Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour Served 1914-18 Co-op
Reference
N10.09
Place
NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA
Original Location
Newbiggin Co-operative Stores
Present Location
Beamish Museum
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled June 1920 by Rev. J. Reilly, M.C.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour on printed form in elaborate fame. The frame has leaves at each corner, a carving of items of uniform at the top, a haversack at the bottom, and a furled flag at each side. The Roll itself is pre-printed, with an arch of green leaves round the edge. At centre top is an array of flags with a ribbon bearing the words “For King and Country”. The names are carried in three columns, hand written, with the fallen at the top.
Materials used
Paper behind glass in elaborate frame.
Inscription
Brave and loyal members of the staff who answered the Country's call 1914-1919
Names
Who commissioned
Newbiggin Co-operative Society
How money was raised
Weekly subscriptions
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. Sidney Brown
Notes
1. Some 85 men had gone to serve, almost all the available staff.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Morpeth Herald 18/06/1920 records unveiling ceremony.
North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish Ref: GS 27/09/1993.20
Morpeth Herald 18/06/1920 records unveiling ceremony.
North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish Ref: GS 27/09/1993.20
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project is studying the impact of WW1 on the town
Contact: newbigginbyseagenealogyproject@gmail.com
Roll of Honour Served 1914-18 Co-op (N10.09)
NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA, Co-operative Society.
For King and Country
The Newbiggin and District Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd
Roll of Honour
1914 “Brave and loyal members of the staff who answered 1919
their Country's call”
Killed
Brown, Walter Curtis, George Rogers, Edward C.
Campbell, John Hughes, John Scott, Robert A.
Wilson, Edward
Served
Barras, Frank W. Dunn, Fred. Mills, Alfred
Bell, Andrew Dunn, John Miller, Joseph
Bennett, Percy Fenby, William Moscrop, Robert (M.M.)
Carter, John Geggie, George Nelson, Archbald
Clark, Adam Gibson, John Oliver, Andrew
Clark, John (Seaton Hirst) Gibson, William Quickmere, Samuel
Clark, John Hall, Wilfred Raper, Norman F.
Clark, Thomas Harrison, Peter Reid, John
Cousin, John Hindmarch, James Reavley, Thomas
Coulson, J. Hine, William Riches, Samuel
Coulthard, F. James, William Robinson, Richard
Coxon, Andrew Kemp, Amos Ruddick, James
Dickman, Thomas R. Lackie, James J. Simpson, James
Dodds, Thomas Lilburn, William Swann, Thomas
Dobie, John Lupton, John Tillie, Alex.
Donkin, Dixon (M.M.) Maddison, Joseph Turner, John
Donkin, Dixon Manley, Thomas Walton, R
Melvin, John Wilson, Eric
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Newspaper articles carry differences in names:
F. Barrass instead of Barras
J. Curtis instead of J. Carter
J. Clark (Seaton Hirst)
J. Clark (Newbiggin)
F. Coulthard instead of R. Coulthard
J. Dobbie instead of Dobie
D. Duncan, M.M. (Newbiggin)instead of Donkin
D. Duncan (North Seaton)
J. Lunton instead of Lupton
T. Namley instead of Manley
W. Mills instead of A. Mills
S. Quickmire instead of Quickmere
M. Raper instead of Norman
A. Tilley instead of Tillie
NamesN10.09
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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