Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Social Club

Whickham

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Social Club (W86.07)

NEWMP Ref No.: W86.07

Parish: Whickham

Original Location:

Whickham and District Social Club.
Closed 2016, advertised for sale in 2017.

Present Location:

Whickham Community Centre

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Ed. H. Thew, Newcastle on Tyne.

Inscription:

Roll of Honour
For King and Country
Whickham and District Social Club and Institute
1914-1919

Killed in action or Died of Wounds.
(Names)

Returned
(Names)

“Their name liveth for evermore”.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 43 inches high x 31 inches wide.(109cms x 79cms)

There is a rope patterned border, which has the quotation incorporated at the bottom edge.

At top are the words “Roll of Honour” with the Royal Standard and the Union Jack crossed, with laurel wreath underneath.

The names of those who died are listed in four columns.

Below this are 127 names of those who returned, also in four columns.

Lettering is in Roman and san serif capitals with some red initials.

Names:

24 names of those who died
127 of those who returned.
See transcript

Sources:

Photo: Kevin Armstrong; C. Sanders; Keith Woodhall

Evening Chronicle
29/08/2019 reports the building was to be demolished and replaced with flats.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Kevin Armstrong;
Ann Graham;
C. Sanders;
Keith Woodhall

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Names Documents:

WHICKHAM Whickham and District Social Club

  

  Roll of Honour

  Whickham and District Social Club and Institute Limited

  1914-1919

  

                      KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS.

  

  Arthurs, Daniel     Cawthorn, Thomas    Harbottle, Richard      Kelly, Walter

  Briggs, John        Drummond, J.A.      Howell, Thomas          McGuire, Joseph

  Baldwin, Robert     Dryden, George      Hughes, John            Mulby, James

  Bell, Thomas        Errington, William  Howcroft, J.M.          Nevin, William

  Bartram, Andrew     Garrett, Isaac      Ismay, William          Taylor, Robert

  Costelloe, James    Harm, Thomas        Jobling, George         Wilson, Edward.

                                   Walters, Herbert

  

                                  RETURNED

  Atkinson Thomas     Goymer Joseph       Matts Sydney            Robson Thomas

  Armstrong William   Graham Edward       Maudlin Fred            Routledge William

  Allan J.H           Grieveson Robert    Maudlin Thomas          Scott Frank

  Baldwin John        Hall Joseph         McCarrick James         Scott James

  Barrett Patrick     Hardy Edward M.M.   McKenna George          Seymour Frank

  Best Joseph Junr.   Harker Luke         McNastry William D.C.M. Silcock James

  Blacklock James     Haywood William     Milburn T.R.            Simpson Thomas

  Booth Trotter       Havelock John       Milligan Joseph         Simpson Richard

  Buckton John P.     Havelock William    Milligan John           Slater J.W.

  Buckton George      Hickson J.G.        Mitchell Joseph         Sloan Herbert

  Burn William        Hickson Thomas      Mitchell Alex           Snowdon William

  Cairns Alfred       Hickson Albert      Moody James             Stephenson William

  Charlton Edward     Hickson Robert M.M. Morpeth Anthony         Stephenson Thomas

  Charlton R.M.  M.M. Highton Harold      Morpeth James           Thompson George

  Chisholm Robert     Hughes Henry        Morpeth George          Tingle Henry

  Chrystil Frederick  Hughes Bernard      Nixon James             Tragiskis Richard

  Clark William       Hughes Hugh         Orr John                Turner Robert

  Copeland John       Ismay John          Orr Peter               Urwin Robert

  Cowburn G.W.        Ismay Stafford      Patterson John          Vaughan Samuel

  Chilton James       Ismay Robert        Patterson Robert        Wallace Edward

  Dawson H.C.         Jordan Thomas       Parker T.B.             Walters George

  Dixon William       Kendall Edward      Parker George           Walters Reuben

  Dryden George       Kerr Henry          Pencott John            Warnaby James

  Dumighan John       Kerr Archibald A.   Pencott Alfred          Watson Michael

  Dumighan Ben        Laidlaw William     Porteous Robert         Williams Owen

  Dumighan Henry      Lawson Thomas       Pyle Thomas             Wilkinson Thomas

  Ewart William       Laybourn Sinclair   Rayne Joseph            Wilson William

  Fawcett James       Little Archie       Reed Robert             Wilson Thomas

  Gardner Oswald      Lowdon George       Richards John           Winter Chris.

  Gardner T.W.        Lumsdon Thomas      Richards Robert         Woodhall J.G.

  Gatiss John         Lyons Michael       Ridley Edward           Wood J.H.

  Gibbons Thomas      Mason James         Riordan John

  

                           “Their Name Liveth For Evermore”

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