Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Post Office
Reference
NUT023
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 249639
Original Location
Central Post Office, St. Nicholas Street (Closed)
Present Location
Royal Mail Processing Centre, Team Valley Trading Estate
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Sunday 1st February 1948 by The Lord Mayor of Newcastle on Tyne Alderman T. McCutcheon J.P. Service conducted by the Vicar of Newcastle on Tyne The Very Reverend N.M. Kennaby.
Memorial Description
Plaque, 3 feet 7 inches high x 1 foot 11 inches wide. There is a wide border of Celtic know-work standing proud on a black background. The Royal monogram “GR” appear in all four corners. At the top are two crossed Union flags with a crown between. The dedication is in a mixture of sans serif capitals and fancy lower case lettering. The names are in three columns, divided by a single vertical line between each, using sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
This tablet is erected by / The Postal and / Telecommunications Staffs / of the / Newcastle upon Tyne District / in honour and to the memory of / their colleagues, named below / who lost their lives / in the World War / 1939-1945.
Names
Who commissioned
The Postal and Telecommunications Staffs of the Newcastle upon Tyne District
Ownership and maintenance
Royal Mail
Notes
1. The unknown newspaper cutting 1948 has an accompanying note from Bill Beadling- The photograph shows Mrs Ritchie and myself. She is directly in front of the Vicar and the back of my head is to her left. Mr Beadling suggests the newspaper was the Evening Chronicle
2. When first moved to Team Valley, the memorial was in the public lobby, where it was unnoticed. Moved in 2009 to the lobby through the efforts of Peter O’Donnell (retired postman) and Bill Sadler (Royal Mail engineer). Mr. Sadler and Mr O'Donnell have collected information on the names on the memorial which is in a file to the right of the WW2 memorial.
2. When first moved to Team Valley, the memorial was in the public lobby, where it was unnoticed. Moved in 2009 to the lobby through the efforts of Peter O’Donnell (retired postman) and Bill Sadler (Royal Mail engineer). Mr. Sadler and Mr O'Donnell have collected information on the names on the memorial which is in a file to the right of the WW2 memorial.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: R.W. Gould; Dorothy Hall
Unveiling Programme 01/02/1948
Unknown Newspaper February 1948
Royal Mail Courier December 2009 carries an article on the removal of the memorial to the lobby in Note 1 above.
Unveiling Programme 01/02/1948
Unknown Newspaper February 1948
Royal Mail Courier December 2009 carries an article on the removal of the memorial to the lobby in Note 1 above.
Research acknowledgements
F. Furness; the late R.W. Gould; Ted Dodds; John Windsor; Tony Harding; Bill Sadler; Peter O'Donnell
Research In Progress
Bill Sadler and Peter O'Donnell have shared their research with NEWMP and are allowing us to add it to the website.
Plaque 1939-45 Post Office (NUT023)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, St. Nicholas Street Post Office.
This tablet is erected by
The Postal and
Telecommunications Staffs
of the
Newcastle on Tyne District
in honour and to the memory of
their colleagues, named below
who lost their lives
in the World War
1939-1945.
M. Allan R. Greig P.H. Peel
J.C. Allison T.H. Harvey J. Renwick
H.W. Bilsland T. Hunter D. Ritchie
O. Brodie H. Inglis R. Robertson
T.A. Brown S.J. Jaggs C. Robson
W.N. Browne E.E. Jones R.K. Rogers
J.R. Carney G.P. Jones J.R. Sheedy
T. Coleman A.H. Lamb R. Smith
L.G. Coutts T. Lunam W.E.N. Snaith
J.R. Cowen F. Marr A. Storey
J.W. Crowley C.G. McCarthy H.H. Taylor
F.H. Cusworth J. Milne C.W.B. Thompson
S.V. Deed J.J. Moran R. Tully
A.B. Eades A. Moscrop (Miss) A. Turner
J.P. Edmondson A.E. Muir R. Turner
A.E. Elliott J.K. Nairn F.G. Ward
W. Emerson J.C. Nichol E. Wilson
R. Fenton A.C. Nicholson S. Wilson
A. Fox R.F. Pagan J.V. Winnard
R.M. Gray G. Patton W.L. Young
J. Peart.
NamesNUT023
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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