Memorial

Roll of Honour Scouts 1914-18 1939-45

Gateshead

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour Scouts 1914-18 1939-45 (G39.011)

NEWMP Ref No.: G39.011

Parish: Gateshead

Original Location:

1939-45 Scout House Catherine Terrace Gateshead

Book – A Tale of Shorts: Scouting in Gateshead (1908-1988) ; Telford, Bill (Compiler); Newcastle, Athenaeum Press, 1988

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

b. February 23rd 1952 Unveiled by District Commissioner Mr F. Mitchell, dedicated by Association Chairman Canon HS Stephenson Rector of Gateshead assisted by Rev FH Britton Vicar of Eighton Banks.

Book published 1988

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

b. Illustrator Mr Ralph Gowland 13th Low Fell Methodist

Inscription:

They died for us.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour, headed “They died for us”.
This is Appendix V to the book.

Names:

a. 18 names, with the Scout Group.
b. 32 names, with the Scout Group.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “The war record (WW1) 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.”

Sources:

Gateshead Post
15/02/1952 gives details of proposed unveiling
29/02/1952 reports unveiling
(available on the British Newspaper Archive)

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.

A Tale of Shorts: Scouting in Gateshead (1908-1988) ; Telford, Bill (Compiler); Newcastle, Athenaeum Press, 1988 page 231. Appendix V

 

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Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

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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