Research Notes

War Memorial

Newcastle St Thomas, Northumberland

[Visited 12 March 1999]

[The 'Commercial', or 'Renwick' Memorial at Barras Bridge,
designed by Sir W. Goscombe John R.A., was unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales on 5th July 1923]

TO COMMEMORATE THE RAISING OF
THE B COY 9TH BATT. & THE 16TH 18TH & 19TH
SERVICE BATTALIONS
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILEERS
BY THE NEWCASTLE & GATESHEAD
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUG.-OCT. 1914

THE GIFT OF SIR GEORGE RENWICK, BART. D.L. AND LADY RENWICK
MDMXXIII.

[Two brass plates near the vestry]

AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM.
NE APUD NOS OBSESCAT MEMORIA
NOVI CASTRI ET BERNICIAE FILIORIUM,
QUI IN AFRICA MERIDIANA,
ANNIS DOMINI MDCCCXCIX - MDCCCC,
PRO REGINA, PRO PATRIA, DIMICANTES,
VITAM OFFICIO POSTHABUERUNT,
HI DEDICATI SUNT CANCELLI.
PRID. KAL. OCT.
MDCCCC

ALEX. J. HARRISON B.D. MASTER
A.E. HOLLINS M.A. ASST. CHAPLAIN

J. ALDERSON
D.M.DODD } WARDENS
J.R. JONES

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO
THE MEN FROM NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICTS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
DURING THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN.
6 JUNE 1944 20 AUGUST 1944

THEY GAVE THEIR YESTERDAY SO WE MAY HAVE OUR TODAY.

PRESENTED BY No 7 NEWCASTLE AND DISTRICT BRANCH, NORMANDY VETERANS.

[Two stained glass windows in the south aisle]

MAJOR K.O. POTTER
LIEUT. P.A. BOYNS
MAJOR T.A. LOVIBOND
MAJOR T. IRWIN

43 ROYAL TANK REGIMENT
1935 - 1945

CAPT. P.R. ANGUS
LIEUT. R. ATKINSON
MAJOR G.L.A. FRANCE
CAPT. R.E.M. MILNER

49 ROYAL TAK REGIMENT
1935 - 1945

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