Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Castle Morpeth
Town
Whalton
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Specific Conflict
Maker
W B Edwards & Partners of Newcastle (Architect)
Ceremony
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 11 June 1954
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
34211

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Current location

West wall of nave
St Mary Magdalene Church
Whalton
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 3UP
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13070 81303
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Leather-bound book of remembrance. Embossed gilt lettering. Hand written internal lettering. Placed in a wooden case.
Inscription
A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO WENT FORTH FROM/ WHALTON AND DISTRICT/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS/ 1914-18 1939-45/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO SERVED./ A GIFT OF WHALTON AND DISTRICT/ BRITISH LEGION IN GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION./ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM./ NAMES OF THE FALLEN/1914-1918 1939-1945/[names]/ THOSE WHO SERVED AND HAVE SINCE DIED/[names]/ THOSE WHO SERVED/[names on 3 pages]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adamson, Charles
Anderson, John
Anderson, Joseph
Appleby, Joseph
Appleby, Robert S
Appleby, Robert Swan
Barnett, Frederick P
Barnett, Guy
Barnett, Mark
Barnett, Mark
See details for all 90 names
Commemorations
  • Non-Specific Conflict
    Total names on memorial: 90
    Served and returned: 61
    Died: 29
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank (for the fallen only)
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Case
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood, Glass
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Leather, Paper
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Memorial: £31/10

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Whalton & District British Legion
Reference

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