Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 City of Newcastle Golf Club

Gosforth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 City of Newcastle Golf Club (G9.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: G9.05

Parish: Gosforth

Original Location:

City of Newcastle Golf Club,Three Mile Bridge.
In the entrance.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 18th September 1920 by Major J. Graham, a past-President of the Northumberland Rugby Union.

Materials Used:

Brass.

Inscription:

In memory of
our Club comrades
who made the
supreme sacrifice in
the European War
1914-1919.
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Plaque, 56 inches high x 24 inches wide (142cms x 61cms).

It has an elaborate rounded top.

There is a border pattern of a twisted string, raised on a black background.

At the top is the symbol of the City of Newcastle Golf Club: a windmill surmounted by two crossed golf clubs.

The dedication is in Roman capitals.

The names are listed in two columns divided by a single vertical line, using sans serif capitals.

Names:

23 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The memorial was referred to as commemorating the “Gosforth Nomads” who fell in the war.

2. From the Club, 130 members joined the colours, of whom 23 died.

Sources:

Photos; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Dorothy Procter

Newcastle Daily Journal
17/09/1920 reports proposed unveiling “tomorrow” immediately after a match between the Gosforth Nomads and Westoe.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Gosforth Local History Society
M. Newrick;
Tony Harding;
City of Newcastle Golf Club

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Names Documents:

GOSFORTH, City of Newcastle Golf Club.

 

  

  In memory of

  our Club comrades

  who made the

  supreme sacrifice in

  the European War

  1914-1919.

  

  G. Atkinson      C.N. Levin

  W.L. Anfield     A. McIntosh

  H.L. Benson      W.R. Proctor

  G. Cockburn      A.W. Smith

  F.O. Dunn        T. Simpson

  T.F. Forster     K. Saunders

  T.H. Helme       H. Stewart

  J. Hamilton      J.G. Todd

  B. Hollis        J.P. Walker

  J.M. Kent        F.D. Young

  G. Laing         A.C. Young

          W.L. Young

NamesG9.05

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