Morton War Memorial Institute and the bronze memorial panels
See also: Parish of Morton Roll of Honour
Morton War Memorial Institute building
The inscription above the front door, which says ‘Memorial Institute Morton.’
This building has three fake resin ‘bronze’ war memorial panels mounted on the front wall which faces the main road. The building is situated in the centre of East Morton and is well used by the village as a community hall.
Note: The original bronze panels are now mounted on a wall inside the building to protect them from possible theft. The photos below are of the original panels are from 2009 when they were still on the outside wall.
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The inscriptions on these panels are as follows:
First Panel: In the centre of the domed top is a wreath with the date 1914.
‘This institute was erected by public subscription in memory of the Men from Morton who served during the European War and in particular of those who gave their lives and whose names are recorded on these two tablets.
Frank Burnham
Peter Clark
Sam Cockroft
George Day
Seth Gibson’
Second panel: In the centre of the domed top is a wreath with the date 1919.
‘Greenwood, Cyril
Hartley, Alfred
Hartley, Herbert
Mallows, Edgar
Mitchell, Fred
Mitchell, George
Mitchell, T. Illingworth
Robinson, Tom
Taylor, Harry
Taylor, Percy
Taylor, Tom
Taylor, Wilfred’
A bronze panel on the Morton Institute listing the names of 10 men of Morton who died during the Second World War.
Second World War panel: In the centre of the domed top is a scroll with the dates 1939 and 1945.
‘In memory of the men from this village who gave their lives in the World War.
Alec Beanlands
Kenneth Crabtree
Jack Duckett
Jim Ettenfield
James Gore
Harold Logan
Sam M. Stacey
Albert Smith
Jack Wilkinson
J. Milton Whatmuff
Their name liveth for evermore.’
