Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Synagogue

Gosforth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Synagogue (G9.38)

NEWMP Ref No.: G9.38

Parish: Gosforth

Original Location:

Synagogue, Graham Park Road. (Closed) NE3 4BH NZ 24379 67509

Present Location:

Lionel Jacobson House, Graham Park Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 4BH NZ 24355 67511

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled and dedicated 30th August 1987

Who Commissioned:

Association of Jewish Servicemen and Woman

Present Condition: Good

Inscription:

(In Hebrew) “The names of Servicemen who sacrificed their lives for King and Country”
(Names)
To the Memory
of our fallen comrades
1914-1918 1939-1945
Association of Jewish Servicemen and Women
Newcastle upon Tyne and District

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

At the top is the dedication written in Hebrew.

The names are in three columns in alphabetic order with no indication as to which war each person was involved in.

Lettering is in Roman upper and lower case.

Names:

48 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The synagogue was built in 1986 to hold congregations of around 300 but by 2017 only 50 worshippers were attending.

2. New location confirmed by email 20026 Peter Gatoff. Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation

Sources:

Newsprint photo: Mordaunt Cohen

The Journal
28/08/2021 reports proposed demolition and replacement by flats.

Tyne and Wear Archives
 Ref. S.JS1/4/4 Unveiling programme.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Col. Mordaunt Cohen, T.D., D.L.;
Tony Harding;
Peter Gatoff;

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Names Documents:

GOSFORTH    Synagogue

  (“The names of Servicemen

  who sacrificed their lives

  for King and Country”)

  J. Abrahams     A. Kossick      M. Segal

  P. Birk         D. Kossick      S. Sheare

  M. Boam         L. Kossick      D. Smollen

  J. Caplan       I. Leon         H. Smollen

  H. Clayman      I. Levene       J. Smollen

  D. Cohen        H. Levy         M. Stern

  E. Cohen        J. Levy         P. Stern

  M. Cohen        A. Lewis        A. Sternheim

  G. Davis        M. Lukes        E. Tragheim

  H. Falk         J.A.S. Marks    A.J.R. Vineberg

  I. Franks       J. Marks        B. Vyner

  M. Glass        I. Marks        J. Winston

  E. Goldberg     J. Pearlman     S. Wolff

  H. Herman       M. Rosenberg    B. Woolf

  A. Jablonski    G. Rosenthal    S. Woolfson

  I. Jackson      J. Rothfield    R. Zucker

     

  To the Memory

  of our fallen comrades

  1914-1918  1939-1945

  Association of Jewish Servicemen and Women

  Newcastle upon Tyne and District

NamesG9.39

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