Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Memorial Hall

Lanchester

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Memorial Hall (L62.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: L62.04

Parish: Lanchester

Original Location:

Memorial Hall, in the vestibule (demolished)

Past Location:

Removed to the Council Offices, which were in Park House, (closed).

Present Location:

Moved 11th April 2015 to Lanchester Community Centre.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 10th February 1923 by Lieut.Col. R. Ritson of Sniperley Hall.

Materials Used:

Brass on oak

Inscription:

Inside wreath at top
Their
name
liveth for
evermore

1914 1918

On plaque

In memory of those who went from Lanchester
and gave their lives in the Great War.
(Names)
Also in grateful recognition of
all others who served.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 20 inches high x 24 inches wide (51cms x 61cms) on a wide oak pattress 36 inches high x 40 inches wide (61cms x 102cms).

The oak pattress has a rounded centre top, underneath which is laurel wreath in half relief inside which are the words “Their name liveth for evermore”.

The dates “1914” and “1918” are in panels on either side.

The brass plaque containing the names is centrally placed, fixed in each corner by a stud shaped like a flower.

The names are listed in three columns in sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

49 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Consett Guardian
24/11/1922 reports unveiling of plaque.

Northern Echo
12/2/1923 reports unveiling at time of opening of Memorial Hall.

Lanchester Remembers – Project Poppy Remembering our Fallen 1918-2018 booklet

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Gail Bolam

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by Ian Murray.

Contact: iwmurray63@gmail.com

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

LANCHESTER   Memorial Hall plaque  

  

  Their Name

  Liveth for

  Evermore

  1914                     1918

  

  In memory of those who went from Lanchester

  and gave their lives in the Great War.

  

  George Anderson     Ernest Fallon        John Sargeant

  Margaret Barrow     Robert B. Farbridge  Joseph N. Scott

  John R. Bateman     Thomas Farrey        Luke Smith

  Francis E. Bell     Joseph M. Fletcher   T. Henry Smith

  Walter Bell         James Harwood        Newton Storey

  James Brankston     James Hodgson        Tom Storey

  Henderson Brankston William Hunter       J. Herbert Swain

  Alexander Brankston George Kirtley       P. Henry Thompson

  William Britton     George McDonald      William Thompson

  Thomas R. Buckham   Joseph McElhatton    Joseph H. Teasdale

  Albert Bulleyment   John H. Myers        Luke Thornton

  Thomas Cheston      Thomas W. Nicholson  Walter Veitch

  James H. Clough     William O’Brien      Thomas Wardle

  Alexander Coates    Stephen Ramsay       George Wardle

  Michael Collin      William Ross         Thomas Whittaker

  Sidney Duke         Arthur Sargeant      John Wilson

                                           Robert Wainwright

  Also in grateful recognition of

  all others who served.

———————————————————-

Newspaper reports gives variations on names:

 

  William Brittain is given instead of Britton

  Albert Bulleymen instead of Bullyment

  Thomas Charlton instead of Cheston

  Sydney Duke instead of Sidney Duke

  Thomas Ferrey instead of Farrey

  Jas. Horwood instead of Harwood

  T. H. Thompson instead of P. Henry Thompson

  Robert Wainwright is missing altogether.

  

  Margaret Barrow is recorded as serving with W.A.A.C.

NamesL62.04   

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