Memorial Details
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Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Co.
Reference
E35.16
Place
ELSWICK
Original Location
Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company, Elswick Works
Present Location
Cleaned and renovated at the Blaydon workshops in 1988, where it was also mounted on a mahogany block. British Gas (Northern)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 24th May (Empire Day) 1921 by Sir Alexander Leith, B.S., M.C.
Memorial Description
Plaque with raised fluted edge. At centre top is a wreath raised in half relief with the dates “1914” and “1918” on each side. All lettering is in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
To the immortal memory / of the men of the / Elswick Gas Works / who lost their lives / in the Great War
Names
Who commissioned
Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company
Notes
1. At the same time as this plaque was unveiled, another was unveiled in the Head Office in Grainger Street.
2. From the whole Company, 714 men joined up of whom 70 died.
3 Another report states that 40% of their average total staff of 1,760 had served, of whom 90 were killed. Does this refer to the same company. Some clarification would be welcome here.
4 £5,300 had been collected by various committees for the relief of dependents.
2. From the whole Company, 714 men joined up of whom 70 died.
3 Another report states that 40% of their average total staff of 1,760 had served, of whom 90 were killed. Does this refer to the same company. Some clarification would be welcome here.
4 £5,300 had been collected by various committees for the relief of dependents.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: David Scott
Illustrated Chronicle (undated) carries a photo of some of the clerks who enlisted at a social evening.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20/11/1920 reports meeting from which Notes 3 and 4 above were extracted.
A short history of the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company, Jackson, J.F., [The Company?], 1947
Northern News Issue No.2, May 1988 reports restoration.
Illustrated Chronicle (undated) carries a photo of some of the clerks who enlisted at a social evening.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20/11/1920 reports meeting from which Notes 3 and 4 above were extracted.
A short history of the Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Company, Jackson, J.F., [The Company?], 1947
Northern News Issue No.2, May 1988 reports restoration.
Research acknowledgements
David Scott (British Gas); Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Newcastle and Gateshead Gas Co. (E35.16)
ELSWICK British Gas
1914 1918
To the immortal memory
of the men of the
Elswick Gas Works
who lost their lives
in the Great War
W. Brebner
A. Forster
C.F.B. Hutchinson
G.C. Petrie
L. Thompson
NamesE35.16
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