Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 County Cricket Club
Reference
J1.12
Place
JESMOND
Map ref
NZ 247659
Original Location
Northumberland County Cricket Club, Osborne Terrace. In the pavilion.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
April 1920
Memorial Description
Plaque. It is surmounted by the badge of the Northumberland Fusiliers carved in half relief, with a crown on each side. The words “Roll of Honour” are raised and gilded. There are fluted pillars at each side.
In each of the four corners is a sunken roundel containing (top left) a Maltese Cross, raised and gilded, below the words “celer et audax” (“speed with audacity”); (top right) the eagle raised and gilded with the letters “R.A.F.” incised above; (bottom left and right) the dates “1914” and “1918”. Between these bottom dates on the frame are the club initials raised and gilded.
The centre panel contains the dedication. the names are in a single columns. Lettering is hand painted with some lettering shadowed, using a mix of sans serif and Roman capitals throughout, while the quotation is in cursive italics
In each of the four corners is a sunken roundel containing (top left) a Maltese Cross, raised and gilded, below the words “celer et audax” (“speed with audacity”); (top right) the eagle raised and gilded with the letters “R.A.F.” incised above; (bottom left and right) the dates “1914” and “1918”. Between these bottom dates on the frame are the club initials raised and gilded.
The centre panel contains the dedication. the names are in a single columns. Lettering is hand painted with some lettering shadowed, using a mix of sans serif and Roman capitals throughout, while the quotation is in cursive italics
Materials used
Dark oak frame, light oak panel.
Inscription
Roll of Honour /
In memory / of the Members / of the / Northumberland County / Cricket Club / who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
In memory / of the Members / of the / Northumberland County / Cricket Club / who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
Names
How money was raised
R.G.E. Mortimer, Milbourne Hall.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Frederick A. Atkinson, of Atkinson Bros., Artists, Newcastle.
Notes
1. A photo taken by the firm of Ralph Hedley has on the back the following details:
1075
May 1947. £35 not including lettering.
102 letters written in gold £4?
103 letters raised and gilded £9.
1075
May 1947. £35 not including lettering.
102 letters written in gold £4?
103 letters raised and gilded £9.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Tony Harding; copy of Hedley photo: James Pasby
Newcastle Daily Journal 19/04/1920 reports placing of memorial in pavilion
Tyne and Wear Archives Acc.142 DT/RH/20/156 Ralph Hedley photos.
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country) Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Newcastle Daily Journal 19/04/1920 reports placing of memorial in pavilion
Tyne and Wear Archives Acc.142 DT/RH/20/156 Ralph Hedley photos.
Source of quotation
“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country) Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13
Research acknowledgements
Michael Newrick; Tony Harding; James Pasby
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 County Cricket Club (J1.12)
JESMOND Northumberland County Cricket Club.
Roll of Honour
In memory
of the Members
of the
Northumberland County
Cricket Club
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919.
-----------------------------------
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
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C.J.H. Adamson, Captain, 11th N.F., 20th Sept.1917.
W.J. Bunbury, Lieut., 4th N.F., 14th April 1917
M.C. Hill, 2nd.Lieut., 5th N.F., 24th May 1915
H.T. Hunter, Captain, 6th N.F., 26th April 1915
Noel Mather, Lieut., 6th N.F., 26th April 1915
E. Mortimer, 2nd Lieut., 6th N.F., 26th April 1915
L. Plummer, Captain, 4th N.F., 15th Sept. 1916
R.E. Smith, Lieut., R.F.C., April 1918
H.T. Walther, Corpl, King’s Royal Rifles, 15th Sept. 1916.
R.G.E. Mortimer dedit.
NamesJ1.12
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