Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Ashington and District WMC

Ashington

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Ashington and District WMC (A17.24)

NEWMP Ref No.: A17.24

Parish: Ashington

Original Location:

Ashington & District Working Men’s Social Club (West End)

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 15th October 1921 by County Councillor Capt. J.J. Hall,

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Photos taken by Mr. Pentland, photographer.
Roll of Honour made by Messrs. Mawson, Swan and Morgan of Newcastle.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

This consisted of three elaborately framed memorials.

The first bore the Roll of Honour.

The second frame was 84 inches x 48 inches (213cms x 122cms) and bore photos of the men who served.

The third carried photos of the officials and committee of the club.

Names:

95 names of those who returned safely, plus ranks of officers.
15 names and ranks of those killed in action or died of wounds.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the Club, distinctions gained were 1 x D.C.M. and M.M.; 5 x M.M.; 1 Servian (sic) Gold Medal; 1 x M.S.M.

2. At the ceremony, Capt. W.S. Sanderson presented a case of pipes to Mr. Fail, father of Archie Fail, winner of the D.C.M. and M.M. who was killed.

3. Capt. Sanderson also handed over silver cigarette case to Mr. Andrew Johnson, winner of the M.S.M.

Sources:

Blyth News
17/10/1921 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
21/10/1921 reports unveiling.

 

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Alan Grint is researching the Names on this memorial.

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Names Documents:

 

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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Returned safely :

  Capt. J. Robson.   Capt. W.S.Sanderson Johnson Abercrombie.

  W. Spare           S. Adamson           S. Kirkup

  R. Wardle          Jas. Hart            N. Brown             

  H. McClarence      J. Abercrombie       A. Johnston

  T. Scott           J. Bell              A. Armstrong         

  G. Garbutt         W. Muncaster         J. Smith

  T. Patterson       Jas. Scott           Wm. Gladson          

  J. Spare           H. Dunn              T.G. Spare

  R. Miles           S. White             J.T. Johnston        

  M. Adamson         J. Hart              J.T. Soulsby

  W.J. Roucroft      R. Milburn           J.T. Milburn         

  Wm. Milburn        E.J. Hindmarsh       J.W. Wade

  J.W. Lawson        R. Hall              D. Peary             

  J. Sharp           G. Turnbull          T. Cummings

  P. Saxton          G. Marshall          E. Wade              

  M. Young           W.H. Gardner         W. Ford

  W. Robinson        J. Allan             J.P. Abercrombie     

  T. Hall            J. Ewart             R. Brown

  P. Storey          R. Purdy             G. Bickerton         

  W.G. Ridley        M. Hennessey         H. Saye

  J. Taylor          J.W. Lawson          J. Milburn           

  Jas. Murray        Jas. Clayton         A. Storey

  A. Robinson        J. Hurst             W. Curry             

  G. Conway          J. Anderson          T.H. Thompson

  G. Storey          D. Crow              F. Saxton            

  Wm. Lawrence       J. Lawrence          G. Davison

  A. Rowell          J. Mather            M. Young             

  T. Tapson          J. Andrew            J. Hennessey

  H. Willis          J. Young             A. Spowart           

  G. Wade            H. Graham            Wm. Garbutt

  Wm. Fail           Wm. Bell             J.T. Adams           

  C. Blanche         D. Reaveley

 

Killed in action or died of wounds.

  Sgt. G. Adamson    Corp. G. Dunn          Pte. E. Hennesey.

  Corp. J. Hay       Corp. Goldsbury        Pte. E. Clark

  L.Corp. Dunn       Pte. W. Bickerton      Pte. J. Lawrence     

  Pte. R. Cleghorn   Pte. R. Mennesey (sic) Pte. A. Fail

  Pte. J. Smith      Pte. T. Adamson        Pte. R. Daglish

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Blyth News 17/10/1921 gives slight variations:

                 Killed.

  Sergt. G. Adamson   Corpl. G. Dunn         Corpl. J. Hay

  Corpl. H. Goldsbury L.Corpl. W.A. Dunn    Pte. W. Bickerton

  Pte. R. Gleghorn    Pte. R. Hennessey     Pte. J. Smith

  Pte. T. Adamson     Pte. E. Daglish       Pte. A. Fail

  Pte. G. Lawrence    Pte. E. Clark         Pte. E. Hennessey

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       Those who served

  Capt. J. Robson        Capt. W.S. Sanderson  

  Lieut. J.T. Adams      Sergt.Maj. J. Abercrombie    

  Sergt. W. Spare        Sergt. E.J. Spare

  Sergt. S. Kirkup       Sergt. J. Dickinson

  Sergt. R. Wardle       Corpl. J. Hart

  Corpl. N. Brown        Corpl. McLaren

  Corpl. Abercrombie     Corpl. Johnson

  Corpl. T. Scott        L-Corpl. Bell

  L-Corpl. Harper        Pte. A.J. Armstrong

  Pte. G. Garbutt        Pte. W. Muncaster

  Pte. J. Smith          Pte. T. Patterson

  Pte. J. Scott          Pte. W. Gladstone

  Pte. J. ?Spare         Pte. H. Downs

  Pte. T.G. Spare        Pte. R. Miles

  Pte. S. ?White         Pte. J.T. Johnson

  Pte. M. Adamson        Pte. J. Hart

  Pte. G. McKinley       Pte. J.T. Soulsby

  Pte. J.J. Spare        Pte. W.J. Moorcroft

  Pte. R. Milburn        Pte. J. Milburn

  Pte. W. Milburn        Pte. E. Hindmarch

  Pte. G. Wade           Pte. J. ?Blanche

  Pte. J.W. Lawson       Pte. R. Hall

  Pte. D. Peary          Pte. J. Sharp

  Pte. G. Turnbull       Pte. T. Coombes

  Pte. E. Saxton         Pte. G. Marshall

  Pte. E. Wade           Pte. M. Young

  Pte. W.H. Gardner      Pte. H. Ford

  Pte. W. Robinson       Pte. J. Allen

  Pte. J. Abercrombie    Pte. T. Hall

  Pte. J. Ewart          Pte. R. Brown

  Pte. J. Hudson         Pte. A. ?Mais

  Pte. G. Gould          Pte. G. Walden

  Pte. P. Storey         Pte. R. Purdy

  Pte. E. Bickerton      Pte. W.G. Ridley

  Pte. M. Hennessey      Pte. H. ?Save, ?Saye.

  Pte. J.T. Tatler       Pte. J. Lawson

  Pte. J. Milburn        Pte. J. Murray

  Pte. J. ?Clayton       Pte. G. Storey

  Pte. T. Storey         Pte. A. Robertson

  Pte. T. Postle         Pte. J. Hurst

  Pte. Wilson Curry      Pte. G. ?Conway

  Pte. J. Anderson       Pte. T.H. Thompson

  Pte. G. ?              Pte. W. Bell

  Pte. D. Crow           Pte. J. Heffron

  Pte. F. Saxton         Pte. W. Lawrence

  Pte. G. Lawrence       Pte. G. Davison

  Pte. A. Rowell         Pte. J. Mather

  Pte. W.M. Young        Pte. T. ?

  Pte. J. Andrew         Pte. W. Hennessey

  Pte. J. Hunter         Pte. W. Downs

  Pte. H. Willis         Pte. J. Young

  Pte. A. Spowart        Pte. G. Wade

  Pte. C. Hurst          Pte. H. Graham

  Pte. W. Garbutt         

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