Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Royal British Legion

Meadowfield

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Royal British Legion (M50.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: M50.01

Parish: Meadowfield

Original Location:

Royal British Legion Club, Back John Street North, Meadowfield DH7 8RT.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled October 1937 by Brig.Gen. E.P.A. Riddell, Area President of the British Legion;
dedicated by Rt.Rev. J.G. Gordon, Bishop of Jarrow.

Materials Used:

Oak

Who Commissioned:

Members of Royal British Legion

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed and made by T.S. Hall (branch treasurer) and G. Reay, (Committee member) of the above Branch, 1937

Inscription:

In proud
memory
of our comrades
of Brandon and
District, who fell in the Great War 1914-18
Roll of Honour

They shall grow not old as we that are left grown old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.”

Memorial Description:

Plaque 67 inches high x 108 inches wide (170cms x 274cms).

It has a pedimented top, in which is the badge of the Royal British Legion and the dedication.

The title “Roll of Honour” is in the top border of the main panel, with Binyon’s quotation in italics.

There is a plain pillar at each side.

The main panel is sub-divided into five panels in which the names are carved in two columns on each, the names being carried down onto the bottom border between dentils.

The lettering is carved and blackened, using serif capitals throughout.

A tiny plate at the bottom gives the details of the makers.

Names:

240 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This remembers the men from the District who fell. The local R.B.L. Branch was formed in 1932.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Karen Redhead; Bill Allon; Dorothy Hall

Durham Advertiser
15/10/1937 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
“They shall grow not old “ For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Karen Redhead;
Bill Allon

Research In Progress:

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

Names Documents:

MEADOWFIELD  Royal British Legion Club, Meadowfield.

 

  In proud memory

  of our comrades of Brandon and

  District, who fell in the Great War 1914-18

  Roll of Honour

 

  They shall grow not old as we that are left grown old, Age shall not weary them,

  nor the years condemn, At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,

  we will remember them.”

——————————————————————–

   Panel 1                            Panel 2

                  

   A.C. Adamson    N. Birkett         J. Craggs       R. Freeman     

   T. Adamson      Jas. Bond          R.P. Craggs     W. Freeman     

   D. Allchurch    J. Bond            J. Culley       J. Furguson     

   W.H. Allchurch  J.A. Brannan       E. Cummings     J. Garbutt    

   J. Addison      E. Brown           A. Daglish      W. Gardner     

   J. Allison      G.A. Brown         Jas. Davies     W.H. Gent     

   W. Appleby      J. Brown           J. Davies       J.W. Gibbon     

   J. Armstrong    L. Brown           H. Davison      R. Gibbon     

   J. Atkinson     R. Brown           J. Dent         G.W. Gibson     

   T. Bage         S. Burdess         H. Devlin       J.W. Gibson     

   J. Bailey       J. Burns           F. Dickinson    R. Gill     

   F. Bailes       R. Burlison        J.W. Dickinson  D. Gleghorn     

   W. Bains        B. Carr            H. Dickinson    H. Greenwell     

   J. Barras       J. Carr            T. Dickinson    H. Grocock     

   J. Barrow       M. Cavanagh        R. Dixon        A. Guyll     

   G. Barrow       J.E. Chance        T. Dodds        F. Haley     

   J.T. Bartlett   T. Chilton         J. Donohue      J. Haley     

   J.F. Basey      G.S. Clarke        J. Eales        G. Hall     

   A.W. Beadle     H. Clarke          T. Elliott      J. Hamilton     

   J. Beaver       J. Cockburn        R. Farthing     F. Hardy  

   ————————————————————   

At bottom        

   J. Belcher      T. Cockburn        H. Fisher       W. Hardy     

   J. Bell         J. Connor          J.W. Forster    R. Harland     

   G.W. Beresford  J. Cornish         A. Freeman      J. Harrison     

   T. Beresford    E. Coulson         R.D. Freeman    J. Headley     

——————————————————————–

   Panel 3                           Panel 4

  

   P. Higgins      R. Leighton        T. Moffat       J. Reynolds          

   J. Hird         B.S.B. Liddle      S. Molloy       M. Richardson       

   S. Holliday     R. Liddle          J.R. Moore      T.E. Richardson     

   J. Hopkins      W. Liddle          J. Morris       J.T. Ridley

   G. Hopper       J. Liptrot         S. Morris       T. Robinson         

   R. Houghton     T. Lockey          J. Moses        B. Robson           

   G. Humphrey     G.A. Lockney       R. Moses        C.M. Robson         

   T. Humphrey     W. Lofthouse       S. Moses        F. Robson           

   J. Hunter       J. Lumley          J.T. Murray     H.S. Robson         

   T. Hutchinson   W.P. Lumley        J. Musgrave     P. Robson           

   I. Jackson      M. Lynch           G.T. Naisbet    W.H. Robson         

   W. Jarvis       J. Madgin          W. Nesbett      W. Robson           

   T. Jayne        J. Malone          W. Newton       W. Robson (B.R.Y)   

   T. Jennings     R. Malone          A. O’Connor     G.W. Rodgers        

   W. Jobling      M. Mason           J. Oley         P. Rome             

   G. Johnson      J.W. Mavin         G. Ovington     J. Rowan            

   R. Johnson      J.W. Mawson        W. Parrish      W. Rowan            

   E. Kelly        J. McArdle         R. Pearson      P. Rowe             

   I. Kelly        E. McDermott       R. Potts        W. Roxborough       

   A. Kirtley      R. McGregor        T. Ramsay       J. Ryan

   ————————————————————   

At bottom       

   J. Knowles      F. McGurk          Rev. W. Ransome M. Ryan             

   N. Lawson       J. McManus         M. Reavley      T. Ryan             

   J. Lee          J. Mills           R. Reay         E. Sayers           

   W. Lee          W. Mills           G.P. Reid       H. Schofield        

——————————————————————–

  Panel 5

                   

   J. Sherrington  A. Travers

   G.R. Simpson    J. Travers

   T.W. Simpson    R. Trow

   J. Slee         J. Tumilty

   F. Smith        F. Tunney

   J. Smith        J. Tunney

   J.T. Smith      G.W. Vardy

   T. Smith        A. Waddle

   P. Solan        R. Wallet

   G. Stout        W.K. Walton

   I. Stout        H. Warburton

   J. Staff        H. Ward

   W. Staples      R. Warkman

   M. Stobbart     E. Warner

   F. Storey       R. Warner

   J.J. Suggett    T. Watson

   H. Tanfield     J. Welsh

   W. Taylor       S. Wetherell

   A. Teeder       A. Wilson

   J. Teggert      J. Wilson

   —————————–

At bottom         

   W. Temperley    W. Winter

   J.W. Temple     T.W. Wood

   J. Thompson     R. Wood

   C.E. Todd       O. Wrightson

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