Memorial Details
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Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 House Painters
Reference
A11.30
Place
ALNWICK
Map ref
NU186132
Original Location
Crown Inn, Market Street. (Closed)
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 12th May 1923 by County Cllr. Adam Robertson.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, illuminated and framed.
Materials used
Oak frame.
Inscription
(Dedicated to members who has fallen and served)
Names
Who commissioned
Alnwick Branch of National Society of House Painters.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
G. Carson
Notes
1. The Crown Inn no longer trades under that name. The survival of the memorial is questionable.
2. "1916. The House and Ship Painters and Decorators met on alternate Saturdays at Mrs. J. Blain’s Crown Inn (Market Street). W. Cockburn, President, T. Rennison, Treasurer, R.C. Rennison, Secretary.1934. The Housepainters were meeting at the Crown. (Mr. G. Hall’s). President, John Willcox, Secretary, W. Hynes, Check Steward, A. Nayvin, Treasurer, G. Garson”. (Letter from Alan Bowden).
2. "1916. The House and Ship Painters and Decorators met on alternate Saturdays at Mrs. J. Blain’s Crown Inn (Market Street). W. Cockburn, President, T. Rennison, Treasurer, R.C. Rennison, Secretary.1934. The Housepainters were meeting at the Crown. (Mr. G. Hall’s). President, John Willcox, Secretary, W. Hynes, Check Steward, A. Nayvin, Treasurer, G. Garson”. (Letter from Alan Bowden).
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Morpeth Herald 18/05/1923 reports unveiling.
Alnwick and County Gazette 19/05/1923 reports unveiling of memorial to "National Painters' Society" at the Alnwick Branch of the "National Union of Painters".
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 19/05/1923 reports unveiling.
Alnwick and County Gazette 19/05/1923 reports unveiling of memorial to "National Painters' Society" at the Alnwick Branch of the "National Union of Painters".
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 19/05/1923 reports unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Alan Bowden; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by the Alnwick District WWI Centenary Commemoration Group. Contact: ww1alnwickproject@yahoo.co.uk
Roll of Honour 1914-18 House Painters (A11.30)
ALNWICK House Painters
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been gleaned from a newspaper
report and has not been compared with the original
nor with a good photograph.
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This is the list of those who died.
Those who served are not listed.
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Thomas Burnett Vincent Furlonger
William Cockburn J. Harrison
A. Coulthard R.M. Rutherford
H. Alder Common Thomas F. Rennison
Charles Dixon Adam T. Young
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