Memorial Details
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Memorial
Bookcase 1914-18 Sele County First School
Reference
H51.37
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 933643
Original Location
The Sele County First School, The Sele. Standing against the north wall of the main entrance hall.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Bookcase 182.5cm high x 122cm wide by 39cm deep with 2 glazed doors and five adjustable shelves,. A plate on the side gives the name of the maker.
At the top, in the centre front, is a small silver plaque 4cm high x 10cm wide bearing the inscription in Roman capitals. It bears the maker's mark "R.P.", the London Assay office mark of the Lion Passant and the Leopard's Head, and the Date Letter B for 1937.
At the top, in the centre front, is a small silver plaque 4cm high x 10cm wide bearing the inscription in Roman capitals. It bears the maker's mark "R.P.", the London Assay office mark of the Lion Passant and the Leopard's Head, and the Date Letter B for 1937.
Materials used
Oak cupboard, silver plate.
Inscription
of this School
the Great War
1914-1918
in proud memory of
their fallen comrades.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Old Boys of this School
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
The maker of the cupboard was The North of England School Furnishing Co. Ltd., Darlington.
Notes
1. The Hexham Board School had been taken over by the County Council in 1903, so that when the bookcase was given the School was a Council School. The bookcase is now used to house various items of historical interest.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C.N. Dallison
Research acknowledgements
C.N. Dallison
Research In Progress
Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Bookcase 1914-18 Sele County First School (H51.37)
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