Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 No.1 Branch Boilermakers
Reference
B95.24
Place
BYKER (N'castle/Byker)
Original Location
The branch meeting room at The Foresters Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle NE6
Present Location
Tyne and Wear Museum
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour 740 mm high x 549 mm wide. At centre top is a female classical figure with pink roses at her feet. She is standing on top of an arch which has a date “Established 1834) and the words “God helps those / who help themselves” on each side. Through the archway is a scene of a ship under construction. Down each side are cartouches containing little scenes.
At centre is the Roll of Honour . The names are handwritten in three columns in black, with the initials in red. Those who were killed are identified by a cross.
At centre is the Roll of Honour . The names are handwritten in three columns in black, with the initials in red. Those who were killed are identified by a cross.
Materials used
Brass on oak frame.
Inscription
Roll of Honour
Byker No.1 Branch of the BoilerMakers & Iron & Steel Shipbuilders Society.
Byker No.1 Branch of the BoilerMakers & Iron & Steel Shipbuilders Society.
Names
Notes
1. The emblems were in use by the society from 1874.
2. This originally hung in the branch meeting room at The Foresters Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle NE6. The branch moved in 1982 to Shipley Hall, Byker, and the memorial was donated to Tyne and Wear Museum in 1986.
2. This originally hung in the branch meeting room at The Foresters Hall, Heaton Road, Newcastle NE6. The branch moved in 1982 to Shipley Hall, Byker, and the memorial was donated to Tyne and Wear Museum in 1986.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Tyne & Wear Museum
Tyne and Wear Museum Accession No. 2000.4335
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 08/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Tyne and Wear Museum Accession No. 2000.4335
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 08/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Research acknowledgements
Barney Rice; Laura Brown (Tyne & Wear Museums); Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 No.1 Branch Boilermakers (B95.24)
BYKER Boilermakers
Roll of Honour
Byker No.1 Branch
of the
BoilerMakers & Iron & Steel Shipbuilders Society.
Allan, R.S. Guild, J.G. Renforth, E.
Armstrong, R. Gill, G. Robson, C.
Atkinson, J. Harrison, J. Roberts, T.
Bulman, R. Hordon, S.P. Robson, R.
Brunton, A. Hiscock, A. +Robson, J.R.
Burns, J. Higginson, W.A. Scott, A.
Barker, J. Heron, G.B. Smith, F.
Bright, T. Hancock, M. Scott, T.
+Brown, R. Hill, T.A. Sword, R.
Bravey, A.E. Irving, J. Simpson, H.
Bowdon, E. Kelly, W. Smith, R.R.
Bruce, J.R. Knox, J. Smelton, G.
Burke, A. Lamb, J. Sinclair, W.
Berry, J. Lee, T. Teasdale, L.F.
Cathey, J. Lowrey, J.R. Taylor, T.
Clough, J. McCullock, J. Tate, J.
Cooper, J. Moorhead, J.C. Taylor, S.
Clemmy, G.S. McGlen, E.T. Thompson, J.
Carr, I.H. Meldrum,J.R. Tipping, A.
Dixon, J.A. Martin, S. Wyber, A.
Dale, R.B. +Moor, W. Wyber, W.
Dale, T.S. Norton, W. Wyber, J.
Dunkerley, H. Plumb, L. Wyber, F.
Dilworth, R. Pinchard, E.T. White, G.E.
Frame, W. Phillipston, E. Wishart, C.
Fairgrieves, W. Parr, W.R. Wilson, T.W.
Firnie, B. Robson, A. Winship, J.
Forster, T.B. Rowe, W. +Wilson, J.
Graham, W. Robson, S. +Wishart, ?I
Graham, J.B. Robertson, G. +Killed in action.
NamesB95.24
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