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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Banks (Newcastle upon Tyne and Barclays Head Office) |
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The
Barclays Bank Logo
One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment was employed+
in a Bank, and is commemorated on
a The memorial in Barclays Bank Group Headquarters, Churchill Place, Poplar,
Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, Greater London
and
b) the Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance for Newcastle upon Tyne Bank
Staff in the First World War.
The Barclays Bank memorial is of polished limestone tablets
attached to the wall. The inscription is incised at the top with the names
set in nine columns below. Photographs of the memorial tablets and a transcription
of the names is provided on the Imperial War Museum's Register
of War Memorials website.
362 names are on this memorial.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Roll of honour for Newcastle upon Tyne
Bank Staff in the First World War is transcribed on the North
East War Memorials Project website. The roll of Honour is currently located
with Matthew Charlton & Sons (Builders Merchants) Ltd., Station Road,
Hexham.
11 names with ranks and regiments are recorded on this Roll of Honour.
Private Charles Richard Boustead. 27288. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Georgina Boustead, of West View, Low
Moorsley, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 17 August 1916. Aged
18.
Born Ryton-on-Tyne (Northumberland), Enlisted Morpeth.
Commemorated on Panels 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
The Roll of Honour for Men fron the Staff of Banks in the Newcastle upon Tyne
District
Photo : James Pasby of the North
East War Memorials Project website
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