Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Northern Conservative and Unionist Club

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Northern Conservative and Unionist Club (NUT147)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT147

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

In Northern Constitutional Club, 37 Pilgrim Street.

In foyer upstairs.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled November 7th 1924 by the Duke of Northumberland.

Materials Used:

Bronze

Inscription:

To the glory of God and in
grateful memory of the members of the
Northern Conservative and Unionist Club
who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 30 inches high x 48 inches wide. (76cms x 122cms)

In the top left hand corner is the Northumberland County badge, and in the top right hand corner is the badge of Newcastle City, both enamelled in colour.

There is a border pattern of leaves raised in casting.

The names are listed in three columns in raised Roman capitals.

Names:

46 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This was not the original building, which was demolished and rebuilt.

2. The Chairman, Mr. C. Leo Reid, presided at the unveiling.

3. The Duke of Northumberland stated that memorials were not only to commemorate the dead but to inspire the living.

4. The plaque was found in a cupboard by the secretary and reinstated in Northern Constitutional Club.

 

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

Illustrated Chronicle
08/11/1924 reports unveiling.

News Post Leader
11/11/1999 feature 75 years ago for Monday 10th November 1924 reports unveiling “last Friday”.

Sources Link: http://newmp-staging-site-org-uk.stackstaging.com/person/r-j-t-ingram-johnson/?preview_id=46518&preview_nonce=9060cc712f&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown;
Duncan Brodie; Club Secretary;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

Newcastle upon Tyne Northern Constitutional Club.

 

  To the glory of God and in

  grateful memory of the members of the

  Northern Conservative and Unionist Club

  who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

 

  C.J.H. Adamson        H. Jacks             A.S. Ritson

  G. Atkinson           J.M. Kent (Junr).    N.S. Robinson

  P.F. Clennell         H. Basil Knott       G.L. Russell

  H.M. Cohan            J. Leadbitter Knott  W.E.O. Scott

  R.V.L. Dallas         R.E.B. Lisle         R. Smith

  J. Dickinson          F.W. Lockey          Herbert Stewart

  W.M. Dodds            A.C.K. McIntosh      H.R.C. Sutcliffe

  R.C. Dunford          W.D. Maughan         V.O. Thompson

  P.H. Edwards          Herbert Miller       J.G. Todd

  J.P. Forster          E.H. Moore           F.R.G. Tomlinson

  B.J. Haslegrove       E.R. Mundle          J.P. Walker

  J.R. Hedley           J.T. Newton          H.W. Waller

  T.H. Helme            C.A. Patterson       F.M. Weeks

  D.D. Horne            J. Pearson           R.E. White

  R.G.T. Ingram-Johnson S.R. Radcliffe       F. Dobell Young

                        H. Atkinson

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