Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Miners’ Institute

Seghill

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Miners’ Institute (S11.07)

NEWMP Ref No.: S11.07

Parish: Seghill

Original Location:

On outer wall of the Miners’ Institute.

Present Location:

Seghill Institute & Community Association outer wall

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-1945

Materials Used:

Slate

Inscription:

Seghill
1914-1918
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Plaque with curved top.

At centre top is a badge of crossed swords and an anchor, with the name “Seghill” underneath.

The names are listed in two columns, those for the Great War on the left, those for 1939-45 on the right.

Lettering is in gilded Roman lower case.

Names:

a. 25 full names
b. 13 full names
also the name of a man awarded the M.M. twice.
See transcript

Sources:

Photos: Linda Robinson; Dorothy Hall

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Linda Robinson
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

  Seghill

  

  1914-1918              1939-1945

  David Boyle            George S. Cross

  James Boyle            Leslie A. Dorman

  William Boyle          James Granger

  Elijah Coulthard       Raymond Harrison

  Thomas Coulthard       Samson Irving

  Edward Fairless        Robert Lee

  George Fairless        Hugh McGuigan

  Robert Gibson          William Morton

  William A. Hall        Edward Ord

  John Kennedy           Thomas Smith

  William H. Kennedy     William R. Stanley

  Thomas Labon           Thomas M. Watson

  Matthew R. Lamb        Rita Watson

  George E. McGuinness

  William Nelson

  Joseph Pearcey

  Robert Peel

  Edward Graham

  Francis P. Railson

  Henry Snowden          Double Military

  Samuel Taylor          Medallist

  William Taylor         for bravery in the field

  James Tennick          Jack Murphy

  John Thompson

  Henderson M. Wilkes

NamesS11.07

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