Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Co-op
Reference
N10.08
Place
NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA
Original Location
In Co-operative Store
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 12th June by Rev. J. Reilly M.C. of Ashington.
Memorial Description
Plaque mounted on black Belgian marble pattress. At the top is a sheathed sword raised in half relief. Lettering is in Old English for the top line and sans serif capitals for the rest.
Materials used
White and black marble.
Inscription
a. In memory of / our beloved fellow employees / who offered themselves and made the / supreme sacrifice for liberty, justice, / and freedom, during the Great War / 1914-1918.
Erected by the employees, of Newbiggin Co-operative Society Limtd.
b. 1939-45
Names
Who commissioned
Newbiggin Co-operative Society.
How money was raised
Weekly collections.
Present condition
Found and placed in the store in November 2009.
Notes
1. From the layout of the plaque, it seems possible that there were sufficient spaces on the original plaque to be able to add the names from 1939-45. It is suggested that:
(a) the dates “1914-1918” were inserted between the dedication and the 1914-18 list;
(b) the dates “1939-1945” and the two names were inserted between the 1914-18 list and the details at the bottom.
(a) the dates “1914-1918” were inserted between the dedication and the 1914-18 list;
(b) the dates “1939-1945” and the two names were inserted between the 1914-18 list and the details at the bottom.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; Ralph Peel
Morpeth Herald 28/05/1920, reporting on a meeting of the Newbiggin War Memorial Committee, reports a man saying that he had served on the Committee of the Newbiggin Co-operative Society which had already raised £400 towards a memorial by weekly collections; 04/06/1920 reports pending unveiling ceremony; 18/06/1920 reports unveiling ceremony.
Alnwick & County Gazette 19/06/1920 carries brief report of unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 05/06/1920 reports proposed unveiling.
Ashington Library has a photograph of the Co-op (but not the memorial) before its closure.
Morpeth Herald 28/05/1920, reporting on a meeting of the Newbiggin War Memorial Committee, reports a man saying that he had served on the Committee of the Newbiggin Co-operative Society which had already raised £400 towards a memorial by weekly collections; 04/06/1920 reports pending unveiling ceremony; 18/06/1920 reports unveiling ceremony.
Alnwick & County Gazette 19/06/1920 carries brief report of unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 05/06/1920 reports proposed unveiling.
Ashington Library has a photograph of the Co-op (but not the memorial) before its closure.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Ashington Library; Staff at Newbiggin Co-op. ; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding; Ralph Peel
Research In Progress
Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project is studying the impact of WW1 on the town
Contact: newbigginbyseagenealogyproject@gmail.com
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Co-op (N10.08)
NEWBIGGIN BY THE SEA, Co-operative Society.
In memory of
our beloved fellow employees
who offered themselves and made the
supreme sacrifice, for liberty, justice,
and freedom, during the Great War
1914-1918.
Walter Brown
George Curtis
John Campbell
John Hughes
Edward C. Rogers
Robert A. Scott
Edward Wilson
1939-1945
Reginald Endean, James Clarke
Erected by the employees, of
Newbiggin Co-operative Society Limtd.
NameN10.08
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