Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 N.E. Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 N.E. Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NUT009)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT009

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Wood Memorial Library, North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, Neville Hall, Westgate Road / Orchard Street. In the Library.

Present Location:

2024 – now in the stairwell.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 11th February 1922 by Mr. C.C. Leech, president of the Institution.

Materials Used:

Brass in oak frame.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Edward H. Thew, Engraver, Newcastle.

Inscription:

The North of England Institute of Mining
and Mechanical Engineers.
In Memoriam
Members who laid down their lives
for home and liberty in the
Great War 1914-1919.

Memorial Description:

mmPlaque 28 inches high x 23 inches wide (711mm x 584mm) on a wood pattress 35 inches high x 30 inches wide (889mm x 762mm).

There is a wide border of Celtic knot design with large knots in the four corners.

The name of the Institute is in a slight curve at the top, above and below the crest of the Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers.

The names are listed in two columns.

All the lettering and pattern is raised on a black enamelled background, the dedication in Roman and the names in sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

29 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Journal reports that the plaque would be unveiled in the “Wood Memorial Hall”.

2. Of the membership of the Institute, which numbered 1,342 in 1914, 189 joined up.

Sources:

Photos: Capt. David Armstrong; Reg. Hornsby

Illustrated Chronicle
13/02/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
10/04/1920 reports proposals with an appeal for names

Northern Echo
13/02/1922 reports unveiling.

The Journal 03/04/1920
reports proposal to erect memorial.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 02 13 Mon -1922

Additional Research Documents

NUT009 Notes on Names Reg Hornsby

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Research Acknowledgements:

Capt. David Armstrong;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding;
Reg. Hornsby;
Alan Vickers;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

These names have been researched by Reg. Hornsby

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE   Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers

 

  The North of England Institute of Mining

 

  and Mechanical Engineers.

  ——————

  In Memoriam

  Members who laid down their lives

  for Home and Liberty in the

  Great War 1914-1919.

 

  Charles P. Almond         George Jacobs

  Hugh C. Annett            Allan A.D. Jones

  William E. Avery          George H.S. Kent

  Robert C.R. Blair         Frank P.S. Lacey

  James R. Brass            Thomas J. Muse

  David M. Chambers         George H.H. Scott

  Bernard H. Charlton       Claude F.B. Simpson

  George F.H. Charlton      Thomas A. Thirlwell

  Samuel Coade              Frank Thornton

  Ninian Crichton-Stuart    Hubert Watts

  George Dixon              Francis M. Weeks

  Oscar Earnshaw            Ronald E. White

  Edward M. Gregson         Maurice H. Wilkinson

  James Heslop              Hugh R. Wilson

            Charles Young

——————————————————-

The provisional list included in the “Newcastle Daily Journal”

3/4/1920 is as follows, included here as there are some slight

differences.

 

  Charles P. Arnold         Ninian Crichton-Stuart

  Henry C. Annett           George Dixon

  William E. Avery          Oscar Earnshaw

  Robert C.R. Blair         Edward M. Gregson

  James R. Brass            James Heslop

  David M. Chambers         George Jacobs

  Bernard H. Charlton       Allan A.D. Jones

  George F.A. Charlton      George H.S. Kent

  Samuel Coade              Frank P.S. Lacey

  Thomas J. Muse            George H.H. Scott

  Claude F.B. Simpson       Thomas A. Thirlwell

  Frank Thornton            Hubert Watts

  Francis M. Weeks          Ronald E. White

  Maurice H. Wilkinson      Hugh R. Wilson

  Charles Young.      

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