Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaques All Wars Seamen's Mission
Reference
S86.036
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 359668
Original Location
In wall of Seamen's Mission, Corporation Street, Mill Dam. On staircase wall.
Present Location
No longer on the wall after remodelling of the premises, due to flooding and modernisation. 2016
Which war
All Wars.
Memorial Description
Plaque identifying a collection of small plaques individually dedicated. All are to seamen who have died, but not all are as a result of war.
Materials used
Wood;
Inscription
Gathered here at the entrance to our seamen’s chapel are memorial plaques presented over the past years in memory of seamen who died while following their calling. Their names together with those of their comrades are recorded also in the memorial book placed in the entrance hall of the mission, and their memories are perpetuated in the memorial reredos to Tyneside Seamen which now stands in the sanctuary of the church.
Names
Notes
1. These have not always been on the staircase. An unnamed newspaper report states they they are "shining brightly from the dark panelled walls" of the Chapel. "It is carrying on a tradition which has grown up with the years" said the Rev. A.P. Hutchinson, Temporary Assistant Chaplain at the Mission," a tradition which will no doubt continue so long as brave and gallant seamen are prepared to face all the dangers and perils of their great calling." The article states: "Not all the tablets bear testimony to the men who have lost their lives since the war started- many relate to those who have died or been killed through accident, shipwreck or other perils of the ocean, yet it is significant that since the beginning of the war approximately ? have been added to the dark panels."
2. No longer on the staircase, the plaque is situated within the Chapel.
3. The plaques are now all around the chapel on the wood panelling.
2. No longer on the staircase, the plaque is situated within the Chapel.
3. The plaques are now all around the chapel on the wood panelling.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
British Vessels Lost At Sea 1914-1918 First published 1919 by HMSO. Reprinted by Patrick Stephens ISBN 085059 384 0
British Vessels Lost At Sea 1939-1945 First published 1947 by HMSO. Reprinted by Patrick Stephens ISBN 085059 267 4
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
British Vessels Lost At Sea 1914-1918 First published 1919 by HMSO. Reprinted by Patrick Stephens ISBN 085059 384 0
British Vessels Lost At Sea 1939-1945 First published 1947 by HMSO. Reprinted by Patrick Stephens ISBN 085059 267 4
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; J. Brown; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by James Pasby Contact: jampas@btopenworld.com
Plaques All Wars Seamen's Mission (S86.036)
SOUTH SHIELDS Seamen's Mission
Gathered here at the entrance to our seamen’s chapel
are memorial plaques presented over the past years in
memory of seamen who died while following their calling.
Their names together with those of their comrades are
recorded also in the memorial book placed in the entrance
hall of the mission, and their memories are perpetuated in
the memorial reredos to Tyneside Seamen which now
stands in the sanctuary of the church.
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Adams, Andrew Ogle, S.S. Beneficent, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 53
Aikenhead, Alexander, S.S. Harpagus, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 20
Ames, Helse Mountain, S.S. Afton Towy, lost at sea 1941 aged 34
Armstrong, John, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 39
Armstrong, Lewis, S.S. Granta, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 24
Atkinson, Captain James, S.S. Don Arturo, lost at sea 1917 aged 36
Anderson, John Edward, S.S. Glendelough, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 21
Anderson, 2nd Officer Samuel, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 49
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Bell, George Lowie, S.S. Arandora Star, lost by enemy action 1940 age 57
Botha, 2nd Engineer Thomas Ernest, S.S. Winga, 1940 aged 45
Branch, George Edward, S.S. Broadhurst, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 37
Brown, Ralph Myers, S.S. Gasfire, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 37
Buckett, William Kut, S.S. Gothic, lost by enemy action 1940 age 25
Burrell, Joseph M., S.S. Effra, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 24 also James Burrell, S.S. Sallion,
lost at sea 1925 aged 17
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Calver, Chief Officer Albert Edward, S.S. Creofield lost by enemy action 1940 age 51
Cann, Alfred T., S.S. Gasfire, killed by enemy action 1940 age 54
Capstick, John George, S.S. Sheafmead, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 33
Carruthers, David William, S.S. Pearlmoor, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 31
Caulker, Henry John, S.S. Westpool, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 37
Chambers, Reginald Leonard, S.S. Astre II, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 25
Cochrane, John, H.M.S. Deptford, lost by an enemy action 1939 aged 59
Corkish, Arthur Alexander, S.S. Ullapool, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 38
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Dalglish, James, S.S. Kirnwood, killed by enemy action 1940 age 20
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Eglintine, Stewart Arthur, S.S. Henry Woodall, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 32
Emms, George Thomas, H.M.S. Rawalpindi, lost in action 1939 aged 23
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Fairbrother, Chief Officer Harold Edmund, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939
Forbes, James William, S.S. Granta, lost at sea 1940 aged 21
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Gallagher, Charles F. Armstrong, S.S. Barbara Marie, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Goodall, Jack, S.S. Menin Ridge lost by enemy action 1939 aged 19
Gow, James, S.S. Empire Dew, lost by enemy action in 1941 aged 36
Grains, Laurence Christopher, M.V. Athelcrest, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 33
Gray, Peter Scott, S.S. Ullapool, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 35
Grieves, Benjamin Dowell, S.S. Gretafield, lost by an enemy action 1940 age 45
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Hackett, Roger Laurence, S.S. Kirnwood, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Hall, Cyril Macdonald, S.S. Terlings, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Hansen, John Thomas, S.S. Gasfire, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 24
Hardie, John, S.S. Henry Woodall, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 32
Harris, James, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 34
Harvey, James, 2nd Mate, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 23
Helm, George, S.S. Cardiff , lost by enemy action 1941 aged 60
Henry, Assistant Steward William, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 19
Hogg, 2nd Engineer Robert W. T., S.S. Henry Woodall, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 29
Holman, John George, H.M.S. Daring, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 25
Holmes, Christopher John, M. V. San Calisto, lost at sea 1939 aged 20
Hood, Robert, S.S. Granta, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 26
Hoy, Stephen, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 59
Hudspith, Jack, S.S. Pinewood, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 59
Hughes, Robert V.D., S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 31
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Jenkins, Edward, M.V. Athelcrest, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 63
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Keeling, William Henry, S.S. Broadhurst, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 63
Kerr, Peter, S.S. Sheafmead, lost at sea 1940 aged 46
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Lambert, Master David, D.S.C, S.S. Akeld, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 49
Lamport, Maurice, R.N.R., M.V. Shellbrit 1, killed by enemy action 1940 aged 29
Laskey, Frank, S.S. Ambrose Fleming, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 47
Liddle, Thomas, S.S. Gasfire, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 38
Liddle, William Marton, S.S. Pinewood, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 28
Lindsay, Stanley Roper, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 age 41
Lodge, Stanley, S.S. Severn Leigh, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Lugton, James, S.S. Corsea 1930 aged 40 and Lugton, Henry, S.S. Blackhill lost at sea 1939 aged 43
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McGlave, James, S.S. Empire Storm, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 32
McKenna, John, M.V. British Liberty, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 42
McKie, Stanley, S.S. Empire Adventure, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 24
McNamee, James, S.S. Arandora Star, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 57
McRae, John Edward, S.S. King Alfred, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 27
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Matson, Bosun George William, S.S. Creofield, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 45
Maughan, John, S.S. Sheafmead, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 30
Mizen, George William, S.S. Beneficent, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 34 also Thomas Mizen,</em>
S.S. Presto, accidentally killed at sea 1916 aged 35
Moles, William, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 44
Moore, Francis, S.S. Hartlepool, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 26
Moseley, Thomas, S.S. Menin Ridge, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 39
Murray, Radio Officer George Smith, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 39
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Nicholson, John Kennedy, S.S. Sheafmead, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 27
Norton, Robert, S.S. Caduceus, died at sea 1939 aged 38
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Oliver, John, S.S. Blairmore, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 61
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Paramor, A.B. James, M.V. Athelcrest, lost by enemy action 1940 age 28
Potts, George W.B., S.S. Mouberg, killed by enemy action 1940 aged 53
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Raine, Captain John Brown, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 48
Rattey, Joseph, S.S. Biddlestone, lost at sea 1939 aged 22
Reah, Robert W. T., S.S. Latymer, killed by enemy action 1940 aged 27
Richardson, John William Moore, M.V. British Liberty, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 24
Richardson, 2nd Engineer Robert Oliver Wann, S.S. Joseph Swan, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 35
Robinson, Joseph Wood, S.S. Hartlepool, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Rowell, Robert, S.S. Empire Merlin, died as a result of enemy action 1940 aged 49
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Sanderson, Randolf, S.S. Stanwold, lost at sea 1941 aged 30
Sandison, 3rd Engineer William MacPherson. S.S. Kapristan. lost by enemy action 1939 aged 35 (2 plates)
Scott, Fireman Thomas, S.S. Granta, killed by enemy action 1940 aged 36
Skarden, Bosun Reuben S.M., S.S. Balmoralwood, killed at sea 1939 aged 51
Smith, Benjamin Jaminson, S.S. Dalblair, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 36
Snell, Colin, S.S. Mount Park, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 28
Stephenson, Andrew, S.S. Harpalyce, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 20
Stephenson, Richard H., S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940
Sullivan, 4th Engineer Thomas, S.S. Oakcrest, died at sea by enemy action 1940 aged 41
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Talboys, Thomas, S.S. Coronda, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 36
Tate, John William, H.M.S. Warspite died at sea 1941 aged 20
Tennant, Henry, S.S. Sheafmead, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 18
Thomason, James A., S.S. Whitemantle, lost at sea 1939
Thompson, Ernest, S.S. Dalveen, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 29
Thompson, James Hudson, S.S. Sedgepool, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 38
Trotman, Albert, S.S. Empire Ability, lost by enemy action 1941 aged 36
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Waggett, John William, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 22
Walker, Hugh Beresford, M.V. Athelcrest, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 20
Walker, George Robert, S.S. Gretafield, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 20 also Keith Mensforth Walker,
S.S. Lancastria, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 18
Watten, Fireman John William Penman, S.S. Joseph Swan, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 37
Whincop, Master Charles Alfred, S.S. Whitemantle, lost by enemy action 1939 aged 68
Whitaker, Sydney, S.S. Creofield, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 31
Williamson, James Christopher, S.S. Harpalyce, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 21
Williamson, Stephen Whitham, S.S. Dalveen, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 18
Wilson, David Pritchard, S.S. Empire Airman, lost by enemy action 1940
Wood, William, S.S. Chelsea, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 51
Wright, James, S.S. Beneficent, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 32
Young, William Robertson, S.S. Upminster, lost by enemy action 1940 aged 24
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