Photo: Dorothy Hall
Photo: Dorothy Hall
Reports of the laying up can be found in:
Hexham Courant 02/08/1920
Illustrated Chronicle 02/08/1920
Consett Guardian 06/08/1920
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle 10/07/1920 reports the proposed event, following which the men and dependants of the Tyneside Scottish were to be entertained through the kindness of the Stella Coal Company, followed by a programme of sports, etc.
A plaque alongside reads:
Displayed here is The Colour of the
1st. Battalion Tyneside Scottish
(20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers)
Rededicated in Ryton Parish Church
on 30th June 1996
the eve of the 80th Anniversary of the
Battle of the Somme”
