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Plaque 1914-18 Northern Counties Club

Reference

NUT260

Place

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Map ref

NZ 249644

Present Location

Northern Counties Club. Upper of two plaques. 11 Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque. There is a border of acanthus leaves. A scroll at the top bears the quotation. The names are listed with the regimental badge wither to right or left. Lettering is in Roman capitals throughout.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

Dulce at decorum est pro patria mori.
In memory / of the members of this club who / fell in the Great War 1914-1919.

Names

12 full names, ranks regiments and date of death.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Northern Counties Club.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Source of quotation:

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

(It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one's country).  
 
Horace, 'Odes', Book 3, No.2, 1.13

External web link

Northern Counties Club

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1914-18 Northern Counties Club (NUT260)

 

    
   Dulce at decorum est pro patria mori.

    

    
   In memory

    
   of the members of this club who

    
   fell in the Great War 1914-1919

    

    
   (Badge of Northumberland Fusiliers on left) 

    
   Brigadier General James F. Riddell

    
     2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – Commander

    
   Captain Everard J. Lamb

    
     3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – November 1 1914

    
   Capt. & Adjutant The Hon. Sydney J.D. Joicey

    
     10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – March 20 1916

    
   Captain Clive M. Joicey

    
     4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – June 5 1917

    
   Lieutenant Edmund Mortimer

    
     6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – April 26 1915.

    
   (Badge of Royal Navy on left)

    
   Lieutenant Hugh Middleton  

    
     Royal Navy – August 10 1914

    
   (Badge of Northumberland Hussars on right)

    
   Captain Charles N. Ridley

    
     Northumberland Hussars I.Y. October 7 1915

    
   Lieut. Ralph Eustace Smith

    
     Northumberland Hussars I.Y.  R.F.C.  April 19 1918

    
   (Badge of Scots Guards on left)

    
   Capt. Harold Cuthbert D.S.O.

    
     1st Batt. Scots Guards Sept. 27 1915

    
   (Badge of King’s Royal Rifle Corps on right)

    
   Major Arthur E. Watson

    
     21st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Aug. 5 1917

    
   Major Algernon G. Parsons

    
     Royal Flying Coprs formerly R.F.A.  April 26 1918

    
   Lieutenant John Whitehead

    
      Royal Flying Corps        August 3 1915

    
   (Badge of Royal Air Force at bottom).  

    
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