Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wansbeck
- Town
- Newbiggin-by-the-sea
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th June 1920
Attended by: Revd J Reilly MC of Ashington
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33948
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Current location
85-87
Co-operative store
Front Street
Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Wansbeck
Northumberland
NE64 6AD
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 31340 88041
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- White marble inscription tablet mounted onto a black Belgian marble pattress
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED FELLOW-EMPLOYEES, WHO OFFERED THEMSELVES AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND FREEDOM DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NEWBIGGIN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD/1939-1945/(names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, Walter
Campbell, John
Clarke, James
Curtis, George
Endean, Reginald
Hughes, John
Rogers, Edward C
Scotf, Robert A
Wilson, Edward
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- C 1970: THE CO-OP CLOSED AND THE MEMORIAL'S CURRENT WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 19-06-1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSN10.8
- MORPETH HERALD by N/A 28/05/1920 04/06/1920 18/06/1920 Source: Media Library Published:N/A MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
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