Memorial

Plaque Parish 1914-18 St. Nicholas

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque Parish 1914-18 St. Nicholas (NUT096)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT096

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas Square, St. Nicholas Street / Mosley Street.

On pillar at west end of nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 12th November 1922 by Mrs. Wilberforce;
dedicated by Canon Newsom.

Materials Used:

Brass and copper.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. W.H. Wood, Cathedral architect.

Inscription:

In honoured memory of
the men of this parish
and congregation
who laid down their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918

Greater love hath no man than this

Memorial Description:

Plaque 55 inches high x 24 inches wide (140cms x 60cms) with square raised at centre top.

Around the edge is a border of copper and brass raised into a leaf and seed pod pattern.

At centre top is a crucifix also in copper.

The central panel is of brass.

The names are listed in two columns in sans serif capitals.

The dedication at the top and quotation at the bottom are in elaborate capitals.

Names:

108 full names.
See transcript

Notes:

1. Mrs. Wilberforce, who unveiled the plaque, was the widow of the late Rev. Ernest Roland Wilberforce, first bishop of Newcastle. The name of their youngest son born at Benwell Tower in 1893, is on the roll. See his Every Name A Story entry

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Illustrated Chronicle
14/11/1922 carries photo

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
18/11/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Heroes 1916-1917 Somme Passchendaele Text Neil R. Storey; St. Nicholas Cathedral 2017

Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this” : St. John 15 v 13

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE St. Nicholas’ Cathedral.

 

  

  In Honoured Memory of

  the men of this parish

  and congregation

  who laid down their lives

  in the Great War 1914-1918.

  ———————————-

  Anderson John James         Marshall James

  Anderson Joseph Wm.         Masterman John Robert

  Archbold Joseph             Mason Robert

  Balmer David                Maughan Edward Rowell

  Bates Andrew Valentine      McCall George

  Bell James                  Munro Thomas

  Bell Joseph                 Newman Samuel

  Black James Ashton          Nicholson Robert

  Bowden Edward Ratcliffe     Nugent James

  Brown Jasper                Pape William

  Brown William Burgess       Parker George A.

  Brunskill Joseph            Parker Henry A.

  Burn Matthew                Plumpton Robert

  Burns James                 Ramsey James

  Carr David                  Riddell Alan

  Carr Thomas                 Ritson Claude Wilson

  Carr James Robinson         Richardson P.

  Chandler Thomas             Ryott Robert

  Cook Robert                 Simm Robert

  Cooper George               Simmons Aubrey W.

  Corbitt Frank               Simms John Basil Palling

  Corbitt Joseph              Simpson John F.

  Coyle Clement William       Simpson John Robert

  Cruddas S.G.P.              Simpson Thomas

  Daggett Cedric              Slaughter John William

  Dawson Dan Magill           Sloan Joseph

  Dickinson Geoffrey G.       Smithson Richard Hails

  Dixon Thomas William        Smithson James Edward

  Dorner John                 Snowdon Geo. C. Barker

  Duncan E.F. (Rev.)(M.C.)    Snowdon H.E.

  Dunn Henry Rutherford       Southwell Evelyn Herbert

  Erskine Henry David         Stern Marcus

  Farbridge Hugh              Stonehouse Edward            

  Falconer Robert W.          Stonehouse Thomas

  Forster Robert Charles      Storey John

  Fox Cedric Earle            Stroud Henry Clifford

  Gates Richard Edward        Sutton Ughtred

  Graham Anthony              Tate Andrew

  Hardy Ralph                 Taylor John Cosser Mather

  Harle Gabriel Davidson      Taylor Ralph

  Hedley James Jn. Henry      Thompson John Graham

  Hewitt George Michael       Thompson William

  Howarth Herbert H.          Trotter Ernest Percy

  Howett Frank                Urwin George William

  Howett Robert               Vincent Robert

  Hutchinson Charles F.B.     Wardle Richard Charlton

  Kelly John                  Watts Charles

  Kent Matthew                Watson John Frederick

  King Charles Thomas         Whaley John Gardner

  King Michael                Wilberforce Wm.R. Sargent

  Leith Andrew                Wilson Joseph Burn

  Leith Lawrence              Wood William

  Maddison Joseph R.          Williamson Edward Maurice

  Younger Neil Alexander      Williamson Thomas Roy

 

  Greater love hath no man

  than this.

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