Memorial Details
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Memorial
Cot 1939-45 Ingham Infirmary
Reference
W101.04
Place
WESTOE
Map ref
NZ 367643
Original Location
Ingham Infirmary, South Shields. (demolished) In new wing.
Present Location
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Ref: TWCMS 2013.213
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Cot.
Plaque with black lettering. There is a single line border in red. The title is in red, the text in black, using Gothic script throughout.
Plaque with black lettering. There is a single line border in red. The title is in red, the text in black, using Gothic script throughout.
Materials used
Brass plaque.
Inscription
This cot was endowed by a fund raised by members of the / Civil Defence Wardens service of South Shields as a memorial to the / following five of their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice / during the war of 1939-1945.
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Present condition
The Hospital has been demolished.
Notes
1. Three of the names also are remembered on S86.034
2. Note the spelling of Slesser and Sutton on the Memorial.
3. The plaque is dated 18th October 1944 and commemorates the donation of a bed through a fund raised by the members of the Civil Defence Wardens Service of South Shields, in memory of fellow members: Hilda Thompson, William
George Baldry, George Bertram, James Oswald Norrie Slesser and Stanley Sutton, who died during 1939-45 war.
2. Note the spelling of Slesser and Sutton on the Memorial.
3. The plaque is dated 18th October 1944 and commemorates the donation of a bed through a fund raised by the members of the Civil Defence Wardens Service of South Shields, in memory of fellow members: Hilda Thompson, William
George Baldry, George Bertram, James Oswald Norrie Slesser and Stanley Sutton, who died during 1939-45 war.
External web link
Additional Notes
1. William George Baldry is remembered in W101.08 and Every Name a Story
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; James Pasby; Adam Bell; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by James Pasby
Contact: jampas@btopenworld.com.
Cot 1939-45 Ingham Infirmary (W101.04)
WESTOE Ingham Infirmary
This cot was endowed by a fund raised by members of the
Civil Defence Wardens service of South Shields as a memorial to the
following five of their comrades who made the supreme sacrifice
during the war of 1939-1945.
Hilda Thompson 30.9.1941
Wm. Geo. Baldry 2.10.1941
Geo. Bertram )
James Oswald Slessor ) 24.5.1943
Stanley Sotton )
NamesW101.04
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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