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Plaque 1914-18 Miners' Welfare Institute

Reference

E8.02

Place

EAST HARTFORD

Map ref

NZ 269792

Original Location

East Hartford Miners' Welfare Institute

Present Location

Now East Hartford and District Community Association Hall. On lobby wall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled at opening of the Institute on 3rd March 1923 by T.O. Wood, agent to the Cramlington Coal Co., in place of John Morrison, Managing Director of the Cramlington Coal Co. who was sick. Dedicated by Rev. H.P. Cutter of Horton.

Memorial Description

Plaque and surround, 37 inches high x 26 inches wide. The dedication is on the panel at the top, with the dates "1914" and "1918" at the top of pilasters on either side. The names listed in two columns, the lettering painted in gilt Roman capitals.

Materials used

Oak

Inscription

1914 In memoriam 1918
"Lest We Forget"

Names

37 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Ownership and maintenance

East Hartford and District Community Association

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Jack Tait

Blyth News 11/05/1922 gives report of opening of Institute.

Morpeth Herald 09/03/1923 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo 05/03/1923 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
�Lest We Forget� Recessional Rudyard Kipling

Links to Source Material :

Morpeth Herald 1923 03 09 Fri

Northern Echo 1923 03 05 Mon

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; the late Jack Tait (Blyth L.H.S.); J. Brown

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Plaque 1914-18 Miners' Welfare Institute (E8.02)

EAST HARTFORD, East Hartford and District Community Association Hall

   1914          IN MEMORIAM          1918

   M. Absalom,       N.F.        J.H. Hamilton,   West Yorks.

   N. Barnes,        "           J. Hall          R.F.

   J. Barber,        "           J.J. Holland,    N.F.

   J. Brown,         "           J. Henshaw,      S.L.I.

   W. Brown,         "           J. Henderson,    N.F.

   J.R. Collingwood, "           J. Jordan,       N.F.

   M. Cunningham     "           J. Kilgour,      "

   R.J. Crosby       "           T. Mitcheson     S.L.I.

   T. Clark          "           J. Nesbit,       N.F.

   A. Causer         "           F. Simpson,      "

   J. Coombe         "           W.D. Schonewald, S.L.I.

   J. Dickson,       "           J.R. Stannard,   "

   D. Dixon,         "           J. Shield,       N.F.

   J.H. Dixon        "           R. Tait,         "

   F. Eke,           West Yorks. W. Tunney,       A.S.C.

   J. Foster,        N.F.        J.E. Thompson,   S.L.I.

   J. Fenwick,       "           S. Websell,      N.F.

   W. Gray,          R.N.        J. Wood,         "

   H. Hamilton,      N.F.

   "Lest We Forget".

NamesE8.02

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