Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 R. Robinson and Co. Ltd.

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 R. Robinson and Co. Ltd. (NUT036)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT036

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Messrs. R. Robinson & Co. Ltd., Clavering Place.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 11th November 1921

Who Commissioned:

R. Robinson & Co. Ltd.

Inscription:

R. Robinson & Co. Ltd.
Roll of Honour
A tribute to the Members of Staff who
served with His Majesty’s Forces in the Great War
1914-1919

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

There is a wide border of decorated circles.

The names of the fallen are in two columns inside a single line frame.

Those who served are listed in four columns.

Names:

10 surnames, initials and decorations of those who fell;
96 surnames, initials and decorations of those who served.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The firm celebrated its centenary in 1918. They produced a photographic record of its history including portraits of all the staff.
Mr. Robert Robinson was a grocer before he was a paper merchant. He changed his trade by buying a large consignment of paper which he quickly disposed of. He opened negotiations with the paper makers and achieved such success that he abandoned the grocery section.
The firm became Messrs. R. Robinson & Co.Ltd., wholesale and manufacturing stationers. The book is described as “So beautifully done are the process illustrations that they might well have been taken for actual photographs, and they are grouped on backgrounds representing marble, matting and Morocco with pleasing effect.” The firm was described as having been founded when “the press gang, the body snatchers, the ducking stool and the pillory were active institutions”.

2. From the firm “every available joined up and seven did not return”.

Sources:

Illustrated Chronicle
11/11/1921 reports proposed unveiling including the photo shown here.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
02/09/1921 reports issue of the centenary booklet.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
12/11/1921 carries photos of plaque.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE      Messrs. R. Robinson & Co. Ltd.

The following has been extracted from a press photo.

It has not been compared with the original nor

a good photograph

——————————————————————

  R. Robinson & Co. Ltd.

  Roll of Honour

  A tribute to the Members of Staff who

  served with His Majesty’s Forces in the Great War

  1914-1919

  E. Adams, M.M.  W. McKetterick

  E. Barker       Leo. P. McManus

  A. Falconar     W. Pape

  W. Keppie       Victor Sutton

  G. Lacey        A.N. Wilkie.

  Chas. Adams     J. Fairbairn       S. Joyce          J.S. Redhead

  W. Aikman       G. Falconar        A.B. Kerr         J. Renton

  J. Ayres        O. Fawcett         J. Kidd           E. Ridley

  G. Banks        J.H. Ferguson      C. Kibby          F. Robson

  J. Bell         J.T. Ferguson      G. Locker         T. Robson

  J.T. Bell       J. Fenwick         A. Marlow         R. Ruthera

  R. Bowman       R. Forster         J. Marshall       E.S. Shannon

  A. Bond         A. Forsyth, M.M.   J. Mitchell       R. Stephenson

  W. Brown        A. Gair            W.E. Moffatt      P. Stewart

  R.C. Boyd       T.R. Galloway      W.J. Mower        W. Simpson

  E. Bryce        G.R. Galloway      A. Murray         J.R. Shield

  C.W. Carr       J.G. Galloway      W. McCletchie     J.W. Smith

  R. Cummins      J. Glass           J. McGhee         P. Smith

  L. Cuthbertson  M. Gibson          G.H. McLean       O. Stringer

  J.E. Darby      J.E. Gordon          Croix de Guerre W. Telford

  P. Dickinson    J. Gunn            J.S. McLean       J. Temperley

  C. Donkin       J.D. Hastings      T. McVicar        T. Tiffen

  J. Dunn         L. Harris          F. Oswald         P. Tinker

  H. Eckford      A. Heath           J.R. Ovens        J.W. Thompson

  J.G. Eddy       J.N. Hettick       J.S. Parker       J.W. Tully

  S. Elsdon       L. Henderson       E. Parkinson      T.H. Turner, MSM.

  F.W. Eltringham R. Herbertson      J. Peers          MBC (Roumanian)

  T. Enderby      F. Hillier         S. Preston        A.P. Wilson

  R. Ewen         D. Hillyard        O. Prudhoe        W. Yeates

                  C.D. Johnston M.M. W. Rae

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