Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Colliery School
Reference
H93.24
Place
HEBBURN ON TYNE
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Hebburn Colliery School
Present Location
School demolished c1963
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 10th Feb 1921 by Jim Black J.P. the Chairman of Hebburn Council
Memorial Description
Plaque. The wide frame is square and has a wreath raised at centre top and halfway down each side. The centre panel contains the dedication and the names listed in four columns.
Materials used
Brass and fumed oak
Inscription
In everlasting / remembrance / of the old scholars who laid / down their lives for honour / and freedom in the Great War / 1914-1918.
Names
Cost
£70
How money was raised
Teaching staff; scholars; Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Misses Davies of Jarrow; carving by Ralph Hedley. Designed by Mr. G. Fletcher, headmaster.
Notes
1. This was the first school in Jarrow or Hebburn to create a memorial.
2. Hebburn as a whole provided 2282 men for the army and navy, deaths numbered 200, of whom 18% were past scholars of the colliery school. There are 82 war windows in Hebuurn, 155 fatherless children, 18 orphaned children, and 935 disabled men.
3. The Shields Daily Gazette states that the memorial was unveiled by Mr. H. Flesher.
2. Hebburn as a whole provided 2282 men for the army and navy, deaths numbered 200, of whom 18% were past scholars of the colliery school. There are 82 war windows in Hebuurn, 155 fatherless children, 18 orphaned children, and 935 disabled men.
3. The Shields Daily Gazette states that the memorial was unveiled by Mr. H. Flesher.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Illustrated Chronicle 10/02/1921 reports unveiling with photo shown here.
Northern Echo 11/02/1921 carries brief report of unveiling.
Shields Daily Gazette 11/02/1921 reports unveiling. 3 o’clock edition gives information in Notes 1 -3 above
Northern Echo 11/02/1921 carries brief report of unveiling.
Shields Daily Gazette 11/02/1921 reports unveiling. 3 o’clock edition gives information in Notes 1 -3 above
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Alex Baker; Dorothy Hall; Michael Mulhern
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Colliery School (H93.24)
HEBBURN Colliery School
This has not been compared with a good photograph.
The only photograph we have is from a newspaper report.
The names were taken from the same report.
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In everlasting
remembrance
of the old scholars who laid
down their lives for honour
and freedom in the Great War
1914-1918.
W. Allen J.T. Gill R. Hetherington J. McKinney
T. Amour J. Charlton J. Lavery J. Morris
D. Bainbridge T. Evans D.S. Lawson J. Riley
J. Bainbridge W. Fishwick W. Lennon R. Rodger
C. Barkas J. Foster T. Martin J. Scullion
J. Bramwell D. Gaffing W. Mason. J. Thompson
T. Buddle H. Gamble J. Mason J. Wigham
T.C. Brown W. Gibbons W. Milburn
M. Brown F. Gray J.W. Missell
NamesH93.24
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