Memorial Details

NEWMP Memorial Image
Photo: Ken Southern

Memorial

Doorframe 1914-18 1939-45 Shafto Trust School

Reference

H24.04

Place

HAYDON BRIDGE

Map ref

NY 843640

Original Location

Shafto Trust School, Shaftoe Terrace. Door to main hall.

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

a. Unveiled June 1921 by Canon Crawhall.

Memorial Description

Door frame, 8 feet 9 inches high x 6 feet 9 inches wide. The dedication is on a metal plaque inserted in a panel across the top of the door, the lettering incised and painted black.
On each side of the door a metal plaque has been inserted into a wide panel in the frame, each bearing names from 1914-18.
An additional metal plaque has been added to each to carry the names from 1939-45.

Materials used

Oak frame, pewter plaques.

Inscription

a. In grateful memory of the pupils / and staff of this school who fell / in the Great War 1914-1919.
b. 1939-1945

Names

How money was raised

Mainly by pupils of the school

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ken & Dorothy Southern; Old postcard: George Nairn

Illustrated Chronicle 25/06/1921 has photo of doorway.

Hexham Courant 21/06/1996 feature 75 years ago reports unveiling.

Links to Source Material :

Research acknowledgements

Ken & Dorothy Southern; Peter Elliot (Shafto Trust School); C.N. Dallison; Mark Benjamin; Dorothy Hall

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Doorframe 1914-18 1939-45 Shafto Trust School (H24.04)

 
HAYDON BRIDGE, First School.
  
   In grateful memory of the pupils
   and staff of this school who fell
   in the Great War 1914-1919
  
   Matthew Southern 2nd Lieut. East Yorkshire Regiment.
  
   F. Kirby,       Pte. N.F.       J.J. Birnie    Cpl. N.F.
   N. Davidson     L/Cpl N.F.      C. Thomson     Sgt. N.F.
   W. Glendinning  Sgt. N.F.       R.G. Rayner    Lieut. N.F.
   F. Lee          L/Cpl. N.F.     J.W. Reed      Pte. N.F.
   W. Paxton       Pte. N.F.       J.N. Turnbull  Pte. N.F.
   J.G. Barron     Pte. N.F.       W. Spark       Pte. W.Y.R.
   T.B. Cowing     Pte. N.F.       W. Charlton    Pte. K.O.Y.L.I.
   T.W. Kindred    L/Cpl. N.F.     M.S. Dove      Pte. W.R.
   J. Gibson       Lieut. Y.R.     H. Pearson     Cpl. N.F.
   J.P. Hutchinson Pte. N.F.       J.W. Johnstone M.M.Spr. R.E.
   J.E. Robinson   Pte. N.F.       A.M. Philipson Cpl. G.G.  
   N. Charlton     L/Sgt. N.F.     T.A. Willan    Rfn. G.W.R.
   M. Kirton       Cpl. Canadians  W.D. Brown     Pte. R.D.F.
   E. Kirton       Pte. Canadians  L. Spark       Pte. N.F.
   J.M. Birnie     Pte. N.F.       J. Todd        Bombr. R.F.A.
   J. Curry        Pte. N.F.       E.J. Brown     Sgt. N.F.
   F. McGurk       L/Cpl. N.F.     G.M. Anderson  Pte. E.Y.R.
   T. Sowerby      Pte. N.F.       H.D. Bell      Pte. G.G.
   J. Batey        Pte. N.F.       W.I. Douglas   Pte. N.F.
   W. Batey        Pte. N.F.       W. Carrick     Nurse, V.A.D.
   ---------------------------     ---------------------------   
   1939-1945                       1939-1945
   A. Bates        Pte. K.O.S.B.   J.S. Mason     Fus. R.N.F.
   T.F. Bell       Cpl. R.N.F.     C.J. Patterson Tpr. R.A.C. 
   J.E. Brown      L/Cpl. R.N.F.   R.G. Patterson Pte. P.C. 
   P. Brown        Pte. D.L.I.     J.H. Philipson L.A.C. R.A.F.
   C.S. Clemitson  Chief Off. M.N. O. Wardle      Sgt. R.A.F. V.R. 
   H. Lax          Cpl. R.A.F.     J.C. Wylie     Stoker, R.N.
NamesH24.04

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