Memorial Details
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Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Literary Institute
Reference
C123.02
Place
CHESTER MOOR
Original Location
Literary Institute
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled July 1920 by Alderman J. Lawson, M.P. for Chester-le-Street.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, illuminated in wood frame.
Materials used
Rosewood frame.
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Notes
1. It was proposed that the roll would be hung for one month in each of the several Mission Churches in Chester Moor before being finally placed in the Literary Institute.
2. When unveiling the roll, Mr. Lawson used a pair of scissors found in Germany by Mr. George Cronin of Chester Moor, who was a POW there for four years.
2. When unveiling the roll, Mr. Lawson used a pair of scissors found in Germany by Mr. George Cronin of Chester Moor, who was a POW there for four years.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 09/07/1920 reports unveiling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Literary Institute (C123.02)
CHESTER MOOR Literary Institute
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been extracted from a newspaper
report and has not been compared with the original
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Killed in action or died from wounds.
Gun. Newrich Armstrong Sgt. John R. Henderson Pte. Thomas Stearman
Bomb. Peter S. Cole Pte. Robert Hutchinson Sgt. Edward Todd
Pte. Robert Dolan A.B. Robert Hood Cpl. Stephen G. Turnbull
L.Cpl. Dennis S. Darby Pte. Thomas W. Horn Pte. Frederick Laidlaw
M.O. John Forster L.Cpl. John E. Lake William Laidlaw
Pte. Alfred Henderson Gnr. Abram Maddison L.Cpl. Thomas Laybourne
Pte. Gerard Watson Pte. Henry Witherspoon
Served
Dvr. John Agnew Dvr. William Hankinson Pte. Ernest Reeves
Gun. George C. Agnew Pte. John Henderson C.Cpl. Gilbert Robson
L.Cpl. John Amos Pte. William Henderson MBR Selina Scott
Dvr. James Andrews L.Cpl. George Henderson Gun. Herbert F. Saint
Cpl. Joseph Ashurst Pte. John Horn Pte. Edward Saynor
Pte. James Ashurst Pte. Robert Humes Sgt. Thomas Simpson
S.Sgt. Edward Armstrong CSM John G. Hunter Gun. Thomas W. Slater
L.Cpl. William Belshaw Pte. Norman Hutchinson Gun. Joseph Slater
Gdsmn William Belshaw Pte. Thomas Hutchinson Pte. John Slater
L.Cpl. James R. Belshaw Pte. Robert Jamphrew Pte. Richard Smith
Gun. Joseph Bell Pte. George Jolly Gun. Joseph Smith
Cpl.Philip Buck Pte. Joseph Laws Gdsm. George Smith
Sap. George Bland Pte. James Laybourne Pte. Thomas Smith
Sap. Robinson Brown Pte. George Ledger Pte. John Smith
Gun. Nicholas Carr Pte. George Ledger Pte. Frederick George Stoker
Pte. Matthew W. Carr Gun. Cuthbert Ledger Pte. Robert Stearman
Pte. Thomas H. Cole Pte. John Laidler Gun. Robert Stark
Pte. Andrew Conreah Pte. James ?Luccock CSM George Sheldrake
Cpl. Frederick Cook Pte. John Luke Pte. Stanley Scott
Gun. Henry Colbeck Sap. John Lockey Pte. James R. Sweeney
Pte. George Cronin Cpl. Daniel Maddison Nurse J.S. Taylor
Pte. Thomas Clark Gdsm. George Maddison Pte. Charlton Taylor
Pte. Isaac Coxon Pte. Thomas Maul Pte. William Taylor
A.B. Robert Dickinson L.Cpl. John S. Maughan Tpr. William S. Tindale
Pte. William Dixon Rif. Glenroy Maughan Pte. James F. Tindale
Pte. Joseph Dodds Gun. William B. Mavin Dvr. William Thornton
Pte. Robert Dodd Pte. Robert Mitchell Dvr. Frederick Thompson
Sgt. Victor Elliott Pte. Arthur Milner Pte. Mark Thompson
Pte. Ernest Elliott Dvr. Thomas Mordue Pte. Hugh Turner
Sgt. George Flint Pte. Bernard McLaverty Pte. John Turner
Sgt. John Flint Pte. John McLaverty Pte. William Twinn
Pte. George Foster Sgt. John Megoran Pte. George E. Twinn
Pte. Edward Gales Pte. John Newbiggin Pte. John R. Ward
Pte. Robert Gales Pte. John G. Nelson Gun. George Walton
Pte. Frederick Garr Pte. William Oliphant Pte. Philip Walton
Pte. Edward Gray Sgt. Thomas ?Perue Sig. John R. Walton
Pte. Charles Graham Pte. John W. Peacock Gun. Maddison Wilks
A.M. John Halliday Pte. John Powney Gun. Matthew H. Wilks
Gun. Arthur Halliday Pte. Cyril Pride Gdsm. James Willey
Pte. George Halliday Pte. Stephen Prichard Pte. Cecil Winter
Pte. Norman Hardy Pte. Frederick Pugh Pte. Thomas G. Wearmouth
Skr George W. Harrison Pte. Jacob Rain Cpl. Wilson Wood
Pte. John H. Wood Skr. Albert V. Wright.
NamesC123.02
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