Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Hall
Reference
N50.04
Place
NEW HARTLEY
Map ref
NZ 308766
Original Location
Inside Memorial Hall (Closed)
Present Location
Community Centre
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled February 1927 by Rev. W. Holroyde of Blyth, Chairman of the Committee, accompanied by Rev. C.J. Gardner of St. Stephen's, Seaton Delaval, both of whom had served.
Memorial Description
Free standing monument, total height 11 feet x 6 feet 6 inches wide, on a 9 inch plinth. The outer frame forms a heavy classical setting, having two plain side panels at the top of which on either side is a laurel wreath carved in half-relief and painted gold. The central piece is a rectangle with pointed top with carving in the architrave.
The central panel contains the dedication in the top section, the names in three columns 27 inches high x 11˝ inches wide divided by slender wood dividers. Beneath this is another panel 7 inches high x 44 inches wide bearing the dedication. All lettering is in incised Roman capitals blackened on a chromed material underneath glass.
On the extreme outer panels, one on either side underneath the laurel wreath, are hung two matching plaques, rectangular with curved tops, on which are inscribed the names from the Second World War. Lettering is in gold painted Roman capitals.
The panels have been very cleverly covered with a glass panel which is not obvious until one tries to examine the lettering at close quarters.
The central panel contains the dedication in the top section, the names in three columns 27 inches high x 11˝ inches wide divided by slender wood dividers. Beneath this is another panel 7 inches high x 44 inches wide bearing the dedication. All lettering is in incised Roman capitals blackened on a chromed material underneath glass.
On the extreme outer panels, one on either side underneath the laurel wreath, are hung two matching plaques, rectangular with curved tops, on which are inscribed the names from the Second World War. Lettering is in gold painted Roman capitals.
The panels have been very cleverly covered with a glass panel which is not obvious until one tries to examine the lettering at close quarters.
Materials used
Oak with chromed glazed plates.
Inscription
New Hartley War Memorial / in grateful memory of those / who fell in the Great War 1914-1918 /
Their glory shall not be blotted out /
Their bodies are buried in peace / but their name liveth for evermore.
Their glory shall not be blotted out /
Their bodies are buried in peace / but their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorials Committee
How money was raised
2d was deducted from miners' wages each week
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. Pinkie (Colliery Joiner)
Ownership and maintenance
Blyth Valley Borough Council.
Notes
1. The 1914-18 war memorial plaque was described in the unveiling report as being a brass plate in an oak frame, "affixed to the wall in the new Welfare Hall”. Presumably it was made into into present form when the plaques for 1939-45 were added. Decorative columns with a linked chain have been removed at some time in the past.
2. After the Memorial Hall was revamped, the memorial was relocated in the new entrance hall.
3. In the past, the Service of Remembrance was held in St. Mary’s Church and then the parade would come into the hall to lay wreaths and have the Silence in front of this memorial.
4. Photo No.7 features the late Jack Tait blowing his nose. This must be one of the very last photos taken of him. He collapsed and died the next day.
2. After the Memorial Hall was revamped, the memorial was relocated in the new entrance hall.
3. In the past, the Service of Remembrance was held in St. Mary’s Church and then the parade would come into the hall to lay wreaths and have the Silence in front of this memorial.
4. Photo No.7 features the late Jack Tait blowing his nose. This must be one of the very last photos taken of him. He collapsed and died the next day.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Seaton Delaval & District LHS; Jack Tait; Janet Brown
Newcastle Daily News 25/02/1927 reports unveiling.
Sources of quotations:
“Their glory shall not be blotted out” Based on Revelation 3 v 5;
“Their bodies are buried in peace . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Newcastle Daily News 25/02/1927 reports unveiling.
Sources of quotations:
“Their glory shall not be blotted out” Based on Revelation 3 v 5;
“Their bodies are buried in peace . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Research acknowledgements
The late T. Allan, Seaton Delaval & District Local History Society; the late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; J. Brown
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Hall (N50.04)
NEW HARTLEY, in Memorial Hall.
Central panel.
New Hartley War Memorial
in grateful memory of those
who fell in the Great War.
Bower, John Wm. Hall, George. Nicholson, William
Bragg, Henry Howe, Joseph Wm. Porter, William
Bradshaw, John Hewish, Henry Pordum, Ernest
Brown, James Knox, James Proom, John
Burke, Patrick Keir, Francis W. Proom, Alfred
Clough, Francis A. Lonsdale, William Riley, Thomas
Cockburn, Thomas Lynch, William Robson, William
Collins, Robert H. McCall, William P. Robe, Robinson A.
Davison, John Wm. Morriss, Alexander B. Scott, Henry
Grieve, Joseph Wm. Morriss, Fenwick Scott, John A.
Grieves, Joseph Morriss, William Smith, Robert B.
Gowans, John Wm. Morriss, Henderson Walker, Ernest
Gills, Robert McMahon, Thomas Wardhaugh, Alfred
Gills, William Nicholson, Thompson Wardle, Robert
Their glory shall not be blotted out
1914 Their bodies are buried in peace 1919
but their name liveth for evermore.
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Left hand panel. Right hand panel.
1939-1945 1939-1945
Atkinson, T. McCall, W.
Bower, J. Parker, A.
Carss, E. Raper, J.
Dobbin, C. Roddam, A.
Ellison, R. Rutherford, G.
Foster, J. Sharp, J.
Gordon, H. Scullion, J.
Hagan, O. Smith, D.
Lamb, R. Stephenson, M.
Mosey, A. Timlin, H.
NamesN50.04
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