Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Queen Victoria School
Reference
N34.46
Place
NORTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 351682
Original Location
Queen Victoria School, Coach Lane
Present Location
Relocated 2006 to the Beacon Centre. See Note 2 below.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 30th July 1920 by Mr. T. Davison, the late headmaster.
Relocated September 2006
Relocated September 2006
Memorial Description
Plaque 6 feet high x 2 feet 4 inches wide (1.82 m x 711 mm) set onto the forward face of a brick pilaster. The "capital" 1 foot high (302mm) and "plinth" 6 inches high (151mm) are a very light stone painted dark grey. The dedication is incised into the capital. The main column is of marble, in which the names are listed in a single column. The lettering throughout is incised and painted gold, using sans serif capitals.
Alongside is a stainless steel plaque which tells the story of the relocation of the plaque. There is a slim double line border. Lettering is in sans serif lower case.
Alongside is a stainless steel plaque which tells the story of the relocation of the plaque. There is a slim double line border. Lettering is in sans serif lower case.
Materials used
Marble. Stainless steel plaque.
Inscription
On memorial:
In gratitude and homage / To the honoured memory of our boys /who gave their lives for us / in the Great War. On new plaque alongside:
This memorial was relocated from / the former Queen Victoria School / North Shields and rededicated with / the help of North Tyneside Council / and Whitley Bay and District Royal / British Legion.
In gratitude and homage / To the honoured memory of our boys /who gave their lives for us / in the Great War. On new plaque alongside:
This memorial was relocated from / the former Queen Victoria School / North Shields and rededicated with / the help of North Tyneside Council / and Whitley Bay and District Royal / British Legion.
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Fund: Mr. J.S. Sharp, secretary, and Mr. H. Storey, treasurer.
Present condition
Good, apart from one small chip on the base
Ownership and maintenance
North Tyneside Council. Alderman Black accepted the tablet on behalf of the local Education Committee at the unveiling ceremony.
Notes
1. When in the Queen Victoria School this was in the Great Hall on the first floor of the School. When the school became a Training Centre, the hall had its ceiling lowered and it became a joinery workshop.
2. Queen Victoria Training School (formerly Queen Victoria School), Coach Lane NZ 351682 became the Development Training Operations (North Tyneside Council). The Development Training Operations vacated the building which is awaiting demolition. In September 2006 the plaque was relocated to the Beacon Centre, and a new steel plaque 24.5 cm x 32.5 cm telling the story of the relocation placed alongside it.
2. Queen Victoria Training School (formerly Queen Victoria School), Coach Lane NZ 351682 became the Development Training Operations (North Tyneside Council). The Development Training Operations vacated the building which is awaiting demolition. In September 2006 the plaque was relocated to the Beacon Centre, and a new steel plaque 24.5 cm x 32.5 cm telling the story of the relocation placed alongside it.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo in old location: R.W. Gould; photos in new location: Tony Harding; Ian McCaffrey; Jim Scott
Newcastle Daily Journal 31/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Whitley Bay Observer 06/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Journal 31/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Whitley Bay Observer 06/08/1920 reports unveiling.
Research acknowledgements
Michael Newrick; the late R.W. Gould; Ian McCaffrey (North Tyneside Council); Tony Harding; Jim Scott
Research In Progress
The names on the North Shields memorials are being researched by the Tynemouth WW1 group.
Contact info@tynemouthworldwarone.org
Plaque 1914-18 Queen Victoria School (N34.46)
NORTH SHIELDS, Queen Victoria Training Centre.
In Gratitude and Homage -
To the honoured memory of our boys
who gave their lives for us
in the Great War
Bertie Badsey
Edgar Best
William A. Blakey
Alexander Camp
James Campbell
Samuel J. Craig
William Daniel
Septimus Dixon
Joseph H. Duncan
Thomas Forrest
James A. Gray
Henry D. Hogg
John Jackson
Colin M. Jamieson
Thomas M. Jobling
John Jobson
Norman W. Lawson
Harold Liddle
Arthur E. Lilburn
John Mummery
Albert Robson
Harry Scurr
W. Gordon Scurr
Andrew Smith
George W. Taylor
John Ord D. Taws
Edwin Tweedy
William Vickers
Cecil Knott
James Forsythe Fell
Thomas Dixon
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On new plaque alongside
This memorial was relocated from
the former Queen Victoria School,
North Shields and re-dedicated with
the help of North Tyneside Council
and Whitley Bay and District Royal
British Legion.
NamesN34.46
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