Memorial

Plaque Members Served 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Blyth

Memorial Name: Plaque Members Served 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (B42.34)

NEWMP Ref No.: B42.34

Parish: Blyth

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Church. At the junction of Wellington Street and Plessey Road, Blyth.

On porch wall.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 15th December 1920 by Lt. Col. J.H. Nicholson;
dedicated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Ormsby.

Materials Used:

Wood from H.M.S. “Britannia”

Inscription:

The
Great War
1914-1919
St. Cuthbert’s Church

Roll of Honour

For God, King and Country.

Memorial Description:

Plaque, 52 inches high x 36 inches wide (132cms x 91cms), with gabled top in which are the dates and the church name.

The main panel is divided into three sunken panels with arched tops on each of which the names are painted in a single column in gold Roman capitals.

At the bottom left hand corner is a brass plate indicating the source of the timber used.

Names:

149 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. In a booklet presented by Hughes Bolckow to their staff when the firm was taken over in 1961, there is a long piece about the break-up of the “Britannia“.

The salvaged material went to making up all kinds of things (see font made from binnacle at Blyth B42.09).
A sentence reads : “Folding chairs on offer were designed with wounded soldiers in mind (‘their high back is very restful, but does not interfere with the hat when seated’);
tea trolleys were advertised (‘in hospitals and nursing homes they ease the extra work brought by the war’); and there were three patterns of memorial shrine with space for names of up to 150 dead; the names could be added ‘in black at a halfpenny a letter, or in gold at a penny a letter'”.

2. On the opposite wall is a similar plaque which is made from the timbers of the “Mauretania”.

Sources:

Photo: Jack Tait; Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
16/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Research Acknowledgements:

Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society;
Tony Harding
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

BLYTH, St. Cuthbert’s Church.

 

    The

    Great War

    1914-1919

    St. Cuthbert’s Church

    ROLL OF HONOUR

 

    Alderson, A.S.   Godfrey, J.G.     Parker, F.

    Airey, E.J.      Godfrey, R.       Partridge. J.A.

    Atkinson, W.     Godfrey, T.       Paul, P.R.

    Barker, S.       Hall, F.          Paul, R.

    Beaden, T.       Hall, J.W.        Percy, S.

    Beaden, W.       Hall, M.          Pringle, A.

    Bell, A.E.M.     Harris, A.H.      Pringle, J.R.

    Bell, J.         Harris, J.A.      Raffle, F.W.

    Blackburn, T.B.  Harris, T.W.      Raffle, J.R.

    Blackburn, W.    Harrison, G.      Raffle, W.T.

    Blyth, W.A.      Harrison, T.H.    Reay, J.W.

    Bower, H.        Harland, J.D.     Redford, J.

    Bower, S.        Hedley, G.        Redford, R.P.

    Bowman, J.       Hedley, W.R.      Richardson, J.

    Bragg, G.        Hill, A.          Richardson, J.R.

    Brown, A.R.      Hill, E.G.        Richardson, R.

    Brown, J.H.      Hill, F.G.        Roach, G.

    Brown, W.        Hogg, R.          Roach, J.

    Carr, H.G.       Hope, R.          Roach, T.

    Carr, J.P.       Hunter, H.A.      Robson, G.

    Carr, R.         James, W.R.       Robson, T.E.

    Carr, W.         James, J.R.       Robson, D.S.

    Charlton, J.L.   Kelsey, J.G.      Robson, J.

    Crawford, J.A.   Kinghorn, C.T.C.  Schofield, J.C.

    Crawford, M.P.   Lansdale, F.J.    Scott, J.

    Davison, G.      Lansdale, J.D.    Stephenson, J.G.

    Dickinson, H.    Lansdale, R.G.    Straker, A.G.

    Dobson, J.D.     Liddle, R.        Straker, V.

    Dodds, P.        Meffen, W.        Swinbanks, E.M.

    Dodds, R.S.G.    Middlemas, R.     Taylor, A.

    Dodds, T.        Middlemas, T.     Thompson, F.J.

    Elliott, A.J.    Middleton, E.     Thompson, M.

    Elliott, A.S.    Middleton, R.     Thompson, R.W.

    Elliott, J.      Middleton, S.     Turner, W.

    Elliott, W.K.    Middleton, W.     Turpin, E.

    English, G.      Middleton, J.R.S. Turpin, R.

    English, W.      Mitchell, J.      Tweddle, G.

    Ensly, A.E.V.    Mitchell, W.      Walton, J.E.

    Essen, W.        Moffatt, A.E.     Warren, J.

    Fairless, A.     Moffatt, C.       Warwick, C.R.

    Fawcett, J.      Morgan, J.        Webster, J.W.

    Field, A.R.      Morgan, T.W.      Wilkinson, F.H.

    Field, J.R.      Newstead, B.R.    Wilkinson, J.W.

    Fowler, R.       Newstead, F.L.    Wilkinson, R.H.

    Fulcher, G.      Newstead, G.      Wilson, W.

    Fulcher, J.A.    Nicholson, A.L.   Wray, J.

    Gibson, C.H.     Nicholson, I.     Wright, J.

    Gibson, G.H.     Nicholson, J.H.   Yarrow, T.

    Gibson, W.       Nicholson, R.     Young, H.

                                       Younger, E.

                                       Younger, W.

 

    For God, King and Country.

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