The colours of the "Hawke" Battalion, Royal Naval Division, have been entrusted to the keeping of the Tyne Division, R.N.V.R. , and the colours will be laid up at a special service to be held in St Nicholas' Cathedral, Newcastle, tomorrow afternoon at 3.15. The Lord Mayor (Ald. R.B. Millican), the Sheriff, and other members of the City Council will attend the service, prior to which the Lord Mayor will receive the colour party in St. Nicholas' Square.

Source: Shields Daily News 07/01/1922

Newcastle Daily Chronicle 30/12/1921 reports proposed laying up; 9/1/1922 reports ceremony.

The battalion had been largely raised in Newcastle. "Some of the most strenuous times that the Division had were around Arras, the town which our city had adopted in the devastated area of France".

"The Bishop recalled their glorious but forlorn exploits at Antwerp in October 1914, after but two months' training. The Division thereafter returned to England with over 2,000 casualties. Later, members of the Division fought valiantly at Gallipoli, Salonika, in France and in Flanders."