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Plaque Parish 1914-18 St. Nicholas

Reference

NUT096

Place

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Map ref

NZ 250640

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.

Memorial Description

Plaque 140cm high x 60cm wide 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.

Materials used

Brass and copper.

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

Names

108 full names.
See transcript

How money was raised

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Mr. W.H. Wood, Cathedral architect.

Notes

1. Newcastle Daily Journal 21/01/1920 reports memorial service in the Lady Chapel for C.W. Coyle (K.O.S.B.); Pte. G.R. Mills (Coldstream Guards) and Pte. W.W. Blanch (NF).

2. 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

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Illustrated Chronicle 14/11/1922 carries photo

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 18/11/1922 reports unveiling.

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

Research acknowledgements

P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Dorothy Hall

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Plaque Parish 1914-18 St. Nicholas (NUT096)

 
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.
NamesNUT096

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