Memorial Details
Memorial
Monument 1914-18 1939-45 New Delaval Park
Reference
N51.01
Place
NEW DELAVAL
Map ref
NZ 297798
Original Location
New Delaval Park
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 12th December 1920 by Col. Pollard, agent of the Seaton Delaval Coal Company.
Memorial Description
Pillar on composite base of four courses with a detached column at each corner supporting entablature. The base measures 6 feet by 4 feet 6 inches, and is 3 feet 4 inches high. The central column measures 22 inches wide by 12 inches deep by 5 feet 4 inches high. The top of the central column to the top of the monument is 24 inches. Total height 10 feet 8 inches (also given as 14 feet) The names are inscribed on the central column and also on the sides of the base. The lettering is incised in sans serif capitals.
The memorial stands in a miniature park.
The memorial stands in a miniature park.
Materials used
Yorkshire stone
Inscription
a. To the Glory of God / and in grateful / commemoration of / the following who / gave their lives / while gallantly / serving their / King and Country.
b. In / Remembrance of / all those who gave / their lives in the war / of / 1939-45.
"Ye that live on mid English pastures green / Remember us and think what might have been."
b. In / Remembrance of / all those who gave / their lives in the war / of / 1939-45.
"Ye that live on mid English pastures green / Remember us and think what might have been."
Names
Cost
Estimated at £500
How money was raised
The park in which the memorial stands was presented by Lieut.Col. Pollard.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
W.H. Endean & Son, Sculptors, Croft Road, Blyth and Cramlington.
Notes
1. In addition, 10 acres of land were given by Seaton Delaval Coal Co. for a park, and a former Army hut was purchased as a pavilion (See N51.04).
2. The site became a miners' welfare scheme in the 1920s, but has recently been purchased by Blyth Valley Council for community purposes.
3. This memorial contains names from Blyth, Cowpen, Newsham, Cramlington and elsewhere.
4. In 2018 "New columns were made for the memorial at Newsham to replace those that were damaged and the name panels were restored and the memorial cleaned at a cost of £10,970.13." Blyth Town Council website
2. The site became a miners' welfare scheme in the 1920s, but has recently been purchased by Blyth Valley Council for community purposes.
3. This memorial contains names from Blyth, Cowpen, Newsham, Cramlington and elsewhere.
4. In 2018 "New columns were made for the memorial at Newsham to replace those that were damaged and the name panels were restored and the memorial cleaned at a cost of £10,970.13." Blyth Town Council website
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John Maughan; Tony Harding; Jack Tait; Robert Preston; old postcard of unveiling: E. Lisle
Blyth News 03/12/1919 reports proposed monument
Morpeth Herald 19/11/20 reports proposed unveiling; 17/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 18/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 16/11/1920 reports on proposed unveiling in a fortnight’s time; 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 15/01/1921 reports tree planting in the miniature park.
Source of quotation:
Ye that live on in England’s pastures green . . .” Not ascertained.
Blyth News 03/12/1919 reports proposed monument
Morpeth Herald 19/11/20 reports proposed unveiling; 17/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 18/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 16/11/1920 reports on proposed unveiling in a fortnight’s time; 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 15/01/1921 reports tree planting in the miniature park.
Source of quotation:
Ye that live on in England’s pastures green . . .” Not ascertained.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Seaton Delaval Local History Society; the late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Sally Bird; Barbara Harbottle; Janet Brown; the late John Maughan; Mrs. E. Lisle; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Monument 1914-18 1939-45 New Delaval Park (N51.01)
NEW DELAVAL, New Delaval Park.
1914
1918
To the glory of God
and in grateful
commemoration of
the following, who
gave their lives
while gallantly
serving their
King & Country.
Edmond Anderson
Lawson Armstrong
Albert Ball
Edward Bell
Edward Bateman
Hugh Barlow
Thomas Bower
Thomas Brison
William Beckett
William Bailey
William Bell
J.T. Catchpole
Peter Carr
William R. Cooper
Adam Dixon
James Day
Robert Dobinson
Thomas Dobson
George Dobinson
William Dobson
Charles R.A. Dutton
Charles Ellis
James Ellison
Hugh Evans George Hogarth
William Elder Henry Harrison
Alexander Falconer John Hayes
Edward Graham Richard S. Harrison
Gladstone Graham Matthew Johnson
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William Gledson Andrew Gowans Ralph Robson
R. James Kane Henry Potts Alan Sharples
R. James Kelly John Prior George Stone
John T. Lilly Joseph Purdy G. Henry Stevens
J. Charlton Lynn Michael Phillipson John Scott
Robert Long William Paul William Snell
William Leader George D. Reaveley Arthur Tanney
William Lilly Henry Robertson James Thirtle
William Mount John Reay James Vear
Adam Murray John Reid David White
H. Johnson Ord Joseph Robson Robert Wigham
E. Austin Povey James Rudd William Walton
John Allen
A.L. Fenwick
John H. Watson
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Side 2
Charles Smith
John R. Scott
James Simmons
George Taylor
Ben Toothill
James Turnbull Gardner Wilkinson
Robert Thornton Percy Walton
Albert Westwood Joseph Yellowley
John Hedley William Harrison
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Side 3
Richard Aynsley
William Atchison
Andrew Bell
Henry Barnes
Thomas W. Bell
William Beck George Hind
John Coulson C.H. Killington
Joseph Cousins George Milburn
Robert Charlton James McSloy
Frederick Daniel John E. Mayes
George Dickinson Thomas Moore
Robert Dickinson Jack Pyle
Robert Forrest William H. Pearce
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Side 4
In
Remembrance of
all those who gave
their lives in the war
of
1939-1945
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Thomas Anstey
George Atkinson
George W. Bassam
William Bell
James W. Bishop
Foster A. Brewis
Peter Coxon
James Jackson
Thomas R.R. Long
John W. Milburn
Robert D. Mitcheson
Alfred Mullard
James R. Nesbitt
Alice J. Oates
William W. Quinn
Michael F. Simmons
John R. Smith
John G. Strachan
William Strong
James Turnbull
Norman Wakenshaw
Joseph Walton
Ye that live on mid English pastures green
Remember us and think what might have been
NamesN51.01
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