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The Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial "The Response"

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The Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial "The Response"	Newcastle Tyne and Wear	This memorial is located by Barras Bridge just by St Thomas the Martyr Church. The inscriptions read "NON SIBI SED PATRIAE / THE RESPONSE 1914" inscription and "QUO FATA VOCANT/ TO COMMEMORATE THE RAISING OF THE B COMPANY / 9TH BATTALION AND THE 16TH, 18TH AND 19TH SERVICE / BATTALIONS, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS, BY THE / NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUST - OCTOBER 1914" inscription The memorial comprises a granite base with a large group of figures on one side, all in bronze, and on the other side three figures carved from granite. The memorial is known by the name "The Response" and shows the men of Tyneside rushing to join the Colours. Other men follow carrying tools or rifles. Some of the men wear uniforms and other working clothes. Some of the men are saying goodbye to their families and others wave. Flags flutter above and a winged figure sounds a trumpet. One of the granite figures on the other side of the memorial is St George who is flanked by a soldier in the Northumberland Fusilier's unifom of the Great War period and another soldier who wears the uniform of 1674, the year the Regiment was formed. The unveiling took place on 5 July 1923 the ceremony being led by HRH Prince of Wales. The memorial was the gift of Sir George and Lady Renwick. It commemorated the contribution made to the war effort by the Northumberland Fusiliers, the safe return of the Renwick's five sons from the Great War and Sir George Renwick's 50 years of commercial involvement in the Newcastle Quayside.

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The Northumberland Fusiliers Memorial "The Response"

Newcastle Tyne and Wear

This memorial is located by Barras Bridge just by St Thomas the Martyr Church. The inscriptions read

"NON SIBI SED PATRIAE / THE RESPONSE 1914" inscription

and

"QUO FATA VOCANT/ TO COMMEMORATE THE RAISING OF THE B COMPANY / 9TH BATTALION AND THE 16TH, 18TH AND 19TH SERVICE / BATTALIONS, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILERS, BY THE / NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AUGUST - OCTOBER 1914" inscription

The memorial comprises a granite base with a large group of figures on one side, all in bronze, and on the other side three figures carved from granite. The memorial is known by the name "The Response" and shows the men of Tyneside rushing to join the Colours. Other men follow carrying tools or rifles. Some of the men wear uniforms and other working clothes. Some of the men are saying goodbye to their families and others wave. Flags flutter above and a winged figure sounds a trumpet. One of the granite figures on the other side of the memorial is St George who is flanked by a soldier in the Northumberland Fusilier's unifom of the Great War period and another soldier who wears the uniform of 1674, the year the Regiment was formed. The unveiling took place on 5 July 1923 the ceremony being led by HRH Prince of Wales. The memorial was the gift of Sir George and Lady Renwick. It commemorated the contribution made to the war effort by the Northumberland Fusiliers, the safe return of the Renwick's five sons from the Great War and Sir George Renwick's 50 years of commercial involvement in the Newcastle Quayside.

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