Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Chillingham Road School
Reference
H91.44
Place
HEATON (N'castle/Heaton)
Original Location
Chillingham Road Schools, Newcastle
Present Location
Formerly in another building on the same site and transferred to its present location.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 12th November 1919 by Col. Smith
Memorial Description
Plaque with slightly rounded top set on a wood pattress which echoes the shape. There is a very narrow border punctuated at intervals with a small motif. In each top corner is a bunch of grapes and vine leaves. At centre top is a wreath with ribbons. All decoration is raised in half relief. Names are in two columns in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Copper plaque, oak pattress.
Inscription
To the memory of Chillingham / Road School boys who fell / in the Great War 1914-1919.
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”.
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Messrs. Longstaffe and Lambert, Armstrong College.
Notes
1. The unveiling should have been performed by Major General Sir R.A.K. Montgomery, but he was ill and unable to attend. The headmaster, Mr. Gillespie, was also absent through illness.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: John Hulme
Illustrated Chronicle 13/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 15/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 15/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 13/11/1919 reports unveiling.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; John Hulme; Mrs. Karen Elliott, Head Teacher, Chillingham Road School
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Chillingham Road School (H91.44)
HEATON Chillingham Road School.
To the memory of Chillingham
Road School Boys who fell
in the Great War 1914-1919
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”
Angus Andrew Johnson Robert
Angus Leslie King Arthur
Anderson Lin. Lumley Wm
Ayre Albert Le Lacheur Leon
Barclay Chas. Mather Alf.
Buckie John McArthur Wm.
Baker Wm. Milburn, Hy.
Blair Norman Moore James
Beaton George Murray Arthur
Burke William Nealings John
Bartram Frank Nelson Fred
Biesterfield Wm. Parkinson, Hy.
Campbell, Ian Probert Sid.
Duke Edward Robinson Fred.
Dixon Ricardo Sibbit Henry
Devine Frank Sibbit Bert
Foster Joseph Sinclair Douglas
Forster Jas. Stockport Geo.
Fotherby Reg. Stopher Frank
Fleck Selby Stuart John
Gibson Wm. Tait Norman
Gillender Percy Tait Percy
Hall Andrew Turner Leslie
Hindhaugh John Thompson John
Holmes Alb. Urwin, Geo.
Hughes John Usher Bert
Hunter Stan Waller T.W.
Irvine Wm. Waller R.E.
Jackson Wm. Watmough Vic.
Jobes Wilfred Waterson John
Jobson Walter White Stan.
Pascoe Andrew.
NamesH91.44
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