Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Royal British Legion
Reference
M50.02
Place
MEADOWFIELD
Map ref
NZ 2439
Original Location
Royal British Legion Club, Meadowfield.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Erected 30th September 1962
Memorial Description
Plaque with pedimented top, 4 feet 6 inches high x 7 feet long in which is the badge of the Royal British Legion and the dedication. The title “Roll of Honour” are in the top border of the main panel, with Binyon’s quotation in italics. The main panel is sub-divided into three panels in which the names are carved in two columns on each. The lettering is carved in Roman capitals. A tiny plate at the bottom gives the details of the makers.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
In proud memory / of our comrades of Brandon & / District who fell in the World War / 1939-1945 Roll of Honour /
"They shall grow not old as we that are left grown old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.”
"They shall grow not old as we that are left grown old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.”
Names
Who commissioned
Women’s Section, Royal British Legion
Notes
1. The small brass plate at the bottom reads “This memorial was erected by members of the Brandon and District Branch British Legion Women’s Section Sept. 30th 1962”.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine, C. Sanders; Karen Redhead
Source of quotation
“They shall grow not old” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Source of quotation
“They shall grow not old” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Karen Redhead
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Royal British Legion (M50.02)
MEADOWFIELD Royal British Legion Club, Meadowfield.
In proud memory
of our comrades of Brandon &
District who fell in the World War
1939-1945
Roll of Honour
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
we will remember them.”
C. Allison H. Fields S. Hoggett J. Monelly M.M. J. Reeve A. Stokoe
A.W. Attle G. Gill J.F. Hadaway H. Mossop T.L. Rounding C. Thomas
A. Burdess J. Garbutt G. Humphries C.W. McGarry J. Robinson W. Tonge
J. Barnes R. Guyll J. Henry W. Mossop W. Reed N. Tunney
H. Carse E. Gibbs J.W. Irving W. Moyle F. Reynolds N. Tweddle
T. Cash G. Hayes W.H. Jones R.N. Oliver G. Ridley J. Tombes
I. Coulthard H. Halkier B. King J. Pratt W.A. Ramsay T. Turnbull
R. Ditchburn H.A. Harker J. Little J. Porter E. Stewart W. Wilson
G.T. Etherington S. Lockey G. Stark
G. Galley
NamesM50.02
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