Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office

Morpeth

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office (M17.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: M17.14

Parish: Morpeth

Original Location:

Main Post Office, Oldgate. In Sorting Office.

Present Location:

Restored 2000.

See Note 2 below.

Which War:

1914-18.

Materials Used:

Parchment.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mawson, Swan and Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Inscription:

Roll of Honour
For King and Country
Morpeth Postal District.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, of popular design.

It is approx.30 inches high x 24 inches wide(76cms x 61cms), set behind glass in a narrow, wood frame.

The edge is decorated with leaves, and in each corner is painted a daffodil, rose, thistle and shamrock.

The lettering is in black, with headings in red.

Those who died are indicated by a red cross to the left of the name.

The names are in four columns, which are divided into “Postal staff” and “Engineering staff”.

Names:

70 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. For some years this memorial had no glass, and was hung facing the wall on the stairs.

2. Restored 2000 and replaced in the main office just inside the front door. When the Post office was moved to the Back Riggs, the memorial was kept in the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Oldgate which hadn’t moved premises, where the memorial can be seen behind the counter.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

George & Janet Brown;
Miss Dorothy Daglish (Morpeth Antiquarian Society)

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Names Documents:

MORPETH, Post Office.

 

  Roll of Honour

 

  For God, King and Country.

 

  Morpeth Postal District

 

  Postal Staff

  Appleby, J.P.    Flathers, H.      Nichol, E.      Wharlton, H.

  Armstrong, W.H.  Fowler, W.                        Wilson, F.

  Alderson, W.G.  *Finlay, T.K.M.    Orton, R.

  Air, J.T.                                          Engineering Staff

 *Appleby, W.P.    Giles, H.T.       Patten, T.      Atkinson, R.C.

  Atkinson, G.W.   Graham, J.        Pearson, E.

                  *Gutherson, R.                     Caisley, E,

  Brigham, J.                        Robson, E.E.

  Borras, F.       Hansen, C.F.      Robson, R.      Hall, V.

  Blackhall, A.    Hart, W.                          Hudspeth, H.

  Bennett, G.      Henderson, G.A.   Stockdale, G.T.

  Best, R.        *Hedley, R.        Spink, S.N.     McDonald, A.

                   Hudson, A.        Stawart, G.     Mulligan, C.

  Challoner, W.H. *Hacking, J.       Steel, T.W.

  Challoner, J.    Hounam, L.S.     *Stevenson, H.   Ross, W.

  Clark, E.R.                        Shaw, H.

                   Johnson, C.       Sturdy, H.      Strong, W.

  Davison. N.                       *Swann, G.

  Dickinson, G.H. *Kemp, R.

  Duffney, W.     *Knopp, W.         Telford, W.

  Dale, J.         Kidd, J.W.        Thistlethwaite, E.T.

  Duncan, J.                        *Thompson, T.

  Dixon, H.        Lockey, A.       *Tindall, J.J.

                                     Tait, W.

  Eden, G.B.                         Tunstall, S.

 *Egdell, E.W.

 

 *Killed in action

NamesM17.14

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