Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Police 1914-18 1939-45 Pilgrim Street
Reference
NUT158
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 250643
Original Location
Pilgrim Street / Worswick Street. In the foyer. Closed.
Present Location
Forth Banks Police Station, in the foyer on the right. (2017)
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Rededicated Sept. 1999 by Rev. Peter McConnell, Chaplain to Northumbria Police.
Memorial Description
Plaque, 2 feet 6 inches high x 2 feet wide (762mm x 604mm) very plain. The names for 1939-45 are underneath those for 1914-18, both printed in two columns. The lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Copper
Inscription
Newcastle upon Tyne City Police / Roll of Honour / In memory of the men of the / Newcastle City Police / who were killed in action during the / Great War 1914-1918 and in the World War 1939-1945.
Names
Who commissioned
Newcastle upon Tyne City Police
Present condition
Restored 1999.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
E.H. Thew, Ltd. Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Ownership and maintenance
Northumbria Police.
Notes
1. One cannot help wondering whether the choice of copper for the memorial to the Police was intentional.
2. A Service of Remembrance was held for those who gave their lives in 1939-45 in St.Nicholas' Cathedral 1st December 1946.
2. A Service of Remembrance was held for those who gave their lives in 1939-45 in St.Nicholas' Cathedral 1st December 1946.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; James Pasby
Evening Chronicle? 22/09/1999 carries brief report of the rededication.
Tyne and Wear Archives Ref: T237/1
Evening Chronicle? 22/09/1999 carries brief report of the rededication.
Tyne and Wear Archives Ref: T237/1
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Tony Harding; James Pasby; Mike Mullen, Northumbria Police; Colina Fenton
Research In Progress
John Grainger has researched the names on this memorial and would be pleased to hear from anyone with stories, photographs or memorabilia.
Contact:- Monreith@aol.com
Plaque Police 1914-18 1939-45 Pilgrim Street (NUT158)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Northumbria Police Station
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITY POLICE
Roll of Honour
In memory of the men of the
Newcastle City Police
who were killed in action during the
Great war 1914-1918
and in the World War 1939-1945
1914-1918
Batey, George Coldstream Guards Hogg, John Coldstream Guards
Brain, George Edward M.M. R.F.A. Hudson, Robert Coldstream Guards
Brown, Robert Coldstream Guards Keane, William Irish Guards
Dale, Richard Albert N.F. Lindsay, Thomas N.F.
Earl, Thomas A. N.F. Maughan, Ernest R.A.C.
English, John R.G.A. Nairne, William Henry Coldstream Guards
Haddock, John R.F.A. Thompson, Nicholas Coldstream Guards
Wheeler, John, Grenadier Guards
1939-1945
Anderson, John T. R.A.F. Marriott, Robert R.A.F.
Dickson, Victor R.A. Middleton, Harvey R.A.F.
Elliott, Bernard R.A.F. Railton, Alfred R.A.F.
Fiddes, Henry R.A.F. Robinson, George Royal Hussars
Hindmarsh, James C.M.P. Robson, James R.A.F.
Smith, John A.W. R.A.F.
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The Order of Service held in 1946 gives extra names for 1939-45.
John Thomas Anderson
Victor Hibbert Dickson
Bernard Stanley Winskill Elliott
Henry Crellin Fiddes
James Hindmarsh
Robert Sweet Marriott
Harvey Johnston Middleton
Alfred Joseph Railton
John George Robinson
James Henry Robson
John Arthur William Smith
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Special Constables
Arthur Collins Davie
Angus Murray McCracken
Norman Melling
Slavoj John Onsorge
Nichol Weatherston
NamesNUT158
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Parish Notes
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