Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Boys’ Brigade

Hartlepool

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Boys' Brigade (H115.46)

NEWMP Ref No.: H115.46

Parish: Hartlepool

Original Location:

Old Boys’ Institute, High Street.

Past Location:

In private hands

Present Location:

The brass plaque is in St. Hilda’s Church Hartlepool beneath a stained glass window dedicated to a Boys’ Brigade Captain.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 5th March 1922 by Mrs. Donald B. Morison,
dedicated by Dr. Henson, Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Brass

Who Commissioned:

1st Hartlepool Company Boys’ Brigade and Old Boys’ Institute

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

R.H. Mackin West Hartlepool

Inscription:

1st Hartlepool Company
Boys’ Brigade and Old Boys’ Institute
In eternal memory of the
Members who laid down their lives
in the
Great War
1914-1918
(Names)
To this end was I born to bear witness to the truth. John 18 37

Memorial Description:

Brass Plaque 39½ inches high x 23 inches wide (100cms x 58cms)

Names:

49 full names of those who fell.
See transcript

Notes:

1. The memorial was unveiled in St. Hilda’s Church before being moved to its intended permanent site in the Old Boy’s Institute.

2. Hartlepool Boys’ Brigade was one of the earliest to be formed in 1886

 

Sources:

Photos: James Pasby; John Cambridge

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
04/03/1922 page 4 column 2.

Northern Echo
06/03/1922 reports unveiling.

Stockton & Teesside Herald
11/03/1922 reports unveiling.

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Ha.SH 13/193 Order of service for the unveiling of the war memorial to those of the 1st Hartlepool Company of the Boys ‘ Brigade, who gave their lives in the Great War, 5 March 1922 (1 paper)

Source of quotation
 To this end was I born to bear witness to the truth. John 18 37

Sources Link: Northern Echo 03 06 Mon -1922

Additional Research Documents

H115.46 Unveiling Programme 1922

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Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
Syd Reed;
John Cambridge

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Names Documents:

  1st Hartlepool Company

  Boys’ Brigade and Old Boys’ Institute

  

  

  In eternal memory of the

  Members who laid down their lives

  in the

  Great War

  1914-1918

  

  Ainsley, William        Jackson, Harry         

  Allison, Thomas         Lupton, Stephen        

  Anderson, Simpson       Martindale, Robert     

  Baldwin, John           Mayes, Ernest          

  Bradley, William        Miller, Robert         

  Brown, John             Milne, Norman E.       

  Butler, Harry           Pendlington, Robt. A.

  Cappleman, Harold       Pugh, Ralph Burgon     

  Carter, Fred            Richmond, Charles      

  Catterick, Frank        Scott, Fred C.

  Cook, John              Scott, Joseph

  Davidson, Hugh D.       Scott, William H.

  Day, Victor             Simpson, Thomas L.

  Donkin, John George     Smith, Samuel

  Drew, Frederick         Sparke, James

  Foster, William         Sparke, Charles B.

  Gaiety, Robert          Sparke, William

  Hall, Herbert           Spence, John J.

  Hall, Robert            Sweeting, James

  Hastings, Matthew       Thornton, John Wm.

  Hatch, William          Thompson, Hugh McD.

  Hogarth, James          Tucker, Wilfred

  Humphrey, Harry         Walker, John R.

  Humphrey, Taylor        Watkins, George

                Whitford, John

  

  To this end was I born to bear witness to the truth. John 18 37

NamesH115.46

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