Memorial

Picture 1914-18 Village Hall

Boulmer

Memorial Name: Picture 1914-18 Village Hall (B49.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: B49.03

Parish: Boulmer

Original Location:

In Village Memorial Hall.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 4th August 1920 by Arthur Scholefield

Materials Used:

Silvered metal frame.

How Money was Raised:

The gift of Mrs. Middlemiss.

Inscription:

To the memory
of
the brave sons of Empire
who fell on the Battlefields
of
Evrope
“They have fovght the good fight”
dying
in the cavse of
Hvmanity that
Honovr
Might live.

Memorial Description:

Picture called “Remembrance” in silvered frame, overall size 36 inches high x 23 inches wide (914 mm x 584 mm).

The frame is 4 inches wide (10cms), and is beaten to form an overall speckled pattern.

At the top is a double laurel wreath beaten in half relief, and at the bottom is the word “Remembrance” also raised in half relief in cursive writing.

The main panel shows a lady in a purple dress mourning over a laurel wreath.

Behind her is a scroll bearing the dedication in capital letters.

In each corner is a purple oval stone, although the one in the bottom right hand corner is missing.

Names:

None

Notes:

1. This picture is a duplicate of the one in St. Michael’s Church, Felton incorporated in the shrine to Norman Potts. See F14.04. See also Forest in Teesdale F45.02