Old maps of South Shields 1 and 2

These maps prepared in 1835 (1) and just prior to 1870 (2) show the growth and gradual encroachment of the villages of South Shields and Westoe towards each other.

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Old map of South Shields (3)

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The progress of the war: 1914-1918 (5)

The purple arrows show the movements of the Battalion from the point when Thomas Liddell Simpson joined south of Ypres to Caudry where he died. The lines show the retreat from Ypres; entrainment to Bouleuse, west of Reims; action at Cauroy; redeployment to Puchevillers between Amiens and Arras; Bapaume; Chapel Hill where he won his Military Cross; across the Hindenburg line (blue dots) to Beaurevoir; and ultimately south of Mauberge. The positions are approximations gained from the War Diary of the 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.

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Ypres and the Somme: WW1

The position marked 'A' on the left hand map (4) shows the approximate position where Thomas joined his Battalion in April 1918 and how that position was overrun in the ongoing engagement. The position marked 'B' on the left hand map (5) shows the site where Thomas won his Military Medal in the action for Chapel Hill.

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The Tyneside Review

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References

1. Map South Shields. ca. 1835 Robert Creighton, engr. J.& C. Walker for Lewis' Topographical Dictionary. Durham Old Maps
2. South Shields: A composite map from Ordnance Survey first series maps 105SE - Newcastle and 105NE- Newcastle Historical maps: Topographic map series: A vision of Britain through time
3. South Shields and Westoe: Detail from Old Ordnance Survey Maps (Tyneside Sheet 3) South Shields 1895 : The Godfrey Edition
4. The Ypres Salient: Allied lines in Flanders before and after the German Offensive in Flanders April 1918 The Long Long Trail, the British Army in the Great War.
4. The Somme (part): The Battles of Amiens, Bapaume, and the Scarpe Allied line between August 8 and September 8, 1918 The Long Long Trail, the British Army in the Great War.
5. The Theatre of War (part) on the: Western Front September 1914 to November 1918 The Long Long Trail, the British Army in the Great War.

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