BAILEY

John

Private 46685, 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 9th August 1918. Aged 18. Born and resident Barnard Castle, enlisted Newcastle. Only son of John and Mary Elizabeth Bailey, of 4, Wood St., Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Buried in LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERY, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 10. See also Darlington Post Office, Barnard Castle St Mary and Barnard Castle.

BAINBRIDGE

Thomas Sowerby

Postman Private Thomas Sowerby Bainbridge, of the Royal Army Medical Corps Nos 12 & 34 Coy Woolwich R.A.M.C. 119437 formerly of Mickleton, lived in Barnard Castle, with his wife Alice at the Coach & Horses Yard, Galgate. Record WO 364/113.

BELL

G E

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BOYNTON

R

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CARLTON

Robert Nixon

Postman Private Robert Nixon Carlton of the Highland Light Infantry Yorkshire Regiment 26442 was the son of George Robert Carlton, of Close (later Rose) Cottage, Cotherstone. He also served a Exchange Telephone Clerk at 65th Law Div Hdqrs, R.A.M.C. 143788. Record WO 363/C373.

CLARKSON

S J

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COWARD

J

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GILMORE

John

Sergeant 8403, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action at Gallipoli 21st August 1915. Born and resident Barnard Castle, enlisted Richmond, Yorkshire. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 55 to 58. See also Darlington Post Office, Barnard Castle St Mary and Barnard Castle.

HALL

H

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HOWE

F W

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KAVANAGH

J T

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KNIGHT, MM

Charles John

Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). From the Discharge Documents: Regtl No. 471792 Sgt Charles John Knight, born Wandsworth, Surrey in 1879, of the 148th Coy Chinise Labour Corps was transferred to the Reserve 24-2-19. (The usual reason for transfers to the Labour Corps was that a man was no longer A1 fighting fit for front line service - as was the case with John transferring from the 2nd Bn York R as he suffered an agrivated hernia/rupture caused by coughing through a gas attack in France July 1918.) The document cover is endorsed Cotherstone, Darlington. Record WO 363/453.

LUMLEY

Harold Robert

Private PS/8964, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Died of wounds 30th July 1916. Born and enlisted Barnard Castle, resident New Shildon. Buried in CAUDRY OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 2. See also Darlington Post Office, Barnard Castle St Mary and Barnard Castle.

RAINE

Ernest

Private Ernest Raine of the 81st Coy Labour Corps worked as a postman (and farmer) and lived in Lathkirk, Middleton-in-Teesdale. From the 1901 Census his father, William Raine, was a Sub Postmaster and his mother, Mary, a Post Office assistant. Record WO 364/5580.

ROBINSON

W

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SAMPSON

Thomas

A native of Hull Thomas Sampson resided in Demeses Mill House, Barnard Castle. He enlisted in 1905 serving 8 years with the 17th Lancers in India. Being a Reservist he went to war in France in 1914 and eventually demobbed in Feb. 1919.

SHEPHERD

Thomas

Private D/22066, 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 27th October 1918. Aged 34. Born Cleatham, Durham, enlisted Dalton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, resident Baringham, Durham. Husband of Florence Shepherd, of Barningham, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Formerly 301904, Royal Army Service Corps. Buried in TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY, Italy. Plot 4. Row D. Grave 2. See also Barnard Castle St Mary and Darlington Post Office.

STODDART

T

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THOMPSON

William

Private William Thompson, 235403, 4th (Reserve) (Territorial Force) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Died in the United Kingdom 21st August 1918. Aged 37. Born and enlisted Middleton-in-Teesdale, Durham. Husband of Aline M. Thompson. Formerly 31612, Yorkshire Light Infantry. Buried in ST. MARY CHURCHYARD, MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE, Durham.

THORNE

G W A

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WALKER

John William

Of Egglestone. Army Service Feb. 1, 1917 to Feb. 6 1919 as a shoeing smith with the Royal Engineers (Signals).

WALTON

J

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WEARMOUTH

J E

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WILKINSON

J

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