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Plaque 1914-18 St. John the Baptist

Reference

E17.01

Place

EDLINGHAM

Map ref

NU 115092

Original Location

St. John the Baptist Church. Inner north wall.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 24th April 1920 by Canon R.R. Mangin, Rural Dean.

Memorial Description

Plaque 940mm high x 660mm wide x with cable patterned border, and a thin red line along its inner edge. The lettering is incised in Roman capitals and painted red. The names of the fallen are in a single column, and the names of those who served are in two columns.

Materials used

Freestone from Robin Hood's Bay, Yorks.

Inscription

The Great War / 1914-1919

Names

8 names of the fallen.
18 names of those who served.
See transcript.

How money was raised

Public subscription.

Present condition

Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Thomas Watson & Sons, Alnwick. Designer - Messrs. Hicks and Charlwood, Architects, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Notes

1. This memorial contains names of fallen from Bolton.

2. For a similar memorial, see Doddington D13.01

3. There appear to have been some amendments.
The name "Aitcheson" seems originally to have been written "Aitchison" and then changed.
Also, J.J. Mordue may have been altered to "J.U. Mordue".

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Ian Cooper

Morpeth Herald 30/04/1920 reports the unveiling ceremony.

Alnwick & County Gazette 01/05/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal 26/04/1920 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No.661, 03/04/1920.

Records and Recollections Journal of the Aln & Breamish Local History Society; NS Vol.2 No.2 Autumn 2009 carries biographies of the people named on this memorial compiled by Peggy Maunder.

Links to Source Material :

Morpeth Herald 1920 04 30 Fri

Research acknowledgements

John Rutherford, Aln & Breamish Local History Society; Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Michael Newrick; Tony Harding; Peggy Maunder

Research In Progress

See Records and Recollections Journal link

Plaque 1914-18 St. John the Baptist (E17.01)

EDLINGHAM, St. John the Baptist Church.

   The Great War

   1914-1919

   Fallen

   George Calder

   Robert James Harvey

   Walter Inglis

   John Nairn

   William Nairn

   Adam Pringle

   George Taylor

   George Young Thompson

   Served

   W. Armstrong       J.H. Miller

   W. de L. Aitcheson J.J. Mordue

   J.C. Aitcheson     T. Oliver

   S.W. Aitcheson     G. Outram

   W.D. Binnie        R. Ramsay

   D. Cuthbert        A. Robertson

   E. Gibson          W.F. Russell

   W. Holywell        J. Tait

   J. McEwen          T. Thompson

NamesE17.01

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