Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Miners’ Welfare Institute

East Hartford

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Miners' Welfare Institute (E8.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: E8.02

Parish: East Hartford

Original Location:

East Hartford Miners’ Welfare Institute

Present Location:

Now East Hartford and District Community Association Hall.

On lobby wall.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled at opening of the Institute on 3rd March 1923 by T.O. Wood, agent to the Cramlington Coal Co., in place of John Morrison, Managing Director of the Cramlington Coal Co. who was sick.

Dedicated by Rev. H.P. Cutter of Horton.

Materials Used:

Oak

Ownership and Maintenance: East Hartford and District Community Association

Inscription:

1914 In memoriam 1918
“Lest We Forget”

Memorial Description:

Plaque and surround, 37 inches high x 26 inches wide(94cms x 66cms).

The dedication is on the panel at the top, with the dates “1914” and “1918” at the top of pilasters on either side.

The names are listed in two columns, the lettering painted in gilt Roman capitals.

Names:

37 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photo: Jack Tait

Blyth News
11/05/1922 gives report of opening of Institute.

Morpeth Herald
09/03/1923 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
05/03/1923 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
“Lest We Forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Jack Tait (Blyth L.H.S.);
Janet Brown

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Names Documents:

EAST HARTFORD, East Hartford and District Community Association Hall       

    

  1914          IN MEMORIAM          1918

 

  M. Absalom,       N.F.        J.H. Hamilton,   West Yorks.

  N. Barnes,        ”           J. Hall          R.F.

  J. Barber,        ”           J.J. Holland,    N.F.

  J. Brown,         ”           J. Henshaw,      S.L.I.

  W. Brown,         ”           J. Henderson,    N.F.

  J.R. Collingwood, ”           J. Jordan,       N.F.

  M. Cunningham     ”           J. Kilgour,      “

  R.J. Crosby       ”           T. Mitcheson     S.L.I.   

  T. Clark          ”           J. Nesbit,       N.F.

  A. Causer         ”           F. Simpson,      “

  J. Coombe         ”           W.D. Schonewald, S.L.I.

  J. Dickson,       ”           J.R. Stannard,   “

  D. Dixon,         ”           J. Shield,       N.F.

  J.H. Dixon        ”           R. Tait,         “

  F. Eke,           West Yorks. W. Tunney,       A.S.C.

  J. Foster,        N.F.        J.E. Thompson,   S.L.I.

  J. Fenwick,       ”           S. Websell,      N.F.

  W. Gray,          R.N.        J. Wood,         “

  H. Hamilton,      N.F.

 

  “Lest We Forget”.

NamesE8.02

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