Memorial
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Employees of Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee
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Locations
| Last known location: The Silk Mill Silk Mill La Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE1 3AF NGR: SK 35334 36642 (From online digital mapping) |
Location details: The memorial is mounted on the research room wall in the Midland Railway Study Centre. |
| Previous location: Swinleigh House Elmley Rd Ashton Under Hill Evesham Worcestershire |
Nearest postcode: WR11 7SW NGR: SO 997 382 (Estimated) |
Location details: In the private collection of Roy F Burrows. |
| Previous location: Unknown |
Nearest postcode: - NGR: - |
Location details: Presumed to have been stored in a railway station in Northern Ireland. |
Type
| Overall type: Roll of Honour. |
Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is well cared for. |
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| Description: A large framed and glazed roll of honour. The roll has a full colour design at the head comprising the armorial bearings of the United Kingdom and the flags of France, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Slovenia above a roundel containing a depiction of a wyvern. The names are arranged in five columns and grouped by placenames. At the foot is a further full colour design with the Red Hand of Ulster at the centre and the flags of Canada, India, Australia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. The printer's name is in the lower margin. The wooden frame has a repeated monogram of MR in relief, alternately inverted . |
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Inscription
| ROLL OF HONOUR EMPLOYEES OF MIDLAND RAILWAY, NORTHERN COUNTIES COMMITTEE who undertook service for their King and Country in the Great European War of 1914. |
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| Belfast AIKEN, JAMES ALLEN, THOMAS ANDERSON, BENJAMIN AULD, ARCHIBALD BARR, JAMES BARRY, GEORGE BEGGINS, J. J. BELL, JOHN BLACKHAM, ISAAC BRADFORD, ROBERT BRADY, RICHARD BRENNAN, ROBERT BROOKS, ROBERT BROWN, HUGH BROWN, JOHN BROWN, ROBERT BROWN, WILLIAM BROWNING, EDWARD CAMPBELL, WILLIAM CAMPBELL, WILLIAM JOHN CARSON, WILLIAM CATHCART, WILLIAM COBAIN, WILLIAM COOPER, JOHN COYLE. WILLIAM JOHN CRAIG, COLIN CRAIG, WILLIAM CULLINAN, HENRY DICKSON, EDWARD JAMES DOBBIN, SAMUEL DOHERTY, ALEXANDER DOLWAY, MICHAEL JAMES DONNELLY, JOHN DOUGLAS, JOHN DOWNEY, JOHN DUFFIN, PATRICK DYKES, JOHN ELLIS, MATTHEW FEE, SAMUEL, Junr. FERGUSON, DOUGLAS FERGUSON, JAMES FERGUSON, JOHN FERRAN, THOMAS FITZPATRICK, JOHN FOSTER, HENRY FREEMAN, SAMUEL FRITH, THOMAS FULLERTON, HENRY GASTON, JAMES HERBERT GLOVER, ROBERT M. GOODWIN, WALTER GRACE, JAMES GRAHAM, THOMAS GRANT, THOMAS GRANT, FREDERICK GRAY, ROBERT |
BELFAST - continued. GREEN, ALFRED S. GREEN, ROBERT HAGAN, JOHN HALE, HIRAM HARVEY HAMILTON, HERBERT HANNA, WILLIAM GEORGE HILDITCH, ROBERT HUTTON, JAMES JAMIESON, DANIEL JOHNSON, PETER JONES, ALBERT KELLY, HENRY F. KENNEDY, JAMES KIDD, FRANCIS KITSON, DAVID LAVERY, THOMAS H. LEE, WILLIAM LONEY, JOHN MACCHI, PETER MAGOWAN, JOHN MAILEY, WM. J. MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL, JOHN MONTGOMERY, JOHN MORROW, HUGH MUNRO, WILLIAM MURDOCK, GEORGE MURRAY, ALEXANDER B. McADOREY, JOSEPH McBRINN, JOSEPH McCLELLAND, JOHN McCLENAGHAN, WILLIAM JAMES McCOLL, ROBERT McCOUBREY, JOHN McCRUDDEN, SAMUEL McDEVITT, WILLIAM JAMES McDOWELL, JOHN McDOWELL, JOHN McILWAINE, GILBERT McLELLAND, SIMON McLOUGHLIN, JOSEPH McMASTER, JAMES A. McQUAID, JAMES NELLINS, JOHN NEWELL, DAVID PATTERSON, SAMUEL J. PEDEN, RICHARD POLLOCK, GEORGE R. POLLOCK. HUGH ALEXANDER POLLOCK, THOMAS REID, ALFRED REID, JAMES REID, JOHN |
BELFAST - continued. ROGERS, FREDERICK ROLSTON, JOHN ROSS, WILLIAM, Junr. SHAW, SAMUEL SMALL, JOHN SMITH, ANDREW SPENCE, JAMES SPIERS, VINCENT STARRETT, THOMAS SWINDLES, RICHARD THOMPSON, MOSES TORLEY, FRANCIS TRAINOR, BERNARD TRAINOR, JAMES WALKER, JOHN JOHNSTON WATERMAN, RONALD McW. WATSON, ALEXANDER WATSON, SAMUEL WEIR, JOSEPH WHITTLEY, GAVIN WILSON, ANDREW WILSON, JAMES WINTERS, S. J. WORTLEY, RICHARD YOUNG, THOMAS F. Greenisland. HAGAN, ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, JAMES LUNEY, WILLIAM MACKEY, ROBERT JOHN Carrickfergus. BOYCE, JAMES Larne. BLAIR, JOHN BUCHANAN, WILLIAM ROBERT GIRVAN, JOHN GRAHAM, MARTIN HILL, JOHN NESBITT, W. J. ROBINSON, THOMAS Larne Harbour. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN KANE, DAVID McCURRY, JOHN Ballyclare Junction. BOSTON, ANDREW MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM JAMES |
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| Ballyclare. GRAHAM, JOHN NIMMONS, JAMES YOUNG, SAMUEL Muckamore. McILWAINE, THOMAS Antrim. COLLINS, JAMES MARCUS, ALEXANDER McKILLOP, ANDREW McWILLIAMS, ROBERT Cookstown Junction. McVEIGH, PATRICK Magherafelt. HAMER, JAMES HIGGINS, WILLIAM J. JEFFREY, THOMAS R. RITCHIE, DAVID TOHILL, JOHN Cookstown. HARKNESS, ROBERT Ballymena LUKE, ALEXANDER HANLEY, ROBERT MAGILL, HUGH MULLAN, HUGH McCULLOUGH, DAVID McNEICE, W. J. McNEICE, WILLIAM JOHN McQUISTON, ANDREW ORR, DAVID REILLY, ROBERT STEVENSON, WILLIAM SURGEONER, DAVID TELFORD, WILLIAM THOMPSON, JAMES THOMPSON, JAMES WARWICK, JOHN Cullybackey. STAVELEY, ERNEST Ballymoney. BLOOMFIELD, THOMAS CULBERSON, JOHN Coleraine. ANDERSON, WILLIAM BORLAND, SAMUEL BRANGAM, JOHN CURRAN, GEORGE |
COLERAINE - continued. DAVIES, THOMAS HAYES, SAMUEL JOHNSTON, ANDREW LAGAN, PATRICK MOORE, SAMUEL W. McGROTTY, WILLIAM McKANE, WILLIAM T. McKIRGAN, WILLIAM SMITH, JOHN WADDELL, JAMES WILMONT, GEORGE, A. Portstewart. KEARNEY, R. J. McGUIGAN, WILLIAM JOHN McSHEFFERY, ROBERT JAMES Portrush. GILLEN, GEORGE H. HAMILL, ROBERT HAMILL, THOMAS HASLAM, R. HARTLEY, S. HUNTER, WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK, WILLIAM PAGET, H. PIOLET, L. SMITH, SAMUEL H. STEVENSON, DAVID THORPE, W. WILKIE, JAMES Castlerock HALL, WILLIAM SWANN, W. J. Culmore. BOYLE, JAMES Londonderry. ADAMS, JOHN BAILEY, THOMAS BOND, WILLIAM J. FLEMING, JAMES MILLAR, SAMUEL MORRISON, THOMAS A. McGARVEY, WILLIAM McGINLEY, JOHN McLAUGHLIN, ALEXANDER McLAUGHLIN, JOHN SIMPSON, ROBERT THOMPSON, RICHARD Maghera. REILLY, HENRY JAMES Kilrea. ESDALE, CHARLES |
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R. CARSWELL & SON, LTD. BELFAST. |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council.
History
October 1987: The Silk Mill lies within the Derby City Centre Conservation Area first designated in that month.
Prior to 1992: The memorial was purchased by Roy F Burrows. It is thought to have been one from a roll of similar prints probably recovered from a station loft of the former Northern Counties Committee in Northern Ireland.
Early 1994: The paper sheet was mounted in a spare standard pattern Midland Railway frame and displayed in the Midland Railway 150 temporary exhibitions in 1994 - initially in the Midland Hotel in Derby , then in the Silk Mill and finally in the National Railway Museum at York.
Late 1994: The memorial was returned to the private collection of Roy F Burrows.
December 2001: The Silk Mill lies within the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site inscribed in that month.
2004: The memorial was transferred to the Silk Mill with the Roy F Burrows Midland Collection Trust when the Midland Railway Study Centre was created.
March 2010: The memorial was photographed in its current position by Eric Naden. It was in good condition and well cared for.
12th August 2015: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Frances Casey. It was in good condition and well cared for.
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