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Plaque 1939-45 LNER Revenue Accountants Office

Reference

NUT014

Place

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Map ref

NZ 244637

Original Location

British Transport Police Offices, Central Station, 1 Neville Street / Central Parkway (formerly Forth Banks.

Present Location

The building is now in use as a Nursery. The memorial is in the vestibule, at the top of the stairs. Resting on a shelf at the foot of NUT010.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque 254m (10 ins) high x 379mm (15 ins) wide on marble pattress (380mm (15 inches) high x 456mm (18 inches) wide. The dedication is in raised Roman lettering.

Materials used

Bronze

Inscription

In memoriam / (names) / Members of the staff of the / L.N.E.R. Revenue Accountants Office / Newcastle upon Tyne / who made the supreme sacrifice / in the war 1939-1945.

Names

2 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

L.N.E.R

Notes

1. The Evening Chronicle 05/03/1984 carried a report on a proposal, not acted upon, to move NUT014 and NUT010 to a location beside the station�s Left Luggage Office. In a follow-up article on 19/03/1984 page 6 the paper reported that �fear of vandalism� was the reason for the change of mind.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Evening Chronicle 05/03/1984; 19/03/1984

Research acknowledgements

The late Capt. D. Armstrong; T. Harding; J. Brown

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1939-45 LNER Revenue Accountants Office (NUT014)

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Central Station, British Transport Police Office.

   In memoriam

   S. Ross

   W.H. Watt

   Members of the staff of the

   L.N.E.R. Revenue Accountants Office

   Newcastle on Tyne

   who made the supreme sacrifice

   in the war 1939-1945.

NamesNUT014

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