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Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Candlish Bottle Works
Reference
S117.29
Place
SEAHAM & SEAHAM HARBOUR
Original Location
Messrs. Robert Candlish & Son Ltd., Bottle Works, Seaham Harbour. (Closed)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1920
Memorial Description
Plaque of popular design set in a wood frame. There is a border culminating in roundels in each corner. The main panel has an arched top with hatched spandrels. At centre top are two crossed union flags. The names of the fallen are in three columns inside a box. The names of those who served are in three columns. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
To the / imperishable memory / of those who fell / and in honour of all others connected / with these works who served their / King and Country / in the / Great War 1914-1919
This tablet was erected by their / fellow workmen & workwomen / --- March 1920 ---
Names
Who commissioned
Mechanics and Labourers
Notes
1. The firm went out of business approx. 1924.
2. There is a report of an illuminated roll of honour which was unveiled in September 1920 by the managing director, Mr. G. Gilbey. It named 23 who died and 127 who served. It was to hang in the Robert Candlish Memorial Hall. Auckland and County Chronicle 30/09/1920
3. The unveiling took place at a meat tea in the Drill Hall which was attended by 250 returned soldiers and sailors, relatives and friends.
4. At the ceremony, a vote of thanks was given “To Mr. Gilbey and our fellow-workers who by their united generosity jointly paid our house rents and made us other gifts during the whole period of the war”. This fund was created by workmen paying a weekly contribution which went to the town’s relief fund and the remainder to paying rents of the whole of the families of the men serving.
2. There is a report of an illuminated roll of honour which was unveiled in September 1920 by the managing director, Mr. G. Gilbey. It named 23 who died and 127 who served. It was to hang in the Robert Candlish Memorial Hall. Auckland and County Chronicle 30/09/1920
3. The unveiling took place at a meat tea in the Drill Hall which was attended by 250 returned soldiers and sailors, relatives and friends.
4. At the ceremony, a vote of thanks was given “To Mr. Gilbey and our fellow-workers who by their united generosity jointly paid our house rents and made us other gifts during the whole period of the war”. This fund was created by workmen paying a weekly contribution which went to the town’s relief fund and the remainder to paying rents of the whole of the families of the men serving.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Illustrated Chronicle 26/04/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 01/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Daily Mail 22/04/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 30/09/1920 reports tea ceremony and unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 01/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Daily Mail 22/04/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 30/09/1920 reports tea ceremony and unveiling.
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Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Candlish Bottle Works (S117.29)
SEAHAM Robert Candlish & Son Ltd.,
To the
imperishable memory
--- of those who fell ---
and in honour of all others connected
with these works who served their
King and Country
--- in the ---
Great War 1914-1919
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Fallen
Capt. Herbert S. Watson
Edmundsen, W. Lovett, A.
Harrison, John Mayhew, Anty G. Taylor, Ernest.
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Served
Anderson, John Etherington, C. Softley, Robert
Andrews, James Farrington, A. Stephenson, J.
Brownlee, Robt. J. Huntrod, Robert Swift, James
Blakey, Thomas Hopkirk, William Spoors, Wilf. M.
Conlon, Hugh Levy, Thomas H. Tinlin, Robert J.
Coates, Walter Mitchell, Alex. Tinlin, Thomas
Cook, Alfred Mitchell, William Taylor, William
Canterdale, Thos. Major, George Tulip, George
Cox, Henry McKone, Matthew Tulip, John Thos.
Cox, Fred. W. Milburn, Jos. G. Tinsley, George
Carver, Pearson Miller, William Walshaw, J.C., M.M.
Dickinson, J.H. Paskin, David Watson, H.T.
Dalton, John W. Reed, George Wilson, George J.
Dixon, Joseph Walker, Henry W.
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This tablet was erected by their
fellow workmen & workwomen
--- March 1920 ---
NamesS117.29
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