Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Heaton Road Baptist

Heaton

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Heaton Road Baptist (H91.29)

NEWMP Ref No.: H91.29

Parish: Heaton

Original Location:

Heaton Baptist Church, corner of Heaton Road and Mundella Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE6 5HN. NZ 26886 65451

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 11th January1920 by Cllr. R. Mayne, Sheriff of Newcastle.

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Edward H. Thew, Newcastle

Inscription:

In
ever grateful memory of
the following, who made the
supreme sacrifice
in the Great War 1914-1919

(Names)

“At the going down of the sun,
and in the morning, we will
remember them”

Memorial Description:

Plaque  30 inches high x 20 inches wide (76cms x 51cms) in wood frame 35 inches high by 25 inches wide (89cms x 64cms).

There is a wide patterned border of intertwined leaves, culminating in four circles containing leaves at the corners.

The names are incised in two columns, using sans serif capitals, with the dedication in Gothic script, and the quotation in lower case Roman lettering.

Names:

27 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1.  A memorial service was held on 5th November 1916 for six members those who had fallen. Those being remembered were 2nd.Lieut. W.B. Catto, N.F.; Lce-Corpl. Dixon, N.F.; Rifleman J.W. Linton, King’s Royal Rifles; Seaman Fred. Taylor; Pte. Norman Ayre, R.M.; Bombardier S.G. Richardson, R.G.A.

Sources:

Photos: P. Thirkell; James Pasby

Illustrated Chronicle
16/11/1916 reports memorial service in Note 1 above;
12/01/1920; 14/06/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Journal
10/01/1920 reports proposed unveiling;
29/04/1920 reports proposed “Peace and Victory” memorial costing £120.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
17/01/1920 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 11 06 Mon -1916
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 01 12 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

P. Thirkell;
J. Brown;
T. Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

HEATON, Baptist Church.

 

  In

  ever grateful memory of

  the following, who made the

  supreme sacrifice

  in the Great War 1914-1919

 

  Armstrong J.G.       Innis, W.J.

  Ayre, N.             Laing, A.

  Bartrum, H.          Linton, J.W.

  Catto, W.            Logan, W.

  Catto, W.B.          Mawer, H.

  Darling, T.          Mitchell, J.A.

  Dixon, R.G.M.        Reeves, F.

  Finlay, W.           Richardson, S.G.

  Fleck, S.            Salkeld, A.E.

  Gellender, P.        Simpson, J.J.

  Glass, J.            Stevenson, W.

  Green, W.S.          Stockdale, W.H.

  Hunt, A.N.           Taylor, F.

                       Walker, R.H.

 

  “At the going down of the sun,

  and in the morning, we will

  remember them.”

NamesH91.29

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