
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Alnwick
- Town
- Alnwick
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Richard Bell (Artist)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 1920
Attended by:
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33474
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Current location
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Museum
Abbots Tower
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 1LU
England
OS Grid Ref: NU 18630 13637
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- East Chevington Institute
East Chevington
Alnwick
Northumberland
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- East Chevington Institute
- Description
- ILLUMINATED ROLL OF HONOUR. HAND WRITTEN. PAINTING SURROUNDING ROLL OF HONOUR. DEPICTS SCENES OF BATTLE ON LAND AND AT SEA. ARCHWAY SURROUNDS NAMES. SOLDIER AND SAILOR WITH REVERSED RIFLES AT BASE RIGHT. WINGED ANGEL AT TOP OF ARCH. GRIEVING WOMAN AT BASE LEFT. In the top left corner is a picture of a sinking ship with a lifeboat. At top right is soldier tending a wounded soldier, with a burning town in the background.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ THEY HAVE GONE TO ETERNAL BLISS/ AND THEIRS WAS A GLORIOUS END/ FOR GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND/[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 67
Served and returned: 0
Died: 67
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: width 3 INCHES
Materials: Wood, Glass - Roll of honour
Measurements: height 3 FEET, width 2 FEET
Materials: Paper
- Frame
- 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
- Weekly Courier 23/11/1985 about restoration and handing over to the museum
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10747
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