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RE Electrical Engineers Tyne



16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme

1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets

11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment

10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens

9th February 1916 Call Ups

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Those known to have served with

RE Electrical Engineers Tyne

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Cook William. Sgt.Mjr. (d.20th Mar 1919)
  • Niddrie John Edward. Spr.

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Sgt.Mjr. William Cook 16th Tyne Fortress Works Coy. Royal Engineers (d.20th Mar 1919)

Sergeant Major William Cook served with the 16th Tyne Fortress Works Coy. Royal Engineers. He was awarded the MSM (Long Service and Good Conduct Medal) He had been born in Burslem Staffordshire and served in the South African War. He was the son of Joseph and Annie Cook of Southsea Hampshire and husband of Christina Cook (nee Lydon) of 13 Holly Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as William Cook age 30 Sergeant Major Instructor of Territorial Force, living with his wife Christina Cook and mother in law Elizabeth Lydon at 2 Nixon Street, Jarrow

William died aged 37 on 20th March 1919 and is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.

Vin Mullen




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Spr. John Edward Niddrie Tyne Electrical Engineers Royal Engineers

John Edward Niddrie Medal Index Card

John Edward Niddrie, Sapper 412 attested on the 26th February 1912 and joined Tyne Electrical Engineers. Royal Engineers at Cliffords Fort in North Shields. He was 17 years and 6 months old and a Marine Plumber with Northumberland Shipbuilding. He also became a highly qualified Electrical and Telephone Engineer during his military service.

His service record shows the following postings: 4th Mar 1912 to 4th Aug 1914 Home Service in reserve, 5th Aug 1914 to 20th Aug 1915 Home Service embodied (mobilized), 21st Aug 1915 to 30th Aug 1916 France and Flanders embodied, 1st Sep 1916 to 14th April 1917 Home Service. From the 9th September until his release on 14th April 1917 he was on Civilian Employment attachment to Northumberland Shipbuilders due to his marine electrical and plumbing abilities and his earlier employment with them.

He was born in Jarrow on the 8th July 1894 and his parents were Robert Hutchin and Isabella Neddrie (nee Linsley) He married Margaret Blenkey in Gateshead on the 1st September 1917.

He re-enlisted on a 90 day emergency service agreement on the 12th April 1921 with his old unit TEE-RE with Service No. 465105. At that time he was living at 4 Orchard Place, Dunston-on-Tyne with his wife Margaret and their two young sons, Robert Hutchin, b 29th Oct 1919 and John William, b 4th April 1918. John Edward Niddrie is recorded as having died during the quarter Oct - Dec 1922.(Gateshead Records)

Triptych (left panel) in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (it is no longer a Church)

Vin Mullen






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