Those who returned from the Great War were issued with a certificate. It featured vignettes around the edge of a seaplane, fishing boat, battleship, tank, with assorted badges and a portrait of the Mayor and Mayoress. There are also pictures of buildings in South Shields. It reads:

South Shields
War Memorial and Demobilized
Forces Reception Committee
Presented by the People
of
South Shields
in Grateful
Appreciation & Recognition
of the
Gallant Services Rendered
in the
Great War 1914-19
by George Herbert Beardow

It is signed by the Mayor, Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer.