Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Typographical Association
Reference
NUT121
Place
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Map ref
NZ 249643
Original Location
In Church of England Institute, Library and News Room, 11 Hood Street (Closed)
Present Location
Tyne and Wear archives handed over in November 2018.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 8th May 1920 by Sir Thomas Oliver.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour in rosewood frame. 'Surrounded by 30 photograph circular portraits of the men on three sides, and centre top is a neat little photographic photo, illustrative of the days of Caxton'. Below the Association Coat of Arms.
Materials used
Overall size including the Dark rosewood frame. 33 inches (838mm) wide X 39 inches (1.00m) long. 30 Portraits. Mounting card 3mm thick overlaid Hand calligraphed painting and coloured lettering.
Inscription
Newcastle and District branch of the Typographical Association.
Roll of Honour in memory of those members who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-19.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Roll of Honour in memory of those members who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-19.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Names
Who commissioned
Newcastle Branch Typographical Association
Cost
Unconfirmed £22 5s 6d
How money was raised
Newcastle Branch Typographical Association members.
Present condition
Excellent, slight chip on the top of the Rosewood Frame
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mawson Swan and Morgan Ltd Grey Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Ownership and maintenance
Tyne and Wear archives now.
Notes
1. Of 650 journeyman of the Typographical Association in all local branches, 300 enlisted.
2. Honours gained were Croix de Guerre Bomb. E.F. Cook, (R.G.A.); M.M. Co.Q.M. Sergt J.H. Cunningham (K.O.R.L.); Pte Hogg, (13th R.F.) and Cpl. G. Lyall (MGC).; M.S.M. Sgt.Maj. Thomas Tinlin, (A.S.C.); Regt. Sgt. Maj. George Young (R.F.A.).
3. This was returned to the North East to the Tyne and Wear Archive offices by an anonymous donor from the South of England where apparently 'it did not fit in'. 2018.
4. This ROH had been missing for over 30 years, and we were told it had been destroyed. Quote 2002.
5. The 30 portraits are inset alphabetical anti clockwise by Surname from the top centre.
6. The Memorial was finished on the 20th March 1920 file ref 6564.
7. The Tyne and Wear Archive offices ref is TU.TA1/27.
2. Honours gained were Croix de Guerre Bomb. E.F. Cook, (R.G.A.); M.M. Co.Q.M. Sergt J.H. Cunningham (K.O.R.L.); Pte Hogg, (13th R.F.) and Cpl. G. Lyall (MGC).; M.S.M. Sgt.Maj. Thomas Tinlin, (A.S.C.); Regt. Sgt. Maj. George Young (R.F.A.).
3. This was returned to the North East to the Tyne and Wear Archive offices by an anonymous donor from the South of England where apparently 'it did not fit in'. 2018.
4. This ROH had been missing for over 30 years, and we were told it had been destroyed. Quote 2002.
5. The 30 portraits are inset alphabetical anti clockwise by Surname from the top centre.
6. The Memorial was finished on the 20th March 1920 file ref 6564.
7. The Tyne and Wear Archive offices ref is TU.TA1/27.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Journal 10/05/1920 reports unveiling and other information.
Illustrated Chronicle 10/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 10/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 10/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 10/05/1920 reports unveiling.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall: James Pasby: Ann Kent; Tyne and Wear Archive Service:
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Typographical Association (NUT121)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Church Institute.
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The list and information has been extracted
from press reports of the unveiling and have
not been compared with the original.
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Newcastle and District branch of the
Typographical Association.
Roll of Honour
in memory of those members
who made the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War 1914-19.
Killed in action:
Joseph Foster Appleby James Major
Richard L. Armstrong Ralph B. Miln (sic)
Henry Bell Ralph Noble
George Bowman Samuel D. Robinson
James R. Carruthers William Routh
J. Dunderdale Andrew Shannon
Alexander Falconer John L. Smith
John L. Gettings James Snowden
Henry E. Graham William Sowerby
Charles Grant Robert P. Thornton
Thomas Grant Albert G. Tinning
William Hebron Alfred B. Walsh
Joseph Alfred Howes William Walton
Ernest Keay William L. Willmott
G.W. Lacey Joseph Wright
Jim Lewins
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man
lay down his life for his friends.
NamesNUT121
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