Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 on the Green
Reference
F48.02
Place
FONTBURN
Map ref
NZ 050935
Original Location
Fontburn, on the green beside the cottages.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
The monument was unveiled at an informal ceremony on 1st November 2008 by Fergus Knagg, aged 2¾, the youngest member of the community.
Memorial Description
Plaque set on a stone square pedestal on the side facing the reservoir. Lettering is incised and blackened using Roman capitals throughout.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Dedicated / to those who fell / 1914-1918
Names
Who commissioned
Fontburn Residents' Association
Notes
1. The monument is in commemoration of the centenary of the Fontburn Reservoir. It represents three things:
a. The future by the burial of a time capsule to be unearthed in a hundred years’ time.
b. The present by the use of the sundial.
c. The past by the remembrance of the dead of the Great War.
2. The Fontburn Community were saddened by the loss of the original memorial (See F48.01) and decided to replace it as part of the Centenary celebrations. This led to research which uncovered more names of men who were not named on the original memorial.
3. On the top of the pedestal is a sundial, made by Tony Moss of Lindisfarne Sundials, Bedlington. The gnomon has been designed to carry a representation the old disused railway viaduct nearby. Alongside is a depiction of Aquarius (the water carrier) with the sun, moon and stars around.
a. The future by the burial of a time capsule to be unearthed in a hundred years’ time.
b. The present by the use of the sundial.
c. The past by the remembrance of the dead of the Great War.
2. The Fontburn Community were saddened by the loss of the original memorial (See F48.01) and decided to replace it as part of the Centenary celebrations. This led to research which uncovered more names of men who were not named on the original memorial.
3. On the top of the pedestal is a sundial, made by Tony Moss of Lindisfarne Sundials, Bedlington. The gnomon has been designed to carry a representation the old disused railway viaduct nearby. Alongside is a depiction of Aquarius (the water carrier) with the sun, moon and stars around.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown; Tony Harding
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Fontburn Residents' Association; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 on the Green (F48.02)
FONTBURN on the green beside the cottages.
Dedicated
to those who fell
1914-1918
Norman Brewer
Thomas Brewer
Thomas Butters
John Dalton
Mark Richardson
William Rutherford
George Sanderson
John Varnham
Thomas Welch
NamesF48.02
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