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Plaque Police 1914-18 Station Road

Reference

S86.031

Place

SOUTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 361666

Original Location

South Shields Police Station, Formerly Keppel Street, in the corridor opposite to the main entrance. main entrance. NZ 372672.

Present Location

Police station transferred to Station Road, the memorials were taken from Keppel Street and relocated. They now hang in the foyer.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 20th April 1927 by Major Gen. Sir L.W. Atcherley, C.M.G., M.V.O., H.M. Inspector of Constabulary

Memorial Description

Plaque, upper one of two occupying a wood pattress approx. 3 feet (912mm) square. There is a single line border. The dedication is in capitals, the top line being in elaborate script, the rest in Roman. The names are listed in three columns, using sans serif capitals. The quotation at the bottom is in Gothic script.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

This tablet / is erected in token of deep and grateful appreciation of / the 46 members of the / County Borough of South Shields Police Force / who served in the Great War 1914-1918 / and in loving memory of the following / who died while on service.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a men lay down his life for his friends."

Names

9 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: R.W. Gould

South Shields Corporation Minutes July to Dec 1917 Page 152. See additional note a below.

South Shields Gazette 24/04/1927 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St.John 15 v 13

External web link

Durham at War

South Tyneside Remembers

Additional Research documents (click to download)

South Shields Corporation Minutes

Research acknowledgements

The late R.W. Gould; Graham Abramson; James Pasby; Michael Mulhern

Research In Progress

John Grainger has researched the names on this memorial and would be pleased to hear from anyone with stories, photographs or memorabilia. Contact:- Monreith@aol.com
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy. Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

Plaque Police 1914-18 Station Road (S86.031)

SOUTH SHIELDS, Police Station, Keppel Street.

   This tablet

   is erected in token of deep and grateful appreciation of

   the 46 members of the

   County Borough of South Shields Police Force

   who served in the Great War 1914-1918

   and in loving memory of the following

   who died while on service.

   Ralph P. Smith, R.N.     Richard Edmondson, Cam.H.   Henry Gastall, Man.R.

   Thomas E. Bloom, D.L.I.  Oswald Felstead, R.G.A.     George R. Lillico, R.E.

   John E. Donaghy, R.F.A.  John J. Farthing, Ir. Fus.  William R. Romaines, R.G.A.

   "Greater love hath no man than this, that a men lay down his life for his friends."

NamesS86.31

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