Memorial Details
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Memorial
Locomotive Plate 1914-18 United Free Methodist
Reference
S7.08
Place
SEATON DELAVAL
Map ref
NZ 303755
Original Location
United Methodist Free Church, in the Sunday School.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled August 1921 by Captain James Anderson, R.A.M.C., Hastings Cottage, Seaton Delaval; dedicated by Rev. W. Holroyde of Blyth.
Memorial Description
Plaque. "The Tablet is the number plate, reversed, of the first German locomotive taken over by the Allies at the conclusion of hostilities"
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
(Dedicated to Private William Bower and Private William Bell who had been connected with the Church and Sunday School and who had been killed in the war).
Names
See above
How money was raised
It was presented by Mr. J. Trewick, who was a sergeant in the Royal Engineers and received the engine in France.
Present condition
Presumed missing.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Names engraved by Mr. Armour of Backworth.
Notes
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Shields Daily News reports unveiling ceremony
Morpeth Herald 12/08/1921 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 06/08/1921 reports unveiling.
Blyth News 04/08/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 04/08/1921 reports unveiling.
Morpeth Herald 12/08/1921 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 06/08/1921 reports unveiling.
Blyth News 04/08/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 04/08/1921 reports unveiling.
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Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; J. Brown; Seaton Delaval & District L.H.S.; Dorothy Hall
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