Tynemouth WW1 Memorial

The Tynemouth World War One Commemoration Project researched the biographies of the 1,700 men recorded in the Borough of Tynemouth Roll of Honour 1914-1919.

Borough of Tynemouth Roll of Honour 1914-1919

As part of the Project a memorial garden in the Linskill Centre North Shields  was constructed recording those lost from the Tynemouth Borough .

The memorial unusually lists the casualties by the street they lived in at the time of their death.



Tynemouth WW1 Memorial
Linskill Centre North Shields

Tynemouth WW1 Memorial
Listing by Location and Street

The memorial was officially unveiled on Sunday 24th October 2015. 

Tynemouth WW1 Memorial
Commemoration Service

Tynemouth WW1 Memorial
Commemoration Service Standard Bearers

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Tynemouth WW1 Commemoration Parade

On the 28th June 1914, the heir to the Austro Hungarian throne was assassinated  in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

The July Crisis that followed saw mobilisation of Austria-Hungry, Germany, France and Russia.



July Crisis


















Anxious not to fight a war on two fronts, Germany enacted their Schlieffen Plan, the aim being to defeat France in six weeks, then turn attention eastward to Russia who they assessed would take a while to fully prepare for war.

The Schlieffen plan required German forces to wheel through neutral Belgium

Schlieffen Plan

German cavalry crossed the border on 3rd August. Belgian neutrality was guaranteed by Britain by the Treaty of London 1839, and a telegram was sent to the Kaiser demanding the German forces withdraw.

The Germans failed to comply and at 11pm 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany.

 

Commemoration of the centenary of WW1

Northumberland Square North Shields

Sunday 3rd August 2014 

 



Parade on the march

Tyneside Scottish Pipe Band

Veteran Contingent