Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Universal Social Club

Hirst

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Universal Social Club (H62.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: H62.06

Parish: Hirst

Original Location:

Universal Social Club, Hirst House, Woodhorn Road NE63 9EN

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 31st January 1920 by Mr. W.S. Sanderson of Morpeth.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. Thomas H. Poll of Ashington.

Inscription:

“God and your arms be praised,
Victorious friend! The day is ours”.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

It carried the names of those who served, and photographs of those who died.

Names:

(145 names of those who served,
21 of those who died).
See transcript.

Notes:

1 It was reported on enquiry that “the previous Secretary was a great one for throwing things out”. Whether he was responsible for the loss of this memorial is unknown.

Sources:

Morpeth Herald
06/02/1920 reports the unveiling ceremony.

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 02 06 Fri -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown;
Universal Social Club

Research In Progress:

Alan Grint is researching the names on this memorial.

Contact: Ashington War Memorials

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Names Documents:

HIRST, Universal Social Club.

 

The layout of this memorial is unknown.

The following list of names of those who died

has been extracted from a newspaper report,

and has not been compared with the original nor a good photo.

There were also 147 names of those who served, which were not

listed in the newspaper.

————————————————————-

  G.A. Dickson      R. Sweet

  Wm. Taylor        Thos. Johnson

  Ed. Cosser        Chas. Garrod

  H. Bolton         J. Robertson

  W. Foreman        R. Reid

  H. Downie         J. Dixon

  R. Hogg           J. Scott

  W. Hewitt         R. Bell

  J. Hope           R. Johnson

  Dan Gilroy        Thos. Johnson

  Wm. Rushfort

NamesH62.06

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