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Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club

Reference

W84.14

Place

WHITLEY BAY

Map ref

NZ 343737

Original Location

Whitley Bay Golf Club, Briar Dene. In the Pavilion.

Present Location

Whitley Bay Golf Club, Claremont Road. On main staircase.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 18th September 1920 by Alderman R. Mason, M.P.

Memorial Description

Plaque, approx 20 inches high x 2 feet wide. There is a single line border. The names are listed according to regiment, with the badges alongside. The badges are placed alternately to the left and right of the names. Lettering is in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

To the imperishable memory of / members of the Whitley Bay Golf / Club who fell in the Great War / 1914-1920
Virtutis quaesiverunt gloriam vident Deo.

Names

10 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

W.J. Coulson

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Arthur Sproat

Newcastle Daily Journal 20/09/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 25/09/1920 briefly reports unveiling.

Whitley Bay Observer 24/09/1920 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
�Virtutis quaesiverunt . . .� ('They sought honour, they beheld the Glory of God') Not ascertained.

Research acknowledgements

M. Newrick; Arthur Sproat; Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

Angela Conroy is researching the WW1 names on this memorial

Contact: 2014@newmp.org.uk

Plaque 1914-18 Golf Club (W84.14)

WHITLEY BAY Golf Club.

   To the imperishable memory of

   members of the Whitley Bay Golf

   Club who fell in the Great War

   1914-1920

   Virtutis quaesiverunt gloriam vident Dei

   (Badge      Trooper  H. Thwaites      1914

    N.H.)      Northumberland Hussars

   Lieutenant W.J. Hopper      1918      (Badge

   Lieutenant R.J. Meikle      1916      D.L.I.)

   Lieutenant W.T. Thompson    1915

   Durham Light Infantry

   (Badge      Private   G.T. Easten     1916

    N.F.)      Northumberland Fusiliers

   Lieutenant W.H. Platten     1916      (Badge

   The King's (Liverpool) Regt,          K.L.R.)

   (Badge      Lieutenant G. Houghton    1918

    W.Y)       West Yorks.

   Lieutenant C. McAllister    1918      (Badge

   Royal Dublin Fusiliers                R.D.F.)

   (Badge      Lieutenant A. Wallis      1918

   R.M.L.I.)   Royal Marine Light Infantry

   2nd Lieut. J.A. Gibson      1918      (Badge

   Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers          R.I.F.)

NamesW84.14

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