Memorial
Newcastle Exchange
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 Reference
NZ 25200 63800
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- WMR Reference Number
- 48362
- 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
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 153
- Died
- 153
- Information shown
- surname,rank,decorations
- Order of names
- surname,decorations,rank
- Maker(s)
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
- Costs
- Free
- Sponsor Type
- private
Ceremonies
Unveiled
10th August 1920
Duke of Northumberland
Components
- Figure
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Unknown
- Plaque
Height: 3962 mm
Width: 1219 mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Unknown
- ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE by N/A 21 AUG 20 Source: Media Library Published:N/A ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND
- North East War Memorials Project WMSNUT043 & 008 http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8227
- NEWCASTLE DAILY JOURNAL by N/A 07 AUG 20 Source: Media Library Published:N/A NEWCASTLE