It was made by R.H. Mackin, 8 Surtees Street, and Mr Edgar was Mayor in November 1919.
Northern Daily Mail 10/11/1919 reports unveiling.
The plaque reads:
Presented by the
West Hartlepool War Savings Committee
In Commemoration
of the record of the town in the raising of
War Loans 1916-1919
and in grateful memory
of the services rendered by the late
Councillor William Edgar, J.P.
during whose mayoralty the tank record 1918 and the
National War Bonds record 1918-1919 were won by the town
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Councillor F. Thompson, J.P. Mayor and Chairman
Mr. Charles Anderson, M.B.E. Hon. Secretary
April 1919.
