Memorial

Bells and Plaque 1914-18 St. Margaret of Antioch

Scotswood

Memorial Name: Bells and Plaque 1914-18 St. Margaret of Antioch (S84.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: S84.02

Parish: Scotswood

Original Location:

St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Armstrong Road / Heighley Street

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 25th March 1921 by Canon Oakley, Vicar of Jesmond, in the unavoidable absence of the Bishop of Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Brass plaque

Present Condition: The bells have gone.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Plaque made by Ralph Hedley, 52 St.Mary’s Place, Newcastle

Bells cast by Messrs. Harrington, Holland and Co. of Coventry.

Plaque frame designed by Miss Davies.

Inscription:

The Unreturning Brave
from the Great War 1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Peal of 8 tubular bells.

“Seventy changes can be played on them, and they are adapted for hymn tunes”.

The plaque has a wood frame with moulded edge.

At centre top is a raised fretted design incorporating a gold flower.

Below this is a circular enamelled picture of a ?pilgrim.

In the two top corners is a Tudor rose stem in full colour In the bottom border is the gold flower at centre and a Tudor rose in each corner.

The centre plaque bears the dedication and the names in three columns.

Lettering is in Roman capitals in black with red initials.

Names:

116 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The church has been restored in recent years, and the bells seem to have disappeared at that time.

2. A “Scotswood Own Soldiers and Sailors Welcome Home Fund” had been organized. A meeting in November 1920 showed that £700 14s 4d had been raised of which £640 18s 10d had been spent leaving £34.15s 6d.
408 men who returned had each received a 10 shilling note and a silver medallion.
Eleven gold watches and alberts had been presented to men who obtained distinctions.
75 had been killed or died from wounds.
It was agreed that a memorial plaque be obtained naming all who fell.

Sources:

Photos of plaque: Tony Harding

Blaydon Courier
06/11/1920 reports Welcome Home Fund;
02/04/1921 reports dedication of bells and reports that the plaque would be unveiled at a later date in memory of 120 men who fell.

Northern Echo
26/03/1921 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily News
26/03/1921 reports dedication of bells;
18/10/1921 reports unveiling of plaque by Major Pybus

Diocese of Newcastle
Faculty No.771, 25/10/1921

Tyne and Wear Archives
set of Ralph Hedley photos of plaque DT/RH/20-1-232 Series

Source of quotation
“The unreturning brave” : Childe Harolde by Lord Byron. Full quotation is ‘He is buried with those who fought and died with him, the unreturning brave’.

Research Acknowledgements:

Sally Bird;
Ralph W. Gould;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by St. James Heritage and Environment group.

Contact stjamesbenwell@gmail.com

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

SCOTSWOOD      St. Margaret of Antioch Church

 

  The unreturning brave

  from the Great War 1914-1918

 

  J. Aitchison     J. Fenton        A. Pattison

  T. Amos          N. Fisher        A. Pattison

  T.R. Anderson    D. Forster       G. Penning

  R. Armstrong     J. Goffin        A. Potts

  W. Arthur        J.H.E. Groom     E. Revell

  M. Atkinson      G. Halliday      W. Richardson

  T.H. Barnett     G.A. Hamill      E. Robson

  W. Beat          G.M. Henderson   J. Spoor

  T. Bell          J.J. Henderson   N. Spoor

  W. Bemore        R. Henderson     W.H. Stanley

  G. Brayson       W. Hetherington  C. Steele

  W. Brayson       R. Holland       T. Steele

  R. Briggs        J.W. Holt        J. Stembridge

  J.R. Brown       E. Howe          W.G. Stephenson

  C. Burn          R. Hughes        G. Surtees

  W. Burn          A.N. Hunt        T. Taylor

  J. Bushby        J. Hunter        J. Thompson

  T.E. Carr        J. Humble        J. Thompson

  E. Cavanagh      J. Hutchinson    J. Thompson

  J. Cavanagh      W. Hutchinson    J.S. Thompson

  J. Clough        C.W. Jarvis      R. Thompson

  J. Clynes        F. Keenleyside   R. Thompson

  H.W. Coats       W. Lee           W.A. Thompson

  T. Cole          G.S. Lewins      R.W. Tinnion   

  R. Connelly      A. Lewis         S.H. Tinnion

  W. Connelly      J.W. Lowther     A. Todd

  J. Craven        D. Massey        G. Tuddenham

  J.G. Cummings    J. McCabe        F.E. Tulip.

  J.W. Cummings    J.A. Miller      R. Turbitt

  W.P. Cuthbert    F. Mitchell      T. Tweedy

  H. Dickinson     J. Moore         J. Urwin

  J. Dickinson     C. Nichol        J.A. Varey

  J. Dougherty     J. Nichol        R. Walpole

  T. Douglas       N. Nicholson     T. Waters

  J. Drinkwater    J.R. Nixon       R. Weatherit

  W. Dunn          S.J. Northey     F. Whittles

  T. Dykes         S. Oliver        J.W. Willis

  T. Ellison       J. O’Neill       W. Wilson

  A. Epstein       +    +    +       R. Young

                                 Edward C. Harris

                                 First Vicar

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The Newcastle Daily Chronicle has some slight variations:

  R. Burdon is listed in the newspaper but not on here.

  H.W. Coats is spelled “Coates”.

  “A.W. Hunt” instead of “A.N. Hunt”

  “J. O’Neil” instead of “J. O’Neill”

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