Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Technical Inst./Secondary School

Consett

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Technical Inst./Secondary School (C101.13)

NEWMP Ref No.: C101.13

Parish: Consett

Original Location:

Technical Institute. Park Road, Consett. DH8.

Present Location:

Consett Community Sports College.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 19th November 1922 by County Cllr. T.F. Brass of Sacriston;
dedicated by Rev. W.C.D. Fedden.

Materials Used:

Bronze

Who Commissioned:

Committee

How Money was Raised:

Old students.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by J. Gowland of Consett;
made by Mansard Studios, Consett.

Inscription:

To the memory of our fellows
who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914-1919.

Let us who remain endeavour
to follow their example.
Erected by Old Students.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 31½ inches high x 41 inches wide ( 80cms x 104cms) with slightly pointed top set on a wood pattress 3½  inches (9cms) wider all round.
There is a wide raised border of leaves.

At centre top of the border is the school badge of a fiery furnace with a ribbon bearing the words “E ferro ferrum temperatum” (“Out of iron comes forth steel”).

On the main panel the names are in three columns.

All lettering is in raised Roman capitals for the dedication and sans serif capitals for the names.

Names:

39 names and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The plaque was in the entrance Hall of the Consett Technical Institute, later Secondary School and then, till 1957 the Grammar School. A new school was built and the old school became the Technical College until the 1990s. It was then demolished and houses built on the site. The Grammar School is now Consett Community Sports College.

2. When the plaque was moved into the school isn’t clear. For some years it was in the entrance hall but in June 2008 it was moved into the school hall.

3. The Consett and Stanley Chronicle reports that the roll contains the names of two brothers, but that of E. Davison had yet to appear.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Consett and Stanley Chronicle
24/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Consett Guardian
24/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
20/11/1922 reports unveiling with photo of committee

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
25/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
20/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 20 Mon -1922
Sources Link: Consett Guardian 11 24 Fri -1922

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John Greener

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Names Documents:

CONSETT  Secondary School

    “To the memory of our fellows

    who gave their lives in the

    Great War 1914 – 1919.

    Let us who remain endeavour

    to follow their example.”

    F. Bates        C.E. Gibson      F. Bates

    T. H. Bell      J. Gibson        G. Pattinson   

    J. Brady        L. Hall          H.T. Peaden

    W. Brodie       J. Hand          A. Pretsell

    T. W. Brown     F. Hull          H. Robinson

    R. Corker       B. Hunter        H.F. Rowell

    F.T. Eales      H. King          G. Sanderson

    F. Eales        O. Little        T.H. Smith

    J.O. Elliot     W.E. Longstaff   R.R. Surtees

    R. Emmerson     G. McMahon       E. Taylor

    G. Errington    T. Minks         M. Taylor

    A.W. Fletcher   S. Mitchell      T.H.B. Welford

    J. Gardiner     F. Mowbray       J.W. White.

    Erected by Old Students.

—————————————————————–

The report of the names in the Consett Guardian is at slight

variation with the names on the plaque.  It gives:

    J.O. Elliott instead of J.C. Elliott

    C. Pattison instead of G. Pattinson

    H.T. Peadon instead of Peaden.

    A. Mitchell instead of S. Mitchell

    H. Roginson instead of H. Robinson

    T.W.B. Welford instead of T.H.B. Welford

NamesC101.13

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