Memorial

Walls of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden

Newbiggin by the Sea

Memorial Name: Walls of Remembrance 1914-18 1939-45 Memorial Garden (N10.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: N10.14

Parish: Newbiggin by the Sea

Original Location:

Memorial garden

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 17th May 2015 by Col. J. Anderson, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland;
dedicated by Rev. F. Walton, R.B.L. Branch Chaplain.

Materials Used:

Stone

Who Commissioned:

Newbiggin by the Sea and North Seaton Project

How Money was Raised:

Heritage Lottery Fund

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Made by Art of Stone, Blyth;
badges hand-carved by Mark Topping.

Inscription:

a. 1914-1918. Exhortation.
b. 1939-1945 Kohima Epitaph

Memorial Description:

Two walls of Remembrance, each approx. 60 inches high x 96 inches long (152cms x 244cms).

These are to the right and left through the entrance arch.

The one on the left is for 1914-18, the other is for 1939-45.

Straight ahead, replacing a concrete wreath, is a further plaque naming post-1945 conflicts in two columns.

The wall for 1914-18 has three panels.

The central panel contains the exhortation.

Those on each side carry the names in three columns on each.

Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.

The wall for 1939-45 also has three panels.

The central panel contains the Kohima epitaph.

The two outer panels contain the names in two columns on each.

Underneath are incised the badges of the Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and the Royal Air Force.

In each case the lettering is incised using Roman lower case lettering.

Names:

a. 102 surnames, initials and honours.
b. 68 surnames and initials plus 5 civilians killed in a bombing raid.
See transcript

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

News Post Leader
21/05/2015 reports unveiling.

The Journal
20/05/2015 reports unveiling.

Sources of quotations:
They shall grow not old . . . . For the Fallen Siegfried Sassoon.
When you go home . . . Written after the Great War by John Maxwell Edmonds (1875-1958) but most famously quoted on the memorial at Kohima, Burma. It was suggested by Major John Etty-Leal, and thought to be based on the Greek Simonides who wrote after the Battle of Thermopylae: “Go tell the Spartans, thou that passest by / That faithful to their precepts here we lie”.

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown;
Doreen Morton

Research In Progress:

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

Contact: newbigginbyseagenealogyproject@gmail.com

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

Panel 1  Columns 1-3

            1914-1918                                                                 

  Ainslie J.       Curtis G.       Graham J.C. MM                              

  Armstrong A.     Davidson A.     Graham T.J.      Exhortation                  

  Armstrong J.     Dawson E.       Grant J.                                    

  Armstrong R.     Dent W.         Henstock S.      They shall grow not old      

  Baker A.         Dixon C.        Hepburn D.       as we that are left grow old

  Barber T.        Dodds M.        Herriot A.       Age shall not weary them     

  Beal T.          Dodds W.        Hodgetts G.      or the years condemn         

  Bell V.          Elkin G.        Hughes E.        At the going down            

  Bennett A.       Ellis C.        Lawson R.        of the sun                   

  Blackburn J.     Elliott A.      Longstaff F.J.   and in the morning           

  Brown H.         Foggs G.        Love J.          We shall remember them.      

  Brown J.W.       Forrest A.      Lowery G.                                   

  Brown W.         Friberg H.      Lowery T.                                   

  Chalder A.       Gibson N.       Maxwell J.                                 

  Charlton J.      Gibson R.       McCarthey J.                                

  Clough C.G.      Gibson T.       McGregor J.                                 

  Coxon T.         Graham A.       McKenzie J.                                 

  Cripps J.T.      Graham J.       Murray R.                                   

————————————————————————————-

Panel 1  Columns 4-6

  1914-1918

  Nichol T.        Seely A.        Wilkinson H.

  Oliver J.        Sharp J.        Wilkinson J.A.   

  Peel J.W.        Simpson W.      Wilkinson J.G.

  Punton H.        Sloan G.        Willis E.

  Raynor N.R.      Smart M.        Willis R.M.

  Redford J.       Smith J.W.      Wilson D.E.

  Renner F.        Southern H.     Wilson E.J.W.

  Renner H.        Stephenson T.   Wilson H.

  Renner R.        Stephenson W.   Wilson J.       

  Reynolds D.      Storey J.       Wood P.

  Roberts A.       Storey J.T.     Wotherspoon W.

  Robinson D.H.    Storey W.       Wright A.

  Rodgers E.C.     Swan G.R.

  Rowell J.        Taylor B.

  Sampson J.       Taylor T.

  Sands G.H.       Tully R.

  Scofield J.      Turnbull J.

  Scott R.A.       Wilkinson E.

————————————————————————————-       

Right hand wall Columns 1-2

         1939-1945                                                 

  Adams W.G.       Dodds G.                                 

  Appleton T.H.    Dower R.E.                               

  Armstrong J.T.   Endean R.                                

  Aspin T.         Fail F.W.A.     Kohima                   

  Aynsley J.W.     Fail W.         Epitaph                  

  Batch H.E.       Fallow T.                                

  Beers R.         Ferrell G.      When you go home,        

  Bentley S.       Fuller J.       Tell them of us and say,

  Blackett H.A.    Gibbons D.M.    For your tomorrow        

  Brown G.         Graham A.M.     We gave our today.       

  Brown W.         Graham W.                                

  Cessford G.      Graham W.H.                              

  Chambers J.T.    Grieves T.                               

  Clarke S.        Groves R.S.                              

  Clarke W.        Herdman R.M.                             

  Cutter T.        Hollingsworth A.H.                       

  Dawson R.        Hope T.W

  Dixon E.L.       Hudspeth B.                                

————————————————————————————-

Right hand wall Columns 3-4

  1939-1945

  Hutton N.        Sanderson W.

  Jaques R.        Sands E.

  Kailofer J.      Simpson G.L.

  Knott R.H.       Smith C.F.    

  Lewis J.B.       Stainbank J.

  Lord W.          Steel J.M.

  Love A.          Storey G.

  Love J.W.        Stothard R.

  Macdonald W.     Taylor J.D.

  Mackenzie G.W.   Todd B.

  Magee W.J.       Turner W.

  Nichol J.        Wake J.

  Nicholls J.W.    Wood T.

  Nicholls W.      Young A.M.         

  Noble J.W.A.   Civilians Killed in Bombing raid

  Quinn H.              7th November 1941

  Robinson R.      William W. Armstrong, Agnes Hogg

  Robinson R.      Joseph Hogg, James Turnbull and

                   Mary Jane Turner

————————————————————————————-

Plaque straight ahead (Post 1945)

     Lest We Forget

  Palestine        Malaya

  Korea            Suez

  Aden             Borneo

  Oman             Northern Ireland

  Falklands        Gulf

  Balkans          Sierra Leone

  Iraq             Afghanistan

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