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Memorial
Roll of Honour Scouts 1914-18 1939-45
Reference
G39.011
Place
GATESHEAD
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Book
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Book published c1990
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour, headed “They died for us”. This is Appendix V to the book.
Inscription
They died for us.
Names
Notes
1. “The war record of the Gateshead Scouts’ Association is as follows:- Number of Scouts serving in Navy and Army, 160; killed, 9; wounded and gassed, 20; recommended for V.C., 1; awarded D.S.O., 1; awarded M.C., 2; awarded M.M., 2; mentioned in despatches, 1. These figures exclude ex-Scouts.
Although the Gateshead Association had no Sea Scouts, they readily fell in with the scheme put forward by the Headquarters, London, and during the war over 150 Scouts from the Association were on coastguard duty on the North Northumberland Coast and other places.”
Although the Gateshead Association had no Sea Scouts, they readily fell in with the scheme put forward by the Headquarters, London, and during the war over 150 Scouts from the Association were on coastguard duty on the North Northumberland Coast and other places.”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
A Tale of Shorts: Scouting in Gateshead (1908-1988) ; Telford, Bill (Compiler); Newcastle, Athenaeum Press, 1990(?) page 231. Appendix V
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 12/05/1919 reports details in Note 1 above and simultaneous memorial services held in Newcastle Cathedral and St.Mary’s Gateshead.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 12/05/1919 reports details in Note 1 above and simultaneous memorial services held in Newcastle Cathedral and St.Mary’s Gateshead.
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Research acknowledgements
Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour Scouts 1914-18 1939-45 (G39.011)
GATESHEAD Scouting in Gateshead (1908-1988);
The Great War 1914-1918
L.A.H. Bulkeley – Vice President, Gateshead Scouts
C.J.M. Thompson – 4th Christ Church
J. Youd – 4th Christ Church
C. Spanton – 7th St Hilda’s
S. Gardner – 10th St James’
J. Taylor – 12th St Mary’s
R. Sayer – 16th – St George’s
J. Rollo – 19th Dunston Christ Church
W. Buckley – 19th Dunston Christ Church
G. Noon – 19th Dunston Christ Church
J.R. Robson – 20th St Paul’s
J. Tulley – 22nd St Cuthbert’s
F.E. Scott – 24th Durham Road Baptist
M. Robinson – 25th St Andrew’s
J.W. Boggon – 26th St John’s
S. Wilson – 28th St Aidan’s
T.W. Storey – 29th Bensham Wesleyan
J.T. Ashton – 40th Vine Street Mission
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The Second World War
George Eltringham – 2nd Sunniside
George Ritchie – 6th Springwell
William Smith – 7th Vine Street
Sidney Coleman – 9th Eighton Banks
Angus B. Eades – 13th Low Fell Wesleyan
Harry Jobling – 13th Low Fell Wesleyan
John R. Bennett – 14th Heworth St Mary’s
Norman H. Smith – 15th Whitehall Road Methodists
Leslie Varty – 15th Whitehall Road Methodists
John Nicholson – 16th St George’s
Alan Johnson – 16th St George’s
Fred Probert – 16th St George’s
Charles Dodds – 16th St George’s
Cyril Perry – 19th Dunston Christ Church
George Marsh – 19th Dunston Christ Church
Norman Murton – 20th St Paul’s
Arthur Bowes –24th Durham Road Baptist
Edward J. Laws – 25th St Andrew’s
Andrew Gowland – 25th St Andrew’s
Frederick W. Earl – 25th St Andrew’s
Kenneth George – 25th St Andrew’s
James W. Crowley – 25th St Andrew’s
John F. Ward – 26th St John’s
Philip Peel – 28th St Aidan’s
Ralph Evans – 29th Bensham Wesleyan
John Hubbard – 29th Bensham Wesleyan
Robert Dunn – 29th Bensham Wesleyan
Oswald Brodie – 31st Gateshead
Jack Rutter – 32nd Whickham St Mary’s
Dennis Burton – 34th Gateshead
John G. Lawson – 35th Leam Lane Methodist
Robert Donaldson – 35th Leam Lane Methodist
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