Memorial Details
Memorial
Walls of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden
Reference
N10.14
Place
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA
Original Location
Memorial garden
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 17th May 2015 by Col. J. Anderson, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland; dedicated by Rev. F. Walton, R.B.L. Branch Chaplain.
Memorial Description
Two walls of Remembrance, each approx. 8 feet long by 5 feet high. These are to the right and left through the entrance arch. The one on the left is for 1914-18, the other is for 1939-45. Straight ahead, replacing a concrete wreath, is a further plaque naming post-1945 conflicts in two columns.
The wall for 1914-18 has three panels. The central panel contains the exhortation. Those on each side carry the names in three columns on each. Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.
The wall for 1939-45 also has three panels. The central panel contains the Kohima epitaph. The two outer panels contain the names in two columns on each. Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.
In each case the lettering is incised using Roman lower case lettering.
The wall for 1914-18 has three panels. The central panel contains the exhortation. Those on each side carry the names in three columns on each. Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.
The wall for 1939-45 also has three panels. The central panel contains the Kohima epitaph. The two outer panels contain the names in two columns on each. Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.
In each case the lettering is incised using Roman lower case lettering.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
a. 1914-1918. Exhortation.
b. 1939-1945 Kohima Epitaph
b. 1939-1945 Kohima Epitaph
Names
Who commissioned
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and North Seaton Project
How money was raised
Heritage Lottery Fund
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Made by Art of Stone, Blyth; badges hand-carved by Mark Topping.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
The Journal 20/05/2015 reports unveiling.
News Post Leader 21/05/2015 reports unveiling.
Sources of quotations:
They shall grow not old . . . . For the Fallen Siegfried Sassoon.
When you go home . . . Written after the Great War by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958) but most famously quoted on the memorial at Kohima, Burma. It was
suggested by Major John Etty-Leal, and thought to be based on the Greek Simonides who wrote after the Battle of Thermopylae: "Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by / That faithful to their precepts here we lie".
The Journal 20/05/2015 reports unveiling.
News Post Leader 21/05/2015 reports unveiling.
Sources of quotations:
They shall grow not old . . . . For the Fallen Siegfried Sassoon.
When you go home . . . Written after the Great War by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958) but most famously quoted on the memorial at Kohima, Burma. It was
suggested by Major John Etty-Leal, and thought to be based on the Greek Simonides who wrote after the Battle of Thermopylae: "Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by / That faithful to their precepts here we lie".
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Doreen Morton
Research In Progress
Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project is studying the impact of WW1 on the town
Contact: newbigginbyseagenealogyproject@gmail.com
Walls of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden (N10.14)
Panel 1 Columns 1-3
1914-1918
Ainslie J. Curtis G. Graham J.C. MM
Armstrong A. Davidson A. Graham T.J. Exhortation
Armstrong J. Dawson E. Grant J.
Armstrong R. Dent W. Henstock S. They shall grow not old
Baker A. Dixon C. Hepburn D. as we that are left grow old
Barber T. Dodds M. Herriot A. Age shall not weary them
Beal T. Dodds W. Hodgetts G. or the years condemn
Bell V. Elkin G. Hughes E. At the going down
Bennett A. Ellis C. Lawson R. of the sun
Blackburn J. Elliott A. Longstaff F.J. and in the morning
Brown H. Foggs G. Love J. We shall remember them.
Brown J.W. Forrest A. Lowery G.
Brown W. Friberg H. Lowery T.
Chalder A. Gibson N. Maxwell J.
Charlton J. Gibson R. McCarthey J.
Clough C.G. Gibson T. McGregor J.
Coxon T. Graham A. McKenzie J.
Cripps J.T. Graham J. Murray R.
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Panel 1 Columns 4-6
1914-1918
Nichol T. Seely A. Wilkinson H.
Oliver J. Sharp J. Wilkinson J.A.
Peel J.W. Simpson W. Wilkinson J.G.
Punton H. Sloan G. Willis E.
Raynor N.R. Smart M. Willis R.M.
Redford J. Smith J.W. Wilson D.E.
Renner F. Southern H. Wilson E.J.W.
Renner H. Stephenson T. Wilson H.
Renner R. Stephenson W. Wilson J.
Reynolds D. Storey J. Wood P.
Roberts A. Storey J.T. Wotherspoon W.
Robinson D.H. Storey W. Wright A.
Rodgers E.C. Swan G.R.
Rowell J. Taylor B.
Sampson J. Taylor T.
Sands G.H. Tully R.
Scofield J. Turnbull J.
Scott R.A. Wilkinson E.
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Right hand wall Columns 1-2
1939-1945
Adams W.G. Dodds G.
Appleton T.H. Dower R.E.
Armstrong J.T. Endean R.
Aspin T. Fail F.W.A. Kohima
Aynsley J.W. Fail W. Epitaph
Batch H.E. Fallow T.
Beers R. Ferrell G. When you go home,
Bentley S. Fuller J. Tell them of us and say,
Blackett H.A. Gibbons D.M. For your tomorrow
Brown G. Graham A.M. We gave our today.
Brown W. Graham W.
Cessford G. Graham W.H.
Chambers J.T. Grieves T.
Clarke S. Groves R.S.
Clarke W. Herdman R.M.
Cutter T. Hollingsworth A.H.
Dawson R. Hope T.W
Dixon E.L. Hudspeth B.
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Right hand wall Columns 3-4
1939-1945
Hutton N. Sanderson W.
Jaques R. Sands E.
Kailofer J. Simpson G.L.
Knott R.H. Smith C.F.
Lewis J.B. Stainbank J.
Lord W. Steel J.M.
Love A. Storey G.
Love J.W. Stothard R.
Macdonald W. Taylor J.D.
Mackenzie G.W. Todd B.
Magee W.J. Turner W.
Nichol J. Wake J.
Nicholls J.W. Wood T.
Nicholls W. Young A.M.
Noble J.W.A. Civilians Killed in Bombing raid
Quinn H. 7th November 1941
Robinson R. William W. Armstrong, Agnes Hogg
Robinson R. Joseph Hogg, James Turnbull and
Mary Jane Turner
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Plaque straight ahead (Post 1945)
Lest We Forget
Palestine Malaya
Korea Suez
Aden Borneo
Oman Northern Ireland
Falklands Gulf
Balkans Sierra Leone
Iraq Afghanistan
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