Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Sir Wm. Armstrong Oddfellows
Reference
NUT148
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Original Location
Possibly Bay Horse Inn, Westgate Road.
Present Location
Lost?
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1920 by Bro. Hetherington, P.G.M.
Memorial Description
Plaque 18 inches high x 12 inches wide on oak pattress 1 inch wider all round. There is a curly border of Art Deco style, and the words “Roll of Honour” are in elongated capitals of the same style. A plain line outlines a central panel in which the names are listed in three columns, using lower case lettering, with the quotation in capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Independent order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity / Loyal Sir William Armstrong Lodge / Newcastle upon Tyne / Roll of Honour, 1914-18
“They died that we might live”.
“They died that we might live”.
Names
Who commissioned
Loyal Sir William Armstrong Lodge
Notes
1. This memorial was brought in for possible purchase to the People’s Museum in Grainger Street. The owner paid £5 for it and then installed it in the Museum as she felt it should be on display somewhere rather than hidden away.
2. The Grainger Street Project meant that the building which housed the People’s Museum was swept away, and there was nowhere for the privately-owned Museum to go. The fate of the plaque is unknown.
3. The unveiling took place in the Bay Horse Inn, Westgate Road, Newcastle.
2. The Grainger Street Project meant that the building which housed the People’s Museum was swept away, and there was nowhere for the privately-owned Museum to go. The fate of the plaque is unknown.
3. The unveiling took place in the Bay Horse Inn, Westgate Road, Newcastle.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20/04/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“They died that we might live: Hail! and Farewell! by John Oxenham.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 20/04/1920 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“They died that we might live: Hail! and Farewell! by John Oxenham.
Research acknowledgements
Angela Rafferty (People’s Museum of Memorabilia); Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Sir Wm. Armstrong Oddfellows (NUT148)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Independent Order of Oddfellows.
Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity
Loyal Sir William Armstrong Lodge
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Roll of Honour
1914 Killed in action 1918
Hall R. Linton F.
Died of Wounds
Muris W.
Died of Gas Poisoning
Robson J.G.
“THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”
Served
Alderson, A.G. Fisher, H.J. Muris, R.
Ashbridge, W. Fogo, T.J. Nelson, A.W.
Atkinson, J.I. Gray, R.O. Nichols, T.D.E.
Atkinson, R. M.C. Gregson, A. Pattison, A.
Baird, G. Hammond, J.G. Rickelton, R.
Balmer, T.L. Hedley, R.W. Smettem, W.
Bourn, J.J. Hewitt, W. M.M. Smith, J.W.
Bourn, W. Hornsby, J.W. Snowball, A.E.
Bown, H.C.W. Hunter, G.E. Sproat, F.
Burnip, J.M. Hurford, W.P. Tyson, I.W.
Clarkson, J. Hurford, W.E. Taylor, J.
Cottier, J.T. Jackson, A. Watson, A.
Crawley, J. Jackson, W. Weatherhead, J.B.
Darley, C.A. Johnson, H. Weightman, J.W.
Errington, W.D. Leslie, W. Wilkinson, T.B.
Fettis, J. Lewis, H.B. Wright, W.
NamesNUT148
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Parish Notes
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