Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co.Ltd.
Reference
W7.42
Place
WALLSEND
Map ref
NZ 303642
Original Location
Mount Pleasant, About 1000m Downstream (River Tyne) from the Swan Hunter shipyard which it later merged.
Present Location
Discovery Museum, Blandford House, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
?1949
Memorial Description
Plaque 166 inches high x 14 inches wide (415mm x 350 mm). There is a single line border. Names are in a single column. Lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.
Materials used
Wood with plastic front.
Inscription
Wallsend Slipway & Eng. Co. Ltd. / Stores Department.
Roll of Honour / 1939-1945.
Names
Who commissioned
Wallsend Slipway & Eng. Co. Ltd
Notes
1. The firm later merged with Swan Hunter Shipyards. When Swan Hunter closed, the records and the memorial were lodged with Tyne and Wear Archives.
2. The Wallsend Slipway Company Ltd have well earned a high reputation for building reciprocating and turbine engines. Their works are situate[d] on the River Tyne, about half a mile to the east of the Wallsend Shipyard, covering an area of 51 acres of freehold land.
2. The Wallsend Slipway Company Ltd have well earned a high reputation for building reciprocating and turbine engines. Their works are situate[d] on the River Tyne, about half a mile to the east of the Wallsend Shipyard, covering an area of 51 acres of freehold land.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: James Pasby
External web link
Research acknowledgements
James Pasby; Wikipedia; Colin Boyd, Tyne & Wear Archives Service.; Wallsend Slipway Co ltd booklet for Note 2, War Work.
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Plaque 1939-45 Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co.Ltd. (W7.42)
WALLSEND Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Co. Ltd.
Wallsend Slipway & Eng. Co. Ltd.
Stores Department.
Roll of Honour
1939-1945.
Flt.Sergt. T. Armstrong R.A.F.
Killed in action Aug.1941.
A.C.1. J.D. Gray R.A.F.
Died while P.O.W. at Singapore Dec.1944
Private J. Dixon D.L.I.
L/Corpl. J. Fieldhouse C.M.P.
L.A.C. G. Howe R.A.F.
Private R. Langlands P.C.
Cpl. A. O’Connor R.A.S.C.
R.S.M. J. Usher R.A.
NamesW7.42
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