Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Trinity Presbyterian
Reference
NUT139
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 251647
Original Location
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Northumberland Road (now Trinity Building, Northumbria University)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Estimated 16th August 1919
Memorial Description
Plaque 7 feet 2 inches high x 4 feet 1 inch wide x 5 inches deep. The dedication is on the central panel. The names are listed in a single column on two outer panels.
Materials used
Oak and copper.
Inscription
For God and Country / 1914 1919. /
In proud and loving / remembrance of these / our friends connected / with this Church and / Sunday Schools who / fell in the Great War.
“Greater love hath no man / than this, that a man lay / down his life for his friends.”
In proud and loving / remembrance of these / our friends connected / with this Church and / Sunday Schools who / fell in the Great War.
“Greater love hath no man / than this, that a man lay / down his life for his friends.”
Names
Who commissioned
Mr J.W. Boyd, architect of 9 Salisbury Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost
£41 plus £65 for the copper panels
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Hedley Brothers, St Mary’s Place, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Newcastle Daily Journal 22/05/1920 reports “The proposed tablet in memory of those members of Trinity Church, Newcastle, (27 we believe) who fell in the war, will probably be erected within the next month or two”.
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v13.
Newcastle Daily Journal 22/05/1920 reports “The proposed tablet in memory of those members of Trinity Church, Newcastle, (27 we believe) who fell in the war, will probably be erected within the next month or two”.
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St.John 15 v13.
Research acknowledgements
P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Trinity Presbyterian (NUT139)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Trinity Presbyterian Church
Pte Oswald Aitchison For God and Country Pte Edward Lawson
16th N.F. 1914 1919. 9th W. Yorks
Pte George A. Bell Pte James E. Little
2nd W. Yorks In proud and loving 7th R.W. Kents
Pte Thomas E. Boe remembrance of these Pte Wm. B. Macaulay
6th N.F. our friends connected 9th Royal Scots
Lt John A.G. Brewis with this Church and 2nd Lt Robert Plimpton
R.F.C. Sunday Schools who 6th Yorks
Sap. Percy Campbell fell in the Great War. L/Cpl William R. Proctor
R.E. M.G.C.
C.S.M. Richard A. Dale “Greater love hath no man Pte John Pyper
20th N.F. than this, that a man lay 18th Lancs. Fus.
Pte Thomas Denton down his life for his friends.” Pte Thomas Rogerson
Lab. Corps 1st Scots Guards
Capt J. Norman T. Douglas Pte John D. Simpson
23rd N.F. 12th H.L.I.
Pte. Robert S. Douglas A.B. Sidney M. Sole
10th Lincs R.N.V.R.
Lt. J. Lancelot Gibson Pte William Sutton
R.F.A. 2/4th K.O.Y.L.I.
Bomr. Frederick G. Greer Pte Ernest P. Trotter
R.F.A. 5th N.F.
2nd Lt. John Hamilton Pte Geo. L. Weatherston
6th N.F. 1/15th London Regt.
2nd Lt. Robert Johnson Pte George E. Weddell
4th N.F. 13th R.F.
Pte. William Kent
14th N.F.
NamesNUT139
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