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Roll of Honour 1939-45 Town Clerk's Department

Reference

S86.070

Place

SOUTH SHIELDS

Map ref

NZ 366669

Original Location

Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 In "Legal" corridor, ground floor.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour on paper behind glass, 15 inches high x 10 inches wide (380 mm x 254 mm) in a plain wood frame. There is an elaborate border of gold leaves on a blue background. At centre top is a laurel wreath surmounted by a crown and lion. Within the wreath is a coat of arms. To the left of the wreath are aeroplanes, to the right are battleships. At centre bottom is a fan of flags with scenes of soldiers in battle on either side.
The main panel is in the centre, in an elaborately-shaped gold border. The names are listed in a single column. The lettering is hand-written using a variation of Gothic, Roman and sans serif in gold, red, with the names in black.
The names of those killed in action are marked with an asterisk.

Materials used

Parchment behind glass.

Inscription

County Borough of South Shields / Town Clerk�s Department / Roll of Honour / 1939-1945.

Names

21 names, ranks and dates of enlistment.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

McVay, South Shields.

Notes

1. The colour pictures around the border were painted in 1944, the names were completed in 1945-6.

2. Our transcript of this memorial is correct. However, Simon Glancey has pointed out some errors of dates.
C.R.R. Batchellor died in June 1941, not 1940.
G. Knox died in February 1943, not January 1941.
W.C. Beck died in May 1943, not January 1941.

3. Lieutenant J.L. Oliver was in the 1st Durham Light Infantry Battalion, when he was captured by the Germans at near Halfaya Pass. See additional Notes below.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby

External web link

Durham at War

South Tyneside Remembers

Additional Notes

a. One of the men remembered on this Memorial was captured in the North African Campaign, and reported of what happened to the Evening Chronicle 18/06/1942. Lieutenant J.L Oliver was from South Shields and worked at South Shields Corporation. He was in the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry. See also R.C. Meikle.

Research acknowledgements

C. Sanders; James Pasby; Simon Glancey

Research In Progress

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Roll of Honour 1939-45 Town Clerk's Department (S86.070)

SOUTH SHIELDS

   County Borough of South Shields

   Town Clerk’s Department

   Roll of Honour

   1939-1945.

   * Killed in action

   J. Atkinson       R.A.F.       Sept. 1939

   H. Bertram        R.A.         Sept. 1939

   C. Marks          R.A.P.C.     Sept. 1939

   J.L. Oliver       D.L.I.       Sept. 1939

   A. Thompson       R.E.         Sept. 1939

   J.C. Purvis       R.A.F.       Novr. 1939

   G. Plater         R.N.V.R.     May 1940

   C.R. Batchellor * R.A.F.       June 1940

   J. Fitzgerald     R.A.F.       June 1940

   J. Inch           R.A.F.       Sept. 1940

   W.C. Beck *       R.A.F.       Jany. 1941

   G. Knox *         R.A.F.       Jany. 1941

   Ivy Wade          W.A.A.F.     Decr. 1941

   R.S. Young        R.A.F.       Decr. 1941

   T. Corner         R.E.C.C.E.   Octr. 1942

   R. Harrison       R.A.F.       May 1943

   R.H. Fish         Border Rgt.  June 1943

   J. Petrie         R.N.         Octr. 1943

   B. Lincoln        R.M.         Octr. 1943

   A. Brown          G.S.         Apr. 1944

   R. Burgess        R.A.F.       Aug. 1945

NamesS86.070

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