Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club

South Shields

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club (S86.137)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.137

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

South Shields Golf Club, Fellside.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 16th October 1920 by Mr. James Readhead, President of the Club,
dedicated by Rev. R.P. Moorsom, Vicar of Cleadon.

Materials Used:

Brass

Who Commissioned:

South Shields Golf Club

Inscription:

This tablet was
erected in proud
memory of those
members of the club
who made the sup-
reme sacrifice in the
Great War 1914-1918.

Their name liveth for evermore

Memorial Description:

Plaque 25½ inches high x 21 inches wide (647mm x 533mm) with stylized border culminating in each corner with a square containing two circles..

Down the left hand side is a sword on which are superimposed a golf bag with clubs, laurel leaves and a rifle.

The inscription is on the right hand side, the dedication in elongated Roman capitals and the names in lower case Roman.

The quotation at the bottom is in elongated Roman capitals.

Names:

8 names, ranks and year of death.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The memorial was unveiled at premises in Cleadon.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; Bill Allon; Peter Hoy

Illustrated Chronicle
18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
23/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Shields Daily Gazette
15/10/1920 carries an advertisement of the proposed unveiling;
18/10/1920 reports unveiling;
19/10/1920 reports again because a name had been omitted from the list the previous day.

Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth for ever” Apocrypha, Book of Ecclesiasticus 44.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 10 18 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding;
Mike Mulhern;
Bill Allon;
James Hoy Archives;
James Pasby

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.

Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

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Names Documents:

SOUTH SHIELDS  Golf Club

 

  This tablet was

  erected in proud

  memory of those

  members of the club

  who made the sup-

  reme sacrifice in the

  Great War 1914-1918

  Lt. Comdr. W.M. Annand.   1915

  Lt. Alan Darling.         1916

  Capt. W.E.O. Scott.       1916

  Major F. Moore Armstrong. 1917

  Lt. C. Jarah.             1917

  Lt. D.M. Chapman.         1918

  Sergt. H.N. Macdonald.    1918

  Nurse Dorothy Chapman.    1918

    (Died on Service)

  Their name liveth forevermore

NamesS86.137

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