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    Memorial

    Bebside Colliery

    Bebside Colliery Memorial

    Source: Copyright Reverend Andrew Elder

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    Current Location

    St Benedict's Church, Bellford Court, Cowpen, Blyth, Blyth Valley, Northumberland, NE24 5AZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NZ 29674 81350

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    33321
    Description
    On wall in entrance hall, is a wooden (made of Oak taken from HMS Brittania) board with a triangular pediment, beige border and four columns of names on a black panel. The dedication, in gold-painted Roman lettering, is within the pediment. Each of the four columns of names is headed by a small gold-painted cross with a red poppy at its centre. The space underneath the dedication is divided into four panels by flat pillars which are arched at the top. These panels bear the names in a single column of each of the dead from 1914-18, handwritten in gold paint using Roman capitals throughout, and at the top of each panel is a gold-painted cross with a red poppy at centre. At the bottom, the last two names in every column are from the Second World War (1939-45).
    Inscription
    In/ Sacred Memory/ OF THE MEN FROM/ BEBSIDE COLLIERY,/ Who gave their lives in the GREAT WARS/ 1914 - 1918 ..... 1939 - 1945/ THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ (88 names in total)/ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    80
    Died
    80
    Information shown
    Forename/initials, surname
    Order of names
    Mainly alphabetical by surname, apart from the 80th name which was added after the memorial was unveiled.
    Additional Information
    They are the top twenty names in each column
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    surname, initials of forenames
    Order of names
    Alphabetical by surname
    Additional Information
    They are the final two names in each column.
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS HUGHES & BOLCKOW LTD, Manufacturer

    Previous Location(s)

    Bebside Social Welfare Centre, Front Street, Bebside, Blyth Valley, Northumberland, NE24 4HW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    NZ 27967 81420

    Year of move

    2013

    Reason for move

    The Centre closed in 2013

  • Bebside Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bebside, Blyth Valley, Northumberland, England

    Denomination

    Primitive Methodist

    Year of move

    1924

    Reason for move

    In May 1924 the board was moved to the porch of the Bebside War Memorial Institute. Unfortunately the Institute burnt down in the 1950s and the memorial was moved to Bebside Social Welfare Centre.

  • Components

    Board

    Height: 840mm

    Width: 1120mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    Frame

    Height: 1220mm

    Width: 1420mm


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • http://newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6413
    • Morpeth Herald 16 December 1921 reported the unveiling
    • Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 12 December 1921 (page 5) reported: "A memorial tablet was unveiled at the Primitive Methodist Church, Bebside on Saturday afternoon, to commemorate the names of the 79 men of the Bebside Colliery who fell in the war. Mr F. C. Hallowes, of Bebside Hall, presided, and Lieut-Colonel N.I. Wright, of Morpeth, performed the unveiling ceremony".
    • Shields Daily News 12 December 1921 reports that the memorial is to be housed in the New Institute
    • Morpeth Herald 16 May 1924 reports placing in the new Institute