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Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club

Reference

S86.137

Place

SOUTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 388640.

Original Location

South Shields Golf Club, Fellside.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 16th October 1920 by Mr. James Readhead, President of the Club, dedicated by Rev. R.P. Moorsom, Vicar of Cleadon.

Memorial Description

Plaque 25� inches high x 21 inches wide (647mm x 533mm) with stylized border culminating in each corner with a square containing two circles.. Down the left hand side is a sword on which are superimposed a golf bag with clubs, laurel leaves and a rifle. The inscription is on the right hand side, the dedication in elongated Roman capitals and the names in lower case Roman. The quotation at the bottom is in elongated Roman capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

This tablet was / erected in proud / memory of those / members of the club / who made the sup- / reme sacrifice in the / Great War 1914-1918.
Their name liveth for evermore

Names

8 names, ranks and year of death.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

South Shields Golf Club

Notes

1. The memorial was unveiled at premises in Cleadon.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Tony Harding; Bill Allon; Peter Hoy

Illustrated Chronicle 18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo 18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 23/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily Gazette15/10/1920 carries an advertisement of the proposed unveiling; 18/10/1920 reports unveiling; 19/10/1920 reports again because a name had been omitted from the list the previous day.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
�Their name liveth for ever� Apocrypha, Book of Ecclesiasticus 44.

External web link

Durham at War

South Tyneside Remembers

Links to Source Material :

Illustrated Chronicle 1920 10 18 Mon

Northern Echo 1920 10 18 Mon

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding; Mike Mulhern; Bill Allon; James Hoy Archives; James Pasby

Research In Progress

The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy. Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club (S86.137)

SOUTH SHIELDS	 Golf Club

   This tablet was

   erected in proud

   memory of those

   members of the club

   who made the sup-

   reme sacrifice in the

   Great War 1914-1918

   Lt. Comdr. W.M. Annand.   1915

   Lt. Alan Darling.         1916

   Capt. W.E.O. Scott.       1916

   Major F. Moore Armstrong. 1917

   Lt. C. Jarah.             1917

   Lt. D.M. Chapman.         1918

   Sergt. H.N. Macdonald.    1918

   Nurse Dorothy Chapman.    1918

     (Died on Service)

   Their name liveth forevermore

NamesS86.137

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