The Yorkshire Regiment, War Memorials Elsewhere

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Seaton Delaval Council School (Northumberland)

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The First World War Memorial for Seaton Delaval Council School (Northumberland)
Photo : Helen Ward of the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website

The First World War Memorial for Seaton Delaval Council School is now located in the Seaton Delaval First School on Western Avenue, Seaton Delaval.

The memorial consists of three panels set into a wooden surround, which has a stepped top. In the centre of the stepped top part of the frame is a red cross, crowned by a green wreath, with the words '1914-1919 SEATON DELAVAL COUNCIL SCHOOLS' engraved in Roman capitals on either side. The names are set out on the three panels, in one column on each, in raised Roman capitals. The dedication is set out in a panel in the wooden frame at the bottom: above the inscription, the name 'Elizabeth Gleghorn, WAAC' has been added in gold leaf.

49 names are commemorated on the main part of the memorial.

1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.

Private Thomas Freeman. 17303. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Jane Isabella Freeman, of 14, Baxter Place, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. Killed 9 January 1916. Aged 20.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Cramlington, Resided Seaton Delaval.
Buried CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY.

Seaton Delaval First School Seaton Delaval First School
Photo : Google Earth

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