Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 City Library
Reference
NUT028
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 250645
Original Location
Newcastle City Library, Princess Square. Local Studies Dept.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Plaque 11 inches high x 16˝ inches wide on marble pattress 15 inches high x 20 inches wide.. There is a wide border of fasces with ribbons, with the words “The Great War 1914-18 raised in a sunken panel in the top border. The lettering is raised using an elaborate Roman font on a sunken pecked background.
Materials used
Bronze on marble pattress.
Inscription
The Great War 1914-1918. / “For their country’s weal” / A tribute from the / Public Libraries Committee.
Names
Notes
1. A plaque was also erected in the British Museum, as the following news report shows:
“Post-war honours are to be accorded to three Newcastle Librarians who made the great sacrifice, namely Gunner C.P. Buck, Pte. A.P. Jordan and Pte. G. Robson. The memorial is being erected in the British Museum by the Library Association. Doric is the type of architecture it displays, and the work of well seasoned oak will occupy a wall space of 45 superficial feet. It will be fixed in the corridor leading from the main entrance to the reading room of the British Museum, a setting eminently fitting. The detail of the mouldings and pediment is very delicate in treatment, the whole forming a beautiful tribute to the gallant dead. Including the three Newcastle librarians, the roll of honour comprises 136 names, inscribed in incised and gilded letters on five recessed panels.”
“Post-war honours are to be accorded to three Newcastle Librarians who made the great sacrifice, namely Gunner C.P. Buck, Pte. A.P. Jordan and Pte. G. Robson. The memorial is being erected in the British Museum by the Library Association. Doric is the type of architecture it displays, and the work of well seasoned oak will occupy a wall space of 45 superficial feet. It will be fixed in the corridor leading from the main entrance to the reading room of the British Museum, a setting eminently fitting. The detail of the mouldings and pediment is very delicate in treatment, the whole forming a beautiful tribute to the gallant dead. Including the three Newcastle librarians, the roll of honour comprises 136 names, inscribed in incised and gilded letters on five recessed panels.”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 13/09/1924 reports memorial in British Museum.
Source of quotation :
"For their country’s weal". Quoted in a poem On the Bill for preventing the Exportation of British Wool, 1788 . "Weal" means "good" as in "Commonwealth".
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 13/09/1924 reports memorial in British Museum.
Source of quotation :
"For their country’s weal". Quoted in a poem On the Bill for preventing the Exportation of British Wool, 1788 . "Weal" means "good" as in "Commonwealth".
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Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 City Library (NUT028)
NEWCASTLE ON TYNE Central Library
The Great War 1914-18.
In Memoriam
Clifford Buck A.P. Jordan
Joined N.F. 26 Nov.1915 Joined N.F. 22 Nov.1915
Died 17 Feb. 1917 Killed in action 25 July 1916.
“For their country’s weal”
A tribute from the
Public Libraries Committee
NamesNUT028
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