Memorial

Plaque Sunday School Teachers 1914-18 Holy Trinity

South Shields

Memorial Name: Plaque Sunday School Teachers 1914-18 Holy Trinity (S86.093)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.093

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

Holy Trinity Church, High Shields, now closed.
It was at the crossroads formed by Laygate and Commercial Road.

Present Location:

Church demolished. Lost in 1980s.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled Wednesday, 16th March, 1921, by Major General Sir Percy Wilkinson.
Dedicated by Rev. J.O. Aglionby.

Materials Used:

Bronze

Inscription:

In grateful memory
of two teachers
in Holy Trinity Sunday School,
Joseph Thomas Bell and
Andrew Ohlsson, 7th D.L.I.,
+ reported missing +
at Hooge, Flanders
on Monday in Whitsun week 1915.
Pleasant in their lives
and in their deaths not divided.

Memorial Description:

Plaque with raised bevelled edge.

In the four corners is a raised hook shape, horizontal at the top corners and vertical in the bottom corners.

On each side of the lettering is a plain cross raised in half relief.

Lettering is in raised sans serif capitals.

Names:

See above.

Notes:

1. These two men joined the Durham Light Infantry. Their service numbers are 2856 and 2858. They must have signed up together. They died on the same day and are commemorated on the Menin Gate at Ypres.

2. See John Thomas Bell

3 See Andrew Ohlsson

External Links:

The CWGC entry for Private Bell
The CWGC entry for Private Ohlsson

Sources:

Photo: E. Handy

Source of quotation
“Pleasant in their lives . . .” 2 Samuel 1 v 23, the story of David and Jonathan.