Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Victoria Working Men’s Club

Murton

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Victoria Working Men's Club (M47.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: M47.02

Parish: Murton

Original Location:

Victoria Working Men’s Club. Victoria Terrace,

In the entrance hall. (Demolished)

Present Location:

Glebe Community Centre, Glebe Centre, Church Street, Murton, Durham, Seaham SR7 9BX. NZ 399468

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 20th October 1920 by Cllr. Ross Williams

Materials Used:

Dark oak surround, bronze plaque.

Cost:

£500

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Mr. Green, architect;
Made by C.W.S.

Inscription:

a.
1914 The Great War 1919.
Dedicated to the memory
of those members who made the
supreme sacrifice
1914-1919

Victoria Workmens Club

For Freedom’s Cause (Now removed)

b.
1939 Second World War 1946

Memorial Description:

Plaque set into a dark oak surround 90 inches high x 61 inch wide  (228cms x 154cms) with side columns and ornate pediments.

The words “The Great War” flanked by the dates are at the top, painted in gold serif capitals.

The names are listed in three columns, the names sunk in casting and enamelled white.

Right at the bottom, the words “For freedom’s cause” are deeply carved and gilded into a marble base.

The dedication for 1939-45 is below the main plaque, the lettering gilded in Roman capitals.

Names:

a. 68 surnames and initials.
b. 5 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This seems to have been an original memorial for the Great War which was remade to include the names from 1939-45.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
21/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Durham Chronicle
22/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
“For freedom’s cause”: Not ascertained.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 10 18 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

MURTON      Victoria Working Men’s Club.  

 

1914  The Great War  1919

Dedicated to the memory

of those members who made the

supreme sacrifice

1914-1919

 

    Arthur      F.      Gowland    R.        Nevilles   J.

    Arthur      R.      Graham     T.        Newton     R.

    Baines      P.      Gray       J.        Nord       W.

    Barnes      J.      Gray       T.        Pescod     R.

    Blakelock   J.      Grimes     R.        Pine       T.

    Bond        R.      Hills      J.        Potts      G.

    Brewster    A.      Holland    E.        Pow        R.W.

    Brown       H.      Hudson     T.S.      Purvis     R.

    Brown       J.      Hughes     T.        Rowe       W.

    Bulmer      E.      Hunter     E.        Salkeld    R.

    Burt        G.      Hunter     T.        Sharp      A.

    Cain        T.      Ingram     S.        Skeen      J.

    Calvert     G.      Jackson    R.        Skeen      J.

    Carmichael  M.      Knox       A.        Stewart    W.

    Clews       C.      Lashley    W         Taylor     J.

    College     R.      Laws       I.        Tidiman    F.

    Coxon       R.      Liddle     E.        Trotter    J.

    Cummings    H.      Mallan     J.D.      Ward       A.

    Curtis      J.      Metcalf    R.H.      Welsh      E.

    Elliott     N.      McCaffery  J.        White      R.

    Forrester   A.      Naylor     S.        Whitmore   J.

    Forster     T.      Neasham    J.        Williamson R.

                Wills    J.    Wright    A.

 

                        1939-1946

    Clayton     H.      Nevins     R.        Norman     W.

                Spry   J.N.    Winlow    D.

    Victoria Workmen’s

    Club

    1939   Second World War   1946

    For Freedom’s Cause.

———————————————————–

The Durham County Advertiser has variations on the 1914-18 names:

    Fred Arthur         Ralph Gowland        Jos. Nevilles

    Jos. Arthur         Thos. Graham         Robt. Newton

    Peter Baines        James Gray           W.C. Nord

                        Thos. Gray           Ralph Pescod

    Jos. Blakelock      Robt. Grimes         Thos. Pine   

    Robt. Bond          Jos. Hills           Geo. Potts

    Albert Brewster     Edward Holland       Robert W. Pow

                        Thos. S. Hudson      Richard Purvis

    John Brown, Jr.     Thos. Hughes         Robert W. Rowe

    Ernest Bulmer       Ernest Hunter        Richard Salkeld

    Geo. Burt           Thomas Hunter        Alb. Sharpe

    Thomas Cain         Sam. Ingram          James Skeen

    Geo. Calvert        Robt. Jackson

    Martin Carmichael   Anthony Knox         William Stewart

    Chris. Clewes       William Lashlie      James Taylor

    Robson College      Isaac Laws           Fred Tidyman

    Richard Coxon       Ernest Liddle        John Trotter

    Henter Cummings     James D. Mallan      Adam Ward

    Jacob Curtis        Robt. H. Metcalfe    Edward Welsh

    Nathaniel Elliott   Jas. McCaffery       R. White

    Arthur Forrester    Samuel Naylor        John Whitmore   

    Thos. Forster       John Neasham         Richard Williamson

               John Wells      Arthur Wright

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