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Plaque 1914-18 City of Newcastle Golf Club

Reference

G9.05

Place

GOSFORTH

Map ref

NZ 242695

Original Location

City of Newcastle Golf Club, Three Mile Bridge. In the entrance.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 18th September 1920 by Major J. Graham, a past-President of the Northumberland Rugby Union.

Memorial Description

Plaque, 4 feet 8 inches high x 2 feet wide. It has a domed top which is pointed, like a mosque. There is a border pattern of a twisted string, raised on a black background. At the top is the symbol of the City of Newcastle Golf Club, a windmill surmounted by two crossed golf clubs.
The dedication is in Roman capitals. The names are listed in two columns divided by a single vertical line, using sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass.

Inscription

In memory of / our Club comrades / who made the / supreme sacrifice in / the European War / 1914-1919.

Names

23 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The memorial was referred to as commemorating the "Gosforth Nomads" who fell in the war.

2. From the Club, 130 members joined the colours, of whom 23 died.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Dorothy Procter

Newcastle Daily Journal 17/09/1920 reports proposed unveiling "tomorrow" immediately after a match between the Gosforth Nomads and Westoe.

Research acknowledgements

P. Thirkell; Gosforth LHS; M. Newrick; Tony Harding; City of Newcastle Golf Club

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Plaque 1914-18 City of Newcastle Golf Club (G9.05)

GOSFORTH, City of Newcastle Golf Club.

   In memory of

   our Club comrades

   who made the

   supreme sacrifice in

   the European War

   1914-1919.

   G. Atkinson      C.N. Levin

   W.L. Anfield     A. McIntosh

   H.L. Benson      W.R. Proctor

   G. Cockburn      A.W. Smith

   F.O. Dunn        T. Simpson

   T.F. Forster     K. Saunders

   T.H. Helme       H. Stewart

   J. Hamilton      J.G. Todd

   B. Hollis        J.P. Walker

   J.M. Kent        F.D. Young

   G. Laing         A.C. Young

           W.L. Young

NamesG9.05

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