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Memorial
Shrine 1917 Shilbottle Colliery
Reference
S18.09
Place
SHILBOTTLE
Original Location
Shilbottle Colliery. Outside the Colliery office, between the top of the window and the eaves of the roof.
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 21st July 1917 by the Duke of Northumberland. Dedicated by Rev. P.T. Lee, vicar of Shilbottle.
Memorial Description
Shrine, of Gothic design. “A plain Latin cross separates the tablet from the list of 174 names upon the Roll of Honour, the names having been plainly and artistically inscribed by Miss Nancy Dixon, daughter of the late Mr J A Dixon, manager of the colliery. At each side and affixed to the framework of the shrine is a copper vase for the reception of flowers. These vases were very kindly given by the Rev P T Lee, who has ever evinced the warmest interest for his parishioners.”
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
Roll of Honour to Employees of Shilbottle Colliery, European War, 1914-.
Names
Who commissioned
Shilbottle Colliery
How money was raised
Public subscription. Rev. Percy T. Lee paid for the flower vases.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Made by Colliery Workmen; the names inscribed by Miss Nancy Dixon
Notes
1. From the Colliery, 0ver 170 had gone to the front, of whom 26 had fallen.
2. At the service, newspaper reports say the the ancient Russian litany was used. This was refuted in a letter to the newspaper from Rev. Percy T. Lee, who explained that it had been the Liturgy of the Russion Orthodox Church which was used because of certain words used in it.
3. Newcastle Journal says it was unveiled by Rear-Admiral Baker, Colonel of the Northumberland Volunteers.
2. At the service, newspaper reports say the the ancient Russian litany was used. This was refuted in a letter to the newspaper from Rev. Percy T. Lee, who explained that it had been the Liturgy of the Russion Orthodox Church which was used because of certain words used in it.
3. Newcastle Journal says it was unveiled by Rear-Admiral Baker, Colonel of the Northumberland Volunteers.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 28/07/1917 reports unveiling
Newcastle Journall 13/06/1917 and 23/07/1917 reports unveiling; 15/6/1917 carries letter from Rev. Lee regarding the liturgy used.
Alnwick and County Gazette 28/07/1917 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Journall 13/06/1917 and 23/07/1917 reports unveiling; 15/6/1917 carries letter from Rev. Lee regarding the liturgy used.
Alnwick and County Gazette 28/07/1917 reports unveiling.
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Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; David Easton; Ben O’Connell (Alnwick Gazette)
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Shrine 1917 Shilbottle Colliery (S18.09)
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The following has been extracted from a newspaper
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Moss Wilson Arch. Inglis Joe. Dunn
W. Straughan R. Darling H. Thompson
T.H. Weightman M. Taylor J. Mather
Jas. Weightman G. Milburn D. Prior
J.R. Hall E. Green W. Elliott
M. Mitchison J. Jobson J. Matthewson
W. Gibbison J. Inglis M. Young
E. Waddle S. Woodlands Jas. Aitchison
A. Riddle W. Darling E. Anderson
V. Waddle Jas. Curtis N. Dixon
W. Simm A. Goodfellow H. Air
G. Riddle A. Archbold O. Waddle
R.W. Weightman P. McLaughlan G. Curry
H. Stewart M. Moor R. Robson
R.M. Wilson J. Fife J. Watson
R.F. Wilson J.A.R. Ternent T. Donachie
J.C. Thompson C.H. Wilcox Jas. Hindhaugh
Bry. Weightman Jas. Angus T. Wilson
C. Wood W. Grey E. Caisley
John McHay Jas. Baxter A. Scott
Jas. Middlemas J. Egdell Andrew Inglis
E. Simm T. Murphy Geo. Hudson
W. Wintrip J. Murphy W. Yeamans
R.G. Weightman J. Thompson W. Story
D.E. Baxter J. Gains John Trueman
Samuel Buglass W. Arries L. Walker
R. Hindhaugh D. Angus R.E. Walker
J.J. Ray N. Crawford Thos. Brewis
W.P. Tweedy J. Hogg Jos. Baxter
Geo. Buglass C. Ager John Burns
Jas. R Punton J. Cairns Thos. Charlton
Thos. Snaith A. Punter Thos. Knox
Thos. Dixon A. Grey M. Lawson
E. Dixon W. Knox A. Piton
W. Shell J. Fannon John Weightman
J.J. Wilson T. Fannon John Huntley
W. Green Jas. Heslop Geo. Roper
R. Baxter J.C. Farrow John Swordy
W. Luke T. Foster John Moffitt
W. MacLain J. Lorimer Jas. McLean
W. Hewitt J. McMullen W. Wood
H. Buglass W. Shell R. Thorburn
Thos. Baxter J.Tully J. Thorburn
J.H. Henderson W. Inglis J. O’Brien
Arthur Boyd R. Burns J. Stewart
E. Shell J.C. Christer Jas. Buglass
Jas. Tweedy D. MacKenzie Wilfred Fife
J. Green Jas. Thompson John Foster
John Hindhaugh Geo. Marshall William Anderson
M. Tate Gilbert Inglis J. Bailey
A. Carr J. Dundass J. Emmerson
J. Lilburn J. Hamilton H. Barrett
J. Wilcox D. Connolly J. McFall
Jas. Anderson J. King Geo. Shaw
J. Scott M. Robson D. Coyne
J.P. Anderson N. Goodfellow A. Weatherhead
Geo. Young J. Pringle John Angus
Geo. Wilcox R. Pringle E. Arries
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