Memorial
Plaque Served 1914-18 St. Nicholas
Gosforth
Memorial Name: Plaque Served 1914-18 St. Nicholas (G9.19)
NEWMP Ref No.: G9.19
Parish: Gosforth
St. Nicholas’ Church, Church Road.
On either side of the centre aisle at west end of nave.
The southern one of two.
This was originally on the wall of the tower.
See Note 1 below.
1914-18
Dedicated December 1919 by Rev. A.S. Wardroper, Vicar of Walker
Wood
Erected by Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Edwards, Gosforth.
Ralph Hedley, 52 St.Mary’s Place, Newcastle on Tyne.
Designed by Miss Davies
1914 † 1919
They served their God, King and Country.
(Names)
at bottom
Erected by Mr. & Mrs. J.H Edwards, Gosforth
in appreciation of those who served
in the Great War 1914-1919, and as
a token of thanksgiving for the safe
return of their younger son
Capt. L. Edwards, 7th N.F.
Plaque 59 inches high x 54 inches wide (150cms x 137cms), very plain, with rounded centre top.
In the arch thus created is a plain cross, with the “They served . . . Country” below.
The plaque is divided into five panels, on which the names are painted in a single column on each.
Below these, at the centre of the wide frame are the details of the erection, in gilded Roman capitals.
On either side are the badges of (left) the Northumberland Fusiliers, and (right) the Durham Light Infantry, raised in half relief and gilded these being the regiments of the donors’ sons.
485 surnames and initials.
See transcript.
1. For companion plaque of those who died, see G9.06
2. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards had applied for Faculty No. 571 dated 29/1/1917 for a tablet which said “Erected by his father and mother in affectionate memory of their dear son Lieut. J. Harry Edwards killed in action in France Jany.7 1917″. When the time came to erect this one, the other was brought from its position in the tower to be placed near this memorial.
Photos: Philip Thirkell; Tony Harding; Major P.B.I. Hoppe; James Pasby
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
27/12/1919 reports dedication.
Tyne & Wear Archives
Ref: DT.CC/213/7 contains a photo of this memorial. Ralph Hedley photo series. DT/RH/20-1-232
Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No. 601 21/5/1919
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P. Thirkell;
Major Hoppe (Gosforth L.H.S.);
Tony Harding;
James Pasby
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GOSFORTH, St. Nicholas’ Church.
1914 1919
They served their God, King and Country.
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Avery, W. Craig, W. Harrison, G. Megoran, W.M. Sinton, W.J.
Adams, A. Cook, G. Howard, J. McNeill, A. Smith, T.
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Anderson, J. Cuthbertson, J. Harker, J. McCree, G. Stringer, R.
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Avery, J. Cuthbertson, R. Hardy, S. Mullarkey, W. Story, H.
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Brown, C.F. Darby, C. Hindmarsh, B. Masters, A.M. Soones, H.
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Collier, W.D. Findlay, W.C. Lamb, A.C. Ross, J.T.T. Watson, F.
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Colgrave-Scott, C. Ferguson, J.R. Lackenby, A. Sutton, R. Watts, G.F.
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Coombes, G.E. Hogg, W.M. Maughan, P. Stephenson, E. Wilson, H.A.
Hall, W. Moore, C. Stephenson, W. Waugh, H.
Snowball, G. Walton, H.M.
Sinton, D. Young, J.
Scott, J. Young, W.
Speight, H.T. Young, M.
Simpson, J.G.
Stuart, W.
Erected by Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Edwards, Gosforth,
(Badge appreciation of those who served (Badge,
N.F.) in the Great War 1914-1919, and as D.L.I.)
a token of thanksgiving for the safe
return of their younger son
Capt. L. Edwards, 7th N.F.
NamesG9.19
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