Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Fanny Pit
Reference
H92.08
Place
HEWORTH
Original Location
Fanny Pit, Sheriff Hill. In the Lodge Room.
Present Location
Beamish Mary Pub, No Place near Beamish
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled May 1919 by Major English.
Memorial Description
Plaque 6 ½ inches high x 4½ inches wide. There is a single line border culminating in different Celtic-type knots in each corner and with a small device at the half way points. The name of the Pit and “Roll of Honour” are raised in a sunken panel at the top. The names are listed in two columns divided by a vertical line. Lettering is in Roman capitals. The quotation at the bottom is in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
?Brass
Inscription
Fanny Pit / Roll of Honour
Erected by / the Officials and Workmen / as a token of respect to the / following comrades who have fallen / in the Great War, 1914-1918
“Greater love hath no man than this, / That a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Erected by / the Officials and Workmen / as a token of respect to the / following comrades who have fallen / in the Great War, 1914-1918
“Greater love hath no man than this, / That a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Names
Notes
1. The plaque in the Beamish Mary Pub, No Place, Beamish was acquired by the then landlord John Taylor in about 1987. It was amongst some items given to him as he set the pub up with pit memorabilia. His friend from Gateshead was called John Purdy who had a family connection with the Fanny Pit (The names include Private Robert Purdy)
John Taylor left the pub 10 years ago and left all the items in the pub. He is now the landlord at the Sun Inn in Beamish Museum.
2. There was another Fanny Pit at Sheriff Hill but it closed before 1900. The Fanny Pit at Heworth closed in 1956.
3. At the same ceremony, presentations of a gold watch were made to Sergt. J. Nattrass, M.M. and Sergt H. Walker, M.S.M. Sergt. J.W. Marr, M.S.M. was given a gold albert and medallion.
4. The flag which covered the memorial was presented to Major English, agent to the Heworth Coal Company, as this was the first memorial unveiled by him.
John Taylor left the pub 10 years ago and left all the items in the pub. He is now the landlord at the Sun Inn in Beamish Museum.
2. There was another Fanny Pit at Sheriff Hill but it closed before 1900. The Fanny Pit at Heworth closed in 1956.
3. At the same ceremony, presentations of a gold watch were made to Sergt. J. Nattrass, M.M. and Sergt H. Walker, M.S.M. Sergt. J.W. Marr, M.S.M. was given a gold albert and medallion.
4. The flag which covered the memorial was presented to Major English, agent to the Heworth Coal Company, as this was the first memorial unveiled by him.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall
Illustrated Chronicle 15/05/1919 reports unveiling with photo.
North Mail 13/05/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 17/05/1919 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 15/05/1919 reports unveiling with photo.
North Mail 13/05/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 17/05/1919 reports unveiling.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; Mike Goundry
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Plaque 1914-18 Fanny Pit (H92.08)
HEWORTH Fanny Pit
Fanny Pit
Roll of Honour
Erected
by the Officials and Workmen
as a token of respect to the
following comrades who have fallen
in the Great War, 1914-1918
Pte. Louis Betton Pte. Robert Purdy
“ Ralph Ridley “ Thomas Armstrong
“ Albert Anderson “ Charles Wales
“ Arthur Temple Gnr. John Marr
“ Robert Bellerby Pte. Alfred T. Stephenson
“ William Proctor “ James Robson
“ Thomas Watson “ Henry Robertson
“ Anthony Mitchell “ John Nicholson
“ John Marshall “ George Suggett
“ Arthur Clemenson “ James Henry Roper
“Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
NamesH92.08
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