Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Northern Counties Club

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Northern Counties Club (NUT260)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT260

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Northern Counties Club. 11 Hood Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1

Upper of two plaques.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass

Who Commissioned:

Northern Counties Club.

Inscription:

Dulce at decorum est pro patria mori.
In memory
of the members of this club who
fell in the Great War 1914-1919.

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

There is a border of acanthus leaves.

A scroll at the top bears the quotation.

The names are listed with the regimental badge either to right or left.

Lettering is in Roman capitals throughout.

Names:

12 full names, ranks regiments and date of death.
See transcript.

External Links:

Northern Counties Club

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Source of quotation:
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
(It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country). Horace, ‘Odes’, Book 3, No.2, 1.13

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

  Dulce at decorum est pro patria mori.

  In memory

  of the members of this club who

  fell in the Great War 1914-1919

  (Badge of Northumberland Fusiliers on left)

  Brigadier General James F. Riddell

    2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – Commander

  Captain Everard J. Lamb

    3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – November 1 1914

  Capt. & Adjutant The Hon. Sydney J.D. Joicey

    10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – March 20 1916

  Captain Clive M. Joicey

    4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – June 5 1917

  Lieutenant Edmund Mortimer

    6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – April 26 1915.

  (Badge of Royal Navy on left)

  Lieutenant Hugh Middleton  

    Royal Navy – August 10 1914

  (Badge of Northumberland Hussars on right)

  Captain Charles N. Ridley

    Northumberland Hussars I.Y. October 7 1915

  Lieut. Ralph Eustace Smith

    Northumberland Hussars I.Y.  R.F.C.  April 19 1918

  (Badge of Scots Guards on left)

  Capt. Harold Cuthbert D.S.O.

    1st Batt. Scots Guards Sept. 27 1915

  (Badge of King’s Royal Rifle Corps on right)

  Major Arthur E. Watson

    21st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Aug. 5 1917

  Major Algernon G. Parsons

    Royal Flying Coprs formerly R.F.A.  April 26 1918

  Lieutenant John Whitehead

     Royal Flying Corps        August 3 1915

  (Badge of Royal Air Force at bottom).  

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