Memorial

Shields 1939-45 Falklands Riverside wall

Tweedmouth

Memorial Name: Shields 1939-45 Falklands Riverside wall (T31.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: T31.06

Parish: Tweedmouth

Original Location:

Beside the river Tweed and below the low bridge crossing the river.

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated by Rev. Matthew Knox

Materials Used:

Metal

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Made by David Milburn, Tweedmouth.

Inscription:

First plaque:

The youth
of today
remember
the youth of yesterday
These shields were requested
by the children of the area
In memory of
the fallen.

We do not forget.

Memorial Description:

Five plaques mounted on the riverside wall beside the memorial statue.

The first plaque which bears the dedication is rectangular with the corners removed.

The other four are shaped like shields, and carry the names in a single column on three and in four columns on the last.

Each carries a badge of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy or the British Army, the fourth is dedicated to civilians and is surmounted by a crown..

Names:

Five full names of civilians;
2 full names from the Royal Air Force;
5 full names and ships in the Royal Navy;
11 full names from the British Army.

See transcript

Notes:

1. The names are those of people who are not listed on the war memorial.

2. The initiative came from children who were tidying the area around the main memorial and expressed disappointment that names had been omitted.

Sources:

Photos: Tony Brown

Berwick Advertiser
(undated) reports on the dedication

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Tony Brown

Research In Progress:

Research on names for 1939-45 is being carried out by Tony Brown.

Contact: tonybrown901@btinternet.com

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Names Documents:

First plaque

  The youth

  of today

  Remember

  The youth of yesterday

  —-

  These shields were requested

  by the children of the area

  In memory of

  the fallen.

  We do not forget.

—————————————————

Plaque 2

  Civilian Personnel

  —-

  Gladys Younger

     Tweedmouth 1942

  William Younger

     Tweedmouth 1942

  George Gordon

     Died of wounds 1941

  Charles Edward Ogilvie Waite

     Enemy action Glasgow 1941

  Gladys Wallace

     Enemy action Tweedmouth 1942  

—————————————————

Plaque 3

  Royal Air Force

  —-

  Henry Knowles

     Royal Air Force 1940

  Bower James

  Holliday

     Royal Air Force 1947

—————————————————

Plaque 4

  Royal Navy

  —-

  John Oswald Harold Derry

     HMS Royal Oak 1939

  Thomas Dunlop McCall

     Died at Sea 1942

  Thomas Wood

     HMS Grenville 1941

  Thomas Henderson

     HMS Strathborne 1941

  Paul A Henry G.M.

     2Eng Officer REA Sir Galahad 1982

—————————————————

Plaque 5

  British Army

  —-

  Robert Bell         George Short

     Arnhem 1944         Tunis 1943

  Edward Waugh        Peter Foster

     Burma 1945          On active service 1942

  James Andrew Peace  Thomas Binnie

     France 1944         Grenadier Guards 1944

  John Brown          Peter Steel

     LSE Havre 1944      On service 1943

  Robert Mitchell     Robina Wait

     Hungary 1944        Munitions Mark 1943

         Thomas John Bryson

            Arnhem 1944

Names T31.06

  

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