Memorial

Angel Statue 1914-18 North Terrace

West Allotment

Memorial Name: Angel Statue 1914-18 North Terrace (W102.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: W102.01

Parish: West Allotment

Original Location:

Benton Road, at roadside, on south side of A191.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled Good Friday 1925 by Capt. E.A. Laing Gibbon (D.L.I.) of Newcastle.

Dedicated by Rev. J. Burdon, Vicar of Killingworth.

Materials Used:

Marble statue on granite plinth.

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Committee.

Cost:

£475, of which £32 was still outstanding when the memorial was unveiled.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription; fund raising events inc. a football knockout medal competition

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Andrew Scoular.

Inscription:

1914-1919
This monument was erected
in honoured memory of
the gallant men of
West Allotment, Old
Allotment and District
who sacrificed their lives
in the Great War

They died that we might live
“Lest we forget”.

Memorial Description:

Statue of Angel of Victory approx. 20 feet high (6ms).

In her right hand she is holding aloft a laurel wreath, whilst in her right arm is a flag pole with the flag draped over her arm.

She stands on a granite block on stepped sandstone base, behind iron railings.

The main pedestal bears the dedication on the front, with a bronze laurel wreath attached at the top.

The names are listed in a single column on each of the remaining three faces.

All lettering is of lead and attached to the face, using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

59 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “My brother was asked to draw the angel for a War Memorial. Known as ‘Drewie’ he was Andrew Scoular. He was in his final year at Dame Allan’s Boys’ School. The school was then in College Street, Newcastle. His design was used but the ten shillings he was promised was never paid.” (Mrs. Arkell)

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Allan Oliver; Tony Harding; David Clark

Shields Daily News
passim reports in public fund raising events, also list of names;
11/04/1925 reports unveiling.

Morpeth Herald
17/04/1925 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
11/04/1925 reports unveiling with photos.

A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear Ayris, Jubb, Palmer, Usherwood, Specialist Conservation Team Publication, 1996.

The Glorious Dead. Figurative Sculpture of British First World War Memorials. Geoff Archer, Frontier Publishing; 2009. ISBN 978 1 872914 38 1

The Project done by the pupils of Dudley Middle School reveals the above information on the designer of the monument. (See Dudley D34.01)

Sources of quotations
 “They died that we might live” Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

P. Thirkell;
Ralph W. Gould;
Mrs. Arkell;
N. Grainger and T.A. Oliver (Killingworth Local History Society);
Dudley Middle School.;
Tony Harding;
North Tyneside Council;
A. Munday;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

WEST ALLOTMENT, roadside.

  

Front Panel                        Left panel      

  

   1914     1919                      A.B.    W.V. Adamson    R.N.D.

   This monument was erected         Pte.    C.V. Adamson    R.H. 

   in honoured memory of             "      F.V. Adamson    K.O.Y.L.I.

   the gallant men of                "       R. Aitchison    N.F.

   West Allotment, Old               "       S.H. Ball       "

   Allotment and District            Sergt. T. Barrass      "   M.M.

   who sacrificed their lives        Pte.    R.H. Bell       "

   in the Great War                  "       T.C. Broughton  "

                                     "       W. Burns        " 

   They died that we might live      Dvr.   G. Buxton       R.F.A.

                                     Gnr.    J.E. Brown      R.F.A.

   "Lest we forget".                 Sap.   J. Carlyle       R.E.

                                     Pte.   M. Carlyle       N.F.

                                      Pte.   J.W. Cummings   "

                                     A.B.    G.R. Dawson     R.N.D.

                                     Pte.   J. Dawson        R.A.M.C.

                                     "      J.T. Dawson     N.F.

                                     "      E. Davison      C.C.

                                     Gnr.   E.R. Dodds      R.G.A.

                                     Pte.   I. Duggan        N.F.

                                     "      G.J. Dunn       "

                                     "      J. Fee          "

                                     Sig.   E. Fenn          R.G.A.

                                     Pte.   J. Ferguson      D.L.I.

                                     "       H.G. Hall       R.F.

                                     A.B.   A.W. Hamilton   R.N.D.

                                     L/C    H. Hewish       N.F.

                                     

                                   On lower pedestal

                                     L/C    P. Robinson    N.F.

     

Right Panel                        

  

   Cpl.    C.F. Hill   M.G.C., M.M.   

   Pte.    J. Jarvis       N.F.        

   "       R. Lilley       "          

   "       T. Lister       "

   Sergt. M.T. MacMillen  R.E.

   Pte.   J.R. MacMillen  R.S.

   "       J.W. Mitchell   N.F.

   Engr.  W.H. Milburn     Merc.S.

   A.B.   J. Marsh         R.N.D.

   Cpl.   T. Moore         D.L.I.

   Pte.   F.R. Moat        N.F.

   "       M. Noble        N.F.

   L/C    J. Palmer        "

   Pte.    J.R. Potter     "

   "       C.W. Riddle     "

   L/C    O. Richardson   "

   A/B    A. Rogerson     R.N.D.

   Pte.    T. Stobart      R.F.

   "       G. Strong       N.F.

   A.B.   C.B. Taylor      R.N.D.

   L/C    J. Thompson      N.F.

   Pte.    A. Thompson     "

   "       M.O. Toward      "

   "       T.E. Vallance   "

   A.B.   F. Vallance      Subs.

   "       J. Veitch        R.N.D.

   Pte.    W. Wright       N.F.  

   

On lower pedestal      

   Pte.    H. Pritchard    N.F.

   "       A. Scott        "

   Dvr.    D. Stark       R.F.A.

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