Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Ashington
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 74680
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Current location
Document Reference EP 17/50
Northumberland Archive Centre
Woodhorn Colliery
Ashington
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE63 9YF
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 28910 88481
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Card pre-printed (by Mowbrays) Roll of Honour, now without its frame. The quotation is printed either side of a cross, with the second & third quotations at the bottom. The dates and names are handwritten. The names are listed in two columns
- Inscription
- GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/PARISH OF ANCROFT/ROLL OF HONOUR/NAMES OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE GIVEN/THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/[names]/"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD"/FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING/LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Athey, John
Campbell, R
Chalmers, William
Crossman, W R M
Edmondson, Joseph
Edmondson, Thomas H
Hardy, Jn.
Hardy, Jos.
Johnson, C
Lambton, Geoffrey
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: height 285mm, width 200mm
Materials: Card
- 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
- Ancroft Roll of Honour
- WMO ID: 256654
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 19-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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