Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge

Blyth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge (B42.30)

NEWMP Ref No.: B42.30

Parish: Blyth

Original Location:

International Order of Good Templars, Market Street, Blyth

Present Location:

Unknown

Lost when the building was demolished and the street rebuilt.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled August 21st 1919 by Mr. Wm. Henderson

Materials Used:

White marble

Who Commissioned:

Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge

Inscription:

Erected by the officials and members of the Sir W.C. Trevelyan Lodge No. 749 in loving memory of their brothers (Names)
The path of duty was the road to glory.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with black lettering.

Names:

2 full names and dates of death
See transcript

Sources:

Blyth News
18/08/1919 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
22/08/1919 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
23/08/1919 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
“The path of duty . . .” .” Ode of the Death of the Duke of Wellington. Viii. Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 08 22 Fri -1919

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

Sir Walter W.C. Trevelyan Lodge

 

This information has been gathered from a newspaper report.

 

Pte. Joseph Henry Golightly 
 killed in action in France 
 September 15, 1916, 
 aged 22 years

 

Pte. Percy Milner Sedgwick 
 killed in action in France 
 August 1, 1917, 
 aged 27 years.

NamesB42.39

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