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Seats are dedicated to the memory of the Quayside Company of the 9th and 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, a company drawn from shopkeepers and city clerks, raised by the Joint Chambers of Commerce of Newcastle and Gateshead in September 1914. Many lost their lives on the Somme battlefield. A plaque and commemorative bench to the 16th battalion had previously been unveiled in July 2015 in the village of Authuille, close to the Somme battlefields in France.

Two more seats on the Gateshead side are dedicated to the 18th and 19th battalions, the Tyneside Pioneers.

The black metal benches depicting a wartime scene of soldiers heading into battle, along with red painted poppies were supplied by Memorial Benches Company, owned by David Ogilvie Engineering Ltd., of Kilmarnock, Scotland Link Similar benches have been installed in many sites around Scotland and England.

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