Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Council School
Reference
C103.03
Place
COXHOE
Map ref
3235
Original Location
Cornforth Lane Primary School
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 27th January 1921 by Mr. A.J. Dawson, M.A., O.B.E., Director of Education in Durham County.
Memorial Description
Plaque 2 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet wide mounted on a dark wood pattress 4 inches wider all round. At centre top St. Michael is shown slaying the dragon. At centre bottom is the school logo. The names are listed in three columns. All lettering is in Art Nouveau-style capitals.
Materials used
Brass plaque on oak pattress,
Inscription
In proud and loving memory / of the old boys of this school / who fell in the war 1914-1918.
Erected by staff and scholars.
Erected by staff and scholars.
Names
Who commissioned
School
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed by F. Osborne & Co. Ltd.; made by Sidney Hunt.
Notes
1. From the school, 105 former pupils had served.
2. In 1920, at the prize giving ceremony, a large portrait of Nurse Cavell was unveiled, paid for by the scholars and staff. The children who had lost their fathers were given War Savings Certificates, the cost being defrayed from the prize money won by the scholars for Morris-dancing at the Coxhoe Children’s Gala.
2. In 1920, at the prize giving ceremony, a large portrait of Nurse Cavell was unveiled, paid for by the scholars and staff. The children who had lost their fathers were given War Savings Certificates, the cost being defrayed from the prize money won by the scholars for Morris-dancing at the Coxhoe Children’s Gala.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Jack Turton
Northern Echo 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 04/02/1921 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 25/12/1919 reports fund raising concert; 04/03/1920 reports details in Note 2 above; 03/02/1921 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 28/01/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Northern Echo 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 04/02/1921 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 25/12/1919 reports fund raising concert; 04/03/1920 reports details in Note 2 above; 03/02/1921 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 28/01/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Jack Turton
Research In Progress
Coxhoe Local History Group have researched the names on their War Memorials
Contact via www.coxhoehistory.org
Plaque 1914-18 Council School (C103.03)
COXHOE Cornforth Lane Primary School
In proud and loving memory
of the old boys of this school
who fell in the war 1914-1918.
Wm. Bell G.W. Furneval Jas. Hopper
A. Blenkinsop J.T. Gowland Thos. Purdy
D.W. Carr Robt. Grint Wilf. Purdy
Geo. Chatt John W. Hall W. Rowcroft
Thos. Chisholm Thos. Hall Geo. Todd
Joseph Close T.G. Hall John Wilby
Thos. Fenton T. Hallimund P. Wilkinson
Syd. Hodgson
Erected by staff and scholars.
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One newspaper has:
G.W. Furnival instead of Furneval.
Thos. Hallimond instead of Hallimund.
NamesC103.03
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