Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office Russell Street
Reference
S86.114
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 364671
Original Location
South Shields Post Office. In a sorting room of the general office. (Demolished.)
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled April 1919
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour
Inscription
(Dedicated to members of staff who served)
Names
(102 names, inc. 17 fallen) TRANSCRIPT NEEDED
Who commissioned
General Post Office
Ownership and maintenance
Post Office
Notes
1. One person named on the list had been awarded the D.C.M.
2. The photo of the now demolished building comes through Janis Blower, South Shields Gazette.
3. An appeal through the local paper from NEWMP has not provided any clues where this Memorial has gone. Also the Postal Archive have no idea what has happened to this!
2. The photo of the now demolished building comes through Janis Blower, South Shields Gazette.
3. An appeal through the local paper from NEWMP has not provided any clues where this Memorial has gone. Also the Postal Archive have no idea what has happened to this!
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
North Mail 25/04/1919 reports placing;
Shields Gazette 29/05/2012 ran an appeal from NEWMP to ask what happened to the Memorial.
Shields Gazette 29/05/2012 ran an appeal from NEWMP to ask what happened to the Memorial.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; Janis Blower, South Shields Gazette; James Pasby
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Post Office Russell Street (S86.114)
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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