Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Tyne Improvement Commission
Reference
S86.068
Place
SOUTH SHIELDS
Map ref
NZ 35?65?
Original Location
Tyne Dock offices, in entrance hall of head office, Berwick Street, Newcastle, c.1996.
Present Location
Tyne Dock offices, in entrance under the stairwell in Navigation House at Tyne Dock and can be seen when entering the building.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled May 1923 by Sir Alfred M.Palmer, Bart., Chairman of Board.
b. Unveiled 9th Feb. 1949 by Mr W.A.Souter, Chairman of Board.
b. Unveiled 9th Feb. 1949 by Mr W.A.Souter, Chairman of Board.
Memorial Description
Plaque approx. 1.82m (6 feet) high x 1.52m (5 feet) wide. There is a pediment with half-pillars at the sides carved with a column with leaves twining up. Beneath the pediment are four shields in colour bearing different coats of arms.
The dedication is carried on a panel across the whole width.
Below this are three sunken panels bearing the names from 1914-18 in a single column on each.
Below another single panel has been inserted on which are the names from 1939-45 in three columns.
The dedication is carried on a panel across the whole width.
Below this are three sunken panels bearing the names from 1914-18 in a single column on each.
Below another single panel has been inserted on which are the names from 1939-45 in three columns.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
a. Tyne Improvement Commission / In honoured memory of the men / in the service of the Commission / who gave their lives in the Great War / 1914-1919 / (Names) / Erected by their Colleagues /
b. 1939-1945
b. 1939-1945
Names
Who commissioned
Tyne Improvement Commission Officers’ Association
How money was raised
Employees in all departments.
Notes
1. 99 men from the Commissioners office and clerical staff enlisted, which was 77%. From the employees, 298 enlisted, which was 46 %. 15 of the clerical staff and 41 employees fell. 15 men won decorations.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Gillian Scott; Beamish Museum Archives
South Shields Gazette 15/06/1923 reports unveiling.
South Shields Gazette 15/06/1923 reports unveiling.
External web link
Additional Notes
a. Ronald Barnes is also remembered on S86.139.
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Michael Mulhern; Julian Harrop Beamish Museum; Gillian Scott; James Pasby
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Tyne Improvement Commission (S86.068)
SOUTH SHIELDS Tyne Dock offices
Tyne Improvement Commission
In honoured memory of the men
in the service of the Commissioners
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914-1919
Aggett, A.E. Dixon, G.B. Pattie, G.L.
Ainsley, W. Donaldson, T. Reed, T.B.
Attwater, W. Frazer, W.J. Revell, O.
Backley, H. Freeman, A.W. Rexter, T.G.
Backley, J. Graham, J.F. Robertson, G.
Barrow, J. Hall, G. Robson, G.
Barry, T.M. Harrison, A. Rumney, B.
Bedford, A. Hunter, J. Sloan, A.
Bewick, J.W. Irving, R.T. Smith, E.
Briggs, R.N. Joyner, J. Sparham, W.A.W.
Bryson, J. Kenny, D. Taylor, J.L.
Burns, A. Lake, S.M. Tomlin, H.R.
Charlton, P.C. Lord, J. Wardle, C.E.
Charlton, R.T. Margaretich, L. Webster, B.
Clark, C. Milne, J. Wilkinson, J.W.
Coulter, R.G. Morton, A. Williams, T.
Cowie, H. Muckle, W. Wilson, W.W.
Cowie, N. Nelson, A. Young, N.
Cummins, W.P. Ottiwell, G.
Erected by their Colleagues
1939 – 1945
Gibson, J.
Allison, C. Hasting, T.E. Richardson, F.T.
Angus, P.R. Henderson, J. Scott, L.W.
Arnott, K. Jobling, R.E. Scott, R.
Atkinson, N. Kerr, L.R Seymour, C.
Barnes, R. Lynch, J. Stamp, J.
Carruthers, T. Macintosh, G. Swinney, P.
Connor, M. Mann, J. Thompson, C.
Davis, J.W. McKay, A. Thompson, E.
Davison, T. Morse, A.E. Wallace, C.
Fairhurst, S. Muir, R.T. Wallis, W.I.
Forster, R. Phillips, Ralph Waugh, W.R.
Geddes, J. Phillips, Robert Webb, H.
Names S86.68
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