Memorial

Chair 1914-18 R.A.O.B.

Stanley Derwentside

Memorial Name: Chair 1914-18 R.A.O.B. (S135.18)

NEWMP Ref No.: S135.18

Parish: Stanley Derwentside

Original Location:

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Club and Institute, West Stanley. Unknown Location.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated by Rt.Hon. Sir Lloyd Clarance.

Materials Used:

Wood chair.

Brass Plaque?

Who Commissioned:

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Club

Cost:

£45

How Money was Raised:

Subscriptions from Minto, Shamrock, Victoria and Welcome Lodges.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

A member of the Order, Bro. Curry

Inscription:

R.A.O.B. G.L.E.

In memory of
Fallen Brethren
1914-1919

Memorial Description:

Royal Chair. It has a tall narrow back and carved sides.
There is a rail for a curtain.

At the top the initials of the name of the Lodge are raised in a sunken panel.

Below this is a small plaque bearing the dedication in capital letters.

Names:

None

Notes:

1. Rt.Hon. Lloyd Clarance had been responsible for the establishment of several RAOB Lodges and was considered to be the “father of Buffaloism’ in North West Durham.

Sources:

Photo: Ray Colley

Consett and Stanley Chronicle
19/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Consett Guardian
 19/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Stanley News
18/08/1921 reports unveiling.

Sources Link: Consett Guardian 08 19 Fri -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ray Colley;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

The Consett and Stanley Chronicle 31/5/1918 reports

that at a special service of remembrance to commemorate the

deeds and names of local men who fell in the Great War, the

following names of members of “Shamrock” Lodge were read out:

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  Albert Booth

  Thomas Price

  Thomas Robinson

  George H. Lance

  Joseph Martin

  Thomas R. Walton

  William Tweedy

  Robert Brewis

  Thomas Bishop

  John Lamb

  James Smith

NamesS135.18

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