Memorial
Bedlington Mechanics Institute
Current Location
Catalogue Reference 1979-551-13, Beamish North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish, Chester Le Street, Durham, DH9 0RF, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 220 530
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 52152
- Description
- TWO PANELLED NOWY HEADED OAK BOARD. Formerly it 'had the figure of a soldier on the top' (now lost)
- Inscription
- TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ MEMBERS OF THIS INSTITUTE WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 19
- Died
- 19
- Information shown
- surname, forenames
- Maker(s)
MESSRS WATSON AND BURGAN, Manufacturer
Ceremonies
Unveiled
5 December 1921
Mr J Caine JP, President of the Institute
Previous Location(s)
Mechanics Institute, Bedlington, Wansbeck, Northumberland, England
Year of move
1979
Reason for move
THE MEMORIAL WAS SALVAGED FRMO THE INSTITUTE AND MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood - Oak
Condition: Good
- The 'News Post Leader' 5 December 1996 refers to the 'soldier on the top'- physical inspection confirms that something has been removed
- Northern Echo 25 November 1919 reports a plan to erect a memorial
- Morpeth Herald 9 December 1921 reports the unveiling but with a number of names list discrepancies, against what physically exists; also Richard P Oliver is a later addition