Memorial

Street Memorial 1914-18 Lower Thames Street

South Shields

Memorial Name: Street Memorial 1914-18 Lower Thames Street (S86.112)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.112

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

Lower Thames Street

Present Location:

Unknown – Missing

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 1st October 1918 by Ald. R. Kaye

Inscription:

(Contained the names of 100 men from the district serving with the forces)

Memorial Description:

Street war shrine

Names:

Army: 52 full names and ranks; 4 of those taken POW; 11 of those killed; 1 missing;
Navy: 26 of those serving; 6 of those killed.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The person credited with taking up this project was Ann Whitfield who had six sons serving.

2. From this locality, 100 men had joined the Forces.

Sources:

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
05/10/1918 reports unveiling.

South Shields Gazette
02/10/1918 reports unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby;
Michael Mulhern

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by Peter Hoy.

Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

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Names Documents:

SOUTH SHIELDS   Lower Thames Street

 

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted for a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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                        ARMY  

  Pte. Joseph R. Whitfield    Pte. William Jamison

  Sapper James Whitfield      Pte. William Brown

  Pte. John B. Whitfield      Pte. John Stewart

  Pte. James Whitfield        Pte. Joseph Burnett

  Pte. Walter Whitfield       Pte. James Burnett

  Pte. William D. Whitfield   Pte. James Calder

  Pte. Thomas Black           Pte. Laurence Calder

  Pte. Henry Black            Pte. Thos. W. Goodchild

  Pte. Jasper Welch           Pte. William Young

  Sapper Jas. E. Westall      Pte. Lancelot Pollard

  Pte. James Peacock          Pte. James Plowman

  Pte. Septimus Flood         Pte. Michael Leavey

  Pte. Luke Flood             Pte. William McGuire

  Pte. James Flood            Pte. John Curley

  Sergt. Joes. Tugby D.C.M.   Pte. Frederick Shroff

  Pte. John W. Peters         Pte. Robert Potts

  Pte. Jack Smith             Corpl. James Landers

  Pte. William Galloway       Pte. Abraham Levens

  Pte. Jack Thomson           Pte. William Davison

  Pte. Henry Robertson        Pte. Edward Davison

  Driver Geo. W. Wilson       Pte. Norman C. Oliver

  Driver Thomas Wilson        Pte. William Christe

  Sergt. William Liscombe     Pte. Thomas Hope

  Pte. Joseph Falp            Pte. W. Johnson, D.C.M.

  Pte. Thomas Falp            Pte. Thomas Mather

  Pte. Jas. B. Jamison        Pte. Thomas Peat.

                      PRISONERS OF WAR

  Pte. William Stewart        Pte. Robert Davison

  Pte. Benjamin Smith         Pte. John Divine

                        KILLED

  Pte. Henry M. Whitfield     Pte. Edward Miller

  Sergt. Andrew Napier        Pte. Jack Jamison

  Pte. Jack Tugby             Pte. James Cairns

  Pte. George Peters          Pte. John Landers

  Pte. James Shields          Pte. George W. Palmers

  Pte. John B. Manning.

                        MISSING

  Sergt. Ralph Nixon

                         NAVY

  Str. George Whitfield       S.E. Leonard Overton

  Str. Daniel Whitfield       C.E. William Ball

  C.E. Robert B. Napier       Str. Christopher Green

  Str. Thomas Reid            Str. Walter Rydan

  Str. William Brannen        Str. Geo. H. Richardson

  P.O. Jas. Addison, D.S.M.   Str. Ralph Sullivan

  Str. Thomas D. Brannen      Str. William Coverdale

  Str. Arthur Howe            C.E. William Palmer

  Str. Charles Taylor         Str. William Cleland

  Str. George Whitehead       Str. Michael McNulty

  Str. George Shields         Str. James McNulty

  Str. John Skelly            Str. James Skelly

  Str. George Rice            Str. Joseph Reid

                       KILLED

  Str. Edward Manning         Str. Magnus Adamson

  C.E. George W. Rae          Str. Thomas Skelly

  Str. William Gray           Str. Jonathan Peacock.   

NamesS86.112   

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