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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Newbrough
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: August/September1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34068
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Current location
Newbrough Primary Scholl
Newbrough
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE49 5AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 87328 67870
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Oak Plaque. At centre is a panel containing a popular painting called “Remembrance” with a female figure representing grief. It is a reproduction of a popular picture by the Fine Arts Publishing Co. Ltd. The names are inscribed on brass plates.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE SONS OF THE EMPIRE, FORMERLY MEMBERS OF THIS SCHOOL, THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PAST AND PRESENT SCHOLARS./ (NAMES)/ "THEY HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, DYING IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY THAT HONOUR MIGHT LIVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Henry A
Bell, John Henry
Butland, Wt
Charlton, Arthur
Charlton, Louis
Cleminson, John
Elliott, Ernest
Elliott, Gladstone
Elliott, Robert
Heslop, Wm.
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Hexham Courant 7/2/1920 contains appeal for names; 4/9/1920 reports unveiling.
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9679 (for the Roll of Service)
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8070 (for the memorial)
- WMSN12.5
- Newcastle Daily Journal 30/8/1920 reports unveiling in the Town Hall
- Alnwick & County Gazette 4/9/1920 reports 1. The memorial was unveiled in the Town Hall, with the intention of placing it in the School. 2. A copy of this picture can be seen in Boulmer War Memorial Institute and Felton Church. There is also one in Bedale Church in Wensleydale
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