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Wesley Street, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE33 2DQ

Statue in King Street, commemorating an Australian World War I hero. See Image for more details.

The pub, owned by the Leeds-based Stonegate Pub Company, was formerly the Marine & Technical College built in 1869. A memorial depicting Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his donkey stands outside Image Also known as the 'man with the donkey', South Shields born Kirkpatrick emigrated to Australia where he joined the Army at the start of the First World War. He went on to become a household name for rescuing injured soldiers under heavy Turkish fire at the battle of Gallipoli. Sadly Kirkpatrick was killed in action in 1915, aged just 22 - but not before saving more than 300 wounded comrades by carrying them to safety on his donkey. On 19 May 2015, the Australian High Commissioner, the Hon. Alexander Downer A.C., visited South Shields as part of special celebrations marking 100 years to the day that John Simpson Kirkpatrick was killed in action. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick

On Ocean Road in South Shields town centre. This represents John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a native of the town who was living in Australia just before the first world war and joined the army there. He was part of the Anzac force which went to Gallipoli in 1915. He was a stretcher bearer and found a local donkey which he used to carry the wounded. Eventually on May 19th 1915 he was killed by machine gun fire. Commemorated as a hero in Australia, he was however refused a gallantry award by the British authorities. The statue is by local artist Bob Olley and was erected in 1988.

The town centre of South Shields, looking up the street towards the Metro Station.

Signpost at the junction of Coston Drive and Ocean Road pointing the way to Arbeia Roman Fort site.

A Wetherspoons pub in South Shields.

Large Wetherspoon's pub named after the Donkey Man, a hero of the Gallipoli campaign in WW1, whose statue stands outside.

Located in the mall of South Shields, Private John Simpson in the 3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Simpson is held as the archetypical hero in Australia. With his donkey, he is credited with saving many wounded men on the cliffs and beaches of Gallipoli during WWI. His reputation has been tarnished a little in recent years when it became widely known he was an English ship deserter who settled in Australia. He died in action on 19 May 1915.