Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Boulmer men 1939-45 St. Peter and St. Paul
Reference
L29.03
Place
LONGHOUGHTON
Map ref
NU 243151
Original Location
Church of St.Peter & St.Paul. North wall of nave.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled November 1948 by the Duke of Northumberland.
Memorial Description
Plaque, very plain, 1 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide (457 mm x 762 mm). The letters are in blue Roman capitals.
Materials used
Portland stone
Inscription
To the memory of the men / of Boulmer who gave their / lives in the World War / 1939-1945
Names
Who commissioned
Men's and Women's Sections of the Alnmouth and District Branch of British Legion.
Cost
Estimated £40
How money was raised
“Raised in their entirety by the British Legion who are also paying for the Faculty”.
Present condition
Good
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. C.S. Ormrod, Newcastle upon Tyne. Designed by Mr. G.E. Charlewood, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Notes
1. This memorial was unveiled on the same day as the memorials in Alnmouth and Lesbury by the Duke of Northumberland.
2. In an annual report, the Alnmouth Branch of the British Legion said that they had erected three memorials, which had cost them £84/-/6d. and that the Women's Section had paid half the costs.
3. The Faculty required the words “9 Bn” to be deleted after the name “Noah” as “a barbarous abbreviation”.
2. In an annual report, the Alnmouth Branch of the British Legion said that they had erected three memorials, which had cost them £84/-/6d. and that the Women's Section had paid half the costs.
3. The Faculty required the words “9 Bn” to be deleted after the name “Noah” as “a barbarous abbreviation”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
Morpeth Herald 05/11/1948 reports proposed unveiling of three memorials on the same day; 16/12/1948 reports on the British Legion's costs;
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1669, 19/10/1948
Morpeth Herald 05/11/1948 reports proposed unveiling of three memorials on the same day; 16/12/1948 reports on the British Legion's costs;
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1669, 19/10/1948
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Patrick Easen; Tony Harding
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Plaque Boulmer men 1939-45 St. Peter and St. Paul (L29.03)
LONGHOUGHTON, Church of St. Peter & St. Paul.
To the memory of the men
of Boulmer who gave their
lives in the World War
1939-1945
Sgt. Arthur W.R. Beeden, R.A.F.
Fusilier Noah Stone, 9th Bn., R.N.F.
A.B. Albert Stephenson, M.N.
Seaman John P. Wood, R.N.
NameL29.03
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