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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- J W Singer and Sons Ltd (Manufacturer)
Mr. Robert Beall (Mason)
John Reid Arca (Sculptor)
William Curry of Birtley (Artist)
Messrs Mauchlen and Weightman (Architect)
Mr. Rene Bowman (Undefined) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 10th August 1920
Attended by: Duke of Northumberland
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 48362
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Current location
Set in the old arched opening
Newcastle Commercial Exchange
Quayside
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE1 3RG
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 25200 63800
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Portland Stone Monument, rising from a stylobate of black Irish marble, crowned with entablature with frieze enriched with laurel garlands, leading to a terminal bronze figure representing Victory. Recessed in front of memorial is tablet of cast bronze, with inscription in raised letters of names of the fallen. Two other faces of memorial have incised inscriptions.
- Inscription
- NO 1: THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES) NO 2: DULCE ET DECORUM EST NO 3: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 BY SIR ARTHUR M. SUTHERLAND, K.B.E. CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWCASTLE EXCHANGE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, A
Arkle, N A
Armstrong, J H
Atkinson, F
Atkinson, G R
Barclay, H
Baston, G T
Beisterfield, W
Bell, J
Bell, W M
See details for all 154 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 153
Served and returned: 0
Died: 153
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: surname,decorations,rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Plaque
Measurements: height 3962 mm, width 1219 mm
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- NEWCASTLE EXCHANGE
- WMO ID: 76677
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 11-05-2020]
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- Costs
Memorial: Free
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- North East War Memorials Project WMSNUT043 & 008 www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8227
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL by N/A 07 AUG 20 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NEWCASTLE
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 21 AUG 20 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
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