Memorial Details
Memorial
Triptych 1914-18 Urban District Council
Reference
B42.02
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 309811
Original Location
Blyth Council Offices at Seaforth Street, Blyth.
Present Location
Transferred Blyth Valley Borough Council Offices, Seaton Delaval. Moved to present position the Civic Centre in 1991.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Triptych with gable top, 48 inches at its highest point, the triangular top being 7 inches deep, the main panel being 31 inches deep, the bottom panel 10 inches deep. The triptych measures 20 inches across when closed, 40 inches across when opened. Lettering is in painted Roman capitals. The IHS symbol is in the gable section.
On centre panel : a large copper cross with inscription on either side above the cross piece, and names on either side below the cross piece.
On a panel at the bottom is a small brass plate stating the source of materials and other details.
On centre panel : a large copper cross with inscription on either side above the cross piece, and names on either side below the cross piece.
On a panel at the bottom is a small brass plate stating the source of materials and other details.
Materials used
Timber and copper.
Inscription
For God, King and Country
On inside left door :
Roll of Honour
On inside right door :
Roll of Honour
On centre panel :
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This
On inside left door :
On inside right door :
On centre panel :
Names
Notes
1. On brass plate on base of central panel is this information "The Heroic Dead. Made from timber and copper taken from H.M.S. 'Britannia' Naval Cadet Ship at Dartmouth 1869-1905. Broken up at Blyth 1917. Presented to the Town of Blyth by Hughes Bolckow and Co. Ltd.
2. In a booklet presented by Hughes Bolckow to their staff when the firm was taken over in 1961, there is a long piece about the break-up of the "Britannia". The salvaged material went to making up all kinds of things (see font made from binnacle at Blyth B42.9). A sentence reads "Folding chairs on offer were designed with wounded soldiers in mind ('their high back is very restful, but does not interfere with the hat when seated'); tea trolleys were advertised ('in hospitals and nursing homes they ease the extra work brought by the war'); and there were three patterns of memorial shrine with space for names of up to 150 dead; the names could be added 'in black at a halfpenny a letter, or in gold at a penny a letter'". See also Blyth B42.34, Cambois C6.05.
2. In a booklet presented by Hughes Bolckow to their staff when the firm was taken over in 1961, there is a long piece about the break-up of the "Britannia". The salvaged material went to making up all kinds of things (see font made from binnacle at Blyth B42.9). A sentence reads "Folding chairs on offer were designed with wounded soldiers in mind ('their high back is very restful, but does not interfere with the hat when seated'); tea trolleys were advertised ('in hospitals and nursing homes they ease the extra work brought by the war'); and there were three patterns of memorial shrine with space for names of up to 150 dead; the names could be added 'in black at a halfpenny a letter, or in gold at a penny a letter'". See also Blyth B42.34, Cambois C6.05.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Jack Tait; John Maughan; Tony Harding
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John’s Gospel 15 v 13
Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John’s Gospel 15 v 13
Research acknowledgements
The late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; the late John Maughan; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Triptych 1914-18 Urban District Council (B42.02)
BLYTH, Civic Centre.
At top
For God, King and Country.
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Centre panel
Greater love hath
no man than this
Aitchison, J. Pte. 8th Batt. N.F
Fairclough, L. Royal Engineers
Parker, W.E. Light Infantry
Moran, J. Coldstream Guards
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Left hand panel Right hand panel
Roll Roll
of Honour of Honour
Burrows, Jos. Hepple, J.
Petty Officer Pte. 1st Batt. Worcester Regt.
Ditchburn, Thomas Hogg, R.H.
Royal Navy Q.M.S. Royal Engineers
Robinson, F. Readman, P.
Petty Officer, Royal Navy Pte, Machine Gun Corps.
Baker, G.W. Robson, W.
Bombr, Royal Field Artillery Pte. Labour Battn.
Bell, W. Smith, G.
Pte., 9th Batt., N.F. Cpl. Royal Engineers (G.P.O.)
East, H. Stimpson, R.
Pte, R.A.M.C. Pte. Labour Battn.
Elliott, E. Woods, J.
Pte. West Yorkshires Pte. Yorkshire Light Infantry
Ferrell, J.R. Wood, M.
Q.M.S. Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. R.A.S.C.
Fletcher, A.
Pte. R.A.M.C.
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On attached plaque
The Heroic Dead.
Made from timber and copper taken from
H.M.S. "Britannia" Naval Cadet Ship at
Dartmouth, 1869-1905
Broken up at Blyth 1917
Presented to the Town of Blyth by Hughes
Bolckow and Co. Ltd.
NamesB42.02
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