Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Cricket Club

Stockton on Tees

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Cricket Club (S138.29)

NEWMP Ref No.: S138.29

Parish: Stockton on Tees

Original Location:

Cricket Club

Present Location:

The Club House, 52a Oxbridge Avenue, TS18 4JF

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled June 30th 1920 in the pavilion, the oldest building on the site, by the Vicar, Rev. E.A. Douglas, M.A., R.D.

Materials Used:

Wood

Who Commissioned:

Cricket Club

Inscription:

To the Glory of God and in Honour of
the following members of the Stockton Cricket Club
who took part in the Great War
1914 – 18
(names)
The following came not back but lie asleep in a foreign land
(names)
“These laid the world away, poured out the red sweet wine of youth
gave up the years to be of youth and joy”

Memorial Description:

Plaque with rounded top, 46 inches high x 33 inches wide (117cms x 58cms) set in a moulded wood frame with rounded top.

At centre top is the club badge raised in half relief.

The names are listed in two columns.

The lettering is painted in gold, using sans serif capitals for the dedication, headings and quotation, and cursive lower case for the names.

Names:

38 surnames and initials of those who served;
6 surnames and initials of those who died.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. According to the Darlington and Stockton Times, photographs of those who died were placed at the bottom of the plaque. Photographs are on the unveiling programme.

Sources:

Photo: C. Sanders

Darlington and Stockton Times
03/07/1920 reports unveiling.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
01/07/1920 also reports unveiling and the photographs.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Source of quotation
“These laid the world away . . .” The Dead Rupert Brooke, which begins “Blow out, you bugles, over the rich dead”

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

STOCKTON ON TEES    Cricket Club

 

  To the Glory of God and in Honour of

  the following Members of the Stockton Cricket Club

  who took part in the Great War

  1914 – 18

 

  Abbott, N.       Jobling, T.N.

  Armstrong, J.L.  Kennedy, T.A.

  Atkinson, J.J.   Lewis, T.

  Atkinson, G.     Martin, Rev. E.W.

  Barrowcliff, A.  Pannett, J.

  Barrowcliff, F.  Pass N.

  Barugh, H.P.     Pearman, H.W.

  Borrie, J.       Pickles, H.J.

  Borrie, W.       Riley, J.

  Borrow, J.       Robson, T.N.

  Bowron, L.       Salmon, W.

  Dickson, S.      Salmon, W.E.

  Gilbert, W.      Sharp, T.B.

  Grabham, G.M.    Trenholm, P.

  Grabham, H.      Walker, J.

  Hird, J.         Wintersgill, J.

  Hopper, B.R.     Wright, H.

  Jackson, J.R.    Whitfield, E.

  Kennedy, J.      Appleton, E.R.

 

  The following came not back but lie asleep in a foreign land

  Bishop, H.       Kidd, A.

  Callender, R.H.  Watson, B.A.

  Gooding, C.      Wilkinson J.B.

  “These laid the world away poured out the red sweet wine of youth

  gave up the years to be of youth and joy”

—————————————————

Darlington and Stockton Times adds the following regarding the fallen, and whose photos appeared at the foot of the plaque:

 

  Lieut. J.B. Wilkinson, a former captain of the club;

  Sec.Lieut. R.H. Callender

  Sec.Lieut. H. Bishop, M.C.;

  Sec.Lieut. B. Watson;

  Sergt. C. Gooding;

  Sergt. A. Kidd.

—————————————————

The Unveiling Programme has slight variations on names:

 

  Abbott, N.       Jopling, T.N.

  Armstrong, J.L.  Kennedy, T.A.

  Atkinson, J.J.   Lewis, T.

  Atkinson, G.     Martin, Rev. E.W.L.

  Barrowcliff, A.  Pannett, J.

  Barrowcliff, F.  Pass N.

  Barugh, H.P.     Pearman, H.W.

  Borrie, J.       Pickles, H.J.

  Borrie, W.       Riley, J.

  Borrow, J.       Robson, T.N.

  Bowron, I.       Salmon, W.

  Dickson, S.      Salmon, W.E.

  Ford, T.         Sharp, T.B.

  Grabham, G.M.    Trenholm, P.

  Grabham, H.      Walker, J.

  Hird, J.         Wintersgill, J.

  Hopper, B.R.     Wright, H.

  Jackson, J.R.    Whitfield, E.

  Kennedy, T.

NamesS138.29    

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