Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Synagogue

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Synagogue (NUT212)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT212

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

12 Leazes Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PF. NZ 24568 64573

Present Location:

Prayer house at the Hazelrigg Cemetery, 11-13 Coach Lane, Gosforth. NE13 6PR NZ 24151 71876

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 5th February 1922 by Lieutenant H.V. Marks, M.C.
assisted by Rabbi J. Kyanski and Rev. S. Franklin.

Inscription:

At foot
Newcastle upon Tyne Old Hebrew Congregation: Roll of Honour.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with rounded centre top.

Along the top is an inscription in Hebrew.

The plaque is divided into three panels.

The two outer ones bear names in two columns on each, presumably those who served.

The centre panel also contains words which are indecipherable from an old press photo.

At the bottom is the title.

Names:

133 surnames and initials of those who served;
27 full names of those who fell
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The rank of H.V. Marks, who unveiled the memorial, is variously given as “Lieut.” and “2nd Lieut.”

2. A collection was taken for the local hospitals.

3. Rabbi Kyanski spoke about virile antisemitism, much more vigorous in character than was the case before the war and that despite the quota of manhood which they had contributed to the fighting forces.

4. As off 2026,the Memorial was scrapped when the Building was demolished along with membership records. {email P. Gatoff 2036}.

5. Grade II listed building (consecrated in 1880, closed in May 1978).

6. The Memorial is at Hazelrigg Cemetery in the Prayer house, according to JCR-UK website 2026. see https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/community/newcast_oldheb/Photographs.htm

7. The frame was made by Harris Rozainsky and his son, Maurice Rose.

Sources:

Illustrated Chronicle
06/02/1922 reports unveiling with photo shown here

Jewish Guardian
10/02/1922 reports unveiling with list of names.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
11/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Tyne and Wear Archives
Ref. S.JS1/4/3 consecration and unveiling of the memorial.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding:
Peter Gatoff;

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Synagogue, Leazes Park Road

  

The following has been extracted from a newspaper report.

It gives only the names of those who fell, which are placed

in the lower half of the central panel.

The names of those who served cannot be read from the press photograph.

——————————————————-

  Abraham Is.         Marks, Leonard G.

  Caplan, Joseph      Rosenberg, Maur.

  Cohen, David        Rosenthal, Gabriel

  Funk, Louis         Segal, Marcus

  Glass, Morris       Sheare, Sam.

  Goldberg, E.V.      Stern, Marcus

  Herman, Harry       Stern, Phillip

  Jackson, Issy.      Sternheim, Andrew

  Jablonski, Albert   Tragheim, Edgar

  Kossick, Louis      Tragheim, Ernest

  Lewis, Abraham      Woolf, Sam

  Levene, Israel      Woolf, Bert

  Marks, James        Woolfson, S.

  Marks, John

  

  Newcastle upon Tyne Old Hebrew Congregation: Roll of Honour.

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