Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Post Office
Reference
D40.017
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
General Post Office, Northgate (closed)
Present Location
Royal Mail Darlington Mail Centre, St.Cuthbert’s Way, Darlington, DL1 1AA.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled June 29th 1924 by Baron Daryngton of Whitley. Dedicated by Rev. S.F. Warth, vicar of St. Luke’s Darlington.
Memorial Description
Plaque of with raised burnished edge. At centre top is a laurel wreath containing a cross raised in half relief and the whole gilded. The names are listed in five columns. The lettering is in raised Roman capitals.
This is set on a wood pattress with the plaque for 1939-45 below.
This is set on a wood pattress with the plaque for 1939-45 below.
Materials used
Black enameled brass.
Inscription
Darlington Postal District / 1914-1918. / This tablet is erected by their comrades to the Glory of God / and in honoured memory of the following members of / the staff who gave their lives in the Great War / Names)
Their name liveth for evermore.
Their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Notes
1. Baron Daryngton of Witley in the County of Surrey had been Assistant Postmaster from 1915-1923. Before being raised to the peerage in 1923, before elevation to the peerage, Herbert Pike Pease had served as the town’s MP for 25 years, apart from one brief spell of ten months.
2. A total of 119 post office employees served, of whom 25 were killed.
3. The ceremony took place in the big sorting office, but the plaque would later be placed in the public office where it could be seen by all.
4. It is possible that this was originally on a white marble pattress but this was removed when the plaques for both wars were placed on the same backing.
2. A total of 119 post office employees served, of whom 25 were killed.
3. The ceremony took place in the big sorting office, but the plaque would later be placed in the public office where it could be seen by all.
4. It is possible that this was originally on a white marble pattress but this was removed when the plaques for both wars were placed on the same backing.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine; David Charlesworth
Northern Echo 10/01/1917 page 3; 30/06/1924 page 7
Darlington & Stockton Times 05/07/1924 page 3
Northern Dispatch 30/06/1924
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 05/07/1924 reports unveiling
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Northern Echo 10/01/1917 page 3; 30/06/1924 page 7
Darlington & Stockton Times 05/07/1924 page 3
Northern Dispatch 30/06/1924
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 05/07/1924 reports unveiling
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; David Charlesworth
Research In Progress
Stephen Nicholson is researching the names on this memorial
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Plaque 1914-18 Post Office (D40.017)
DARLINGTON General Post Office
Darlington Postal District
1914 1918.
This tablet is erected by their comrades to the Glory of God
and in honoured memory of the following members of
the staff who gave their lives in the Great War
Bailey, J. Elgey, J.G. Langhorn, S.W. Pattison, W. Shepherd, T.
Bland, H.P. Gilmore, J. Liddle, J.E. Pearson, H. Smiles, R.H.
Boddy, T. Gladwin, W. Lumley, H.R. Pearson, T. Suffell, H.G.
Brown, T. Groves, E.W. McGregor, R. Reid, W.A. Wegg, C.E.
Dixon, H. Hepple, F. McVay, P. Robinson, F. Worfolk, E.P.
“Their name liveth for evermore.”
NamesD40.17
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