Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 and other 20thC wars Armstrong College

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 and other 20thC wars Armstrong College (NUT063)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT063

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

In the Foyer of the Armstrong College, University of Durham, Queen Victoria Road

Present Location:

University of Newcastle on Tyne

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. Subsequent wars

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 23rd April 1923 by General Sir A. Kerr Montgomery, K.C.M., G.C.B., D.S.O.

Materials Used:

Marble

Inscription:

a.
1914-1918
To the memory of those students
of Armstrong College
who fell in the Great War.

b.
Remember those who left here and gave their
lives in distant conflicts in the XXth century and thereafter.

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

At the top is a rectangular plaque with a crest in high colour at the centre with leaves on either side.

The main panel is divided into seven columns each bearing the names in a single column on each.

Below is another rectangle bearing the dedication, with the dates “1914” and “1918” at the sides.

All lettering is incised and coloured blue, using Roman capitals throughout.

Above another very plain plaque with the crest in colour to the left, is dedicated to those who fell in all 20th century wars.

Names:

a. 223 surnames and initials
b. None.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the College, 800 served, of whom 223 had fallen and 166 were wounded.

2. The list of decorations won by those who served was: Mentioned in despatches, 97; Mentioned by Secretary of State, 4; Military Cross and bar, 75; O.B.E., 6; M.B.E., 8; C.M.G., 1; D.S.O. and bar, 10; D.S.M., 1; M.M. and bar, 8; D.F.C., 2; M.V.O., 1; Croix de Guerre, 3; Italian Croche de Guerra, 1; French Gold Star, 1; Legion d’Honneur, 1; Greek Medal for Military Merit, 1; Chevalier de Courage, 1; Officer de la Couranne, 1; 1914 Star, 2.

3. The London Gazette of October 16th recorded:-
“Royal Army Medical Corps; Unattached list for the Territorial Force-Cadet Harry M. Hallsworth, from the Durham University contingent, Senior Division. O.T.C., to be Second Lieutenant for service with that ‘contingent.’ Lieutenant Hallsworth is Professor of Economics at Armstrong College, Newcastle, and is known to many of our readers as Lecturer on Railway Economics and Railway Operations.” Source: NER Railway Magazine Vol 1 Page 281.

4. At some point after 2000 the words “and thereafter” were added to the dedication.

5. Richard Aiden Appleton has the wrong initial on the Memorial, it shows a ‘H’, it should be an A.

Sources:

Photos: R.W. Gould; J. Brown; James Pasby; Tony Harding

Research Acknowledgements:

Ralph W. Gould;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding;
James Pasby

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE  In Armstrong College

 

Top plaque

  Remember those who left here and gave their

  lives in distant conflicts in the XXth century

  and thereafter.

 

Column 1         Column 2        Column 3       Column 4

 

  Allison G.      Brunskill J.H.  Elliott C.W.   Holdsworth H.B.

  Angus A.W.      Burgess W.H.L.  Evans G.H.     Hoole W.D.      

  Annand W.M.     Burke W.H.      Feggetter J.H. Horsley H.E.    

  Annett H.C.     Burton R.C.     Fisher J.H.    Hudspith A.     

  Appleton R.H.   Cameron H.S.    Forrett P.D.   Hudspith G.     

  Arkless J.W.    Champness E.T.  Furneaux W.E.  Hughes John     

  Armstrong C.    Chapman D.M.    Futers N.R.    Hughes J.       

  Armstrong D.    Charlton G.F.H. Gibson James   Jackson J.M.H.  

  Armstrong J.N.  Charlton H.V.   Gibson John    Jameson R.      

  Ash W.B.        Charlton J.M.   Gillespie C.S. Johnson R.      

  Atkinson G.     Clappen W.J.    Goften J.W.    Johnston P.E.   

  Bailes J.T.     Clark J.G.      Golder W.      Johnstone M.H.  

  Bainbridge T.L. Clark P.        Gould C.V.     Jung H.A.       

  Barber H.W.     Clothier W.H.   Green H.J.     Kent G.H.S.     

  Barlow G.       Coats L.A.      Green T.W.     Kidd B.         

  Beattie T.      Collin R.       Gregory H.J.   Kirkhouse G.    

  Bell R.N.       Comrie A.       Gregory T.W.   Knott R.C.     

  Bell W.         Cox P.E.        Hadden E.C.    Laing G.O.     

  Birney T.       Cox T.R.        Hall C.S.      Lawson D.       

  Black T.P.      Coxon P.H.      Hancock W.     Lawson W.       

  Blair T.F.      Coxon W.B.      Hansell W.B.   Leslie C.J.     

  Bland R.        Craman R.       Haslam A.D.    Little A.M.     

  Bowes-Lyon G.   Dallas R.V.L.   Haswell G.     Longhurst C.R.  

  Braidford W.    Davies J.I.J.   Haver A.       Lowes A.E.      

  Brierley H.H.   Deighton R.     Hay J.B.       Maclagan J.G.   

  Brown D.A.      Dickinson J.    Hay J.H.       Mail F.O.       

  Brown J.R.      Dixon G.        Hayfield A.S.  Main J.C.       

  Brown T.W.      Donaldson J.    Hays J.H.      Mather N.E.     

  Browne J.C.     Donkin S.T.     Headlam J.     McShane V.      

  Browne T.L.     Douglas L.H.    Henderson J.T. Middlemiss G.E.

  Bruce R.        Dunn R.         Hewson J.E.    Mills F.        

                  Edgar J.A.      Hewson W.J.    Milne J.V.P.    

———————————————————–

Column 5          Column 6        Column 7       

  

  Milner J.       Saunders K      Truran J.

  Mitchell J.M.   Sayer T.E.      Tunnell O.

  Moore G.        Scott F.E.      Tunstall J.

  Murray P.A.     Selkirk W.O.    Tweedie D.S.

  Murray P.W.     Sellers J.H.    Wake J.P.

  Newbold P.      Shann K.        Walker J.N.

  Newby T.E.      Sharp C.G.      Wallace D.S.

  Nicholson L.    Shearlaw J.     Wallace Herbert

  Nixon W.        Sibbit H.       Wallace Hugh

  Ohlssen A.      Sieber J.F.L.   Walton E.A.

  Oliver W.S.     Smith E.J.      Walton C.P.

  Owen H.         Smith W.D.      Ward E.H.      

  Patterson K.S.  Spence J.R.     Ward T.

  Pick A.J.       Stead J.        Watmough J.C.

  Pigford E.L.    Stephenson G.H. Watson E.C.

  Pigford C.L.    Sterling G.P.   Watson E.G.

  Poulton J.H.    Stobbart R.W.   Weatherill E.T.

  Raggett B.R.    Stroud H.C.     Weeks F.M.

  Ramsay D.W.     Stuart J.       Welch M.S.

  Raines G.K.     Studdy M.L.     White P.E.

  Rea F.M.        Swayne W.       White S.S.

  Reid W.         Tait A.E.       White R.E.

  Rigby J.        Tate A.E.       White S.W.

  Roan W.T.       Tate J.M.       Williams G.T.

  Robb A.K.       Taylor E.       Wright C.J.

  Robertson D.F.  Thompson C.J.M. Wright J.B.

  Robertson W.S.  Thompson L.M.   Wylie W.G.

  Robertson W.W.  Thompson W.     Wylie W.S.

  Robson A.S.     Tragheim E.     Young A.C.

  Rupp F.A.       Treble J.M.     Young C.R.M.

  Rutherford R.   Tredwell G.R.   Young J.

  Sandison E.W.W. Trimmer E.A.

 

  To the memory of those students

  1914    of Armstrong College   1918

  who fell in the Great War.

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