the history of the memorials.
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The original Methodist Church
Image from The Blog Chooses the Blogger 
Plans for the new memorial
Image courtesy of Mike Bertram Images of the new church and memorial
All Images © Charles O'Donnell 2017 |
