The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Jarrow, - St. Mark's Church

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The Roll of Honour in St. Mark's Church, Jarrow The Roll of Honour in St. Mark's Church, Jarrow
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The First World War Roll of Honour for St. Mark's Church, Jarrow, is a wooden triptych.
As St. Mark's Church is now closed, the memorial is now housed in St. Peter's Church, York Avenue, Jarrow.

Altogether 35 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War on this Roll of Honour, and 15 in the Second World War. A transcription of the names is provided on the North East War Memorials Project website.

3 names are those of soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

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 Robert Brown. 34486. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/44620 81st T R Battn. Killed 23 November 1917.
Born Jarrow (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Jarrow.
Commemorated on Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL (LOUVERVAL).

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.

St. Mark's Church, Jarrow St. Mark's Church, Jarrow
Salem Street is on the right, Randolph Street at the top.
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St. Mark's Church, Jarrow, seen from Randolph Street St. Mark's Church, Jarrow, seen from Randolph Street
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