Memorial
Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Nicholas
Gosforth
Memorial Name: Plaque Fallen 1914-18 St. Nicholas (G9.06)
NEWMP Ref No.: G9.06
Parish: Gosforth
St. Nicholas’ Church, Church Road.
On either side of the centre aisle at west end of nave.
The northern one of two.
Originally placed in the tower.
It was moved to be near the companion plaque of those who served when it was erected.
1914-18
Unveiled 11th July 1918.
Service conducted by Rev. A.S. Wardroper, Vicar of Walker
Wood
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Edwards.
Work carried out by Ralph Hedley’s firm of woodcarvers to the design of Messrs. Hicks & Charlwood.
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They died for God, King and Country.
(Names)
At the bottom
Erected by his Father and Mother
in affectionate memory
of their dear Son
Lieutenant J. Harry Edwards 14th D.L.I.
killed in action in France
January 7th 1917.
Plaque 74 inches high x 50 inches wide (1325mm x 1370mm) rising to 81 inches high (1500mm).
It is of plain design, with a rounded centre top.
At centre top is a plain cross, with the words “They died . . . Country” below.
The plaque is divided into three panels, on which the names are incised very lightly and painted black in a single column on each, using Roman capitals throughout.
Below these, at the centre of the wide frame are the details of the erection with, on either side, the painted badges of (left) the Northumberland Fusiliers, and (right) that of the Durham Light Infantry, these being the regiments of the donors’ sons.
94 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.
1. For companion plaque of those who served, see G9.19
2. It would appear that later there was a plan for the memorial to be an oak reredos, costing approx. £250, part of a scheme to include a new altar and panelling round the chancel.
Photo: P. Thirkell
Illustrated Chronicle
20/07/1918 carries photo following the unveiling.
Morpeth Herald
15/04/1921 reports discussion of scheme for reredos, altar and panelling.
Newcastle Journal
12/07/1918 reports unveiling
Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No. 571, 29/01/1917
Additional Research Documents
Philip Thirkell;
Major Hoppe, Gosforth Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall
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GOSFORTH, St. Nicholas’ Church.
They Died for God, King and Country.
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Column 1
Capt. George Edward Hunter,
6th Northumberland Fusiliers, April 26th 1915.
Pte. Arthur Cowley
Northumberland Fusiliers, Aug.22nd 1915.
Capt. James Noel Treble.
4th Oxford & Bucks L.I., Oct.18th 1915
Pte. Ephraim Boardman,
9th Northumberland Fusiliers, Nov.18th, 1915.
Pte. John Soulsby
16th Northumberland Fusiliers, Dec.25th, 1915.
Pte. Joseph Watson Renwick,
24th Northumberland Fusiliers, March 31st 1916
Corp. Archie Collingwood,
Northumberland Fusiliers, July 1st 1916
Pte. George Clough Pearson
16th Battn., Canadian Scottish, Sept. 26th 1916.
Pte. Thomas Robson Irwin,
2nd East Lancashires, Oct. 23rd 1916.
Capt. Percy Ellwood Johnston,
22nd Northumberland Fusiliers, Sept.12th 1916.
L.Corp. Robert Walton
1st Tyneside Scottish, 20th N.F., July 1st 1916.
Pte. John Tinnion
23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, July 1st 1916
Pte. Richard Braithwaite,
12th Northumberland Fusiliers, March 31st 1917
Capt. Thomas Hall Waugh, M.C.
22nd Northumberland Fusiliers, June 6th 1917.
Sergt. William Lodge,
10th Northumberland Fusiliers, Nov.9th 1916.
Sergt. Gilbert Bulman,
16th Northumberland Fusiliers, July 12th 1917.
Lieut. John Arthur Gardner Brewis,
14th D.L.I. attached R.F.C. April 29th 1917.
Lieut. John Halifax Feggetter, M.C.
12/13 Northumberland Fusiliers, Oct. 4th 1917.
Capt. Harold Percy Dobson,
1st Tyneside Scottish, 20th N.F., Oct.16th 1917.
Corp. William Robert Proctor,
Machine Gun Corps, Sept. 13th 1917
Pte. Matthew Morgan,
20th Northumberland Fusiliers, July 3rd 1916
Pte. Joseph Henderson Williams,
5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers March 28th 1918
L.Corp. George Reeve,
4th North Staffords. March 26th 1918
Pte. Martin Soulsby,
9th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, May 3rd 1918.
Driver Thomas Turnbull Cook,
Motor Transport A.S.E. Dec.31st 1916
Pte. Tom Harrison,
15th Battn. West Yorks, June 28th 1918
Pte. Lawrence John Nicholson,
Royal Sussex Cyclists, April 9th 1917
Pte. Rolfe Hanson,
7th Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, January 14th 1918.
Pte. Joseph Maughan,
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Nov.3rd, 1918.
Pte. George Tinling,
15th/17th West Yorks. May 20th 1918
Pte. Percy Pearson,
7th Royal Fusiliers Oct.10th 1918
Captain Frank Douglas Balfour M.C.
1/15th London Regiment March 23rd 1918.
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Column 2
Capt. Howard Tomlin Hunter
6th Northumberland Fusiliers, April 26th 1915
Corp. Thomas Jobson
2nd East Yorks Sept.29th 1915
Pte. Thomas Walton
12th Northumberland Fusiliers Oct.31st 1915
Corp. Charles Arthur Chapman
6th Northumberland Fusiliers Feb.14th 1916
Pte. Thomas Rutherford Robson
2nd Northumberland Fusiliers May 8th 1915
2nd Lieut. John McRobb Hall
21st Northumberland Fusiliers July 1st 1916
Pte. Thomas Prest Kidson
16th Northumberland Fusiliers July 1st 1916
Pte. Harold Armstrong
Royal Fusiliers Oct.7th 1916
Sergt. Thomas Edward Davidson
9th Northumberland Fusiliers Nov. 9th 1916
Lieut. J. Harry Edwards
14th Battn. Durham L.I. Jan. 7th 1917
A.B. Joseph William Gofton
“Drake” Battn R.N.D. Feb. 10th 1917
Pte. Thomas Ironsides Stringer
Northumberland Fusiliers, April 14th 1917
L.S. Gerard Chinnery Crone
Royal Naval Division, April 23rd 1917
Pte. Frank Rushforth
26th Northumberland Fusiliers July 9th 1917
Corp. James Seaword,
5th Northumberland Fusiliers June 28th 1917
Bugler George Edward Fleck,
Tyneside Scottish July 1st 1916
Pte. James William Turnbull,
3rd Canadian Battn. M.G.S., May 3rd 1917
Gunr. John William (Obadiah) Lamb
R.F.A. Oct.6th 1917
Capt. Thomas Foreman Forster
7th Battn. D.L.I. Oct.31st 1917 (mentioned in despatches)
Pte. George Collier
48th Australian Infantry, April 11th 1917
Pte. James Finlay
3rd Northumberland Fusiliers March 10th 1918
L.Corp. Joe. Shepherdson
19th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers March 27th 1918
L/Corp. Percy Owen Payne
16th Battn. Royal Warwicks. May 28th 1918
Pte. William Barnard Bennett Hodgson
52nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers June 12th 1918
Pte. Joseph Parker
23rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, July 1st 1918
Major Cyril Edgar Foggin,
Royal Air Force July 30th 1918
Pte. John Wears Gray
9th Battn. Highland Light Infantry Sept. 29th 1918
L/Corp. George Robert Jobson
14th Battn. King’s Own Hussars Oct.16th 1918
Capt. James Cunliffe Leask, M.C.
5th Battn Northumberland Fusiliers (T) Mar.31st 1918
2nd Lieut. George Thomas Brooks
1st/6th Battn. London Regiment, Nov.30th 1917
Pte. Oswald Detchon,
9th Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 15th Oct.1918
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Column 3
Pte. William Cecil Allison
5th Northumberland Fusiliers July 8th 1915
L.Corp. James Edward Kinnafick
14th Battn. Durham L.I. Sept. 28th 1915
Pte. George Charlton
12th Northumberland Fusiliers Sept. 27th 1915
L.Corp. Henry Jones
6th Dragoon Guards May 2nd 1915
Sapper Percy Campbell
Royal Engineers March 23rd 1916
Lieut. Rex. T. Challoner, M.C.
Cheshire (R.E.) Field Coy., July 25th 1916
L.Corp. John Johnstone
14th Northumberland Fusiliers Sept.16th 1916
Pte. Robert Stanley Milburn, D.C.M.
Yorks. & Lancs. Oct. 22nd 1916
Sergt. Robert Douglass Johnston
5th Northumberland Fusiliers May 24th 1915
Pte. Thomas Herbert Johnson
16th Northumberland Fusiliers March 2nd 1917
Pte. John Edward Charlton
4th Tyneside Scottish, N.F., July 1st 1916
Lieut. Henry Stanley Tempest Bullen
Northubld. Howitzer Brigade, R.F.A., April 14th 1917
Pte. Thomas Donald
47th Inf. Battn. Canadian E.F. May 7th 1917
Corp. Joseph Prudhoe Johnson
16th Northumberland Fusiliers July 1st 1917
1st Class Boy, George Cecil Dobson
H.M.S. Vanguard, July 9th 1917
Pte. William Wakelam
8th Northumberland Fusiliers Aug.16th 1917
2nd Lieut. Geoffrey Garbutt Dickinson
1st Northumbrian Brigade, R.F.A., Oct. 2nd 1917.
Corp. Albert William Diericx,
1st Australian Engineers, Oct. 17th 1917
Pte. Anthony Young Charlton,
1st 5th Northumberland Fusiliers Nov. 14th 1916
Pte. Robert Davis Bell
West Yorks. April 23rd 1917
Pte. Sidney Smith
5th Battn. North Staffords. April 28th 1918
Pte. George William Denton, M.M.
6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers April 13th 1918
L.Corp. George Leigh
5th Northumberland Fusiliers March 26th 1918
2nd Lieut. William Burnett Row
1st/5th West Yorks. April 14th 1918
Pte. Robert William Hartford
5th Battn Northumberland Fusiliers May 24th 1915
Sergt. David Orr
20th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers June 5th 1917
Corp. James Neville Fletcher
6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers May 28th 1915
Sapper John Thomas Hetherington
Royal Engineers, May 27th 1918
Pte. Robert Hetherington
6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers Nov. 11th 1918
Lieut. John Charlton Tetley
7th Durham Light Infantry, April 11th 1918
Sergt. Charles Thomas Gibson, M.M.
Motor Transport A.S.C., Aug. 10th 1919
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Centre bottom
Erected by his Father and Mother
in affectionate memory of their dear Son
Lieutenant J. Harry Edwards 14th D.L.I.
killed in action in France
January 7th 1917.
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