Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Ivy Leaf Social Club

Newbiggin by the Sea

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Ivy Leaf Social Club (N10.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: N10.06

Parish: Newbiggin by the Sea

Original Location:

Ivy Leaf Social Club, 3 Windsor Terrace. Now a private dwelling.

Present Location:

Newbiggin Maritime Centre, Church Point, Newbiggin by the Sea, NE64 6DB

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 1st August 1921 by Col. J.H. Nicholson of Cowpen Hall.

Materials Used:

Oak

How Money was Raised:

Presented by the two men who made and designed the memorial.

Present Condition: Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Geo. L. Brynhof, made by Mr. G. Widderfield, both members of the Club.

Inscription:

Roll of Honour
To the glory of God
and in memory of the undermentioned men of Newbiggin by the Sea who paid the
supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918
(Names)
“Not for themselves (badge) but for others”

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, 43 inches high x 72 inches wide (109cms x 183cms).

It comprises four planks joined horizontally, though so skilfully that one cannot see the joint unless looking very closely.

There is a wide border of oak leaves, culminating in roundels in each corner featuring (top left) the English lions (top right) the Scottish lion, (bottom left) the Irish harp and (bottom right) the Welsh dragon.

At top is a scroll bearing the words “Roll of Honour” and “Not for themselves but for others” in outlined lettering.

At centre bottom is a similar scroll with the badge of the County of Northumberland at the centre with the quotation inscribed on either side, again in outlined lettering.

The dedication is in Roman capitals,
The names are listed in six columns which are outlined.

All the decoration, panel divisions and lettering are done by pokerwork.

Names:

137 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Following the closure of the Ivy Leaf Club club at 3 Windsor Terrace, the house became a private dwelling. The memorial was taken to the Newbiggin Council Offices, then to Ashington Town Hall. Then it went to the Woodhorn Colliery Museum. It was later taken to the Sailing Club where it hung on the stairs, having been cleaned. From 2013 it has been in the Maritime Centre.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown: Richard Martin

Alnwick & County Gazette
06/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Blyth News
04/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
05/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
06/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
03/08/1921 briefly reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
03/08/1921 carries brief press report of unveiling ceremony.

Source of quotation
“Not for themselves, but for others”. Usually seen in the Latin “Non sibi sed omnibus”, the source of which is not ascertained.

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Mrs. Peel of Newbiggin by the Sea;
Mr. A. Sixsmith of Blyth;
Janet Brown;
Morris Robinson;
Woodhorn Colliery Museum;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Richard Martin;
Ralph Peel

Research In Progress:

Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project is studying the impact of WW1 on the town

Contact: newbigginbyseagenealogyproject@gmail.com

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Names Documents:

  ROLL OF HONOUR

  To the Glory of God

  and in memory of the undermentioned men of Newbiggin by the Sea who paid the

  supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918.

—————————————————

Column 1          Column 2          Column 3

  Armstrong, W                                            

  Armstrong, A      Cripps, Thomas    Graham, John     

  Armstrong, G      Curtis, George    Graham, J.C.     

  Armstrong, J      Curtis, John      Graham, Jas.      

  Armstrong, R      Davidson, J.W.    Graham, T.J.     

  Ainslie, John     Dawson, Edward    Gladders, Thomas 

  Arthurs, E.J.     Dent, William     Grant, John      

  Baker William     Dodds, Marmaduke  Green, George    

  Barber, Thomas    Dixon, Thomas     Hancock, Roy     

  Beal, Thomas      Dryden, James     Harrison, D.     

  Bell, Vickers     Dodds, Walter     Hope, Joseph S.  

  Bennett, Alex.    Ellis, Charles    Henderson, A.C.  

  Blackburn, J      Egen, John        Henstock, S.     

  Blackburn, W      Elliott, Andrew   Hodgetts, G.     

  Brown, Harry      Foggo, George     Hunn, Albert     

  Brown, Walter     Forrest, Charles  Hughes, Edward   

  Brown, David      Forrest, Andrew   Hunter, William  

  Brown, William    Friberg, Henry    Hunter, J.E.     

  Chalder, Abraham  Gay, George       Heppell, J.B.    

  Charlton Jas      Gibson, Thomas    Hepburn, D.      

  Charlton, Robert  Gibson, Norman    Jeffrey, J.T.    

  Clough, Charles   Gibson, Robert    Jefferson, R.E.  

  Coxon, T.P        Graham, Alex.     Lawson, Rex      

—————————————————

Column 4          Column 5          Column 6

                                      Graham, Arthur

  Long, Norman      Pyle, Henry       Stephenson, W.

  Long, William     Paterson, Stan    Stephenson, T.

  Land, George      Redford, James    Stobart, Edward

  Lowrey, J.G.      Renner, Richard   Strong, John

  Lowrey, T.        Renner, Henry     Storey, John

  Maughan, R.       Renner, Frank     Storey, J.T.

  Maxwell, J.H.     Rocke, John       Swan, George

  Mackenzie, C.     Reynold, David    Southern, J.

  McCarthy, W.      Richardson, J.    Taylor, Benjamin

  McGregor, J.      Roberts, A.E.     Taylor, Thomas

  McKenzie, John    Robson, John      Tully, Robert

  Murray, Rob.      Robson, William   Turnbull, John

  Neale, Charles    Rose, George      Thompson, T.

  Neale, Samuel     Rowell, J.R.      Wilkinson, E.

  Nesbitt, Joseph   Robinson, E.      Wilkinson, H.

  Nichol, Thomas    Sands, Geo.       Wilkinson, J.G.

  Nicholson, R.     Sampson, J.       Wilson, J.C.

  Oliver, John      Schofield, J.     Wilson, T.W.

  Pattison, G.      Sharp, James      Wood, J.W.   

  Peel, J.W.        Simpson, W.       Wood, Pen.

  Priest, William   Smart, Mark       Wetherspoon, W.

  Parslow, J.       Smith, John W.    Wright, Albert

  Punton, J.H.      Smith, Richard    Waters, L.

  “Not for themselves but for others”

—————————————————

The Blyth News has variations on the names:

  John Ainslie      George Green      A.C. Roberts  

  C. Arthurs        Roy Hancock       John Robson

  Wm. Baker         D. Harrison       Wm. Robson

  Thomas Barber     Joseph S. Hope    George Rose

  Thomas Beal       A.C. Henderson    J.R. Rowell

  Vickers Bell      S. Henstock       C. Robinson

  Alec Bennett      C. Hodgetts       George Sands

  J. Blackburn      Albert Hunn       J. Sampson

  W. Blackburn      Ed. Hughes        J. Schofield

  Harry Brown       Wm. Hunter        J. Sharp

  Walter Brown      J.C. Hunter       W. Simpson

  David Brown       J.B. Heppell      Mark Smart

  Wm. Brown         D. Hepburn        John W. Smith

  Abraham Chalder   J.T. Jeffrey      Richard Smith

  James Charlton    R.G. Jefferson    Arthur Graham

  Robert Charlton   Ric Lawson        Wm. Stephenson

  C. Clough         Norman Long       T. Stephenson

  C.D. Coxon        Wm. Long          Ed. Stobart

  Thos. Cripps      George Land       John Storey

  Geo. Curtis       J.C. Lowery       J.T. Storey

  John Curtis       R. Maughan        George Swann

  J.W. Davidson     J.T. Maxwell      T. Southern

  Ed. Dawson        C. McKenzie       B. Taylor

  Wm. Dent          W. McCarthy       Thomas Taylor

  M. Dodds          J. McGregor       Robert Tulley

  Thomas Dixon      John McKenzie     John Turnbull

  James Dryden      Robert Murray     T. Thompson

  Walter Ellis      C. Neale          C. Wilkinson

  John Egen         Samuel Neale      T. Wilkinson

  Andrew Elliott    Joseph Nesbit     J.C. Wilkinson

  George Foggo      Thomas Nichol     J.C. Wilson

  Charles Forrest   R. Nicholson      T.W. Wilson

  Andrew Forrest    John Oliver       T.W. Wood

  Henry Fairbairn   C. Patterson      Ben. Wood

  George Gay        J.W. Peel         W. Wetherspoon

  Thomas Gibson     Wm. Priest        Albert Wright

  Norman Gibson     J. Paislow        M.E. Waters

  Robert Gibson     J.T. Pulton

  Alex. Graham      Henry Pyle

  John Graham       Stan. Patterson

  J.C. Graham       James Redford

  Joseph Graham     Richard Renner

  C.J. Graham       John Rorke

  Thomas Gladders   David Reynold

  John Grant        J. Richardson

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