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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Alnham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr Bertam of Newcastle College (Designer)
Alnham Wood carving class (Wood Carver) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: January 1921
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33320
Current location
St Michael & All Angels Church
Alnham
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 4TL
England
OS Grid Ref: NT 99079 10995
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Held in private hands
Alnham
Alnwick
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - In the porch of the hall
War Memorial Hall
beside public footpath to Hazeltonrig
Alnham
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 4TN
England
OS Grid Ref: NT 99313 10616
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Held in private hands
- Description
- Dark oak Board Roll of Honour with carved decorations along the top and botton edges and Tudor roses raised in half relief down each side border. There are 4 panels, two above two, with incised lettering. The top two bear the names of those who died, the bottom two the names of those who served. The words "Pro Patria" appear at the bottom of the lower right panel. Lettering is carved to stand proud in sunken cartouches using sans serifs capitals. The quotation, at the bottom, is in elaborate capitals
- Inscription
- ALNHAM ROLL OF HONOUR/ MEN OF THE PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ [names]/ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVERMORE/ THE FOLLOWING ALSO SERVED/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, John
Chrisp, John H
Crerar, Alexander
Gowenlock, James
Hall, Robert
Johnson, William
Little, Adam
Macdonald, James
Mather, John
Mather, Thomas
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 19
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1420mm, width 1140mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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
- Alnham Roll of Honour
- WMO ID: 261568
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Alnwick & County Gazette 8 January 1921
- newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6300
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