The meeting was held in response to statements by Commander Bedford Pim, Royal Navy, that a modern ironclad warship could do untold damage to the towns of Tyneside due to the poor state of their defences.
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In 1936, the Tynemouth Volunteers also provided the men to form the new 64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA (TA), consisting of the 179th and 180th (Tynemouth) AA batteries at North Shields and Seaton Delaval respectively.
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