Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 6th Pit 1914-18 Welfare Institute
Reference
W134.01
Place
WOODSTONE VILLAGE
Original Location
Lumley Colliery Welfare and Institute
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled August 1920 by J.W. Renwick, Colliery Manager
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour 3 feet 6 inches high x 5 feet wide in ebonised frame. At centre is the dedication, in Gothic script, inside a panel edged with a floral design. Across the panel is a ribbon with the words “Lest We Forget”. Around it are photographs in alternate oval or rectangular frames with the details of each underneath each one.
Materials used
Paper behind glass.
Inscription
Lumley 6th Pit / Colliery and InstituteTo the / Memory of our Comrades / who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War / 1914-1918 /
Lest we forget / that Right will always / conquer might / that Freedom might flourish / on the Earth, / that Peace and Goodwill shall / prevail amongst all people / that Military Despotism / & Tyranny shall perish / For these things / in the glory & joy of young manhood / these comrades of ours / died.
Lest we forget / that Right will always / conquer might / that Freedom might flourish / on the Earth, / that Peace and Goodwill shall / prevail amongst all people / that Military Despotism / & Tyranny shall perish / For these things / in the glory & joy of young manhood / these comrades of ours / died.
Names
Who commissioned
Institute
How money was raised
Public subscription
Notes
1. From the Institute of 300 members, 165 had gone to fight and 25 had died.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Old photograph
Chester-le-Chronicle 23/01/1920 reports proposals; 13/08/1920 reports unveiling
The People’s History: Great Lumley & Fence Houses Lena Cooper 2001 ISBN 1 902527 267
Sources of quotations
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“Right will always conquer might . . .” Not ascertained.
Chester-le-Chronicle 23/01/1920 reports proposals; 13/08/1920 reports unveiling
The People’s History: Great Lumley & Fence Houses Lena Cooper 2001 ISBN 1 902527 267
Sources of quotations
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“Right will always conquer might . . .” Not ascertained.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
James Pasby; Dorothy Hall; George Nairn; Dorothy Bains
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour 6th Pit 1914-18 Welfare Institute (W134.01)
WOODSTONE VILLAGE Lumley Colliery Welfare and Institute
Centre panel
Lumley Sixth Pit Colliery Institute
To the
Memory of our Comrades
who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War
1914-1918
Lest
we forget
That Right will always
conquer Might
That Freedom might flourish
on the Earth,
That Peace & Goodwill shall
prevail amongst all people
That Military Despotism
& Tyranny shall perish
For these things
in the glory & joy of young manhood
these comrades of ours
died.
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Photos ranged round the centre panel.
Left hand side.
Gr. D. Lawson R.F.A.
Killed Oct. 31st 1918
France
Pte. Jos. Hutchinson N.F.
Died of wounds Nov. 2nd 1916
Salonica
Pte. George L. Nelson R.F.A.
Killed in action Sept. 29th 1918
Bourlon Forest, France
Pte. Ralph Minto, Scottish Borderers
Died of wounds, January 1st 1916
Salonica
Pte. Jos. Pimlett R.F.A.
Killed in action May 3rd 1917
Arras, France
Pte. J.T. Appleby, D.L.I.
Died Nov. 4th 1918
Etaples, France
L/Cpl. John Trotter, D.L.I.
Killed Sept. 20th 1916
High Wood, Somme, France.
Pte. Newrick Curry, D.L.I.
Killed March 3rd 1917
Heburterne Trench, France
Pte. Jos. Blenkiron, D.L.I.
Killed Nov.4th 1916
France
Corp. Thomas Oliver
Killed in action April 25th 1915
France
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Centre top
2nd Lieut.Hugh Carr 172nd Comp. R.E.
Died of wounds January 23rd 1916
St. Eloi
Lieut. George Ernest Harker R.F.A.
Killed in action May 19th 1917
Arras
Served 2½ years in France.
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Centre bottom
Pte. Henry Lowerson
Killed October 17th 1917
Ypres Road, France
Pte. John Lowerson, D.L.I.
Killed March 24th 1918
Mezieries
Gr. John Carr R.F.A.
Died Oct. 13th 1916
Salonica
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Right hand side
Pte. Ed. Pimlett D.L.I.
Killed in action June 4th 1916
Somme
Pte. Thomas Hutchinson
Royal Inisk. Guards
Killed in action May 20th 1917
Cambria
Pte. William Lowerson D.L.I.
Killed in action Sept. 22nd 1917
France
Bandsman Thomas Tulip D.L.I.
Killed July 19th 1916
Morlan Court, Somme, France
Pte. Edward Welsh, E.Y.
Killed July 8th 1916
Trones Wood, Somme France
Dr. Mark Lowerson, R.F.A.
Died December 16th 1918
Salonica
Sergt. William Meek Willis, D.L.I.
Died of wounds Sept. 5th 1918
Messines, France.
Pte. Thomas Hall, D.L.I.
Died of wounds Nov. 16th 1916
No.10 C.C.S., France
Pte. Robin Blenkiron D.L.I.
Killed April 25th 1915
France
Pte. Fred Stevenson D.L.I.
Killed in action Oct. 1st 1916
Somme, France.
NamesW134.01
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