Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Alnmouth Golf Club

Alnmouth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Alnmouth Golf Club (A10.12)

NEWMP Ref No.: A10.12

Parish: Alnmouth

Original Location:

Alnmouth Golf Club, Foxton Hall, Foxton.

In the passage opposite the Secretary’s Office.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Materials Used:

Lacquered brass in oak frame.

Inscription:

Roll of Honour
Alnmouth Golf Club

Memorial Description:

Plaque 36 inches high x 15 inches wide (914mm x 381mm) set behind glass in an oak frame 3 inches (76mm) wide.

There is a narrow patterned border of leaves.

The title is outlined in an elaborate frame with the dates on scrolls at right and left.

The plaque has been extended to cover the 1939-45 and a new frame made to surround the whole.

The names are listed in a single columns.

The lettering is sans serif upper and lower case for the names and Roman capitals for the titles.

Names:

a. 16 names, ranks and regiments.
b. 4 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Many of these people are from well known families and their names appear on war memorials in several places.

2. For some reason, the surname ‘Percy’ of the Duke of Northumberland, killed in 1939-45, has been omitted, with just his Christian names appearing.

Sources:

Photos: Janet Brown

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Foxton Golf Club;
George and Janet Brown

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Names Documents:

 

  Roll of Honour

  Alnmouth Golf Club

  1914         1918

  

  Paymaster Lieutenant Herbert Miller R.N.R.

  Lieutenant J.E. Purvis R.N.V.R. Dover Patrol

  Major F.P. Paynter 4th Northumbrian Howitzer Brigade R.F.A.T.F.

  Gunner Edward Tate 8th Tank Corps

  Lieutenant R. Eustace Smith Northumbrian Hussars I.Y. attd. R.A.F.

  Captain Cuthbert Pease 1st Battn. Irish Guards

  Captain R.S. Hebeler 7th Batt. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.

  Brigadier General J.F. Riddell Comm. North’d Infantry Brigade late 2nd N.F.

  Captain R.C. Roddam M.C. 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers

  Lieutenant W.H. Bainbridge 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers

  Lieutenant Colonel J.R. Hedley D.S.O. 6th Battn. Northd Fus.

             Commanding 5th Battn. Border Regiment.

  Lieutenant Edmund Mortimer 6th Battn. Northd Fusiliers

  Second Lieutenant J.P.N. Simpson 5th Battn. Royal Fusiliers

  Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Fox 6th Battn. Devonshire Regiment

  Captain James Pyman 3rd Battn. Border Regiment

  Lieutenant J.A.G. Brewis 4th Battn. Durham Light Infantry att. R.A.F.

  

  World War II

  1939                         1945

  Captain E.N. Allan           killed whilst on active service

                               Royal Artillery

  

  W. Hawkes Esq.               killed by enemy action

  

  Lieut. Henry George Alan     Killed in action

  9th Duke of Northumberland   Grenadier Guards

  

  Captain. J.M. Pybus          Killed in action

                               Royal Artillery

NamesA10.12      

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