Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Tynedale Rugby Club

Corbridge

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Tynedale Rugby Club (C52.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: C52.05

Parish: Corbridge

Original Location:

Tynedale RFC clubhouse at Dene Park, Hexham.

 

Past Location:

It was removed to Corbridge when the new clubhouse was built there in 1974.

Present Location:

Tynedale Park

On south wall of entrance lobby.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 15th January 1921 by the Club President.
Dedicated by the Rector of Hexham, Rev. J.V.C. Farquhar.

Materials Used:

Brass in a thin plain wood frame.

Who Commissioned:

Tynedale Rugby Football Club

How Money was Raised:

A subscription list among the members

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

John E. Hedley

Inscription:

European War
1914-1918
Tynedale Rugby Football Club
Roll of Honour
to perpetuate the memory
of those who laid down their lives
for
King and Country
in the
Great War

No greater love

Memorial Description:

Plaque, 36 inches high x 24 inches wide (92cms x 61cms).

Down both sides is an enamelled Union flag topped by a laurel wreath.

Between the dates are the figures of two rugby players, one tackling another, the dates on either side tapering in size away from them.

The lettering is in Roman and sans serif capital lettering in black with some red.

The bottom line is all in red.

The names are listed in three columns, divided by vertical lines.

Names:

49 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “The then president of our local rugby club, Mr. Anthony Emerson, asked me to design the Roll of Honour for the members who had lost their lives in the 1914-18 war, which I did – and which I believe still hangs in the club house”. From the notebook, page 52, written in the 1970s by John E. Hedley, 1903-1982, photographer, Hexham.

2. The hut was also a memorial according to a page – unsourced – which tells that on the day the war memorial hut was opened, a game was played between Tynedale R.F.C. and Mr. R. Hodgson’s XV at Hexham, proceeds in aid of Hexham Cottage Hospital.

3. The club had been dormant during the war years. When it restarted in 1919, it was as much to honour their fallen members who, it was felt, would love the idea. It was agreed to start practices with the idea of playing competitively.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Colin N. Dallison

Hexham Weekly News
29/02/1919 reports proposals to restart the club.

“Tynedale Rugby Club 75th Birthday Souvenir 1876-1951

Tyne and Wear Archives
Paper mentioned in Note 2 above.

Source of quotation
“No greater love”. Possibly a variation on “Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Colin N. Dallison;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

  European War

  1914    1918

  Tynedale Rugby Football Club

  Roll of Honour

  to perpetuate the memory

  of those who laid down their lives

  for

  King and Country

  in the

  Great War

———————————–

 

  William Adamson      John Grierson         John W. Robinson

  William Alder        Noel F. Humphreys     George S. Robinson

  Benjamin Alexander   William Jefferson     Joseph W. Robinson

  Rollo E. Atkinson    Stanley H. Kent       John Robson

  John A. Bagnall      Drew Little           James Robson

  Ernest Batey         Frank O. Mail         William J. Robson

  William Braidford    Alexander Morrison    John R. Robson

  Percy Braidford      William Nanson        Andrew Snowdon

  John Brydon          Fred Nevison          Harry J. Spencer

  Thomas Burn          Norman Oxland         William Summers

  Thomas W. Burn       Arthur Patterson      William R. Thew

  Thomas Cathrae       Lionel D. Plummer     Arthur Thompson

  William Coulson      George Potts          David T. Turner

  William Elliott      Ryde Rayner           Ernest Walton

  John M. Emerson      Michael Reed          George P. Walton

  Bertrand D. Gibson   Andrew G. Richardson  Isaac Whittaker

                       Charles N. Ridley

——————————————————————-

Hexham Weekly News 28/2/1919 has variations and omissions and adds ranks and regiments:

  ————————————

Roll of Honour   

  Corpl. W. Adamson North Lancashires;

  Corpl. W. Alder, N.F.;

  2nd Lieut. R.E. Atkinson, D.L.I.;

  Lieut. Bagnall, N.F.;

  Lce. Corpl. E. Batey, Canadians;

  2nd Lieut. W. Braidford, D.L.I.;

  2nd Lieut. P. Braidford, M.C., D.L.I.;

  Capt. Bryden R.A.M.C.;

  Lce. Corpl. T. Burn, N.F.;

  Pte. T. Cathrae, N.F.;

  Pte. W. Coulson, N.F.

  Lieut.Col. B.D. Gibson, D.S.O., N.F.;

  Pte. J. Grierson, N.F.;

  Capt. Humphreys, M.C., Tanks;

  Corpl. W. Jefferson, Canadians;

  Capt. S. Kent, M.C.;

  Lieut. Drew Little, D.L.I.;

  Capt. O. Morrison, Cameronian Highlanders;

  2nd Lieut. E. Milroy, Cameronian Highlanders;

  Sergt. F. Nevison, N.F.;

  Lieut. Oxland, Border Regiment;

  Pte. A. Patterson, Royal Marines;

  Capt. L.D. Plummer, N.F.;

  Lieut. R. Rayner, N.F.;

  Capt. C.N. Ridley, Northumberland Yeomanry;

  Capt. J.W. Robinson, N.F.;   

  Pte. Robinson, Australians;

  Pte. J. Robson, N.F.;

  Pte. R. Robson, N.F.;

  2nd Lieut. W.J. Robson, Northd. Yeomanry;

  Pte. Geo. Potts, N.F.;

  Capt. H. Spencer, D.L.I.;

  Sergt. W.R. Thew, Northd. Yeomanry;

  Capt. A. Thompson, N.F.;

  Pte. E. Walton, Canadians;

  Lieut. G.P. Walton, N.F.;

  Pte. I. Whittaker, N.F.

Died of Wounds:

  2nd Lieut. J.M. Emerson, M.G.C.;

  Pte. M. Reed, N.F.

Died of Illness:

  R.Q.M.S. A.G. Richardson, N.F.;

  Pte. J.R. Robson, N.F.;

  Pte. A. Snowdon, N.F.;

  Sergt. T.W. Burn, Canadians

Prisoners:

  Capt. R. Allen, N.F.;

  Pte. T. Cooper, Royal Scots Fusiliers;

  Lieut. I.A. Patterson, Northd. Yeomanry;   

  Corpl. M. Walton, Australians.

Honours gained by players:  

  Late Lieut.Col. B.D. Gibson, C de G and D.S.O with bar, N.F.;

  Lieut.Col. F. Robinson, C de G and D.S.O. with bar, N.F.;

  Lieut.Col. Jas Ritson, C de G and D.S.O., D.L.I.;

  Lieut.Col. W. Robb, Crois de Chevalier, N.F.;

  Major Wm. Anderson, D.S.O., Military Cross, N.F.;

  Late 2nd Lieut. P. Braidford, D.S.O. and Military Cross, D.L.I.;

  Capt. Gibb, D.S.O. and Military Cross, N.F.;

  Capt. H. Steele, D.S.O. and Military Cross & bar, N.F.;

  Capt. U. Alexander, D.S.O. and Military Cross & bar, N.F.;

  Late Capt. S. Kent, D.S.O. and Military Cross and bar, Canadians;

  Lieut. T. Robson, D.S.O. and Military Cross & bar, Nland Yeomanry;

  Late Capt. Humphreys, D.S.O. and Military Cross & bar, Tanks;

  C.S.M. J.W. Smith, D.C.M. and Medal Militaire, N.F.;

  Pte. D. Forster, Military Medal, N.F.;

  Capt. Milne Robb, D.F. Cross, R.A.F.;

  Lieut. W. Amos, Military Cross, N.F.

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