Memorial Details

JARROW	2nd Troop (Presbyterian) Boy Scouts

Note: The (JHA) numbers are the James Hoy Archives unique references.  

      * denotes Killed in Action	   

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   Present Scouts.

      Assistant Scoutmaster – A. Nairn.  King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

      Assistant Scoutmaster – W. W. McAllister.  Lance-Corporal.  24/NF (Tyneside Irish).

      [(JHA24/1615).  Enlisted in Jarrow on 26 February 1915.  Discharged: 27 July 1917 –    

      Gunshot Wound.  Wounded in the thigh, aged 19:  34 Casualty Clearing Station 1 July 

      1916; Evacuated 5 July 1916.  Transferred to 3/NF.]

   Sec[retary] – S. McDonald, Royal Engineers.

   Patrol Leader – O.P. Casey.  Corporal.  24/NF (Tyneside Irish).  

       [(JHA24/1204).  Commissioned: 28 August 1917.]

   Scout – H. Riches.  RFA.

   Scout – Hogg (sic).  RFA.

   Old Scouts.

   Assistant Scoutmaster – F. Moore.  RFA.

   Patrol Leader – E. Plunket (sic).  NF.

   Patrol Leader – David Copeland.  1st/3rd (Durham) Field Company R. E.	*	(JHA2057)

   Patrol Leader – G. Trodden.  RFA.  (Wounded).

   Patrol leader – W. Brennan.  RFA.

   Patrol Leader – G. Shields.  RFA.	

   Patrol Leader – J. Harland.  RFA.

   Patrol Leader – A. Taylor.  Royal Engineers.

   Scout – David Halliday.  18th (Queen Mary’s Own Royal) Hussars.  KIA.	*	(JHA1042)

   Scout – J. McDonald.  Royal Engineers.

   Scout – Morris (sic).  Canadians.

   Killed in Action	*

   Two other former members of the troop are mentioned in the ‘Jarrow Express’ on Friday    

   14 June 1918.  Sapper G. McDonald was presented with a walking stick and Private G. 

   James was presented with a cigarette case by the troop once they had been discharged 

   from hospital after being wounded.

   Private David Halliday, 18th (Queen Mary’s Own Royal) Hussars, 

      21 May 1915, age unknown.	   (JHA1042)

   Corporal David Copeland, 1st/3rd (Durham) Field Company R.E., 

      12 January 1917, aged 19.     (JHA2057)

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