Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Newcastle Breweries
Reference
NUT041
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 245643
Original Location
Newcastle Breweries (demolished), Corporation Street/Wellington Street.
Present Location
St.Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1. Unveiled 12th November 1954 by The Company Chairman; dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, Rt.Rev. Noel Baring Hudson, D.S.O., M.C., D.D., M.A.
2. Rededicated at Dunston 19th April 2008;
3. Placed in St.Andrews October 2011
2. Rededicated at Dunston 19th April 2008;
3. Placed in St.Andrews October 2011
Memorial Description
Plaque 57 inches high x 22 inches wide (1.44m x 558mm) in a frame 61 inches high x 26 inches wide (1.54m x 658mm) which has replaced the former rolled edge. At centre top is a raised five pointed star coloured blue, the badge of the breweries. Names are listed in a single column under each date. Lettering is in raised gilded Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
a. To the glory of God / and in honoured / memory of those members / of the Newcastle / Breweries Limited / who gave their lives / in defence of their country / 1914-18 / (Names) /
b. 1939-1945 / (Names).
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
b. 1939-1945 / (Names).
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
Names
Who commissioned
Newcastle Breweries
Notes
1. The invitation to the original ceremony in 1954 states that the Bishop of Newcastle would both unveil and dedicate the memorial. However, the Unveiling Programme says that the Chairman of the Company (no name given) would perform the unveiling.
2. Following the closure of the Barrack Road, Newcastle site, the plaque was resited and rededicated on the evening of Saturday 19th April 2008 at Dunston Brewery, Scottish & Newcastle UK Ltd., Lancaster Road, Dunston, NE11 9JR.
The date was chosen was because the Northumberland Fusiliers All Ranks Club had their St. George’s Day Reunion Dinner at the Lancastrian Suite function rooms next to the brewery.
The function was attended by the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear, the Mayor of Gateshead and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, who attended the re-dedication service prior to the function. The service was conducted by the Vicar of the local parish, Rev. Keith Teasdale, who is an ex-army chaplain and attended by members of our staff and also a number of former Officers and representatives from Northumberland Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry and Royal Artillery who were also present at the function. A Quarter Guard of 68th of Foot were there and a Bugler to sound ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’.
The plaque was located on a column at the gatehouse entrance and could be viewed by the public without the need to enter the gatehouse or the site.
3. On the closure of the brewery at Dunston, the memorial was rehoused in St.Andrew’s Church, Newcastle and was rededicated in the Lady Chapel on November 6th 2011.
4. Before being taken in to St.Andrew’s, the memorial was cleaned and a frame added by an ex-carpenter.
2. Following the closure of the Barrack Road, Newcastle site, the plaque was resited and rededicated on the evening of Saturday 19th April 2008 at Dunston Brewery, Scottish & Newcastle UK Ltd., Lancaster Road, Dunston, NE11 9JR.
The date was chosen was because the Northumberland Fusiliers All Ranks Club had their St. George’s Day Reunion Dinner at the Lancastrian Suite function rooms next to the brewery.
The function was attended by the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear, the Mayor of Gateshead and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, who attended the re-dedication service prior to the function. The service was conducted by the Vicar of the local parish, Rev. Keith Teasdale, who is an ex-army chaplain and attended by members of our staff and also a number of former Officers and representatives from Northumberland Fusiliers, Durham Light Infantry and Royal Artillery who were also present at the function. A Quarter Guard of 68th of Foot were there and a Bugler to sound ‘Last Post’ and ‘Reveille’.
The plaque was located on a column at the gatehouse entrance and could be viewed by the public without the need to enter the gatehouse or the site.
3. On the closure of the brewery at Dunston, the memorial was rehoused in St.Andrew’s Church, Newcastle and was rededicated in the Lady Chapel on November 6th 2011.
4. Before being taken in to St.Andrew’s, the memorial was cleaned and a frame added by an ex-carpenter.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding; Photos at 2008 rededication at Dunston: Liam Tully; photos in St.Andrew's James Pasby
Evening Chronicle 14/10/2011 reports placing in St.Andrew’s and proposed service in November.
Source of quotation:
Their name liveth for evermore Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Evening Chronicle 14/10/2011 reports placing in St.Andrew’s and proposed service in November.
Source of quotation:
Their name liveth for evermore Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding; Jim Merrington; David Day, Scottish & Newcastle UK Ltd; Liam Tully
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Newcastle Breweries (NUT041)
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE Newcastle Breweries
To the glory of God
and in honoured
memory of those members
of the Newcastle
Breweries Limited
who gave their lives
in defence of their country
1914-18
J. Armstrong The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
R. Batey The Northumberland Fusiliers
P. Bell The Northumberland Fusiliers
R. Burrows Machine Gun Corps
T. Collins The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
W. Dick The South Wales Borderers
W. Graham The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
S. Hoult Royal Naval Division
G. Hughes The Northumberland Fusiliers
R.H. Johnson The Durham Light Infantry
G. Lawson The Northumberland Fusiliers
A. Palmer Royal Artillery
R. Mitford The Northumberland Fusiliers
1939-1945
T. Anderson The Durham Light Infantry
B. Bates Royal Engineers
J. Blain The Durham Light Infantry
T.L.T. Blakey Royal Armoured Corps
T. Boyd The Northumberland Hussars
R. Burns Royal Navy
L. Christie Royal Air Force
T. Cooper Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers
R.S. Dickinson Royal Air Force
C. English Royal Air Force
H. Errington Royal Artillery
M. Falcus The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
J. Hackett Royal Air Force
J. Hay Royal Marines
R. Johnson Royal Engineers
E. Kemp Royal Artillery
G. Leighton The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
T. Lovibond Royal Tank Regiment
A. Marshall Royal Air Force
W. Moralee Royal Air Force
N. Smith Corps of Military Police
T. Sowerby The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
J.V.P. Welsh Royal Engineers
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
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