Memorial

Panel 1914-18 Wellesley Nautical School

Blyth

Memorial Name: Panel 1914-18 Wellesley Nautical School (B42.13)

NEWMP Ref No.: B42.13

Parish: Blyth

Original Location:

Wellesley Nautical School, Links Road. (closed)

Interior wall of school Chapel.

Present Location:

North Tyneside Museum, Segedunum

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 11th August 1921 by The Duke of Northumberland.

Materials Used:

Mahogany with teak frame.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Architect; Mr. W.H. Wood of Newcastle.

Inscription:

Wellesley Nautical School
Formerly Wellesley Training Ship
Roll of Honour
Officers and Boys who have made the
Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War
1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Panel in a wood frame, measuring 48 inches high by 38 inches wide (122cms x 97cms).

There is a plain gold band around the inner edge, with a gold boss in each corner of the frame, and a gold Maltese cross painted at the top.

The names appear in two columns. The lettering is incised and gilded, using Roman capitals throughout.

Names:

3 Officers named with ship or regiment;
78 Boys named with ship or regiment,
including one who “died of wounds” and three “killed in action”.
See transcript.

Notes:

1 From the school, 295 boys served in the Royal Navy and 348 in the Army. 76 were killed or drowned, 97 wounded, 7 were missing, 6 civil prisoners of war, 18 prisoners of war and 1 interned in Holland. Twenty honours were gained. The boys in the institution made 165,700 shell grummets of munition works, etc.

2. A memorial to the fallen was proposed costing no more than £100.

3. This was sold at auction in 2010 by the Trustees and bought by people who wanted the items kept locally. They are now at North Tyneside Museum, Segedunum.

Sources:

Photos: Jack Tait; Tony Harding

Blyth News
11/08/1921 reports unveiling

Illustrated Chronicle
29/08/1919 reports proposal to erect a memorial.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1/8/1916 reports numbers of scholars serving and other activities;
13/11/196 reports 51 former pupils had fallen;
29/12/1916 reports 231 old boys in the navy and 272 in the army;
29/08/1919 carries lengthy report of the school’s annual meeting;
10/08/1921 reports unveiling

Northern Echo
29/08/1919 reports proposal to erect a memorial.

Shields Daily News
21/04/1920 carries an article about the school

North Tyneside Museum
Ref. No. 2013.544

Sources Link: Northern Echo 08 29 Fri -1919
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 08 29 Fri -1919 01
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 08 29 Fri -1919 02
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 08 29 Fri -1919 03

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society;
Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding;
Graham Corkhill

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Names Documents:

BLYTH Wellesley Nautical School

 

  Wellesley Nautical School

  formerly Wellesley Training ship

  Roll of Honour

  Officers and boys who have made the

  Supreme Sacrifice in the Great War

  1914-1918

 

     Officers

  F. Stone      Royal Navy             H. Nacel       Durham L.I.

  H. Desmond    M.F.A. Eleanor         W. Jewitt      Highland L.I.

  E. Ellis      E.Yorks Regiment       T. Hudson      10th Hussars

     Boys                              W.G. Wood      K.O.S.B.

  W. Horrocks   H.M.S. Bacchante       H. Banks       Lancashire Regt

  G. Harris     ”    Begonia           W. Duggan      ”       ”                 

  N. Keithley   ”    Bulwark           H. Garrity     ”       ”                 

  J. Richardson ”    Canada            J. Mort        ”       ”                 

  F. Henley     ”    Hawke             E. Avery       9th Lancers

  D. Warren     ”    Hildaweld         N.G. Loraine   Machine Gun Corps

  J. Bennett    ”    Indefatigable     W. Oates       Manchester Regt.

  E. Houghland  ”    ”                 J.G. Battista  Northd. Fusiliers  

  J. Micheaux   ”    ”                 C. Bensley     ”       ”                 

  A. Hold       ”    Invincible        E. Catenby     ”       ”                 

  J.W. McCaw    ”    Monmouth          J. Colley      ”       ”                 

  M. Rawlinson  ”       ”              C. Cook        ”       ”                 

  E. Bowes      ”    Progress          N. Cranston    ”       ”                 

  W. Atkinson   ”    Queen Mary        A.H. Dawson    ”       ”                 

  J. Kelly      ”    ”                 J. Dryden      ”       ”                 

  E. Tate       ”    ”                 J. Dunleavey   ”       ”                 

  R. Redford    ”    Stephen Furness   R. Goldworthy  ”       ”                 

  J. Powley     ”    Vanguard          W. Hennessey   ”       “

  F. Monks      ”    Viknor            A. Leith       ”       “

  F. Sadler     R.N. Division          D. McMullen    ”       “

  E. Cooper     S.S. Barrowmore        J. Watson      ”       “

  G. Shepherd   ”       ”              R. Wood        ”       “

  D. Curtis     ”    Cymbeline         J. Harrison    Royal Berks.

  J.W. Todd     ”    Glenmorven        H. Johnson     Tyneside Scottish

  F. Pearson    ”    C.A. Jacques      E. Gibbon      Warwicks

  W. Weightman       Taplon            W.H. Cooper    Welsh Regt.

  F. Ridley     Lost off Irish coast   F. Howett      ”       “

  J.R. Wilson   Argyle & Suthd. Regt.  A. Dyson       West Yorks

  J. Long       Australian Forces      A. Leach       Yorks. Regt.

  W. Parker     Border Regt.           J. Thompson    ”       “

  N.H. Bateson  Duke of Wellington’s   J.C. Turnbull  ”       “

  T. Christlow  Durham L.I.            H. Clarke      Yorks & Lancs.

  T. Collinson  ”       ”              F. Walton      ”       “

  M. Donnelly   ”       ”              C. Cox         Died of wounds

  J.W. Elliott  ”       ”              T. Duffy       Killed in action

  J. Frost      ”       ”              J. Jackson     ”       “

  J. Murdy      ”       ”              W. Raine       ”       “

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