Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge
Reference
B42.30
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 313815
Original Location
International Order of Good Templars, Market Street, Blyth
Present Location
Lost when the building was demolished and the street rebuilt.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 21/08/1919 by Mr. Wm. Henderson
Memorial Description
Plaque with black lettering.
Materials used
White marble
Inscription
Erected by the officials and members of the Sir W.C. Trevelyan Lodge No. 749 in loving memory of their brothers Pte. Joseph Henry Golightly killed in action in France September 15, 1916, aged 22 years, Pte. Henry Milner Sidgwick killed in action in France August 1, 1917, aged 27 years.
The path of duty was the road to glory.
The path of duty was the road to glory.
Names
See above
Who commissioned
Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Blyth News 18/08/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 23/08/1919 reports unveiling.
Morpeth Herald 22/08/1919 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“The path of duty . . .” ." Ode of the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Viii. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 23/08/1919 reports unveiling.
Morpeth Herald 22/08/1919 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“The path of duty . . .” ." Ode of the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Viii. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
The late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Dorothy Hall
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