Memorial
Roll of Honour Fallen 1914-18 Holy Trinity Boys’ School
South Shields
Memorial Name: Roll of Honour Fallen 1914-18 Holy Trinity Boys' School (S86.081)
NEWMP Ref No.: S86.081
Parish: South Shields
Holy Trinity Boys’ School, Holy Trinity Boys’ School, Commercial Road, South Shields. [Closed in 1970]. NE33 1RW. NZ 35879 66485
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office), Mount Oswald, Durham. DH1 3TQ. NZ 26745 40665
1914-18
Paper
Holy Trinity School.
Present Condition: Good
Names of Old Scholars
who have died
“For King and Country”
1914 – 1918
Roll of Honour.
The three-page document is in manuscript and is stamped with the school stamp and titled on the frontispiece.
The main page, which covers the first 64 casualties, holds two columns of names and details side by side.
90 names and sphere of service.
See transcript.
1. When the School in 1970, closed the Roll of Honour was given to the Durham Record Office, now The Story.
2. The School in WW2 was bombed and badly damaged.
3. Behind this terse statement by the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Home Security, (October 1st), lies a story of widespread bombing, some miraculous escapes and many acts of individual heroism in South Shields.
At 20.52 on this evening a stick of bombs fell on North Shields, two major fires being started. Seventeen minutes later the attack was carried to South Shields when a 1,000kg bomb fell in the garden behind the Simonside Arms on the Newcastle Road. A crater 50′ by 15′ was made and 90′ of a wall was demolished, but the explosion only caused superficial damage to the hotel and some breakage of windows nearby. There were no casualties. At the same time two bombs fell in Commercial Road; one struck the foundations of an old house on the bankside below Smith’s Foundry, ricocheted, passed through the exterior wall of a house on the opposite side of the road and came to rest on the floor of an upstairs room between a partition wall and a bed, failing to explode. In the course of its flight the base plate and fins of the bomb were broken off but it weighed 500 lbs. without them. It was removed by the Bomb Disposal Squad the next day. The other bomb hit Holy Trinity School, completely wrecking the buildings and blocking the road with debris. A gas main was burst, the windows in the Holy Trinity Church were shattered and structural damage was done to other buildings in the vicinity.
See the Bomb damage here.
Photos: James Pasby
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref. EP/SS HT 11/645
Additional Research Documents
John and Mavis Dixon;
James Pasby
The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.
Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk
SOUTH SHIELDS Holy Trinity Boys School
Names of Old Scholars
who have died
“For King and Country”
1914 – 1918
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Page 1
No. Name List No. Unit.
1 Abrahamson,John 5 Royal Naval Brigade
2 Aitken, Thomas (1) 78 HMS “Queen Mary”
3 Abbott, Joseph J. 327 HMS “Dominion”
4 Armstrong, Thomas 378 RN Transport Service
5 Adams, David 236 Durham Lt. Infantry
6 Aldus, William 414 Royal Engineers
7 Blacklock, Joseph 159 Royal Naval Reserve
8 Bald, Robert 220 Royal Field Arty.
9 Blenkinsop John 244 Royal Scots Fusiliers
10 Brown, George 279 King’s Shropshire Lt. Inf.
11 Bone, Thomas P. 330 14th Durham Lt. Inf.
12 Bailey, Joseph 66 Royal Naval Brigade
13 Bains, William 148 19th Durham Lt. Inf.
14 Cockburn, Edward A. 24 Northumberland Fusrs.
15 Churchward, James 51 King’s Own R. Lancs.
16 Corkin, Robert 192 3rd Durham Lt. Inf.
17 Carruthers, John 286 Australian Contingent
18 Curry, David 291 Durham Lt. Inf.
19 Cruickshanks, Alexr. 377 R.N.Transport Service
20 Clark, John George 335 23rd Royal Fusiliers
21 Dixon, Robert 178 7th Durham Lt. Inf.
22 Fox, John Thomas 71 7th West Yorks Regt.
23 Frame, Thomas 20 Royal Field Arty.
24 Fowlie, Peter 390 Durham Lt. Infantry
25 Girling, Edwin 183 North’d Fusiliers
26 Golden, John Arthur 196 Durham Lt. Infantry
27 Galbraith, Robert 224 7th Durham Lt. Inf.
28 Gray,, Robert 262 East Yorks Regt.
29 Gamblin, Stephen W. 350 Leinster Regt.
30 Galloway, John 396 Royal Fusiliers
31 Hopper, Thomas 74 14th Durham Lt. Inf.
32 Hyde, Leonard 93 North’d Fusiliers
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Page 2
No. Name List No. Unit.
33 Hails, James Wm. 211 Canadian Contingent
34 Hicks, Charles 215 Australian Contingent
35 Hull, Christopher 216 Canadian Contingent
36 Hughes, Bertram 229 Durham Lt. Infantry
37 Howard, James Wm. 275 West Yorks Regt.
38 Hardy, William P. 97 5th Cameron Highlanders
39 Hinchan, Joseph 370 K.O.Y. Light Infantry
40 Hudson, Nicholas A. 412 9th Yorks Regiment
41 Jobson, Herbert 1 Coldstream Guards
42 Jeffels, William 338 Royal Naval Division
43 Johnson, James 384 Royal Field Artillery
44 Keedy, Edward 108 7th Durham Lt. Infantry
45 McConochie, Christopher 15 Royal Naval Brigade
46 McConochie, John 60 North’d Fusiliers
47 McDonald, George D. 50 Royal Naval Brigade
48 Mallam, Matthew 59 4th Durham Lt. Infantry
49 Milburn, William 113 Royal Engineers
50 Martin, Bertram 270 Royal Field Artillery
51 McGill, John William 203 Australian Contingent
52 Morrell, Jonathan 368 ?
53 Morris, Joseph 372 R.N. Transport Service
54 Ohlsson, Andrew 23 8th Durham Lt. Infantry
55 Parker, William 49 2nd Border Regiment
56 Peacock, Alexander 56 North’d Fusiliers
57 Prowse, George 214 West Yorks Regt.
58 Peacock, John (2) 271 King’s Royal Rifles
59 Perry, Richard 48 9th East Yorks Regt.
60 Purvis, John 413 Army Service Corps
61 Reid, John 72 14th Durham Lt. Infantry
62 Rochester, John 155 ?
63 Reynolds, Robert 250 HMS “Collingwood”
64 Richardson, Albion 260 Royal Naval Division
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Page 3
No. Name List No. Unit.
65 Rives, Philip 295 West Yorks Regt.
66 Rives, John 95 Royal Field Arty.
67 Russell, William 197 Royal Field Arty.
68 South, William Hy. 64 Royal Naval Brigade
69 South, James Robt. 68 Durham Lt. Infantry
70 Stobbs, Andrew 228 13th North’d Fusiliers
71 Scott, John 189 4th Durham R. F. Art.
72 Sehman, John Jas. 170 5th North’d Fusiliers
73 Scott, Alexander 342 Royal Naval Division
74 Soulsby, Robert 31 HMS “Vengeance”
75 Sellars, Henry 129 4th North’d R. F. Artillery
76 Skipp, William 63 North’d Fusiliers
77 Summerbell, John 361 8th Durham Lt. Inf.
78 Turnbull, Joseph 156 Royal Engineers
79 Towns, Joseph 206 R. N. Transport Service
80 Tate, James 278 Durham Lt. Infantry
81 Tunney, George 308 Army Service Corps
82 Tunney, Septimus 309 6th Training Reserve
83 Thompson, William (2) 85 Royal Naval Brigade
84 Wilson, James 75 West Yorks Regt.
85 Wright, Benjamin 137 Durham Lt. Infantry
86 Wilson, Harold 153 HMS “Lightning”
87 Wilson, David 232 Durham Lt. Infy.
88 White, George Edwd. (1) 249 North’d Fusiliers
89 Welch, John 292 Machine Gun Section
90 Wilson, Thomas (1) 352 Royal Naval Division
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