Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Simonburn
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War - civilians, First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34247
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Current location
St Mungo's Church
Simonburn
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE48 3AS
England
OS Grid Ref: NY870735
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Parchment Roll of Honour in a glazed mahogany frame. The border is in green and gold. A Union flag is featured at the top. The names are handwritten in four columns, and are annotated to show those who were wounded or taken prisoner. The names of the ten people killed are listed in two columns at the top, with a cross drawn between the columns.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, G
Armstrong, G
Armstrong, Robert
Ballantine, N
Barrington, S
Bayley, Ch
Beattie, Frederick
Bell, J
Buglass, W
Crawford, J
See details for all 70 names - Commemorations
- First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, service , surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 69
Served and returned: 59
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment, surname, initials of forenames, whether died/wounded/taken POW
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War - civilians
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: height 675mm, width 550mm
Materials: Parchment - Frame
Measurements: height 775mm, width 650mm
Materials: Wood - Mahogany
- Roll of honour
- 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
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8849
- WMSS32.7
- Alan Grint has researched the names on this memorial in his book In Silent Fortitude, 2011 Ergo Press ISBN 9780955751098
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