A piece of history linking some of the region’s young men to World War I has been uncovered after almost half a century and will now be preserved indefinitely.
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An honour board of the employees of D. Sim & Sons was discovered in descendant Ian Sim’s shed in Lorn during a clean out. The board, which was lathered in dust, holds the names of 12 men who worked for the business and lost their lives during the war, including two Sim family members R. Sim and D.R Sim.
The other names are R. Donkin, E. Cole, M Neylon, J. Proctor, W. Wynn, O. Prince, R. Pont, W. Wilson, L. Way and R. Millman.
The business had a metal and machine manufacturing operation that stood near Morpeth Courthouse in Swan Street and was well-known in the area.
Mr Sim donated the board to Maitland RSL Sub Branch but its links to Morpeth had Morpeth Museum volunteers also interested in it.
Sub Branch secretary Fred Goode said the group took a photograph of the honour board and enlarged it so Morpeth Museum could also display it.
The copy, which has been framed, was presented to the museum last week.
“We have the original on display in our building, and this way the museum can also have it on display too,” Mr Goode said. “The photograph of the honour board has been enlarged so it is a very similar size to the original. “We’ve told the museum we are happy for them to display the original at times, but it will mostly stay on display in our building.”