Memorial

Plaque 1914-1918 Clarke Chapman

Gateshead

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-1918 Clarke Chapman (G39.127)

NEWMP Ref No.: G39.127

Parish: Gateshead

Original Location:

Clarke, Chapman & Co. (Closed)
On the outside wall of the old main office. Victoria Works.

Present Location:

It is sited next to the security office outside the factory, in Saltmeadows Industrial Estate.
Also turned 90 degrees facing North, from South East.

Which War:

a. 1914-1918
b. 1939-45

Materials Used:

Stone

Who Commissioned:

Clarke, Chapman & Co.

Ownership and Maintenance: Gateshead District Council

Inscription:

a.
For King and Country
Roll of Honour
C.C. & Co.
Dedicated to the memory
of those connected with these works
who made the supreme sacrifice.
1914 The Great War 1919
Victoria Works

b.
1939-1945 war
N.C.Os and men

For freedom’s cause.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with elaborate frame of pilasters and entablature.

It stands on a concrete base and is fixed to a wall in an area where a garden has been created.

At centre top is an elaborate crown with the words “For King and Country”.

In the top frame is a ribbon scroll with the words “C.C. & Co. Roll of Honour”.

In the central panel, the names are listed in four columns, with those from 1939-45 below those of 1914-18.

The central panel has the names painted in gold and is glass fronted.

The quotation is on the base.

Names:

a. 4 Officers with rank, 74 NCOs and men, names only.
b. 28 NCOs and men, names only.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This is obviously a replica of the former wood one See G39.006.

2. In 2016 and 2017 the memorial was used for acts of remembrance, and poppy wreaths were laid.

3. The Memorial was re-located during 2018.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall; Peter Annable;

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby;

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

GATESHEAD, Clarke Chapman Victoria Works.

  

In gable top

  

  For King

  and

  Country

  

  Roll of       C.C.& Co.      Honour

———————————————

On main panel

  

  Dedicated to the memory

  of those connected with these works who

  made the supreme sacrifice

—————————–

  Major H.R. Chapman (Director)

  Lieutenants J. Robson   W. Freeman   W.G. Pretsell

  

                          N.C.Os and men

  J. Appleby                                         R. Penaluna

  G. Atkinson        R. Dixon       T. Hutchinson    E. Pennington

  R. Atkinson        N. Dixon       J.T. Innes       T. Richardson

  J. Bowman          T. Downey      J. Iredale       G. Robson

  T. Bowman          J.E. Duff      A. Johnson       W. Rochester

  W.E. Burn          W.E. Embleton  T. King          J. Rutherford

  W. Burnett         G.E. Emmerson  S. Landers       J.W. Scope

  F. Burns           R. Errington   T. Lucas         R.E. Scott

  J.W. Campbell      R.L. Fleury    F. Macro         J. Sheridon

  J. Carr            H. Hogg        D. Mallaburn     J.H. Smith

  J. Miller Cavanagh W. Garbutt     G.E.O. Melville  R.B. Stafford

  F. Chantler        J. Goodman     T. Millican      R. Traill

  W. Clark           F. Guthrie     F.W. Moore       G. Turnbull

  J.W. Cooper        G. Harris      T. McDonald      R.M. Turnbull

  J. Crighton        G. Heslop      G. McKeown       J. Walker

  W. Crinnion        W. Hindson     C. Newall        T. Walton

  W. Coulthard       T.W. Hodgson   G. Newton        T. Watson

  J.R. Crow          F. Hull        R. Weldon Parker G. Whittle

  R. Dinning         E. Humphreys   J.H. Pearson     G.A. Wrightson

  

                         1939-1945 WAR

  T. Brady                  N.C.Os and men           E. Slaughter

  J.E. Carrott                                       J.R. Spratt

  R.W. Cook          J. Howe         D. Phillips     S. Stokoe   

  R. Donaldson       G. Johnson      J.W. Pinkerton  A. Urwin

  R.W. Elliott       J.E. Laws       W. Quince       B. Ward

  R. Harkness        J. McCormick    T.N. Robbins    W.S. Watson

  K.G. Henderson     W. Mould        A. Rutherford   T.H. Wilkinson

  R. Higgins         J.G. Parker     T.J. Scott      J.P. Monaghan

———————————————

At base.

  

  FOR FREEDOM’S CAUSE

  

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