Rare WW1 Period "Wedgwood Printing Works" Memorial Wall Pane...

Hammer

£130

Rare WW1 Period "Wedgwood Printing Works" Memorial Wall Panel

15 x 10 inch, darkened copper wall mounted panel inscribed "Wedgwood Printing Works Burslem" with the names and dates of five WW1 casualties who had previously worked for the company. Consisting "Major Thomas Copeland Savage, Company Sgt. Major William Davies, Private Gordon Lockley, Private Fred Ellis, Gunner George Henry Bate".  

The building was demolished in the 1990's and this item was salvaged from the skip.  
Major Thomas Copeland Savage FRCS New Zealand Medical Corps No 2 NZ Stat Hospital.  Died 13/8/1915 aged 41, Cairo.  
Company Sgt Major William Davies 1/5 Batt North Staffordshire Reg, died 1/7/1917, Arras memorial.  
Private Frederick Ellis 2/5 Batt North Staffordshire Reg, died 28/9/1917, Belgium 
Gunner George Henry Bate 199th Siege Battery RGA, died 8/10/1918, buried Burslem cemetery 
Private Gordon Lockley, 3rd Batt North Staffordshire Reg, died 1917.