Memorial

Plaque 1939-45 Bainbridge

Newcastle upon Tyne

Memorial Name: Plaque 1939-45 Bainbridge (NUT012)

NEWMP Ref No.: NUT012

Parish: Newcastle upon Tyne

Original Location:

Bainbridge Stores, Newcastle upon Tyne

Present Location:

John Lewis, Hotspur Way / Earls Way, Eldon Square Shopping Centre Newcastle.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Brass

Ownership and Maintenance: John Lewis

Inscription:

1919-1945
In
grateful memory of
those members of the
staff of Bainbridge & Co.
who gave their lives
for their country.

Memorial Description:

Brass plate with rounded top.

The dates are in the rounded top.

The names are listed in a single column. in raised elaborate capitals.

Names:

14 full names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: John Lewis Partnership; Norah Cuthbert

Evening Chronicle
10/03/2011 reports on a proposed book on the men named on the memorial, including information on Rhondda Fletcher;
08/03/2012 reports publication of Ian Johnson’s book

Bainbridge, Our Fallen Heroes, 1939-1945. Ian Johnson, 2013; published by the author, gives graphic details of all the men on the memorial and where they fought and died.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Norah Cuthbert;
Bainbridge’s (John Lewis Partnership);
Ian Johnson

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Names Documents:

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Bainbridge’s.

 

  1939-1945

 

  In

  grateful memory of

  those members of the

  staff of Bainbridge & Co.

  who gave their lives

  for their Country.

 

  Bates, Matthew

  Davison, Robert W.

  Dawson, Stanley W.

  Fletcher, E. Rhondda

  Harrison, David

  Henderson, Cecil

  Henderson, J. Harold

  Liddle, Basil

  Longstaff, John J.

  Lowe, Ralph B.

  Simpson, Joseph

  Vest, Harold

  Webster, Robert H.

  Wilks, Matthew H.

NamesNUT012

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