Memorial Details
Memorial
Street Memorial 1914-18 Thames Street
Reference
S86.129
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 361674
Original Location
Thames Street. Attached to wall of No. 8.
Present Location
Missing Probably Destroyed.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 15th May 1918 by Mrs. Usher, sister to Ald. David Richardson.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, “plain but very neat design, encased in a handsome oak framed shrine” with pedimented top.
The Roll of Honour is of a popular pre-printed design. At centre top is a scroll bearing the words “Roll of Honour” below which is a wreath with a ribbon bearing the words “For King and Country”. The names are listed in four columns, those from the Army at the top, those from the Navy listed below.
The Roll of Honour is of a popular pre-printed design. At centre top is a scroll bearing the words “Roll of Honour” below which is a wreath with a ribbon bearing the words “For King and Country”. The names are listed in four columns, those from the Army at the top, those from the Navy listed below.
Materials used
Paper or card behind glass in oak frame.
Inscription
Roll of Honour / For King and Country/ Thames Street
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Committee
Present condition
Missing, Destroyed.
Notes
1. "The memorial was arranged through the joint efforts of Mrs. Herrington, of 62 Thames Street (whose only brother died whilst a prisoner of war) and Mrs. Geo. Dobson."
2. "This excellent source of information lists the men's rank, unit/regiment, whether they had been killed, drowned, wounded or become a POW or awarded gallantry medals. It even lists the details of men who were serving with the Australian Imperial Force but who hailed from that street - or immediate surrounding area."
3. In a newspaper article, there is discussion about the way that people felt about leaving their homes, which were to be demolished, and gong to live on the new Deans estate.
"We want to take the War Memorial, too. If they don’t have it at the old Thames Street Mission in Waterloo Vale, we want it fixed up in Thames Lane on the new estate. They can call this place a slum, but we’ve always been proud of our Memorial."
4. The Deans Estate did not survive. It, too, became a slum, and was demolished around 1980.
5. The ROH was to a standard design.
2. "This excellent source of information lists the men's rank, unit/regiment, whether they had been killed, drowned, wounded or become a POW or awarded gallantry medals. It even lists the details of men who were serving with the Australian Imperial Force but who hailed from that street - or immediate surrounding area."
3. In a newspaper article, there is discussion about the way that people felt about leaving their homes, which were to be demolished, and gong to live on the new Deans estate.
"We want to take the War Memorial, too. If they don’t have it at the old Thames Street Mission in Waterloo Vale, we want it fixed up in Thames Lane on the new estate. They can call this place a slum, but we’ve always been proud of our Memorial."
4. The Deans Estate did not survive. It, too, became a slum, and was demolished around 1980.
5. The ROH was to a standard design.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Old photograph: Brian Atkinson
Shields Daily Gazette 16/05/1918 reports unveiling; 06/05/1932 contains the article entitled “From Thames Street to the Deans” quoted in Note 3 above.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1925 carries photo of an Easter Service being held “By Thames Street Mission, South Shields, at the Street War Memorial”.
Shields Daily Gazette 16/05/1918 reports unveiling; 06/05/1932 contains the article entitled “From Thames Street to the Deans” quoted in Note 3 above.
Illustrated Chronicle 13/04/1925 carries photo of an Easter Service being held “By Thames Street Mission, South Shields, at the Street War Memorial”.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
James Hoy Archives; Michael Mulhern; Brian Anderson: 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 Thames Street (S86.129)
SOUTH SHIELDS Thames 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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ARMY
Appleton, Richard, Driver, R.F.A.
Appleton, William, Pte. West Yorks, killed*
Allen, James, Pte., 1st Life Guards, wounded.
Allen, Harry, Pte., East Yorks., gassed.
Allen, James, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Brannen, Michael, D.L.I. Killed*
Burns, Robert, Pte., K.O.Y.L.I., wounded.
Brown, Robert, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Burdon, Thomas, Pte., N.F.T.I., killed.
Bell, Jonathan, Pte. D.L.I., wounded, prisoner of war.
Blacklock, William, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Burns, Thomas, Pte., A.S.C., gassed
Bourke, Patrick, Driver, R.F.A.
Bainbridge, James., Corp., E.Yorks., killed.
Bainbridge, Thomas, Pte., Hampshires Regt.
Clark, Alexander, Driver, R.F.A., killed.
Cook, John, Corp., N.F., wounded.
Collier, Harry, Sergt., R.G.A., wounded.
Collier, John D., Gunner, R.G.A., killed.
Christie, John, Gunner, R.G.A.,
Cunningham, Andrew, Gunner, R.G.A.,
Cook, David S., Pte., W.Yorks., killed.
Campbell, Frederick W., Pte., W.Yorks., wounded.
Carr, Robert, Pte., N.Staffs. Regt., wounded.
Carr, Robert, Pte., Australians.
Clasper, Matthew, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Colman, George, Pte., W.Yorkks., wounded.
Colman, Michael, Pte., R.F.A.
Cummings, Alfred, Pte. Yorks & Lancs., wounded.
Charlton, John James, Pte., D.L.I.
Clark, Robert, Pte., W.Yorks.
Colman, Charles, Pte., N.F.T.I.
Chambers, Edward, Sapper, R.E.
Collins, Robert, Sapper, K.O.R.I., att. R.E., wounded.
Dand, Robert, Driver, R.F.A.
Dunn, George, Driver, D.L.I., wounded.
Dunn, Andrew, Driver, E.Yorks., wounded.
Dobson, Charles, Diver, A.V.C.
Davis, William, L.-C., D.L.I., killed.
Dennis, Clement, Pte., D.L.I., killed.
Dobson, Richard, Driver, R.F.A.
Durrant, Charles, Pte., N.F.T.I., killed.
Dalsh, George, Gunner, R.G.A.
Eanson, Walter, Driver, A.S.C.
Farley, Charles, Bdr., R.F.A., wounded.
Ferguson, Ralph, Pte., W.Yorks, killed.
Ferguson, John, Pte., D.L.I.
Finnigan, James, Pte., Yorks & Lancs., wounded.
Foster, Thomas, Pte., R.A.M.C.
Foster, Alexander, Pte., W.Yorks., wounded.
Garrett, Benjamin, Pte., N.F.T.I., killed.
Guthrie, Albert, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Guthrie, Adam, Pte., E.Yorks., prisoner of war.
Gardner, Richard, Driver, R.F.A.
Hudspeth, Thomas, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Hobson, James, Pte., ?
Holt, Harry J., Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
Hodgson, Gilbert, Gunner, R.G.A.
Hogg, George, Pte., A.S.C.
Huntington, Isaac, Pte., D.L.I.
Huntington, Thomas, Pte., Scottish Rifles.
Henry, Charles, Pte., D.L.I.
Henry, Alfred, Pte. W.Yorks., gassed.
Jennings, Richard, Pte., D.L.I., died prisoner of war
Johnson, Daniel, Pte., Lab.Corps
Jewitt, Greenwell, Sapper, R.E.,
Jordan, Joseph, Pte. D.L.I.
Jordan, Herbert M., Pte., M.G.C.
Jackson, Alexander, Pte., D.L.I., wounded
Jordan, Andrew, Pte., D.L.I.
Jobling, Frank, Lance-Corpl., D.L.I., killed.
Kennedy, Robert, Pte. D.L.I.
Marshall, Charles, Sapper, R.E.
Marshall, Jos., Pte., T.R.B.
Maxwell, Walter, Sergt., D.L.I., wounded.
Mason, George, sen., Pte., E.Yorks., wounded.
Mason, George, jun., Pte., N.F., wounded.
Massey, Alexander, Pte., R.F.A.
McGurk, John, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
McLean, William, Pte., D.L.I.
McNamee, Frank, Pte., D.L.I.
McNamee, Alfred, Pte., 8th Irish Hussars
McNamee, James O., Pte., R.D.B.
McGill, James, Pte., W.Yorks., wounded
McLaren, Edward J., Pte., D.L.I., killed.
McLachlan, Robert, Pte., D.L.I. wounded
Nicholson, George, Gunner, K.L.R.R.
Oswell, Joseph, Pte., ?R.M.
Prior, Thomas, Sapper, R.E.,
Pringle, William, Driver, R.F.A.
Peacock, George, Pte., W.Yorks., wounded.
Rutley, Joseph, Pte., D.L.I., killed.
? William, Pte., N.F.
?Robson, W.
?Ranson, Angus, Pte., D.L.I.
Smith, James, Pte., D.L.I., wounded
Smith, Harry, Gunner, R.G.A.
Scott, William, Pte. ?R.D.F., wounded
? ? ? W.Yorks., killed.
?Simpson, George, Pte., Yorks. & Lancs.
Simpson, Norman, Pte., R.S.C.
Spear, James, Pte., N.F.
Slater, Thomas, Pte., D.L.I.
Swinbanks, George, Sapper, R.E.
Stephenson, Frederick, Pte., M.M., Canadians, 38th Batt., wounded
? Thomas, Gunner, ?, wounded.
Scott, John, Pte., D.L.I., wounded.
?Shillings, William, Pte., D.L.I.
Sanderson, George H., Pte., D.L.I.
Sanders, John, Pte., D.L.I.
Trotter, Wallace, Pte., D.L.I.
Taylor, Robert, Driver, R.F.A., killed
Taylor, William, Pte., M.G.C., wounded.
Thompson, Robt.W.W., Pte., D.L.I.
Thompson, James, Pte., Lab.Corps.
Wallace, John, Pte., D.L.I.
Ward, Philip, Corp., D.L.I.
Watson, John, Pte., Scottish Rifles.
White, Harry, Sapper, R.E.
Watson, John, Pte., D.L.I., killed.
NAVY
Bays, John W., Stoker, killed.
Burns, William, Stoker.
Bradford, William, Engineer.
Bays, John, Stoker.
Brown, George, Stoker.
Berg, Joseph, H., Stoker, drowned.
Curry, Frederick, Chief Petty officer.
Colman, Albert, Trimmer.
Cunningham, John Wm, Stoker.
Cowe, Joseph, Stoker.
Campbell, John, Stoker
Clark, Thomas, Stoker, drowned.
Daish, James Scott, A.B.
Dawson, James Wm., Stoker.
Elliott, Thomas, Stoker
Elliott, Joseph W., Stoker.
Flood, Robert, Stoker, wounded.
Gray, David, Ord. Seaman
Henderson, Arthur, Trimmer
Horsfield, John, Stoker
Johnson, Richard D., Engineer, drowned.
Kennedy, James, Trimmer
Lawson, Matthew, Petty Officer Stoker
Liddle, Robert, Stoker
Lloyd, Stephen, Stoker
Leeson, Robert, Stoker.
Miles, Thomas, Stoker
Manson, Thomas, Stoker
Marshall, John D. Stoker
Mountain, William, Stoker
McLachlan, William, Stoker
McNamee, James, Stoker
McNamee, Francis, Stoker, drowned.
Newcombe, Albert, P.O. Trimmer
Ritchie,David, W., Stoker
Rea, George W., Chief Engineer, killed.
Slater, Matthew, Engineer
Slater, Edward, Engineer
Slater, David, Stoker
Simpson, Thomas, Stoker
Saddler, George, Stoker
Trotter, George, Stoker
Turner, Norman, Stoker
Watson, John, Engineer, drowned.
Watson, Thomas T., Stoker
Watson, George A.P., Stoker
Watson, James, Stoker
Watson, Thomas, Engineer
Warner, J., Signaller.
NamesS86.129
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