Memorial

Crookham Council School - WW1

War Memorial plaque

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Current Location

Above entrance doors, Village Hall, Croft Gardens, Crookham, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4SY, England

NT 91704 38175

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 33401
Description: Two, small dedicatory plaques above a larger plaque with names. The whole is mounted on to a wooden backboard. All the inscriptions are in incised, black painted lettering. The name of the school is on the small plaque at the top, the commemoration is on a slightly larger plaque below this, the names are listed in a single column on the large plaque with those who died at the top, separated from those who served by a single black line.
Inscription: CROOKHAM COUNCIL SCHOOL/ IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS/ SCHOOL WHO FELL AND WHO SERVED/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)

Backboard

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Plaque

Made from: Stainless Steel

Condition: Good

SHIELDS DAILY NEWS by N/A 04-01-1922 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NORTHUMBERLAND
ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 22-10-1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
WMSC66.2
https://www.voiceofthenorth.net/lest-forget-crookham-dug-deep-remember-great-war-soldiers/