Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 Council School

Shieldfield

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Council School (S109.07 )

NEWMP Ref No.: S109.07

Parish: Shieldfield

Original Location:

Shieldfield Council School.

In the senior department.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 16th February 1921 by Lieut. Col. H.C. Millican;
dedicated by Rev. W.H. Anning, Vicar of Christ Church and chaplain to the Royal Air Force.

Materials Used:

Oak

How Money was Raised:

The schoolchildren raised £13.

The plaque was donated anonymously.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. M. Forster, engraver of Nun Street, Newcastle.
A joiner, who wished to remain anonymous.

Inscription:

(Dedicated to former pupils who fell)

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, “handsome carved oak board, with the names of the fallen men inscribed in gold-leaf lettering.”

It has three panels.

Names:

32 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript

Notes:

1. 95 former pupils volunteered.

2. The joiner who donated the board presented it as a thank offering for his own safe return from service abroad.

3. According to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, the plaque was designed by the anonymous donor, but it was made by Mr. M. Forster, engraver of Nun Street, Newcastle.

Sources:

Illustrated Chronicle
17/02/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
12/02/1921 describes the plaque and reports proposed unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Illustrated Chronicle 17/02/1921

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Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 12/02/1921

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Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

SHIELDFIELD  Council School

    

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor a good photograph.

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     North’d Fusiliers        Pte. G. Blackburn

  Lt.   A. Arthur M.C., M.M.  Pte. E. Gardner

  Sgt.  E. Stephenson         Pte. R. Young

  L/Cpl.J. Hay                Pte. R. Stafford

  Pte.  R.W. Hay                 Coldstream Guards

  Pte.  T. Robson             Pte. H. Holmes

  Pte.  J. Clark              West Ridings

  Pte.  A. Tweed              Pte. R. Douglas

  Pte.  A. Robinson              Royal Sussex

  Pte.  J.G.M. Walker         Pte.  Ed. Johnson

  Pte.  R. Fenton                R.N.D.

  Pte.  W. Martin             A.B.  J.W. Kidd

  Pte.  J.W. Hudson           A.B. J.W. Nelson

  Pte.  A. Morrison           A.B.  A.W. Larkman

  Pte.  W. Bell                  R.G.A.

  Pte.  R. Nelson             Cpl. C. Hutchinson

  Pte.  J. Stobbs                 R.F.A.

  Pte.  W. Higgins            Sgt. T. Birkett

      D.L.I.                    Labour Corps

  Sgt.  T. Blackburn          Pte. J.R. Gilroy

NamesS109.07

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