Memorial

Street Memorial 1914-18 Fort Street

South Shields

Memorial Name: Street Memorial 1914-18 Fort Street (S86.126)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.126

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

Fort Street, Lawe Top (demolished).

Fixed to the front of Nos. 54 and 56 Fort Street.

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 29th November 1917 by Ald. David Richardson.

Materials Used:

Polished pitch pine behind glass

Who Commissioned:

Wife of Sapper W.N. Newby 54 Fort Street

Present Condition: Missing

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

“The names are printed on a large inscription board of polished pitch pine, and enclosed in a case with a glass front.

It is surmounted by an ornamental canopy bearing the Union Jack, and the flags of St. Andrew, St. Patrick and St. George”.

Names:

84 names and ranks,
including 10 who were killed in action or died from wounds.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This street was two up from Morton Street and faced the Roman fort.

2. See Sapper William Nicholson Newby’s Every Name a Story entry.

Sources:

Shields Gazette
30/11/1917 reports unveiling.

Research Acknowledgements:

James Hoy Archives;
Michael Mulhern:
James Pasby

Research In Progress:

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

Contact: peterhoy@hotmail.co.uk

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

SOUTH SHIELDS      Fort Street

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper report

and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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  Lieut. J.C. Vickery        Private George Hunter

  Sec. Lieut. F. McCarrick   Private John Lambie

  Chief Officer A.M. Nelson  Private Joseph Lamb

  Sergt. J. Hetherington     Private Joseph McKie

  Sergt. Harry Lumley        Private Gernal Moore

  Sergt. Anthony Lumley      Private Fred. Miller

  Sergt. William Manson      Private A.R. Nelson

  Sergt. David Thompson      Private E.W. Nelson

  Sergt. Nicolas Young       Private T.C. Purvis

  Corporal John Shipley      Private Ernest Purvis

  Corporal Frank Little      Private W.S. Reay

  Sapper E.C. Bolan          Private John Ratcliffe

  Sapper T.N. Newby          Private John Spence

  Sapper James Bain          Private Alfred Sharp

  Sapper Robert English      Private Thos. Tennet

  Sapper John Greenwell      Private T.B. Tennet

  Sapper G.W. Peacock        Private Norman Tennet

  Sapper John Wales          Private Robert Taylor

  Gunner W.H. Elliott        Private John Wilkinson

  Bombardier Herb. Fake      Private J.R.B. Wood

  Gunner Aaron Jackson       Private A. Brotherton

  Gunner Joseph Turnbull     Private Geo. Bowman

  Wheeler J.B. Reay          Private Thomas Carmell

  Driver A.E. Wales          Private J.N. Lambie

  Driver Thomas Sharp        Private Benj. Lambie

  Driver George Scott        Private Stan. Marshall

  Driver David Lambie        Private James Hall

  Signaller J.W. Tennet      Private Charles ?McJad

  Signaller Andrew Fraser    Private J.L. Ridley

  Private Bertram Buck       Private Henry Roger

  Private Robert Brown       Private Fred. Scrafton

  Private Mathew Connell     Private Geo. Stafford

  Private Wilfred Colpitts   Private John Stafford

  Private John Charles       Pte. Wm. Wardropper

  Private J.W. English       Private W.S. West

  Private And. Ferguson      Private John Williams

  Private Robert Gilhespie   Private Norman Lambie

  Private Fred Collins.

  Killed

  Sap. E.C. Bolan D.C.M.     Private Robert Taylor

  Private J.W. English       Private John Ratcliffe

  Gunner Aaron Jackson       Private Norman Tennet

  Private Alfred Sharp       Pte. W. Wardropper

  Private J.R.B. Wood        Private J.N. Lambie.

NamesS86.126

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