Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Harbour Commissioners

Blyth

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Harbour Commissioners (B42.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: B42.03

Parish: Blyth

Original Location:

Blyth Harbour Commission’s Headquarters

In the Board Room at Blagdon Street.

Present Location:

Blyth Harbour Commissioners 79 Bridge Street / Plessey Road.

On first floor landing.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Wood frame, paper roll.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mawson, Swan & Morgan, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Inscription:

Blyth Harbour Commissioners
Roll of Honour
of the Employees of the Commissioners who answered the Call of
their King and Country during the Great War 1914-1919

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, set in a plain wooden frame, measuring 36 inches high by 30½ inches wide (91cms x 77cms).

The Roll is decorated with a wide highly coloured pattern of leaves across the top and down the left hand side only.

Half way down the left hand border is inserted an oval picture of Blyth Harbour.

The names are handwritten in black in two columns, using upper and lower case Roman letters.

Names:

15 staff and 101 workmen who served, plus rank and regiment or ship including 2 staff and 4 workmen who were killed.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. At the outbreak of war, there were 383 staff, of whom 116 joined up, and 6 were wounded.

Sources:

Photo: Jack Tait

Blyth News
01/03/1920 reports that the makers of the memorial are Messrs. Mawson, Swan and Morgan.

Morpeth Herald
05/03/20 gives brief details.

Research Acknowledgements:

Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

BLYTH, Harbour Commission’s Headquarters.

 

  BLYTH

  HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS

  ROLL OF HONOUR

  Of the Employees of the Commissioners who answered the Call of

  their King and Country during the Great War, 1914-1919

———————————————————–

Left hand column

  Staff

  G.W. Dodds Captain           Royal Engineers              

  J.P. Agnew Lieutenant        Royal Air Force              

  J.E. Cullum L/Sergeant       Northern Cyclist Brigade     

  G. Kinnear  2nd Writer       Fleet P.M. Office, R.N. Depot, Crystal Palace  

  J. Young Lieutenant          Royal Horse Artillery R.G.A.

  Wm. Hopper Lieutenant        Army Service Corps, Egyptian E. Force  

  W.C.F. Bates  Gunner         122 Siege Battery, R.G.A.    

  T. Bell Corporal             Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Section

    

  Workmen

  H. Brodie Captain            Transport Battalion          

  G. Hill   Private            Northern Cyclist Brigade     

  A. Robson  Corporal          Royal Engineers              

  J. Lillie  Private           Northern Cyclist Brigade     

  W. Tweedy  Corporal          Royal Engineers              

  J. Godfrey  Stoker           Royal Naval Reserves         

  A. Coull Actg.2nd Torp.Man   Do.  H.M.S.”Ophir”     

  W. Barton Leading Stoker     Do.  H.M.S. “Tyne”     

  M. Heslop  Gunner            154th Siege Battery, R.G.A.  

  W. Brown   Bombardier        Royal Field Artillery        

  T. Godfrey Jr. Private       Northumberland Fusiliers     

  T. Yarrow         –          H.M. Patrol                  

  A. Sellars  Private          Northumberland Fusiliers     

  H. Hara  Private             Do     Do            

  J. Fulbeck Private           Do     Do            

  J. Davis   Private           Do     Do            

  J. Robson  Private           Do     Do            

  T. Gibson  Sergeant          Do     Do            

  A. Noble Petty Officer       1st Class H.M.S. “Belophron”

  R. Crawford  Signaller       Royal Scots Guards           

  R. Bell  Private             14th Northumberland Fusiliers

  H. Tweedy Trooper            Northumberland Hussars        

  A. Chapman     –             R.N.R. H.M. Minesweeper       

  R. Blenkinsop Private        Durham Light Infantry         

  T. Turpin Sergeant           2nd Battalion East Yorks.     

  T. Martin Sergeant           Northern Cyclist Brigade      

  J. Wilkins Gunner            186 M.G.Co, Machine Gun Corps.

  C. Turpin  Private           Northern Cyclist Brigade      

  R. Brown   Sapper            Royal Engineers               

  H. Latimer Rifleman          20th Northern Battalion       

  W. Little  Private           Northumberland Fusiliers      

  xG. Quinn  Private           H.M. Marines                  

  xJ. Clark  Private           Northumberland Fusiliers      

  C. Biggs  Leading Stoker     R.N.R. H.M.S. “Revenge”  

  J. Cutter Private            Northumberland Fusiliers      

  W. Coull  Seaman             R.N.R. H.M.S. “Amethyst”      

  A. Straker  Sapper           Royal Engineers               

  W. Murray   Private          Northumberland Fusiliers      

  J. Murray   Gunner           R.G.A.                        

  C. Fulthorpe  Gunner         43rd Siege Battery, R.G.A.    

  W. Simpson      –            H.M. Army                     

  B. Stafford  Stoker          R.N.R. Ship “Laburnum”        

  R. Dodds  Chief Petty Officer H.M. Submarines     

  R. Nicholson Private         62nd Trench Mortar Battery, 12th N.F.  

  G. Henderson Stoker          Royal Naval Reserves          

  J. Mitchell 2nd Class P.Officer Do H.M.S. “Seadown”

  T. Bower Stoker              Royal Naval Reserves H.M.S. “Centurion”  

  F. Bower Stoker              Do H.M.S. “Astraea”      

  J. Stannard  Stoker          Do H.M.S. “Lord Nelson”  

  W. Worcester   –             H.M. Navy                     

  xR. Reay Shipwright          H.M.S. “Black Prince”

———————————————————–

Right hand column

  Staff

  Wm. Dunn    Private          Machine Gun Corps, Italian E. Force

  P. Grayson  Lieutenant       Royal Engineers

  G.D. McGlashan  Major        Royal Engineers

  J. Bowden  Private           North Staffords

  J.M. Jewels? L/Corporal      Durham Light Infantry

  J. Hindmarsh  Private        Durham Light Infantry

  W. Edgar    Clerk            Royal Air Force

  Workmen

  J. Johnson  Private          Northumberland Fusiliers

  H. Hunter   Private          2nd N.F. Garrison Battalion

  J. Langley  Deckhand         R.N.R. H.M. Motor Launch 105

  T. Charlton Sapper           Royal Engineers

  J. Nicholson  Private        Northumberland Fusiliers

  R.O. Gaff   Sapper           Royal Engineers

  W. Wilkinson Sapper          4/1 Royal Engineers North.Division

  I. Henderson Leading Deckhand R.N.R. H.M. Motor Launch 102

  W. Smith  Sapper             4/1 Royal Engineers, North.Division

  T. Nicholson  Leading Seaman R.N.R. H.M.S. “Amplalite”

  J. Tate Leading Seaman       R.N.R. H.M.S. “A. Boyne”

  R. Lansdale       –          H.M. Navy

  R. Hogg           –          H.M. Navy

  J. Carss   Able Seaman       H.M. Minesweepers

  P. McLeod  Private           Northumberland Fusiliers

  J. Bell    Signaller         Royal Garrison Artillery

  W. Hedley  Gunner            Do      Do

  R. Harland  2nd Hand         P.N.R. H.M.S. “Enterprise”

  W. Biggs  Chief Engineer     R.N.R. H.M.S. “Enterprise”

  J. Henderson  2nd Hand       P.N.R. H.M.S. “Streaphon”

  A. Fawcus  Deckhand          R.N.R.

  A. Little  Shipwright        Grand Fleet, H.M.S. “Hindustan”

  W. Wiggett  Sapper           5th Army Service Corps

  A. Hill  Sapper              Northern Royal Engineers

  J. Dunn  Sapper              Royal Engineers

  J. Boynes  Sapper            231 Field Company Royal Engineers

  E. Davison  Sapper           Royal Engineers

  A. Liddell  Deckhand         R.N.R. H.M. Motor Launch 152

  J. Delamotte  Captain        H.M. Transport

  R. Carr   Leading Stoker     R.N.R. H.M.S. “Terrible”

  W. Younger  Stoker           R.N.R. H.M. “Queen”

  R. Redford  Gunner           Royal Garrison Artillery

  F. Stafford   A.B.           H.M.S. “Cormorant”

  xA. Bell   Corporal          Northumberland Fusiliers

  J. Patience  Corporal        16th Yorkshire Rifles, P of W Own.

  T. Crawford  Sapper          Royal Engineers

  J. Carmichael  Private       36th Northumberland Fusiliers

  R. Lee         Private       Northumberland Fusiliers

  M. Lambert        –          H.M. Motor Launch

  W. Willis  Private           Northumberland Fusiliers

  F. Smith   Private           Coldstream Guards

  G.M. Gibson  Private         Durham Light Infantry

  J. Brome     Private         1st Northumberland Fusiliers

  Wm. Lillie      Deckhand     R.N.R. H.M. Minesweeper

  J. Smalley  Private          Northumberland Fusiliers

  G. Gibney   Private          Do     Do

  Wm. Fawcus  Private          Tank Corps

  M. Sadd   Sapper             Inland and Water Transport

  R. Fowler    –               Army

  A. Hansen    –               H.M. Navy

  x Killed in action.

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