104 years ago the silence of a summer morning was broken and the barrage of the heavy guns gave way as the gallant men of Tyneside climbed over the top and headed into battle. Over 5,000 Brave men of Tyneside; gallant men; each one a hero.
Through machine-gun fire at ankle, waist and chest height they moved forward into the prepared killing grounds of mud and barbed wire. the casualties were incalculable.

Their memorial is where they fought and where they fell; at La Boiselle.
Tyneside would never be the same. 

Today, as we do every year we salute the men of the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish who gave up their lives on July 1st 1916.

They will never be forgotten.

The St. Patrick's Day Remembrance for the Tyneside Irish (Northumberland Fusiliers) takes place at 1pm on Sunday 17th March 2019 at Eldon Square War Memorial in Newcastle upon Tyne at 1pm.
This year we commemorate 100 years since the first St Patricks Day after the guns fell silent and Tyneside remembered their fallen heroes.
All members, families and friends are invited to attend. 
We will be honoured with the presence in their usual place of honour, the Northumberland Fusiliers Association and our gallant brothers the Tyneside Scottish.
Wreaths will be laid in solemnity.
There will be a reception afterwards in the Tyneside Irish Centre at 1.30pm.

The St. Patrick's Day Remembrance for the Tyneside Irish (Northumberland Fusiliers) takes place at 1pm on Saturday 17th March 2018 at Eldon Square War Memorial in Newcastle upon Tyne at 1pm.
All members, families and friends are invited to attend. 
This year will be particularly poignant, as we commemorate 100 years since the last St Patrick's Day before the guns of World War 1 were finally silenced on 11th November 1918.
We are honoured with the presence in their usual place of honour, the Northumberland Fusiliers Association and our gallant brothers the Tyneside Scottish.
Wreaths will be laid in solemnity.
There will be a reception afterwards in the Tyneside Irish Centre at 1.30pm.

Remembering the brave men of Tyneside who left for France in 1916 and never came back
Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

May they rest in peace, Amen
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The St. Patrick's Day Remembrance for the Tyneside Irish (Northumberland Fusiliers) takes place at 1pm on Friday 17th March 2017 at Eldon Square War Memorial in Newcastle upon Tyne.
All members, families and friends are invited to attend. 
There will be a piper playing "The Minstrel Boy" and the deputy Lieutenant of the County, The Lord Mayor of Newcastle and the Mayor of Gateshead will be in attendance along with representatives of many communities
We are honoured with the presence in their usual place of honour, the Northumberland Fusiliers Association and our gallant brothers the Tyneside Scottish.
Wreaths will be laid in solemnity.
There will be a reception afterwards in the Tyneside Irish Centre at 1.30pm.

The Tyneside Irish Brigade Association and all of its friends have been invited to  the  annual Remembrance service of our sister battalion the Tyneside Scottish on the day of Scotland’s patron saint.
The St Andrews Day remembrance service will take place at the Eldon Square War Memorial in Newcastle City Centre on the 30th November at 12.30 for 1pm and afterwards in the Tyneside Irish Centre.
Like our St. Patrick’s Day Remembrance this provides an opportunity for the Tyneside Scottish to remember their gallant men and is especially important in this year 2016, the centenary of The Somme. It’s important to point out the this battle, which started with such terrible casualties for the Tyneside Scots and the Tyneside Irish on 1st July only finished on November 18th 2016. Thus our St Patrick’s Day Remembrance on 17th March and the Tyneside Scots St. Andrews Day Remembrance on 30th November provide suitable days before and after the battle when the 2 battalions who suffered the worst casualties and are forever united in sacrifice, place, community and history can remember the fallen.
​We will be there on November 30th at Eldon Square to remember the gallant Tyneside Scots, we hope many attend.”

In his poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ John McCrae, wriote of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who was killed at the Second Battle of Ypres. In the poem, McCrae describes poppies growing between the graves of British soldiers.
The poppy was later chosen as a symbol of remembrance because it was the first of the flowers to re-appear on the battlefields, and because of the three colours in this simple flower:

• the red petals represent the blood of those who gave their lives for their country
• the black represents the mourning of those whose loved ones never returned from the conflict
• the green leaf represents the grass which covered the graves, and the hope for the future 

But did you know that the leaf should be worn in a particular position? Imagine that the poppy is a clock face, the leaf should be positioned at 11. This is a reminder that the death and destruction of World War One ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
whilst men wear their poppy on their left, many say that women should wear the poppy on their right side. This is because it has always been traditional for women to wear broaches on the right. Many women still feel they should wear the poppy on the right, but the British Legion say you can wear it anywhere, as long as you wear it with pride.