Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 C.W.S. West Blandford Street

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 C.W.S. West Blandford Street (NUT046)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT046

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Blandford House, West Blandford Street (Co-operative Wholesale Society North East Headquarters Building)

In the ballroom on the top floor.

Present Location:

The Discovery Museum

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Wood

Present Condition: Whole building restored 2003

Inscription:

1914 In memoriam 1918
Members who made the Supreme Sacrifice
Lest we forget

Memorial Description:

Plaque on carved wood surround with rounded centre top, and pilasters with Doric tops at either side.

The dates and “In memoriam” are in gold Gothic lettering on the top frame.

The central panel, which has a glass front; bears the words “Members who made the Supreme Sacrifice” and “Lest we forget” in gold lettering.

The names appear between these, listed in three columns using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

99 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This memorial has been kept in the building, following the closure of the non-food stores. It has been kept because of the way it is fixed to the wall.

2. “Three months’ full wages were to be handed to the representative of any employee killed in action. The last-named benefit was granted when a C.W.S. Flour packer (P. Chambers) lost his life through the sinking of H.M.S. Hogue on September 22nd 1914.” Mr. Chambers was the son of Mrs. R.J. Chambers from North Woolwich, London, so is not named on a north-east memorial. This item is included to show how the C.W.S. was prepared to look after its employees in 1914 – when it was thought that the war would be over by Christmas.

3. In the furniture and hardware department, 51 men had joined the forces out of 90 employees, of whom 2 had fallen.

Sources:

Photos: Elspeth Gould; Janet Brown

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
19/01/1920 reports first dinner since 1912 of the clerks at which they held a silence in memory of the fallen;
08/03/1920 reports a Welcome Home dinner for the returned men.

New History of the C.W.S. page 118 carries the information in Note 2 above.

Source of quotation:
“Lest we forget” : ‘Recessional’ Rudyard Kipling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

R.C. Simpson;
Elspeth Gould;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding;
Anthea Lang;
James Pasby;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Blandford House (former Co-operative H.Q.)

 

  1914        In memoriam        1918

 

  Members who made the Supreme Sacrifice

 

  Atkinson H.      Heyworth G.      Potts, L.

  Aggio, W.        Haig, F.C.       Pickering, S.

  Armstrong, E.    Hall, T.         Reed, T.

  Balmer, D.       Headlem, G.      Rule, G.

  Bell, R.         Hughes, J.J.     Riccalton, R.A.

  Bell, R.         Hutchinson, J.   Ross, T.W.

  Bell, E.         Huddart, J.      Rutherford, F.

  Boyle, T.        Hedley, G.       Russell, J.

  Briggs, H.       Hogg, E.T.       Robinson, L.

  Berry, A.        Hyde, H.M.       Robbie, A.

  Belgian, W.      Iredale, H.      Rowan, F.

  Brown, W.        Kellie, W.       Richardson, S.G.

  Brown, T.        Latimer, J.W.    Scorer, T.

  Broderick, R.    Litchfield, W.   Scott, W.R.

  Cook, F.G.       Leech, J.        Smith, G.C.

  Copeland, R.     Lisle J.J.       Smith, T.H.

  Clark, T.        Lightfoot, T.    Taylor, J.G.

  Crawley, J.W.    Mayne, G.W.      Taylor, T.

  Colman, E.       Moorsom, G.      Thompson, J.D.

  Carruthers, J.   Murray, J.W.     Thompson, J.R.

  Davidson, T.     Murray, J.A      Thompson, W.

  Dawson, W.       Murton, W.       Thompson, D.

  Dixon, G.        Murton, J.       Tulip, J.C.

  Dixon, F.        Milne, R.B.      Turner, J.F.

  Dodds, T.W.H.    Moffatt, A.      Todd, R.

  Findlay, W.      Moul, F.J.       Varley, A.

  Fulthorpe, R.    McHenry, J.      White, N.

  Gales, H.R.      McHenry, D.      White, H.

  Gibson, W.W.     Mandale, J.J.    Wilson, G.

  Gray, J.         McWilliams, D.   Waistell, W.E.

  Grieves, T.      Moncrief, J.     Whitehead, J.

  Gillard, H.W.    Murr, W.         Willmott, W.L.

  Goodrum, W.      Palmer, H.       

  Grey, G.A.

  ————————————-

  Lest We Forget.

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