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