Memorial

Memorial 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Seaton Burn

Memorial Name: Memorial 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (S88.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: S88.01

Parish: Seaton Burn

Original Location:

Bridge Street

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled July 1922 by R.S. Barrett, agent to Seaton Burn Coal Co.
Dedicated by Rev. J.H. Mawson.

Materials Used:

Red and grey granite

Cost:

£980

How Money was Raised:

Site donated by Seaton Burn Coal Co.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Emley and Sons, Newcastle on Tyne.

Inscription:

In memory of the men
of Seaton Burn
and District
who fell
in the Great War
1914-1918
also
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Monument, tall four-square with columns at the corners, total height 20 feet (6m).

At the top is a domed column surmounted by a cross.

The whole is on a base of three steps and set in a railed enclosure.

The columns and dome top are of red polished granite.

The faces on which are the names are of red polished granite, two on each side, one above the other.

Lettering is incised and gilded using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

a. 47 surnames and initials.
b. 26 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From Seaton Burn, 399 had joined up; 49 had died. 108 putters had also gone, of whom 20 had been killed,

2. A Welcome Home Fund had raised £758: £433 from colliery levies, £294 by public subscription. £118 had been paid out in death legacies; £311 hand been handed out to men on leave. The balance of £200 would go towards the memorial.

3. Incessant rain on the day of the unveiling resulting in curtailment of the outdoor events and moving indoors to the Co-operative Hall.

4. The railings were being maintained in October 2012 by Cadets of 861 (Wideopen) Air Training Corps.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Phil Thirkell

Illustrated Chronicle
10/07/1922 carries photos of the unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
03/01/1919 reports proposals;
03/01/1919 reports Welcome Home Fund business and decision to appoint a Committee;
10/01/1919 reports appointment of Committee;
03/06/1921 reports decisions;
14/07/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
 15/07/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
 10/07/1922 reports unveiling.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 07 10 Mon -1922
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 01 03 Fri -1919
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 01 10 Fri -1919
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 06 03 Fri -1921
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 06 10 Fri -1921
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 07 14 Fri -1922

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown;
Phil Thirkell;
Syd Wilson;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

SEATON BURN, roadside.

    

Front :                 Side 1 :              

 

  T.W. Appleby            C.S. Daverson         

  G. Appleby              S. Francis            

  W. Arrel                J. Gates              

  J. Bacon                T. Gates              

  J. Brown                A. Gardner            

  H. Brown                J. Gibson             

  J.S. Calvert            W.D. Gardner          

  T.S. Calvert            J. Higgins            

  J. Callaghan            J. Hudspeth           

  I. Cardwell             J. Kinghorn           

  J. Coates               T. Kelly              

  T. Cripps               J. Lynch              

——————————————————–

Front lower panel         Side one lower panel

                         (1939-45)

           

  In memory of the men   W.T. Adamson          

  of Seaton Burn         A. Appleby            

  and District           C. Atchison           

  who fell               J.G.M. Burn           

  in the Great War       G.E. Carr             

  1914 – 1918            A. Clark              

  Also                   A.M. Dodds            

  1939 – 1945            J.G. Dunbar           

                         R.J. Dunbar           

——————————————————

Back upper panel          Side 2 upper panel

(1914-18)                 (1914-18)

  J.W. Lowdon            R. Slater

  J. Maybery             T. Smith

  A. McAvoy              F. Strassenburgh

  J. McAllister          T.E. Stephenson

  J. Moody               B. Thompson

  J. Mitchell            J. Tully

  E. O’Neal              J.R. Wheeler   

  J. Potts               C. Wilson

  T. Reed                C. Woodward

  T.P. Roberts           W. Wrightson

  R. Robson              P. McAvoy

  J. Russell

——————————————-

Back lower panel          Side 2 lower panel

(1939-45)                 (1939-45)

  G. Gibson              R. Mullen

  J.E. Gibson            H. Robinson

  R. Hudson              R. Slater

  R.J. Humes             R. Smith

  W. Kelsey              N. Straughan

  I. Leighton            J.C. Trobe

  W.S. Llewelyn          J. Tully

  D. McMenzies           V. Turnbull

                         J.T. White

—————————————————-

The names given for 1914-18 in the Morpeth Herald 14/7/1922

are different in some respects:  

  T.W. Appleby,       J.W. Lowdon,

  G. Appleby,         J. Mayberry,

  W. Arrel,           A. McAvot,

  J. Bacon,           P. McAvoy,

  J. Brown,           J. McAllister,

  H. Brown,           J. Moody,

  J.S. Calvert,       J. Mitchell,

  T.S. Calvert,       E. O’Neal,

  J. Callaghan,       J. Potts,

  I. Cardwell,        T. Reed,

  J. Coates,          T.P. Roberts,

  T. Cripps,          R. Robson,

  C. Daverson,        J. Russell,

  S. Francis,         R. Slater,

  J. Gates,           T. Smith,

  A. Gardner,         F. Strassenburg,

  J. Gibson,          T.E. Stephenson,

  W.D. Gardner,       B. Thompson,

  J. Higgins,         J. Tully,

  J. Hudspith,        J.R. Wheeler,

  J. Kinghorn,        G. Wilson,

  T. Kelly,           C. Woodward,

  J. Lynch,           W. Wrightson.

NamesS88.01

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