Memorial

Chapel 1914-18 1939-45 St. John the Baptist

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Chapel 1914-18 1939-45 St. John the Baptist (NUT087)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT087

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Grainger Street / Westgate Road.

South transept.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

South Transept converted to War Memorial Chapel in 1923.
Dedicated 10th November 1923 by the Bishop of Newcastle.
The panels were unveiled by Major Graham E. Angus, M.C., T.D., R.F.A.

Materials Used:

Oak

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Sir Charles Nicholson of London.

Inscription:

a.
To the glory of God.
In revered and honoured memory
of those connected with this Church
and parish who gave their lives in
The Great War 1914 – 1918 whose names
are here recorded and in thanks-
giving for those who returned in
safety. This chapel was given in 1923.

Love their memory imitate their devotion.
R.I.P.

b.
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Chapel.

There are twelve carved wood panels on the south wall which carry the names from 1914-18.

Another three panels on the west wall carry the names from 1939-45.

All lettering is in Roman capitals with the exhortation in italics.

Names:

a. 128 full names.
b. 25 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “Kneeling chairs were given by individuals, either as memorials to the fallen, or as thanksgivings for safe return” (Church guide).

2. This was the War Memorial Chapel in 1923. It became the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in 1970.

Sources:

Photos: R.W. Gould; J. Brown; P. Thirkell

Illustrated Chronicle
16/10/1923 reports conversion of the chapel;
12/11/1923 reports dedication with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
17/11/1923 reports dedication.

Northern Echo
12/11/1923 reports dedication.

Church Guide.

Source of quotation:
“Love their memory, imitate their devotion”. Not ascertained.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 12 Mon -1923

Additional Research Documents

NUT087 Pictures from Illustrated Chronicle Nov 1923

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Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Ralph W. Gould;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, St. John’s Church.

 

  To the glory of God.

  In revered and honoured memory

  of those connected with this Church  

  and parish who gave their lives in  

  The Great War 1914 – 1918 whose names

  are here recorded : and in thanks-

  giving for those who returned in

  safety.  This chapel was given in 1923.

  Love their memory: imitate their devotion.

 

  R.I.P.

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Panel 1.                   Panel 2.               Panel 3.

  Sidney T.B. Alexander   Robert W. Brown        John Cooper

  Thomas Archbold         John E. Burt           Stephen Cooper

  George B. Atkinson      Colin Cameron          George Cousins

  John W. Atkinson        Alfred E. Campbell     John Cunningham

  Thomas Bailey           William A. Cannon      Thomas Cunningham

  John L. Bennett         Walter D. Casson       Mildred Davis

  George Bishop           Edgar W. Chamberlain   Noel Davis

  James Blair             William Charlton       James R. Dempsey

  James A. Bone           William G. Christie    Thomas Dickman

  George Bowman           John Cleland           James A. Douglass

  Joseph Brown            Ephraim Cooper

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Panel 4.                   Panel 5.               Panel 6.

  Jonah Elliott           John R. Good           Joseph T. Hoggins

  Albert Epstein          Thomas Gray            Basil R.G. Holmes

  Walter A. Erskine       Bartholomew S. Hankin  Robert W. Howett

  Charles W. Ferguson     Bertie Hankin          Robert W. Hudson

  John Fettis             Peter Harkness         Carl Shaw James

  Frederick Forrest       William Harkness       William A. Jenkins

  Alexander L. Forster    Thomas Henderson       David Kean

  Geoffrey Norris Fraser  Henry Herman           Henry A. Kean

  James L. Gibson         John Hetherington      James Kirton

  James Gilmore           John T. Hill           Robert W. Lane

  Albert E. Good          Edward Hirst           Thomas Lee

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Panel 7.                   Panel 8.               Panel 9.

  John W. Leech           Edmund Mortimer        William Robson

  James Lord              William B. Mortimer    Robert Ross

  Jonathan Lord           William Muris          John A. Rutter

  Joseph Lord             Walter Platt           Harry H.A. Seaborne

  Robert Lyon             Thomas J. Quince       John Sibbit

  John R. McPherson       Bertram R. Raggett     George P. Sinclair

  Malcolm McPherson       Alexander Reed         Joseph Sloan

  James Millar            Hector Wilson Ridley   John W. Smith

  John Millican           John Robertson         William Smith

  John G. Morrison        Joe Robson             John T. Snaith

  William Morley          Thomas H. Robson       Robert K. Snowdon

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Panel 10.                   Panel 11.             Panel 12.

  Frank Sopwith           Thomas Turnbull        George Wilcox

  Frederick W. Stephenson John W. Tyson          George H. Wilde

  Philip Stern            Alexander Ure          James Wilkin

  Matthew A. Stobart      Albert V. Vincent      George Wilkinson

  John G. Symon           John Taylor Waggott    Alexander Wilson

  Norman A. Symon         Reginald Walker        William Wood

  William Telford         Clifford E. Wallis     Ayrton Wragge

  James Thompson          Richard C. Walton

  John W. Thompson        Edwin Warren

  Frank Thorpe            Mark L. Watson

  George R. Towns         Thomas N. Whitfield

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Panel 13.                  Panel 14.              Panel 15.              

  1939 – 1945

                                   

  Raymond Blackledge      Thomas Johnston        Arthur Robson   

  Wilfred Cochrane        James K. Lamb          Cresswell Rutter

  George Cowley           Paul Lauder            Robert Scott

  Ralph A. Cowley         Donald Makepeace       Thomas Scott   

  Jack Cross              Charles Martin         Alan U. Smith

  Oswald Emery            Alfred Neville         Joseph Tate

  Ronald Fisher           David Pattison         Guy Waterman

  John Gibbons            George Porthouse

  Alan R. Houstoun        William Potts

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