Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque Bamlett 1917 N.E.R. Offices
Reference
S122.26
Place
SHILDON
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Carriage and Wagons Accountant's office or the Locomotive Accountant's office
Present Location
Not known
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 1921 by ex-servicemen who were members of the office staff.
Memorial Description
Plaque
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
(Dedicated to the memory of William Bamlett)
Names
See above.
Who commissioned
Carriage and Wagons Accountant's office or the Locomotive Accountant's office
Notes
1. Two plaques were unveiled on the same day in the NER Offices. One was this one for Pte. William Bamlett, the other was to John Cree (See S122.13). It is reported that the plaque for John Cree was rediscovered and is now in the Sports Club. What happened with the plaque to Pte. Bamlett?
2. Pte. Bamlett is remembered on S122.04 and Sedgefield Parish Notes
3. See additional information below.
2. Pte. Bamlett is remembered on S122.04 and Sedgefield Parish Notes
3. See additional information below.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Northern Echo 12/11/1921 briefly reports unveiling of brass plaques to Ptes. Cree and Bamlett.
NER Railway Magazine 1921. Page 232. Source of additional information.
NER Railway Magazine 1921. Page 232. Source of additional information.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Notes
a. The two plaques were unveiled on a Armistice Remembrance Day, silently performed by two former ex-service comrades Messrs. T. Ellwood and A. Myers. The plaques were situated in either the Carriage and Wagons Accountant's office or the Locomotive Accountant's office, (one in each). The office staff of the above departments had placed the plaques in the respective offices.
The description of the tablets was given as "very beautifully engraved and are of the same type and high quality as seen on the walls of churches and cathedrals".
b. The other plaque mentioned was for John Cree see S122.13
The description of the tablets was given as "very beautifully engraved and are of the same type and high quality as seen on the walls of churches and cathedrals".
b. The other plaque mentioned was for John Cree see S122.13
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
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Plaque Bamlett 1917 N.E.R. Offices (S122.26)
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