Amble War Memorial
 

Here we have the programme for the unveiling of the war memorial in 1925, thought it might be of interest. There is also a double page listing the casualties, a page with two hymms and a photo of the new memorial which I have not scanned but will if anyone requests.

Is there a listing for PUNTER J.H. ? Not sure if anyone has got to the bottom of who that man is. Think it is a misspelling.

PUNTER J.H. on the church panel as well as the Memorial Clock:

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...r_memorial.jpg

Our neighbouring family when I was a child were the Puntons. Wonder if that is supposed to be the spelling and he was an ancestor of theirs?

I've noticed Puntons in Amble on the 1911 census, but nothing obviously matching at CWG.
However, the Morpeth Herald of 22 December 1916 carries the story: "A benefit dance was held in the Old Drill Hall in aid of Mrs Punter, of Amble, who recently lost her husband, killed in action. Mrs Punter wishes to thank all those from Amble and Radcliffe who organised and attended the dance, for their kindly help and support."

The Morpeth Herald of 4 August 1916 has a list of killed and wounded. In amongst the Amble men is Corporal "P" Punter, Tyneside Scottish, NF, killed in action.

Might be something wrong with the initials then. Nothing jumps out of the 'soldiers died' or War Graves records to match this man as recorded above.

crossed posts. That will explain it. I'll see if he's in the Tyneside Scottish book as well then.

There's an Albert Punter from Alnwick* killed on the 1st day of the Somme with the 23rd NF (Tyneside Scottish) originally a 21st NF (Tyneside Scottish) man.

Mysteriously not on the Alnwick memorial, which might suggest he is the man above, but again another variation of christian name/initial.


[* From the nominal roll in the book 'Tyneside Scottish' by Graham Stewart and John Sheen]

Albert Punter had a middle name Henry according to the medal rolls

I'm up to 90% confidence now this will turn out to be our man. Probably a sailor living (visitor) in Berwick on the 1911 census.

medal roll [Ancestry]

I have scanned the remaining pages for the forum and Punter is on both the church and clock memorials.

The church memorial was feb 1921 I am informed, and there are quite a few initials and variations at first glance between the two memorials.

There was a very large 1925 committee including my great grandmother. I would imagine that they were very thorough as the memorial is obviously not a copy of the church one. Coquet are you aware there is also a wooden, gold leafed memorial in the Parish Hall Dovecote st?

I took a photo of the Dovecote Hall memorial earlier this year, I put it up just as soon as i find it.

IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF AMBLE C.E. SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR COUNTRY.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...rial_amble.jpg

Dundee Courier 26 July 1916 [still no guarantees this is our man]

There's a couple at least on the Dovecote memorial I've not seen elsewhere.

Pearson W.F. (Staff)
Voy J.L.

CWG has an entry for Albert Punter, killed 1 July 1916. Corporal 21/1315, NF 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Thiepval Memorial.
More info from London baptisms:
Albert Henry Punter, born March 9, 1883, (baptised April 8) son of John and Sophie, builder of 22 Blagrove Road, Kensington.

That ties in nicely with the sailor's details 'visiting' at Berwick [Scremerston] on census night 1911.

There is a J C Bell on the war memorial, with no further information against his name on our sister site. Reference in Newcastle Journal of 13 March 1917:

"Killed in action on March 5, 1917, Corporal Jacob Coxon Bell, 54th (maybe 34th) Battalion Canadian Infantry, formerly of Rothbury and Amble."

We have a photo of him on the 1917 casualty page. Will have to update the war memorial pages with the photos and other data that is coming to light at some point!
There is an updated version of that 1917 casualty page to upload as well.

No exaggeration but I could spent the remainder of my life developing the WW1 pages!

Yes, I looked at the casualty lists after I'd done the post about Mr Bell :o

James Herbert Punton
 

I believe whoever wrote these memorials in amble spelt the surname wrong, it should of read J H Punton.

That's really interesting, we'll have to investigate further. I guess you must have some info given your surname!

So it is this chap then:

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...james-herbert/

Haven't been on this site for a while so just catching up. The monumental masons who did the work on the Amble Memorial were my Greatgrandfather, Grandfather and probaby my GreatUncle (I think he was working in the business in the 1920's). To say that they were perfectionists is an understatement, as a kid growing up in the 1960's at the end of Granda "Jim's" career everthing was still checked, double checked and checked again. They couldn't afford to make mistakes with a reputation depended on it. What I'm saying is that spelling on the Memorial would be how it was drafted of that I'm pretty sure. Blame the drafter not the Mason - I've got family honour at stake here (LOL!).

Amble war memorial fund raising
 

I am a historian currently researching WW1 textiles. I have a source that suggests over 100 quilts were made and sold by Amble women to raise funds for the war memorial. If anyone has any further information about these quilts or the women who made them, I would be very grateful to hear from them. Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me with this or any suggestions for other avenues I might,pursue to find more information.

Were the Amble ladies doing this work part of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild? I often come across the interesting WW1 period medals to that group but as yet have not found anything with local provenance. I know the organisation was very active throughout the war but I'm not sure about after.

War Memorial Names
 

The Newspaper Archive has just loaded a lot more newspapers including the Journal and Evening Chronicle. Picked this one up for J Ryan (memorial and West Cemetery).
Evening Chronicle, 30 December 1942:
"Sergt-Observer J. Ryan, RAF, VR, son of Mr and Mrs J Ryan of Lindisfarne Road, Amble, has been killed on active service. Aged 30, he was manager of Thompson's Red Stamp Stores, Woodbine Street, South Shields, before the war."
The paper has a photograph too.

I started as delivery boy, aged 13, in 1956, at the Amble branch of Thompsons Red Stamp Stores in Albert Street, now the petrol station. The manager was Mr Ryan of Lindisfarne Road, he was the father of this airman. He retired about the end of 1956 before the shop moved to Queen street.