Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Clarke Chapman

Gateshead

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Clarke Chapman (G39.006)

NEWMP Ref No.: G39.006

Parish: Gateshead

Original Location:

Clarke Chapman & Co. Victoria Works.

Past Location:

Within the works compound, close by the new main office.

Present Location:

Unknown

The firm has closed and the buildings demolished.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled by Mrs. H.B. Chapman 5th March 1921 at 3.00pm.
Dedicated by Rev. H.S. Stephenson, Rector of Gateshead.

Materials Used:

Oak

Who Commissioned:

Clarke, Chapman & Co.

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.

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.

Those from 1939-45 are below those of 1914-18.

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

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

The quotation is on the base.

Names:

a. 4 Officers with ranks, 74 NCOs and men.
b. 28 NCOs and men.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the firm, 811 employees served with the forces in 1914-18, of whom 80 died.

2. At some stage this was replaced by a stone memorial. See G39.127

Sources:

Photo: Neville Armstrong

 

Illustrated Chronicle
07/03/1921 reports unveiling with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
12/03/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
07/03/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
05/03/1921 reports proposed unveiling.

Source of quotation
“For freedom’s cause” Not ascertained

Sources Link: Northern Echo 03 07 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham & District L.H.S.;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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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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