Memorial Details
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Memorial
Street Memorial 1914-18 Fort Street
Reference
S86.126
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 365678
Original Location
Fort Street, Lawe Top (demolished). Fixed to the front of Nos. 54 and 56 Fort Street.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 29th November 1917 by Ald. David Richardson.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour. “The names are printed on a large inscription board of polished pitch pine, and enclosed in a case with a glass front. It is surmounted by an ornamental canopy bearing the Union Jack, and the flags of St.Andrew, St.Patrick and St.George”.
Materials used
Polished pitch pine behind glass
Names
Who commissioned
Wife of Sapper T.N. Newby
Present condition
Missing, Destroyed.
Notes
1. This street was two up from Morton Street and faced the Roman fort.
2. Sapper Thomas Nicholson Newby lived at 54 Fort Street.
3. J. L. Ridley is remembered Every Name a Story
2. Sapper Thomas Nicholson Newby lived at 54 Fort Street.
3. J. L. Ridley is remembered Every Name a Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Shields Gazette 30/11/1917 reports unveiling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
James Hoy Archives; Michael Mulhern: James Pasby
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Street Memorial 1914-18 Fort Street (S86.126)
SOUTH SHIELDS Fort Street
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been extracted from a newspaper report
and has not been compared with the original
nor with a good photograph.
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Lieut. J.C. Vickery Private George Hunter
Sec. Lieut. F. McCarrick Private John Lambie
Chief Officer A.M. Nelson Private Joseph Lamb
Sergt. J. Hetherington Private Joseph McKie
Sergt. Harry Lumley Private Gernal Moore
Sergt. Anthony Lumley Private Fred. Miller
Sergt. William Manson Private A.R. Nelson
Sergt. David Thompson Private E.W. Nelson
Sergt. Nicolas Young Private T.C. Purvis
Corporal John Shipley Private Ernest Purvis
Corporal Frank Little Private W.S. Reay
Sapper E.C. Bolan Private John Ratcliffe
Sapper T.N. Newby Private John Spence
Sapper James Bain Private Alfred Sharp
Sapper Robert English Private Thos. Tennet
Sapper John Greenwell Private T.B. Tennet
Sapper G.W. Peacock Private Norman Tennet
Sapper John Wales Private Robert Taylor
Gunner W.H. Elliott Private John Wilkinson
Bombardier Herb. Fake Private J.R.B. Wood
Gunner Aaron Jackson Private A. Brotherton
Gunner Joseph Turnbull Private Geo. Bowman
Wheeler J.B. Reay Private Thomas Carmell
Driver A.E. Wales Private J.N. Lambie
Driver Thomas Sharp Private Benj. Lambie
Driver George Scott Private Stan. Marshall
Driver David Lambie Private James Hall
Signaller J.W. Tennet Private Charles ?McJad
Signaller Andrew Fraser Private J.L. Ridley
Private Bertram Buck Private Henry Roger
Private Robert Brown Private Fred. Scrafton
Private Mathew Connell Private Geo. Stafford
Private Wilfred Colpitts Private John Stafford
Private John Charles Pte. Wm. Wardropper
Private J.W. English Private W.S. West
Private And. Ferguson Private John Williams
Private Robert Gilhespie Private Norman Lambie
Private Fred Collins.
Killed
Sap. E.C. Bolan D.C.M. Private Robert Taylor
Private J.W. English Private John Ratcliffe
Gunner Aaron Jackson Private Norman Tennet
Private Alfred Sharp Pte. W. Wardropper
Private J.R.B. Wood Private J.N. Lambie.
NamesS86.126
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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