Erimus War Memorial

Erimus was an area of three streets (Erimus Terrace, Pioneer Street and Stainton Street) and a hotel that once stood mid-way between Thornaby and Middlesbrough, it was built to house the workers of the Erimus Ironworks. The whole area was demolished in 1963 to make way for developments on the railway and is now near the road junction for Teesside Park on the A66. A war memorial was erected in 1920 at Erimus for the six local men who died in WW1:

Private J R Donnison, 2nd Yorkshire Regt. Stoker A Wright, H M S Carribean Stoker J R Sharp, H M S Queen Mary Private J G Wales, 9th Yorkshire Regt. Private T Munroe, DLI Private W Munroe, DLI

The memorial moved to a chapel in Thornaby in 1959 and was moved to it’s current location in the cemetery in 22/7//2006 where it was unveiled by Mayor Pat Large and Ken Craggs.