Memorial Details
Memorial
Gateposts 1914-18 Municipal High School
Reference
N34.02
Place
NORTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 347689
Original Location
Municipal High School, Hawkey's Lane / Queen Alexandra Road
Present Location
The plaques were stolen in July 2010
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1920
Memorial Description
Pair of square gate posts surmounted by lamps (broken). On each is a plaque, 2 feet 2 inches high x 1 foot 3 inches wide, with a raised patterned border round each with the letters standing proud. The names are listed in two columns on each plaque, sub-divided into groups by year. Both dedications and names are in elaborate capitals throughout.
Materials used
Sandstone posts with bronze plaques
Inscription
First plaque:
Old Boys of this school / who gave their lives / for King and Country in / the Great War 1914-1919
Erected in solemn pride / and gratitude by the / Old Students Union 1920 /
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Old Boys of this school / who gave their lives / for King and Country in / the Great War 1914-1919
Erected in solemn pride / and gratitude by the / Old Students Union 1920 /
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Names
Who commissioned
Tynemouth Municipal High School
Cost
£80
How money was raised
Old Students’ Union
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Fraleys, Birmingham.
Notes
1. 401 young men from the school went to war, 81 serving at sea, 320 on land. 96 were killed or wounded.
2. 1 was commissioned, 68 were non-commissioned officers and 5 were air mechanics. Many military distinctions were gained.
2. 1 was commissioned, 68 were non-commissioned officers and 5 were air mechanics. Many military distinctions were gained.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; Kevin Bradley; Jim Scott
Illustrated Chronicle 13/02/1920 reports granting of permission
Northern Echo 19/07/1920 reports on the school memorials.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Whitley Bay Observer 20/02/1920 reports proposals; 23/07/1920 reports unveiling
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (“It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country) Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Illustrated Chronicle 13/02/1920 reports granting of permission
Northern Echo 19/07/1920 reports on the school memorials.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 24/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Whitley Bay Observer 20/02/1920 reports proposals; 23/07/1920 reports unveiling
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (“It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country) Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Kevin Bradley; the late R.W. Gould; the late R.C. Simpson; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall; Jim Scott
Research In Progress
The names on the North Shields memorials are being researched by the Tynemouth WW1 group.
Contact info@tynemouthworldwarone.org
Gateposts 1914-18 Municipal High School (N34.02)
NORTH SHIELDS, Adult Education Centre.
First plaque
Old boys of this School
who gave their lives
for King and Country in
The Great War 1914-1919
1914 1916
David S. Wallace J. Hylton Patterson
1915 Curzon Lithgoe
George A. Brown James E.B. Brook
John Cecil Allen John Errington
David K. Tulloch William G. Roper
James H. Hogg Edwin P.W. Brown
Harry E. Cooper James Campbell
Frederick J. Osbon Fred Allerton
Joseph Dehn Arnold Stroud
James Y. Digman Norman Chambers
Joseph H. Duncan Norman Lawson
Harry Carling Thomas N. Melrose
1916 1917
J. Eric H. Miller T. Randall Agnew
John Watson Todd James Fell
Alfred Y. Hutchinson John R. Jackson
Alfred A. Crossman John Colledge
Alan Herriott Norman Lake
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Second plaque
Erected in solemn pride
and gratitude by the
Old Students' Union 1920.
Dulce at Decorum est pro patria mori.
1917 1918
Stephen Hull Fred. O. Greenacre
Colin Jamieson James W. Grey
George W. Taylor Harry A. Buffham
Charles H. Mawson T.C. Irvin Reed
W. Richard Trayhurn J. Cyril Graham
Harold Weir Wm. G. Charlton
Thomas T. Perris Daniel Graham
Hugh Hutchison Henry D. Howe
1918 Lancelot Rennison
Gordon Scurr John William Lundy
Louis de la Cherois George H. Davison
Robert Peirson Leslie H. Proctor
Alan A. MacKenzie George F. Ball
Thomas Shaw James Arthur Kent
Thomas F. Blair 1919
Cyril Strong Thomas Forrest
Norman S. Hoggarth Victor Limerick
John J. Frame William S. Cowell
NamesN34.02
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