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Memorial

Plaque 1939-45 St. Barnabas

Reference

J1.38

Place

JESMOND (N'castle/Jesmond)

Map ref

NZ 260654

Original Location

St. Barnabas and St. Jude Church (formerly St. Barnabas), Helmsley Road / Springbank Avenue (Demolished). In the south aisle.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque. From the design drawing, there is a raised rolled frame. The dedication is in a sunken horizontal panel at the top. The names are in two sunken vertical panels. Lettering is in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Oak

Inscription

In grateful memory of those / from this parish who gave / their lives in the World War / 1939 + 45.

Names

34 full names.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Vicar, Rev. Alfred Thomas.

Cost

Estimated at £50.

How money was raised

Public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

H.L. Hicks, F.R.I.B.A.

Notes

1. It has yet to be confirmed whether this faculty was ever implemented.

2. The faculty contains a design drawing by Mr. Hicks

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Northumberland Record Office Newcastle Diocesan Faculty Book 1598 30/10/1946; design drawing from Faculty

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Patrick Easen; Northumberland Collections Service, Woodhorn.

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Plaque 1939-45 St. Barnabas (J1.38)

 
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE    St. Barnabas Church
 
 
This is taken from the drawing made by Mr. Hicks.
-----------------------------------------------------  
   In grateful memory of those 
   from this parish who gave 
   their lives in the World War 
  
   1939  +  45.
  
   Stanley F. Armstrong    William W. Longstaff
   William J. Bastin       Hugh W. Lundin
   John B. Cross           Noel Moffat
   William R. Cutler       Alan Moffat
   Edward Fenwick          Harold Morris
   Edwin M. Flint          Arthur C. Nunn
   Leonard Flint           Frederick W. Patrick
   Alexander J. Forest     Harvey U. Peel
   Cyril W. Forster        Arnold A. Purdie
   Frank Gibson            Peter Robinson
   Alfred D. Graham        Arthur Ryott
   John C.H. Hackett       William Spence
   Gordon H. Hall          Oswald C. Sweetman
   George F. Higgins       George Thompson
   James Hindmarsh         Alfred R. Veitch
   J. Douglas Howey        Alan Wilson
   Joseph Humphries        Robert D.B. Younger
NamesJ1.38

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