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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Workmen's Social Club

Reference

N51.02

Place

NEW DELAVAL

Map ref

NZ 301799

Original Location

New Delaval and Newsham Workmen's Social Club, 1 Warwick Street, Newsham (formerly the New Delaval Social Club). Upstairs hall.

Present Location

In the grounds of New Delaval Sportsground

Which war

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

a. Unveiled 11th December 1920 by Lt.Col. J.I. Nicholson

Memorial Description

Plaque. A central marble slab inside an ornamental surround, mounted on wood panel on wall. The stone surround has a classical design with a gable top, and measures 59 inches high x 35 inches wide. The details of the erection of the monument are on a flat surface beneath the gable top, in sans serif capital letters which have been placed on and painted black. The central panel is a plain rectangle, 27 inches high x 15� inches, with the names listed in a single column. The lettering is in Roman upper and lower case, with the title in sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Stone surround with marble plaque insert.

Inscription

a. Erected by the New Delaval & Newsham / Workmen's Social Club in memory of those / Shareholders who laid down their lives in The Great European War / 1914-1918 /
For God, King and Country.
Greater love hath no man than / this that he lay down / his life for his friends.

Names

a. 15 full names.
b. 3 full names.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Endean, Blyth.

Notes

1. It would seem that the whole central plaque for 1914-18 was removed and replaced with one covering 1939-45 as well. There is no join, the plaque is integral.

2. Following the closure of the club, this was in the library for a while, then went missing. It was found and relocated in the sports ground area in 2015.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Mrs. E. Lisle; Jack Tait; J. Brown; Robert Preston

Morpeth Herald 17/12/1920 reports unveiling ceremony.

Blyth News 16/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Journal 04/03/2015 reports the rediscovery in Woodhorn Museum

The Chronicle 5/3/ 2015 reports the search for the memorial and finding it in Woodhorn.

Source of quotation:
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St.John 15 v 13

Links to Source Material :

Northern Echo 1920 12 13 Mon

Research acknowledgements

The late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society, Mrs. E. Lisle; Dorothy Hall; David Sloan; J. Brown; Annie Reid Hutchinson

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Workmen's Social Club (N51.02)

NEW DELAVAL, New Delaval & Newsham Workmen's Social Club.

On stone surround:

   Erected by the New Delaval and Newsham

   Workmen’s Social Club in memory of those

   Shareholders who laid down their lives in

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On marble panel:

   The Great European War

   1914-1918

   For God, King and Country

   William Bailey

   Peter Carr

   Joseph Cousins

   William Clark

   George Dickinson

   Hugh Evan Evans

   Cuthbert Gregory

   Richard Gibson

   Andrew Hamilton

   Michael Phillipson

   Henry Potts

   James Smith

   John Scott

   Matthew Wake

   John Wilkinson

   James Jackson

   Frederick James

   Ralph Wilson

   Greater love hath no man

   than this that he lay down

   his life for his friend.

NamesN51.02

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