Memorial

Plaques 1914-18 Venerable Bede

Gateshead

Memorial Name: Plaques 1914-18 Venerable Bede (G39.025)

NEWMP Ref No.: G39.025

Parish: Gateshead

Original Location:

In Venerable Bede Church, Sunderland Road (demolished).

On the wall at the west end behind the font.

Past Location:

Old Town Hall

Present Location:

St Edmund’s Chapel, 241 High Street, Gateshead NE8 1DJ. 2019

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 29th May 1920 by Archdeacon of Auckland, Ven. P.A. Derry, M.A., former Rector of Gateshead.

Materials Used:

Grey marble.

Present Condition: Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Messrs. Walter Wilson and Son, Gateshead, designed the plaque.

Ownership and Maintenance: St. Edmunds church.

Inscription:

In grateful memory
of the men of this parish who
gave their lives for us in
the Great War 1914-1918.

Later plaque:
This memorial was originally displayed in
Venerable Bede Church. Following demolition
of the church, it was carefully restored by the
Parish of Gateshead (St. James and St. Bede
Church and St. Edmund Chapel) and was
transferred to the Old Town Hall in 2012.

Memorial Description:

Plaque nearly 10 feet (3m), long and shallow, with raised centre top.

It has a raised centre top with an engraved narrow border, black-edged.

This bears the dedication in incised capitals painted gold.

The main part of the memorial has a narrow engraved border.

The names are listed in eight columns, the letters incised and gilded using sans serif capitals.

Nearby is a later plaque explaining the moves to preserve the memorial. It has a single gilded border.

Lettering is in gilded Roman lower case.

Names:

219 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Both St. James’s Church and the Venerable Bede Church were demolished, the former through failure of the fabric and the latter through vandalism. The hall of the Venerable Bede Church was restored as a centre with chapel using furnishings from the old church and the two congregations were amalgamated.

2. Out of a population of 8,000 the figure of 216 losses “is said to be almost a record in losses in the war”

3. For a while the plaque was stored in the cellar of the St. James and St. Bede Church Centre, Wordsworth Street, Gateshead. It was then moved to Gateshead Old Town Hall, West Street, NZ 254633 in 2012.

4. June 15th 2019 it was officially “unveiled” in St. Edmund’s Chapel by the Mayor of Gateshead Councillor Michael Hood.

5. A Gateshead Council representative sent the following:
“As regards the Venerable Bede War Memorial yes I moved the plaques into St Edmund’s Chapel last April. The War Memorial was moved from the Venerable Bede’s Church on Sunderland Road when it was demolished in the 1980s and from my understanding it was stored in the basement of the now St James & St Bede Church Centre which was located next to the Church. It was later restored and bequeathed to Gateshead Council in 2012 who installed it in the Old Town Hall, West Street, Gateshead. Due to austerity measures the Old Town Hall was sold to a private enterprise and the decision was taken to remove the War Memorial as it would no longer be publicly accessible and we could not guarantee its safety. The War Memorial was then temporarily stored in Gateshead Councils, Shearlegs Road Depot until Faculty approval was received from the Diocese of Durham.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; James Pasby

Illustrated Chronicle
27/05/1920 reports proposed unveiling;
28/05/1920 carries photo

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
27/05/1920 reports proposed unveiling;
31/05/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
31/05/1920 describes the unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
29/05/1920 reports unveiling “today”;
05/06/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
27/05/1920 reports proposed unveiling;
31/05/1920

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 27 Thu -1920
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 28 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 05 27 Thu -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 05 31 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Nan Smith;
Rev. Jonathan Inkpen;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall;
Phil Howarth;
James Pasby;
Gateshead Council (note 5);

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Names Documents:

               In grateful memory of the men of this Parish who 

                gave their lives for us in the Great War 1914-1918

  

     Column 1           Column 2            Column 3             Column 4

   

     Rd. Adams         Fdk. Burton         Rbt. A. Eadie       Ald. J. Hampton

     Rbt. Adams        Thos. Cann          Wm. Edwards         Rbt. W. Hancock

     Chas. E. Aiston   Dav. Carr           Jno. Elderbrant     Geo. Harris

     Geo. S. Anderson  Alf. H. Chapman     Wm. Elsdon          Jas. Harris

     Jas. Appleby      Aquila Clark        Wm. C. Embleton     Thos. W. Harris

     Gardner Atkinson  Geo. Clark          Wm. Emmerton        Jno. G. Harrison

     Rbt. W. Atkinson  Jno. Clark          Owen Fagan          Thos. Hattle

     Harold Batey      Jno. Cleamson       Jas. Fallon         Jno. Haxon

     Fdk. Batie        Geo. Clough         Wm. Fawcett         Sam. Hazeldine

     Wm. C. Batie      Jno. W. Cooper      Jno. Fenwick        Hy. Heckles

     Jno. H. Beckett   Thos. H. Cowell     Wm. D. Fettes       Jas. Hedley

     Fdk. J. Bell      Wr. G. Craig        Chas. J. Flintoff   Wm. W. Hedley

     Geo. Baptist      Jno. R. Crow        Hbt. N. Fogg        Wm. Henderson

     Jon. Bird         Fdk. J. Dale        Perc. D. Forrett    Fdk. Heslop 

     Thos. Birks       Jno. Davison        Chas. Forster       Geo Heslop

     Rod. Birney       Wr. D. Davison      Thos. Foster        Wm. H. Hill

     Adam L.C. Black   Alb. Dawson         Hbt. Franklin       Jas. H. Hogan

     Thos.D. Blackburn Fdk. E. Deacon      Wm. Franks          Thos. Horner

     Jos. Bonney       Pat. Delaney        Arch. Fullard       Geo. A. Hutchinson

     Jos. N. Bowman    Geo. Dinsley        Simon Fullard       Hbt. W. Holloway

     Thos. Y. Bowman   Ernest Dix          Geo. Gelson         And. Inglis

     Chas. Braithwaite Matt. H. Dix        Geo. Golightly      Wm. Ingram

     Jno. Brown        Thos. G. Dix        Thos. H. Graham     Harry R. Iredale

     Jos. Brown        Wm. Dixon           Geo. W. Gray        Rbt. S. Iredale

     Martin Brown      Lewis H. Dodds      Young R. Grey       Rd. Jackson

     Jno. Buglass      Wm. Donalson        Foster Guthrie      Alf. Johnson

     Francis Burns     Jas. Donovan        Rd. Hall            Geo. Johnson

     Jas. Burns        Thos. Downie        Wm. W. Hall         Ed. Jones

     Jno. T. Burns     Jas. Durkin         Hy. Hampton         Thos. Kane 

   

     Column 5           Column 6           Column 7            Column 8

   

     Wr. Kettle         Jas. Napier        Ed. Sample          Rbt. Waller

     Wr. A. King        Jas. Nelson        Jno. Wm. Scope      Geo. H. Ward

     Wm. Kirsopp        Rbt. Nelson        Ed. A. Scott        Jas. Watson

     Ben. Lake          Chas. Newall       Robt. E. Scott      Chas. R. Weddle

     Ed. Lazenby        Hy. Nichol         Thos. W. Scott      Dav. Wharton

     Chas. E. Lowe      Dav. Nicholson     Wr. C. Scott        Stan. J. Whittle

     Jno. W. McCann     Jon. Nicholson     Jas. Sinton         Geo. R. Whittle

     Thos. MacDonald    Ab. Noble          Chas. Smith         Jno. Wilkin

     Art. McGurk        Wilfred North      Thos. Smith         Matt. Wilkins

     Geo. McGurk        Jas. O'Hare        Thos. Spencer       Wm. E. Wilkinson

     Dan. Mackin        Thos. Owens        Hudson Stephenson   Thos. Y. Williams

     Hy. McPherson      Harry L. Palmer    Lewis H. Stephenson Fenwick Wilson

     Don. McPhail       Jno. J.J. Palmer   Thos. Stevenson     Wm. Wilson

     Fdk. J. Macro      Jas. W. Parker     Rd. J. Stewart      Geo. A. Wrightson

     Geo. W. Maddick    Jos. Parker        Rph. R. Stobbs      Rbt. Young

     Jno. Melville      Rob. Peneluna      Ughtred Sutton      Thos. W. Young

     Nich. Mewes        Alec. Proudfoot    Jno. Ternent

     Geo. T. Miles      Geo. Quin          Geo. Thompson

     Jno. W. Miller     Jno. W. Ray        Geo. W. Thompson

     Thos. F. Mitchell  Hbt. Robertson     Jas. R. Thomson

     Fdk. Moody         Jos. Robinson      Geo. E. Tinsley

     Jas. Hy. Morgan    Jos. K. Robinson   Thos. Todhunter

     Thos. Morning      Art. Rochead       Wm. Tomlinson

     Thos. C. Morris    Wm. B. Roley       Austin J. Tracey

     Thos. Munro        Jno. H. Ross       Harvey O. Tully

     Wm. A. Munro       Wm. Ross           Jno. Tweedy

     Ron. Murdock       Sid. L. Ruddick    Fdk. G. Usher

     Nich. Murphy       Geo. Y. Rutherford Wm. Utterson

     Wm. Murr           Matt. Ryles        Rd. Wall

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