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Plaque 1914-18 Masonic Hall

Reference

S135.12

Place

STANLEY

Original Location

Stanley Masonic Hall, Scott Street, Stanley, DH9 8AD. On stairs leading from entrance hall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled November 1920

Memorial Description

Plaque 59 inches high x 39 inches wide with ornate carving at top and bottom and pilasters up the sides. The name of the Lodge is at the top flanked by the dates. The names of those who served are listed in two columns divided by a vertical line.
The names of those who fell are carried inside an oval wreath raised in half relief at the bottom. Lettering is hand painted in gold shadowed in black using elaborate serif capitals.

Materials used

Pitch pine

Inscription

1914-1919 / Coronation Lodge No. 2929 / Roll of Honour / Members / Who served in the Great War / (Names) /
Members who made / the / Supreme Sacrifice

Names

2 full names of those who fell;
32 full names of those who served.
See transcript.

Notes

1. Coronation Lodge met in St Andrew�s Church Institute Hall (in Stanley) from 1902 -1927 when the present Hall in Scott Street was opened.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Consett Guardian 19/11/1920 reports unveiling.

Stanley News 18/11/1920 reports unveiling.

Auckland and County Chronicle 18/11/1920 reports unveiling.

Blaydon Courier 20/11/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/11/1920 reports unveiling.

External web link

Durham at War

Links to Source Material :

Consett Guardian 1920 11 19 Fri

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 Masonic Hall (S135.12)

STANLEY      Masonic Hall

   1914      Coronation      1919

   Lodge

   No 2929

   Roll of Honour

   Members

   Who served in the Great War

   W.Bro. William Forster      Bro. Ernest Hy. Ball

   Bro. William Roxby          “    John Turner

   “    Arthur Colnett         “    Richard Parry

   “    Cuthbert Morson        “    Timothy A.C. Holmes

   “    Robert Clark           “    George Ed. Robins

   “    Thomas Grundy          “    Matthew Pattison

   “    George Dyson           “    Matthew Rowell

   “    William S. Robinson    “    Joseph Bates

   “    Thomas W. Crawford     “    Ellis Wood

   “    Alexander Dunn         “    Clarence A. Render

   “    Thomas Ed. Taylor      “    John Black

   “    Albert Richardson      “    James Lowery

   “    William O.F. Sinclair  “    Joseph Bainbridge

   “    John Hall              “    William Thompson

   “    George E. Craven       “    James W. Bell

   “    Albert E. Crawford     “    Thomas Kay

   Bro. Arthur Noble

   Bro. Frederick W. Storey

   Members who made

the

   supreme sacrifice

Names S135.12

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