EDWIN PRYNN RICKARD (1899 - 1978)
Edwin Prynn Rickard served in WW1 as a Signaller in the North Staffordshire Regiment. During WW2 he worked as the Secretary to a debt collectors trade association in Pilgrim St and lived in Sanderson Road Jesmond with his wife and four daughters. An enthusiastic member of "C" Company he became the N.C.O. in charge of the Signalling Section and was instrumental in setting up the Battalion Signalling School. Edwin and his family were active and popular members of St Georges Church Congregation and set up a hostel for returning servicemen at their home in Sanderson Road. They later moved to Lily Crescent.
Information and photograph kindly supplied by Mr Chris Donald
PRIVATE ANDREW VALENTINE BATES ROSE (MARCH 1925 - )
Andrew Rose lived at Sixth Avenue, Heaton in 1940 and worked at Dodds Slaughterhouse in Newcastle. He briefly joined "C" Company before being accepted into the Royal Navy as a Seaman Gunner. He saw active service with Combined Operatons in Sicily, Italy and Southern France. In 1943 his LST (Landing Ship Tank) was Torpedoed off Bizerta Harbour, Tunisia. He also served on the battleship King George V. In 1950 he left the Royal Navy and found a job with the Gas Board in Northamptonshire, returning to the North East of England in 1960. He retired from Proctor & Gamble in 1990 and lives in the Walker area of Newcastle.
Information kindly supplied by Mr A.V.B. Rose.