Memorial Details
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Memorial
Beds 1914-18 Auto.Assoc. Sanderson Orth.Hospital
Reference
G9.31
Place
GOSFORTH
Map ref
NZ 238679
Original Location
Sanderson Orthopaedic Hospital (former Crippled Children's Home), Salters Road / North Avenue
Present Location
The Hospital is closed.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 17th November 1921 by the Earl of Durham, President of the North Eastern Automobile Association.
Memorial Description
Endowment of a bed, recorded on two brass plaques on a wood pattress.
The top large plaque has a domed top. There is a single line border. At centre top is the badge of the North East Automobile Association. This is followed by a list of names in a single column using Roman capitals.
The lower plaque carries the dedication, also in Roman capitals.
The top large plaque has a domed top. There is a single line border. At centre top is the badge of the North East Automobile Association. This is followed by a list of names in a single column using Roman capitals.
The lower plaque carries the dedication, also in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Brass plaque on oak pattress.
Inscription
The following members / gave up their lives / for freedom & right / in the Great War / 1914-1918.
This tablet commemorates the endowment / of a cot by the members of the N.E.A.A. / in memory of the above.
This tablet commemorates the endowment / of a cot by the members of the N.E.A.A. / in memory of the above.
Names
Who commissioned
North Eastern Automobile Association
Cost
£500 endowed.
Notes
1. During the war the association received from members two ambulance cars, for war service, and those cars were given with the stipulation that when the war was over they were to be sold and the proceeds given to some charitable organization. They had now been sold to the British Red Cross Society for £350. A further £150 had been added to it to endow the memorial cot.
2. The names include that of Jacob Garson from North Shields. See his Every Name A Story entry.
3. Another member who joined up with Mr. Garson was Stanley Dodds, who was also wounded but survived the war.
2. The names include that of Jacob Garson from North Shields. See his Every Name A Story entry.
3. Another member who joined up with Mr. Garson was Stanley Dodds, who was also wounded but survived the war.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Tony Harding
Morpeth Herald 27/08/1920 reports the endowment.
Newcastle Daily Journal 27/09/1920 contains a letter stating the proposal to endow a bed, publishing the names to go on the plaque and requesting more if they should be known.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/03/1921 reports that the memorial was ready to be placed in the Cripples Home, Gosforth; 18/11/1921 reports unveiling of the plaque and endowment of a cot.
Northern Echo 25/09/1920 requests lists of names; 18/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Evening Despatch 18/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 17/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 18/11/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Morpeth Herald 27/08/1920 reports the endowment.
Newcastle Daily Journal 27/09/1920 contains a letter stating the proposal to endow a bed, publishing the names to go on the plaque and requesting more if they should be known.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/03/1921 reports that the memorial was ready to be placed in the Cripples Home, Gosforth; 18/11/1921 reports unveiling of the plaque and endowment of a cot.
Northern Echo 25/09/1920 requests lists of names; 18/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Evening Despatch 18/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 17/11/1921 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 18/11/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Gosforth L.H.S.; M. Newrick; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Beds 1914-18 Auto.Assoc. Sanderson Orth.Hospital (G9.31)
GOSFORTH, Sanderson Orthopaedic Hospital
The following members
gave up their lives
for freedom & right
in the Great War
1914-1918.
F.W. Armstrong
A.P. Brewis
L.V. Burgoyne Johnson
Jacob Garson
A.P. Greenwell
C.S. Herbert
J. Milner
G.E. Pattison
Mowbray Proctor
G. Rennison
W.E. Rogerson
Preston Simpson
C. Spence
A.E. Townsend
F.E.S. Townsend
W.H. Walton
C. Wright
This tablet commemorates the endowment
of a cot by the members of the N.E.A.A.
in memory of the above.
NamesG9.31
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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