Memorial
Armstrong College
Current Location
The memorial is in the Kings Hall foyer, Kings Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Queen Victoria Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8QB, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ2474564985
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 48465
- Description
- Original WW1 marble tablet and a later plain plaque above dedicated to those lost in other 20th century conflicts. The original tablet has at centre top a panel carrying the crest of Armstrong College in high colour with leaves on either side. Below this are seven panels separated by vertical bronze strips with a boss at top and bottom: these panels bear the names of those commemorated in Roman capitals, incised and painted black. Below is a rectangle bearing the dedication, with the dates "1914" and "1918" at the sides. The later tablet bears an incised dedication, with the crest of Newcastle University to the left.
- Inscription
- Original WW1 tablet: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE STUDENTS/ 1914 OF ARMSTRONG COLLEGE 1918/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES) Later tablet: REMEMBER THOSE WHO LEFT HERE AND GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN DISTANT CONFLICTS IN THE XXTH CENTURY/ AND THEREAFTER
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 222
- Died
- 222
- Information shown
- Surname, initials
- Order of names
- Surnam, initials
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- War
- 20th Century Conflict (1900-1999)
Components
- Tablet
Height: c150 cm
Width: c250cm
Made from: Marble
Condition: Unknown
- North East War Memorials Project reference NUT063. Online record at http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8245, accessed on 27 August 2019
- Article in The Journal, 5 November 2014: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/newcastle-project-uncovers-stories-armstrong-8040228