Memorial

Roll of Honour 6th Pit 1914-18 Welfare Institute

Woodstone Village

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 6th Pit 1914-18 Welfare Institute (W134.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: W134.01

Parish: Woodstone Village

Original Location:

Lumley Colliery Welfare and Institute, Lumley New Road, Fence Houses DH4 6DS

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled August 1920 by J.W. Renwick, Colliery Manager

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass.

Who Commissioned:

Institute

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Inscription:

Lumley 6th Pit
Colliery and Institute
To the
Memory of our Comrades
who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War
1914-1918

Lest we forget
that Right will always
conquer might
that Freedom might flourish
on the Earth,
that Peace and Goodwill shall
prevail amongst all people
that Military Despotism
& Tyranny shall perish
For these things
in the glory & joy of young manhood
these comrades of ours
died.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour 42 inches high x 60 inches (107cms x 152cms) wide in ebonised frame.

At centre is the dedication, in Gothic script, inside a panel edged with a floral design.

Across the panel is a ribbon with the words “Lest We Forget”.

Around it are photographs in alternate oval or rectangular frames with the details of each underneath each one.

Names:

25 names, ranks, regiments, and date of death with photographs.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the Institute of 300 members, 165 had gone to fight and 25 had died.

Sources:

Old photograph

Chester-le-Chronicle
 23/01/1920 reports proposals; 13/08/1920 reports unveiling

The People’s History: Great Lumley & Fence Houses Lena Cooper 2001 ISBN 1 902527 267

Sources of quotations
 “Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“Right will always conquer might . . .” Not ascertained.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

James Pasby;
Dorothy Hall;
George Nairn;
Dorothy Bains

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Names Documents:

WOODSTONE VILLAGE      Lumley Colliery Welfare and Institute

  

Centre panel

  Lumley Sixth Pit Colliery Institute

  

  To the

  Memory of our Comrades

  who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War

  1914-1918

  Lest

  we forget

  That Right will always

  conquer Might

  That Freedom might flourish

  on the Earth,

  That Peace & Goodwill shall

  prevail amongst all people

  That Military Despotism

  & Tyranny shall perish

  For these things

  in the glory & joy of young manhood

  these comrades of ours

  died.

———————————————

Photos ranged round the centre panel.

Left hand side.

  

  Gr. D. Lawson R.F.A.

  Killed Oct. 31st 1918

  France

  

  Pte. Jos. Hutchinson N.F.

  Died of wounds Nov. 2nd 1916

  Salonica                    

  

  Pte. George L. Nelson R.F.A.

  Killed in action Sept. 29th 1918  

  Bourlon Forest, France

  

  Pte. Ralph Minto, Scottish Borderers  

  Died of wounds, January 1st 1916

  Salonica

    

  Pte. Jos. Pimlett R.F.A.

  Killed in action May 3rd 1917

  Arras, France

  

  Pte. J.T. Appleby, D.L.I.

  Died Nov. 4th 1918

  Etaples, France

  

  L/Cpl. John Trotter, D.L.I.

  Killed Sept. 20th 1916

  High Wood, Somme, France.

  

  Pte. Newrick Curry, D.L.I.

  Killed March 3rd 1917                    

  Heburterne Trench, France                       

  

  Pte. Jos. Blenkiron, D.L.I.

  Killed Nov.4th 1916

  France

  

  Corp. Thomas Oliver

  Killed in action April 25th 1915

  France

———————————————

Centre top

  

  2nd Lieut.Hugh Carr 172nd Comp. R.E.

  Died of wounds January 23rd 1916

  St. Eloi

                                           

  Lieut. George Ernest Harker R.F.A.

  Killed in action May 19th 1917

  Arras

  Served 2½ years in France.

———————————————

Centre bottom

  

  Pte. Henry Lowerson

  Killed October 17th 1917

  Ypres Road, France           

  

  Pte. John Lowerson, D.L.I.

  Killed March 24th 1918

  Mezieries  

  

  Gr. John Carr R.F.A.

  Died Oct. 13th 1916

  Salonica

———————————————

Right hand side

  

  Pte. Ed. Pimlett D.L.I.

  Killed in action June 4th 1916

  Somme

   

  Pte. Thomas Hutchinson

  Royal Inisk. Guards     

  Killed in action May 20th 1917

  Cambria

  

  Pte. William Lowerson D.L.I.         

  Killed in action Sept. 22nd 1917     

  France

  

  Bandsman Thomas Tulip D.L.I.

  Killed July 19th 1916  

  Morlan Court, Somme, France

  

  Pte. Edward Welsh, E.Y.

  Killed July 8th 1916

  Trones Wood, Somme France

  

  Dr. Mark Lowerson, R.F.A.

  Died December 16th 1918

  Salonica                           

  

  Sergt. William Meek Willis, D.L.I.

  Died of wounds Sept. 5th 1918

  Messines, France.

  

  Pte. Thomas Hall, D.L.I.

  Died of wounds Nov. 16th 1916

  No.10 C.C.S., France

  

  Pte. Robin Blenkiron D.L.I.

  Killed April 25th 1915

  France

  

  Pte. Fred Stevenson D.L.I.

  Killed in action Oct. 1st 1916

  Somme, France.

NamesW134.01   

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