Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Synagogue
Reference
NUT212
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Original Location
Synagogue, Leazes Park Road
Present Location
The old building has been demolished and a new one erected.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 5th February 1922 by Lieutenant H.V. Marks, M.C. assisted by Rabbi J. Kyanski amd Rev. S. Franklin.
Memorial Description
Plaque with dome at centre top. Along the top is an inscription in Hebrew. The plaque is divided into three panels. The two outer ones bear names in two columns on each, presumably those who served. The centre panel also contains words which are indecipherable from an old press photo. At the bottom is the title.
Inscription
At foot
(At foot) Newcastle upon Tyne Old Hebrew Congregation: Roll of Honour.
(At foot) Newcastle upon Tyne Old Hebrew Congregation: Roll of Honour.
Names
Notes
1. The rank of H.V. Marks, who unveiled the memorial, is variously given as “Lieut.” and “2nd Lieut.”
2. A collection was taken for the local hospitals.
3. Rabbi Kyanski speaks about virile antisemitism much more vigorous in character than was the case before the war and that despite the quota of manhood which they had contributed to the fighting forces.
2. A collection was taken for the local hospitals.
3. Rabbi Kyanski speaks about virile antisemitism much more vigorous in character than was the case before the war and that despite the quota of manhood which they had contributed to the fighting forces.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Jewish Guardian 10/02/1922 reports unveiling with list of names.
Illustrated Chronicle 06/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo shown here.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 11/02/1922 reports unveiling.
Tyne and Wear Archives Ref. S.JS1/4/3 consecration and unveiling of the memorial.
Illustrated Chronicle 06/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo shown here.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 11/02/1922 reports unveiling.
Tyne and Wear Archives Ref. S.JS1/4/3 consecration and unveiling of the memorial.
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding
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Plaque 1914-18 Synagogue (NUT212)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Synagogue, Leazes Park Road
The following has been extracted from a newspaper report.
It gives only the names of those who fell, which are placed
in the lower half of the central panel.
The names of those who served cannot be read from the press photograph.
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Abraham Is. Marks, Leonard G.
Caplan, Joseph Rosenberg, Maur.
Cohen, David Rosenthal, Gabriel
Funk, Louis Segal, Marcus
Glass, Morris Sheare, Sam.
Goldberg, E.V. Stern, Marcus
Herman, Harry Stern, Phillip
Jackson, Issy. Sternheim, Andrew
Jablonski, Albert Tragheim, Edgar
Kossick, Louis Tragheim, Ernest
Lewis, Abraham Woolf, Sam
Levene, Israel Woolf, Bert
Marks, James Woolfson, S.
Marks, John
Newcastle upon Tyne Old Hebrew Congregation: Roll of Honour.
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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