The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Jarrow (Palmer Shipyard)

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The Cenotaph for the Palmer Shipyard, Jarrow
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The Palmer Shipyard War Memorial is a cenotaph rising to nearly 20 feet. The slightly tapering monument is topped by an urn.
Panels on the front and sides, each with a laurel wreath raised in half relief at the top, bear the inscriptions. Names are listed in two columns on each, under the department in which they worked.
There is an additional panel which adds names after the completion of the cenotaph.

The memorial is located outside the Palmer Memorial Hospital, Jarrow.

145 names and place of work are recorded, plus 40 added afterwards. These names have been transcribed on the North East War Memorials Project website.

10 names have been identified as being those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment, with 2 possible additional names.

Private John Berry. 14579. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Charlotte Berry, of 84, Dee St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 24 September 1915. Aged 19.
Born Byker (Newcastle), Enlisted Jarrow.
Buried RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private William Scott Brown. 14309. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Brown, of 11, Cobden St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Died 14 August 1917. Aged 23.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Possibly not the name on the Palmer Shipyard Memorial, as this was simply "William Brown".)

Private Herbert Cooper. 14139. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Cooper, of 12, Prince Consort Rd., Jarrow, Co. Durham. Died 28 May 1916. Aged 24.
Born Jarrow, Enlsited Jarrow.
Buried DARTMOOR CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Green. 3/9369. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Eleanor Minnie Green, of 79, Tyne St., Jarrow.
Died at home 19 August 1920. Aged 46.
Buried JARROW CEMETERY.

Private Robert William Harney, 29976. 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 17441 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. T. Harney, of 5, South St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 28 May 1918. Aged 21.
Born Jarrow-on-Tyne, Enlisted Wallsend, Resided Jarrow.
Buried HERMONVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY.
(SDGW has Regtl No = 29076)

Corporal George Holt, 14306. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Margaret Burn Stephen (formerly Holt), of 4, Victor St., Jarrow, Co. Durham, and the late Robert Holt. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas O'Brien. 11081. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ann O'Brien, of 15, Milton St., Jarrow-on-Tyne, Co. Durham. Killed 21 August 1915. Aged 30.
Born South Shields, Enlisted South Shields, Resided Jarrow.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 11061)
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Smith, 15947. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 May 1916.
Born Hebburn (Durham), Enlisted South Shields, Resided Jarrow.
Buried TRANCHEE DE MECKNES EMETERY.

Corporal William Spoors, 14308. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Margaret Spoors, of 30, Birch St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born Monckton (Jarrow), Enlisted Jarrow.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Ralph Wycliffe Watson. 63324. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 13500 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Francis W. and Margaret Ann Watson, of Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 18 August 1918. Aged 27.
Born Tyne Dock, Enlisted Jarrow (Northumberland).
Buried THELUS MILITARY CEMETERY.

Also commemorated on the memorial are the names of two soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment, but who may possibly not be the names commemorated;-

Private John Coulson. 3/8628. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth A. Coulson, of 29, Stainton St., West Hartlepool. Killed 22 November 1916. Aged 36.
Born Jarrow, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided 25 Dover Street, West Hartlepool.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Being comparatively old, it is possible he worked in the Jarrow shipyard before moving to West Hartlepool. In the 1911 census he is shown as being a "Shipyard Labourer".)

Private Robert Henry Dine. 42009. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 439 1st T R Battn. Son of Frank Thomas and the late Annie Dine, of 45, Heworth Avenue, Pelaw, Co. Durham. Died 7 June 1917. Aged 21.
Born Felling (Durham), Enlisted Felling, Resided Pelaw (Durham).
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(The name on the memorial is "Robert Dine", but from the 1911 census the above Robert Henry Dine appears to be the best "fit".)

One of the Commemorative Faces on the Palmer Shipyard, Jarrow, War Memorial
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One of the Additional Commemorative Faces on the Palmer Shipyard, Jarrow, War Memorial
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The Dedication on the Palmer Shipyard, Jarrow, War Memorial The Dedication on the Palmer Shipyard, Jarrow, War Memorial
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