County: County Durham
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 12/07/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold albert & pendant, to:
2nd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers (Reserve) –
2569 Private George GASH
Presentation made by Mr William Taylor (staith master), on behalf of the trimmers, teamers & others associated with the Dunston Staiths, at the Keel Hotel, Dunston.
Private Gash also received a gold watch and silver-mounted pipe.
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 14th July 1902
Presentation to a Dunston Soldier.
At the Keel Hotel, Dunston, on Saturday night, a large company assembled for the purpose of making suitable presentations to Private G. GASH, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, on the occasion of his return home from South Africa. The gifts, which included a gold watch, albert, pendant, and silver-mounted pipe, were the presents of the trimmers, teamers and others connected with the Dunston Staiths, and were handed over, on their behalf, by Mr William Taylor, staith master. Private GASH responded. During the evening a programme of harmony was gone through, songs, etc., being given by Messrs C. Rodd, J. Killen, W. Lyons, D. Wilkinson (banjo solo), A. Eltringham, and others. It was stated that the workmen employed at the coal staiths had subscribed the sum of about 15s per week, and which, up to the end of June, amounted to £100.
