Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Blyth Valley
Town
Cowpen, Blyth
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
MESSRS HUGHES & BOLCKOW LTD (Manufacturer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 10 December 1921
    Attended by: Lieutenant Colonel N I Wright DSO performed the unveiling of the board at Bebside Methodist Church
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33321

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Current location

St Benedict's Church
Bellford Court
Cowpen
Blyth
Blyth Valley
Northumberland
NE24 5AZ
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 29674 81350
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • Bebside Social Welfare Centre
    Front Street
    Bebside
    Blyth Valley
    Northumberland
    NE24 4HW
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NZ 27967 81420
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Bebside War Memorial Institute/Hall
    Bebside
    Blyth Valley
    Northumberland
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Bebside Primitive Methodist Chapel
    Bebside
    Blyth Valley
    Northumberland
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Primitive Methodist
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Description
On wall in entrance hall, wooden (Oak, taken from HMS Brittania) board with triangular pediment, beige border and four columns of names on a black panel. The dedication, in gold-painted Roan lettering, is within the pediment. Each of the four columns of names is headed by a small gold-painted cross with a red poppy at its centre. The space underneath the dedication is divided into four panels by flat pillars which are arched at the top. These panels bear the names in a single column on each of the dead from 1914-18, handwritten in gold paint using Roman capitals throughout, and at the top of each panel is a gold-painted cross with a red poppy at centre. At the bottom, the last two names in every column are from 1939-45.
Inscription
In/ Sacred Memory/ OF THE MEN FROM/ BEBSIDE COLLIERY,/ Who gave their lives in the GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918 ..... 1939 - 1945/ THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ (NAMES)/ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allison, G
Bailey, Wm
Balmer, James
Bartlett, John W
Bartlett, Thos
Bell, John James
Brooks, J
Bruce, Wm
Buckham, Robert
Chamberlain, T E
See details for all 88 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 80
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 80
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename/initials, surname
    Order of information: Mainly alphabetical by surname, apart from the 80th name which was added after the memorial was unveiled.
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
Components
  • Board
    Measurements: height 840mm, width 1120mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Frame
    Measurements: height 1220mm, width 1420mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6413
  • Morpeth Herald 16 May 1924 reports placing in the new Institute
  • Shields Daily News 12 December 1921 reports that the memorial is to be housed in the New Institute
  • Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 12 December 1921 (page 5) reported: "A memorial tablet was unveiled at the Primitive Methodist Church, Bebside on Saturday afternoon, to commemorate the names of the 79 men of the Bebside Colliery who fell in the war. Mr F. C. Hallowes, of Bebside Hall, presided, and Lieut-Colonel N.I. Wright, of Morpeth, performed the unveiling ceremony".
  • Morpeth Herald 16 December 1921 reported the unveiling

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