Memorial

Plaque 1939-45 Dame Allan’s School

Fenham

Memorial Name: Plaque 1939-45 Dame Allan's School (F31.22)

NEWMP Ref No.: F31.22

Parish: Fenham

Original Location:

Dame Allan’s Schools. In Newsom Hall.

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 23rd June 1950 by Rt.Revd. the Lord Bishop of Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Brass

Inscription:

The Second World War

1939 – 1945
(Names

In Lower border
Orders and decorations 22
Known to have served 411. The Fallen 43.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 4 feet 6 inches high x 7 feet 2 inches wide.

This is set in a wood frame, into the centre of which is a brass plate 2 feet 5 inches high x 4 feet wide.

At centre top are the words “The Second World War”.

To the left and right sides of the plaque are the decorations earned.

The brass plaque has the school badge at centre top with the dates on either side.

The names are listed in three columns. Lettering throughout is Roman capitals

Names:

22 names and regiments of those decorated;
10 names and regiments of those Mentioned in Despatches.
43 names of the fallen.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Former Pupil Lt. Cdr. Philip Noel “Fearless Freddie” Charlton was a Fleet Air Arm fighter ace of 1939-45 war, and a member of the Goldfish Club established for those who survived being in the sea. He was a pupil at Dame Allan’s between 1929-1934.

Sources:

Photo: E.D. Smith

Service of Dedication;

Old Boys’ Roll of Service
lists those who died and also those who served including a “hearty welcome to the returned Prisoners of War”.

Dame Allan’s Schools Newcastle upon Tyne 1705-2005 E.D. Smith. Published by the Dame Allan’s Schools, 2005 ISBN 0 9551275 0 5

Additional Research Documents

F31.22 Roll of Service.doc

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F31.22 Unveiling Programme.doc

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Research Acknowledgements:

E.D. Smith;
Tony Harding

Research In Progress:

The names on Dame Allan’s School WW2 memorial are being researched by Simon Glancey Contact: simon@neaa.co.uk

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Names Documents:

FENHAM      Dame Allan’s Schools

 

Centre Panel  

 

  The Second World War

1939 1945

 

John Frederick Woodward Allen     Grenville Charles Hall              Leo Parton Milum      

John Foulds Adamson               Jan Hamilton                        Leslie Septimus Morley   

Ronald William Adamson            Douglas Richard Montgomery Harrison Kenneth Nicholson      

Donald Hope Beck                  Derek Winget Hughes                 James Sydney Spark      

William Rochester Boiston MBE DSM James Allan Hutton                  Richard Stringfellow      

Alfred Brown                      George Charlton Jobling             William Thirlaway         

Lancelot Louis Casson             Kingston Kay                        Matthew Roy Turnbull   

William Kenneth Charlton          Dennis Layton                       Eric Twizell            

John Alistair Christison          William Hubert Leete OBE DFC TD     Stanley Vernon Vart         

Thomas Turner Davidson            Kenneth William MacGregor           John Denis Walker         

John Hedley Dodd                  George Stephenson Mallen            Neville Watson         

William Donald Dorey              Spence Mallen                       Ernest Miller Watts         

Douglas Cunningham Elder          John Noel March                     William Henry Williams      

Alfred Fox                        Kenneth Coverdale May               John Francis Carter         

William Stanley Gibson            Robert Meikle                       Thomas Snowdon Heron      

 

Orders and decorations 22

Known to have served 411.  The Fallen 43.

—————————————————————————

Left Column                          Right Column  

   O.B.E.                            D.S.M.

A. Ingleby, Y and L.              J. Bell,R.N.(S)

W.H. Leete, D.F.C., T.D., R.N.F.  S. Fenwick,R.N.

   M.B.E.                            M.M.

W.R. Boiston, D.S.M. M.N.         T. Bullerwell, R.C. of Signals

   D.S.C.                            D.F.M.

P.N. Charlton, R.N.(A)            J.L. Bowmer, R.A.F.

   M.C.                           H. Fender, R.A.F.

R.J. Elliott, D.L.I                  A.F.M.

J.D. Fitzpatrick, R.A.            R.B. Clark, R.A.F.

P.M. Laws, Nigerian Regt.            Mentioned in Despatches

   D.F.C.                         T.R. Barron, Paratroopers

T.A. Barker, R.A.F.               F. Brewis, R.A.

J.L. Bowmer, R.A.F.               K.R. Brown, R.C. of Signals

P.N. Charlton, R.N.(A)            P.N. Charlton, DSC, DFC, RN(A)

R.B. Clark, R.A.F.                J.A. Christison, Black Watch

R.R. Gee, R.A.F.                  J.D. Fitzpatrick, M.C., R.A.

N.W. Manners, R.A.F.              W.J.D. Hall, R.A.

E. Noble, R.A.F.                  G.H. Harrison, D.L.I.

J.L. Watts, R.A.F.                R. Milnes, D.L.I.

C.J. Wearmouth, R.A.F.            P.C. Stronach, R.A.

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