Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 N.E.R. Mileage Office
Reference
D40.024
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Chief Mechanical Engineer’s Department Mileage Office, North Road.
Present Location
Head of Steam Railway Museum
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 10th November 1919 by Sir Vincent L. Raven, K.B.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer.
Memorial Description
Plaque of brass in wood frame. There is a border of ivy leaves. At the top are the Naval and Union flags, with three cherubs each side of the flagpoles. There is a crown above each central cherub. On the wood frame, a rose is carved in each corner.
There is a smaller plaque underneath giving details of the unveiling.
There is a smaller plaque underneath giving details of the unveiling.
Materials used
Brass plaque in wood frame.
Inscription
1914 – 1919
North Eastern Railway / Mileage Office
Roll of Honour / in memory of the members of the staff / who gave their lives in the Great War / (Names)
The following members of the staff also / served their country by active service / in His Majesty’s Forces / Names).
North Eastern Railway / Mileage Office
Roll of Honour / in memory of the members of the staff / who gave their lives in the Great War / (Names)
The following members of the staff also / served their country by active service / in His Majesty’s Forces / Names).
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. C. Fenwick
Notes
1. During the war, approx. £340 had been given by the mileage staff to the Red Cross and other funds, including one for the supply of tobacco for members of the staff overseas.
2. The plaque is displayed above the Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd. plaque
2. The plaque is displayed above the Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd. plaque
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
North Eastern Railway Magazine Jan. 1920.
Northern Echo 11/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Darlington & Stockton Times 15/11/1919 reports unveiling.
North Eastern Railway Magazine Jan. 1920.
Northern Echo 11/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Darlington & Stockton Times 15/11/1919 reports unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
War Memorial Archives; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Tony Harding; Head of Steam Museum
Research In Progress
Stephen Nicholson is researching the names on this memorial
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com
Plaque 1914-18 N.E.R. Mileage Office (D40.024)
DARLINGTON Mileage Office
1914 1919
North Eastern Railway
Mileage Office
Roll of Honour
In memory of the members of the staff
who gave their lives in the Great War.
Burt T. Taylor H.
Dunn J.J.
Collinson, F. Thompson S.
The following members of the staff also
served their country by active service
in His Majesty’s forces.
Anderson, E.W. Bell, C. Butterley, J.
Carr, L. Clark, H.E. Dixon, F.
Dixon, T.A. Hope, A.F. Keech, G.
Keech, S. Kettlewell, H. Keech, H.
Nichols, C.L. Riddell, A. Robson, E.
Sherwood, G. Smailes, T.H. Soulsby, E.
Statters, A.K. Stevenson, A.B. Statters, G.
Williamson, J.W. Trow, E.T. Williamson, F.
Yarrow, E. Wrightson, F.W. Young, J.C.
N.E.R.
NamesD40.024
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