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Plaque 1939-45 Thompson House

Reference

NUT069

Place

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Map ref

NZ 248640

Original Location

Thompson House, Groat Market, at rear entrance.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Plaque 5 feet high by 2 feet wide in classical style and very plain. The heading is in Gothic style lettering in the top panel. The names are listed in a single column on the central panel, and on another panel at the bottom are the distinctions won. All lettering is hand painted in gold using Roman lower case.

Materials used

Mahogany.

Inscription

World War 1939-1945 / Killed in Action /
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Names

21 names and dates, and 5 distinctions.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown; John Smitheringale

Source of quotation:
�Greater love hath no man . . .� : St. John 15 v 13

Additional Notes

a. One of the names L/Sgt. D. A. Crockett is remembered in Every Name a Story

Research acknowledgements

J. Brown; Tony Harding

Research In Progress

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Plaque 1939-45 Thompson House (NUT069)

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Thompson House.

   WORLD WAR 1939-1945

   Killed in Action

   Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life    for his friends.

                                       St. John 15:13.

   Fulthorpe, D.       Feb. 1940.

   Cunningham, S.      June 1940.

   Miller, J.R.        June 1941.

   Addison, J.G.       July 1941.

   Fuller, N.L.        Oct. 1941.

   Hutchinson, W.      Feb. 1942.

   Merifield, G.J.P.   Jan. 1942.

   Day, F.S.           July 1942.

   Carr, P.N.          Nov. 1942.

   Hepworth W.K.       Dec. 1942.

   Pierce, A.          April 1943.

   Harrison, N.        May 1943.

   Allan, J.L.         May 1943.

   Stoker, W.          Oct. 1942.

   Frizzell, W.R.      Aug. 1944.

   Crockett, D.A.      Mar. 1945.

   Marr, M.F.          Aug. 1943.

   Sedgwick, M.        Nov. 1944.

   Alexander E.P.      May 1945.

   Longstaff, T.G.     June 1945.

   Good, F.            Feb. 1942.

      Honours Gained.

   Wills, E.F.         D.F.C.

   Rutherford H.       B.E.M.

   Pringle, J.         B.E.M.

   Reid, W.            M.M.

   Hamilton, C.D.      D.S.O.

NamesNUT069.

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Parish Notes

Notes for this Parish

Every Name A Story

Individual stories for this Parish

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