Tom Brown Tivey - Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The memorial wood carving statue of Tom Brown Tivey has been created from a Horse Chestnut tree stump by sculptor Anthony Hammond. It is located in Brampton Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

'Anthony Hammond is an Award winning artist, sculptor and craftsman based in North Staffordshire.
He has worked nation-wide as a freelance artist since 1998.
His focus is predominantly on large scale public art works and private commissions and he has produced many successful projects across the country for a variety of clients.' (visit link)

An information board located adjacent to the carving has a photograph of Tom Brown Tivey and gives the following information;

"Tom Brown Tivey was a local soldier who fought in World War 1 for the North Staffordshire Regiment, the Leicester Regiment and the Northumberland Fusiliers.

This carving has been created from a single Horse Chestnut tree stump by sculptor Anthony Hammond and funded through a partnership between Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and North Staffs Model Engineering Society Ltd."

'Tom Brown Tivey Sculpture Unveiled
HEROIC Tom Brown Tivey has been immortalised in a sculpture to mark the centenary of the First World War.
The 5th North Staffordshire Regiment soldier was awarded a Military Medal for bravery after being shot in the chest in 1917.
He returned home to Wolstanton to work as a lecturer at North Staffordshire College of Building.
Now the wooden memorial – based on a photo of Tom – has been unveiled at Newcastle Borough Museum and Art Gallery at the Brampton.' (visit link)

'Tom Brown Tivey was born 1892 in Burslem, Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Tom was the fourth of five children born to parents Tom whom he was named after and Louisa Teresa Prince. Tom served throughout the first World War, he suffered from malaria and a shot gun wound to his lung. He had a varied working life, starting his career as a Bank Clerk for Lloyds Bank in Cheshire, before working for the General Post Office and later in life he became a crime novelist writing such works as Marenka of Monteney, Trapline, A tale of the North, When Daylight Dies and Riddle of the Snows. In 1932 he married Lillian Madge Birk in Wandsworth, London. Tom died at the age of 73 in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1966.' Source: (visit link)

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