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Plaque 1914-18 School

Reference

L2.01

Place

LANGLEY ON TYNE

Map ref

NY 829613

Original Location

School

Present Location

It was transferred to the village hall when the school closed.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 15th November 1919 by Mr. J. Dickinson of Sillywrea.

Memorial Description

Plaque of white marble in red alabaster frame, with dome at centre top, mounted on pattress of green marble 3 feet wide x 2 feet tall. On the plaque, the badge of the Northumberland Fusiliers is raised in half relief in green and red marble. Lettering is in sans serif capitals for the dedication and names, with the quotation in Gothic script.

Materials used

"Statuary white marble with a broad alabaster frame upon a slab of green Irish marble".

Inscription

Erected by the inhabitants of / Langley on Tyne to the memory of / the soldiers from this District who were killed / in action during the Great European War / 1914-1918
Greater love hath no man than this, that a / man lay down his life for his friends

Names

6 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Inhabitants of Langley

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

William Cresswell of Hexham

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: T. Harding; Dorothy Handcock

Hexham Courant 22/11/1919 reports unveiling, with picture.

Haltwhistle Echo 21/11/1919 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man than this . . . .� St.John 15 v 13

Research acknowledgements

L.C. Coombes; J. Brown; Dorothy Handcock (Allendale L.H.S.); Tony Harding

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Plaque 1914-18 School (L2.01)

LANGLEY, School

   Erected by the inhabitants of

   Langley on Tyne to the memory of

   the soldiers from this district who were killed

   in action during the Great European War

   1914-1918

   2nd Lieut. J. Archbold R.F.A.  Sgt. B. Cuffe M.M. 4 N.F.

   Pte. C. Law 4 N.F.             Pte. J.W. Reed 5 N.F.

   Pte. M. Stobbart 4 N.F.        Cpl. E. Taylor M.M. 4 N.F.

   Greater love hath no man than this, that a

   man lay down his life for his friends

NamesL2.01

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