The sacrifice of the Tyneside Irish Brigade during the First World War was honoured at a moving ceremony on St Patrick's Day.
Crowds gathered at Eldon Square's war memorial in Newcastle at 1pm on March 17 to hold the annual remembrance service for the fallen war heroes from the North East’s Tyneside Irish Brigade. The Tyneside Irish, which formed part of the Northumberland Fusiliers, was raised in 1914 to fight in the First World War.
The Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Mayor of North Tyneside and Gateshead Deputy Mayor were among those who joined veterans and their families at the service. The ceremony was first observed by the Tyneside Irish Brigade survivors who had returned from the First World War in 1919.
