Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 West Jesmond Council School

Jesmond

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 West Jesmond Council School (J1.15)

NEWMP Ref No.: J1.15

Parish: Jesmond

Original Location:

West Jesmond Council School, Tankerville Terrace (now the Primary School).

At the foot of the stairs inside a minor entrance.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 18th March 1921 by the Lord Mayor, Cllr. T.W. Rowe

Materials Used:

Bronzed copper

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. J.S. Longstaff, of the Handicrafts Guild, Armstrong College.

Inscription:

To the honoured memory of those
former teachers and pupils of this
school who lost their lives in the
Great War 1914-1919
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Plaque 24 inches high x 36 inches wide (608mm x 912mm) with slight curved centre top.

“Bronzed copper repousse work mounted on oak and surmounted by the city arms in enamel”.

There is a wide border of raised pattern.

Names are listed in four columns in raised Roman capitals.

Names:

54 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. West Jesmond School: 100 years of memories contains a photograph of the plaque.
On page 181 there is a copy of an article from an unnamed and undated newspaper article from the Newcastle Chronicle and Journal Group which refers to the forthcoming unveiling of the Memorial Tablet and Roll of Honour (J1.21).
The article lists 55 names, that of Charles Wall not being on the memorial.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding

Illustrated Chronicle
19/03/1921 reports unveiling with photos.

Newcastle Daily Journal
 09/04/1920 contains a letter from R.D. Swann, Headmaster, requesting information for a memorial.

Northern Echo
 15/03/1921 reports unveiling tomorrow.

West Jesmond School: 100 years of memories. Jeans, Christine, 2002.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 03 15 Tue -1921
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 03 19 Sat -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

John Maughan;
Tony Harding;
Christine Jeans;
Dorothy Hall;
Mike Holland

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Names Documents:

JESMOND Primary School, Tankerville Terrace.

 

  To the honoured memory of those

  former teachers and pupils of this

  school who gave their lives in the

  Great War 1914-1918

 

  Frank Anderson      Percy Fenwick     Wm. Macauley         William. B. Row

  Percy Anderson      Alex. Forrest     J. Gordon Mair       Jack H. Sellars

  Thos. E. Bainbridge Ernest Forrest    Edwin McCarthy       Henry Sibbit

  Ernest Barker       Wm. H. Glazebrook Foster Mills         Sid. Smallwood

  John C. Barker      John Gray         Alf. Monkhouse       Andrew Smith

  Reuben Bezer        Alfred A. Hall    Stanley Morris       Fred. Stewart

  Henry Blackshaw     Stanley C. Hall   Lawnce. J. Nicholson George Urwin

  Henry Bolton        Henry A. Iung     Turven Paxton        Joseph G. Wight

  Ernest Boyce        George Jacques    John Pittendrigh     Jas. J. Williams

  Clifford Buck       George R. Jobson  Leslie Raimes        Thomas Wilson

  Chas. F. Chapman    William Johnson   Watson Revell        George Woodall

  George Denton       George Kennedy    Claude Robley        Harold E. Woods

  Donald P. Duncan    Arthur Leech      Reg. J. Robley

  Albert Errington    Matthew Lennox    George Robson                

NamesJ1.15   

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