The Jesmond United Reformed Church is the location where the 4th Battalion Tyneside Scottish (23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers) was laid up after the First World War.
Tyneside Scottish Branch RAA Jesmond United Reformed Church |
Great War Memorial Jesmond United Reformed Church |
A plaque in the church commemorates Mr JR Hall, a prominent member of the Tyneside Scottish Committee in WW1 who would subsequently become Honorary Colonel TS. In 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War, it was Colonel Hall who petitioned to have the Tyneside Scottish title revived.
Colonel JR Hall Commemoration Plaque Jesmond United Reformed Church |