Memorial

Craghead Council School WW1

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Current Location

Beamish North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish, Derwentside, Durham, DH9 0RF, England

NZ 21987 54159

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 41755
Description: Paper Roll of Honour inside a wood frame, which has a carved top and bottom. The lettering is all in gold capitals, in some cases shadowed with black. The dedication is in fancy lettering, the exhortation is in italics. The names are listed in 5 columns, with a cross against the names of those who died. There were also, now lost, two mountings of photographs There are 11 teachers, 1 of whom died; 221 pupils, 31 of whom died; and 11 girls in the QMAAC, none of whom died
Inscription: CRAGHEAD/ COUNCIL SCHOOL/ 1914 ROLL OF HONOUR 1918/ EUROPEAN WAR/ (NAMES)/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO/ IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN

Frame

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

Roll of honour

Made from: Paper

Condition: Good

Photograph/s

Made from: Paper

Condition: Lost