Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Goosehill School
Reference
M17.02
Place
MORPETH
Map ref
NZ 201856
Original Location
Morpeth Council School, Goosehill.
Present Location
The school is now Morpeth First School, Goose Hill.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Thursday 26th May 1921 by the Chairman of Northumberland County Council Local Education Authority, Alderman A.E. Bell. The Mayor presided with Corporation in attendance.
Memorial Description
Plaque 3 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide. The surrounding narrow patterned border and various dividing lines are enamelled in red. The words "Pro Patria" are in elaborate lettering. The names are listed in three columns in Roman lower case.
Materials used
Brass mounted on oak.
Inscription
Pro Patria. / In ever-abiding memory of the old / Scholars of the Corporation School / who fell in the Great War / 1914-18
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends
Names
Who commissioned
School War Memorial Committee
Present condition
Recently restored.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Metallic Engraving co., Pilgrim Street, Newcastle.
Notes
1. 500 former pupils had joined up, of whom 81 died.
2. “It will be certain that no war memorial will be half so valuable as one placed in a school, as in addition to its value as a testimony to the brave fellows who laid down their lives, the number of uses to which it can be put for present and future children at the school are both invaluable and endless”.
2. “It will be certain that no war memorial will be half so valuable as one placed in a school, as in addition to its value as a testimony to the brave fellows who laid down their lives, the number of uses to which it can be put for present and future children at the school are both invaluable and endless”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: J. Brown
Shields Daily News 21/05/1921 reports proposed unveiling
Morpeth Herald 23/01/1920 reports fund raising for proposed memorial and requests information; 02/0/1920 carries a letter requesting help; 21/01/1921 reports funds not coming as was hoped, and publishing a draft list of names; 20/05/1921 reports proposed unveiling; 03/06/1921 reports unveiling ceremony.
Northern Echo 27/05/1921 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
Shields Daily News 21/05/1921 reports proposed unveiling
Morpeth Herald 23/01/1920 reports fund raising for proposed memorial and requests information; 02/0/1920 carries a letter requesting help; 21/01/1921 reports funds not coming as was hoped, and publishing a draft list of names; 20/05/1921 reports proposed unveiling; 03/06/1921 reports unveiling ceremony.
Northern Echo 27/05/1921 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v 13
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Staff of School; Janet Brown; the late A.H.Tweddle; the late R.W. Gould: Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
The names for 1914-18 are being researched by the Morpeth Antiquarian Society. They are concentrating on the Cenotaph, and are working with the pupils at King Edward VI School on their memorial. Contact Angela Teasdale: morpethas2014@gmail.com
Plaque 1914-18 Goosehill School (M17.02)
MORPETH, Goosehill School.
PRO PATRIA
In ever abiding memory of the old
Scholars of the Corporation School
who fell in the Great War
1914-18
Aitken, T.G. Fram, F. Purvis, J.H.L.
Allan, P. Gair, T. Reay, W.
Allen, T. Glass, W.T. Rogers, R.
Appleby, W.P. Graham, W.A. Sharp, R.
Armstrong, J.N. Green, E. Shepherd, L.
Armstrong, E. Green, G. Smith, T.
Arnott, E. Green, J. Soulsby, W.R.
Bates, G. Green, M. Stafford, T.
Blackhall, P. Grey, G. Stewart, J.
Blackhall, W.H. Grey, J. Straughan, W.P.
Bowman, T. Grey, R. Swinney, J.H.C.
Brodie, G. Hedley, J. Swinney, N.A.
Brotherton, G. Hood, T. Taylor, E.
Brown, J.W. Jamieson, E. Telford, T.
Campbell, T.G. Knight, J.M. Thompson, J.
Case, H. Lawson, E.G. Trenent, W.M.
Charlton, W.R. Lothian, T. Tweedy, T.
Clark, J. Lowes, T. Walker, R.J.
Cook, W. Lowes, R.T. Wastle, R.R.
Cooper, R. Lyons, J. Waterston, B.
Corbett, J. Mackay, A. Watson, G.
Coutts, J.A. Mackay, J. Watson, M.
Croyle, J.W. Marshall, T. White, A.
Daglish, R.A. Matheson, E. White, R.
Douglas, G. May, A. Whittle, J.
Dunn, F. Muckle, W. Wynn, W.
Forster, J. O'Brien, E. Young, T.
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends,”
Names M17.02
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