Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office
Reference
M17.14
Place
MORPETH
Map ref
NZ 197861
Original Location
Main Post Office, Oldgate. In Sorting Office.
Present Location
Restored 2000. See Note 2 below.
Which war
1914-18.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, approx. 2 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet wide, set behind glass in a narrow, wood frame. The edge is decorated with leaves, and in each corner is painted a daffodil, rose, thistle and shamrock. The lettering is in black, with headings in red. Those who died are indicated by a red cross to the left of the name. The names are in four columns, which are divided into "Postal staff" and "Engineering staff".
Materials used
Parchment.
Inscription
Roll of Honour / For King and Country / Morpeth Postal District.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Notes
1. For some years this memorial had no glass, and was hung facing the wall on the stairs.
2. Restored 2000 and replaced in the main office just inside the front door. When the Post office was moved to the Back Riggs, the memorial was kept in the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Oldgate which hadn’t moved premises, where the memorial can be seen behind the counter.
2. Restored 2000 and replaced in the main office just inside the front door. When the Post office was moved to the Back Riggs, the memorial was kept in the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Oldgate which hadn’t moved premises, where the memorial can be seen behind the counter.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
Research acknowledgements
George & Janet Brown; Miss D. Daglish (Morpeth Antiquarian Society)
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
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office (M17.14)
MORPETH, Post Office.
Roll of Honour
For God, King and Country.
Morpeth Postal District
Postal Staff
Appleby, J.P. Flathers, H. Nichol, E. Wharlton, H.
Armstrong, W.H. Fowler, W. Wilson, F.
Alderson, W.G. *Finlay, T.K.M. Orton, R.
Air, J.T. Engineering Staff
*Appleby, W.P. Giles, H.T. Patten, T. Atkinson, R.C.
Atkinson, G.W. Graham, J. Pearson, E.
*Gutherson, R. Caisley, E,
Brigham, J. Robson, E.E.
Borras, F. Hansen, C.F. Robson, R. Hall, V.
Blackhall, A. Hart, W. Hudspeth, H.
Bennett, G. Henderson, G.A. Stockdale, G.T.
Best, R. *Hedley, R. Spink, S.N. McDonald, A.
Hudson, A. Stawart, G. Mulligan, C.
Challoner, W.H. *Hacking, J. Steel, T.W.
Challoner, J. Hounam, L.S. *Stevenson, H. Ross, W.
Clark, E.R. Shaw, H.
Johnson, C. Sturdy, H. Strong, W.
Davison. N. *Swann, G.
Dickinson, G.H. *Kemp, R.
Duffney, W. *Knopp, W. Telford, W.
Dale, J. Kidd, J.W. Thistlethwaite, E.T.
Duncan, J. *Thompson, T.
Dixon, H. Lockey, A. *Tindall, J.J.
Tait, W.
Eden, G.B. Tunstall, S.
*Egdell, E.W.
*Killed in action
NamesM17.14
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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