Memorial Details
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Memorial
Street Memorial 1914-18 Lower Thames Street
Reference
S86.112
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 361674
Original Location
Lower Thames Street
Present Location
Unknown - Missing
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 1st October 1918 by Ald. R. Kaye
Memorial Description
Street war shrine
Inscription
(Contained the names of 100 men from the district serving with the forces)
Names
Notes
1. The person credited with taking up this project was Ann Whitfield who had six sons serving.
2. From this locality, 100 men had joined the Forces.
2. From this locality, 100 men had joined the Forces.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 05/10/1918 reports unveiling.
South Shields Gazette 02/10/1918 reports unveiling.
South Shields Gazette 02/10/1918 reports unveiling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Michael Mulhern
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Street Memorial 1914-18 Lower Thames Street (S86.112)
SOUTH SHIELDS Lower Thames Street
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been extracted for a newspaper
report and has not been compared with the original
nor with a good photograph.
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ARMY
Pte. Joseph R. Whitfield Pte. William Jamison
Sapper James Whitfield Pte. William Brown
Pte. John B. Whitfield Pte. John Stewart
Pte. James Whitfield Pte. Joseph Burnett
Pte. Walter Whitfield Pte. James Burnett
Pte. William D. Whitfield Pte. James Calder
Pte. Thomas Black Pte. Laurence Calder
Pte. Henry Black Pte. Thos. W. Goodchild
Pte. Jasper Welch Pte. William Young
Sapper Jas. E. Westall Pte. Lancelot Pollard
Pte. James Peacock Pte. James Plowman
Pte. Septimus Flood Pte. Michael Leavey
Pte. Luke Flood Pte. William McGuire
Pte. James Flood Pte. John Curley
Sergt. Joes. Tugby D.C.M. Pte. Frederick Shroff
Pte. John W. Peters Pte. Robert Potts
Pte. Jack Smith Corpl. James Landers
Pte. William Galloway Pte. Abraham Levens
Pte. Jack Thomson Pte. William Davison
Pte. Henry Robertson Pte. Edward Davison
Driver Geo. W. Wilson Pte. Norman C. Oliver
Driver Thomas Wilson Pte. William Christe
Sergt. William Liscombe Pte. Thomas Hope
Pte. Joseph Falp Pte. W. Johnson, D.C.M.
Pte. Thomas Falp Pte. Thomas Mather
Pte. Jas. B. Jamison Pte. Thomas Peat.
PRISONERS OF WAR
Pte. William Stewart Pte. Robert Davison
Pte. Benjamin Smith Pte. John Divine
KILLED
Pte. Henry M. Whitfield Pte. Edward Miller
Sergt. Andrew Napier Pte. Jack Jamison
Pte. Jack Tugby Pte. James Cairns
Pte. George Peters Pte. John Landers
Pte. James Shields Pte. George W. Palmers
Pte. John B. Manning.
MISSING
Sergt. Ralph Nixon
NAVY
Str. George Whitfield S.E. Leonard Overton
Str. Daniel Whitfield C.E. William Ball
C.E. Robert B. Napier Str. Christopher Green
Str. Thomas Reid Str. Walter Rydan
Str. William Brannen Str. Geo. H. Richardson
P.O. Jas. Addison, D.S.M. Str. Ralph Sullivan
Str. Thomas D. Brannen Str. William Coverdale
Str. Arthur Howe C.E. William Palmer
Str. Charles Taylor Str. William Cleland
Str. George Whitehead Str. Michael McNulty
Str. George Shields Str. James McNulty
Str. John Skelly Str. James Skelly
Str. George Rice Str. Joseph Reid
KILLED
Str. Edward Manning Str. Magnus Adamson
C.E. George W. Rae Str. Thomas Skelly
Str. William Gray Str. Jonathan Peacock.
NamesS86.112
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