Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-1918 Clarke Chapman
Reference
G39.127
Place
GATESHEAD
Map ref
NZ 268633
Original Location
Clarke, Chapman & Co. (Closed)
On the outside wall of the old main office. Victoria Works.
Present Location
It is sited next to the security office outside the factory, in Saltmeadows Industrial Estate. Also turned 90 degrees facing North, from South East.
Which war
a. 1914-1918
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque with elaborate frame of pilasters and entablature. At centre top is an elaborate crown with the words "For King and Country". In the top frame is a ribbon scroll with the words "C.C. & Co. Roll of Honour". In the central panel, the names are listed in four columns, with those from 1939-45 below those of 1914-18. The central panel has the names painted in gold and is glass fronted. It stands on a concrete base and is fixed to a wall in an area where a garden has been created. The quotation is on the base.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
a. For King and Country / Roll of Honour / C.C. & Co.
Dedicated to the memory / of those connected with these works / who made the supreme sacrifice.
1914 The Great War 1919 / Victoria Works
b. 1939-1945 war / N.C.Os and men
For freedom's cause.
Dedicated to the memory / of those connected with these works / who made the supreme sacrifice.
1914 The Great War 1919 / Victoria Works
b. 1939-1945 war / N.C.Os and men
For freedom's cause.
Names
Who commissioned
Clarke, Chapman & Co.
Present condition
Now cleaned. 2018.
Ownership and maintenance
Gateshead District Council
Notes
1. This is obviously a replica of the former wood one See G39.006.
2. The wall on which the memorial stands is to be moved nearer to the footpath.
3. In 2016 and 2017 the memorial was used, and poppy wreaths were laid.
4. The Memorial has now been re-located during 2018.
2. The wall on which the memorial stands is to be moved nearer to the footpath.
3. In 2016 and 2017 the memorial was used, and poppy wreaths were laid.
4. The Memorial has now been re-located during 2018.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall; Peter Annable;
External web link
Additional Notes
Visited 12/11/2017 by Dorothy Hall; memorial has not been moved yet; new site indicated by gate keeper
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-1918 Clarke Chapman (G39.127)
GATESHEAD, Clarke Chapman Victoria Works.
In gable top
For King
and
Country
Roll of C.C.& Co. Honour
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On main panel
Dedicated to the memory
of those connected with these works who
made the supreme sacrifice
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Major H.R. Chapman (Director)
Lieutenants J. Robson W. Freeman W.G. Pretsell
N.C.Os and men
J. Appleby R. Penaluna
G. Atkinson R. Dixon T. Hutchinson E. Pennington
R. Atkinson N. Dixon J.T. Innes T. Richardson
J. Bowman T. Downey J. Iredale G. Robson
T. Bowman J.E. Duff A. Johnson W. Rochester
W.E. Burn W.E. Embleton T. King J. Rutherford
W. Burnett G.E. Emmerson S. Landers J.W. Scope
F. Burns R. Errington T. Lucas R.E. Scott
J.W. Campbell R.L. Fleury F. Macro J. Sheridon
J. Carr H. Hogg D. Mallaburn J.H. Smith
J. Miller Cavanagh W. Garbutt G.E.O. Melville R.B. Stafford
F. Chantler J. Goodman T. Millican R. Traill
W. Clark F. Guthrie F.W. Moore G. Turnbull
J.W. Cooper G. Harris T. McDonald R.M. Turnbull
J. Crighton G. Heslop G. McKeown J. Walker
W. Crinnion W. Hindson C. Newall T. Walton
W. Coulthard T.W. Hodgson G. Newton T. Watson
J.R. Crow F. Hull R. Weldon Parker G. Whittle
R. Dinning E. Humphreys J.H. Pearson G.A. Wrightson
1939-1945 WAR
T. Brady N.C.Os and men E. Slaughter
J.E. Carrott J.R. Spratt
R.W. Cook J. Howe D. Phillips S. Stokoe
R. Donaldson G. Johnson J.W. Pinkerton A. Urwin
R.W. Elliott J.E. Laws W. Quince B. Ward
R. Harkness J. McCormick T.N. Robbins W.S. Watson
K.G. Henderson W. Mould A. Rutherford T.H. Wilkinson
R. Higgins J.G. Parker T.J. Scott J.P. Monaghan
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At base.
FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
NamesG39.06
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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