TOW
LAW WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © transcribed Dave Charlesworth 2007
researched Martin Edwards 2007.
The
memorial is situated on the A68, at the southern end of Tow Law, on
sharp right hand bend junction of Wolsingham Road with Bridge Street
and High Street. It takes the form of a marble figure of a soldier upon
two sandstone steps and a marble pedestal with ionic pilasters at each
corner. Soldier stands with rifle, bayonet missing, at the ready and
gestures as though warding off the enemy. The names are listed mainly
by Regiment with rank but have beenj sorted into alphabetical order
here for ease of reading and research. See the Tow
Law Deerness and District History Society web site for the true
ordered transcription. Note that Sunniside is also spelt Sunnyside and
the inclusion is direct from the source. The bayonet has been fixed
since this photograph was taken. The memorial was dedicated on 10th
September 1921.
FOR
COUNTRY
ERECTED
BY THE INHABITANTS OF TOW LAW, THORNLEY, SUNNISIDE, HEDLEY HOPE, EAST
HEDLEY HOPE, AND SATLEY, TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT MEN WHO,
AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, AND,
AFTER ENDURING HARDSHIPS AND FACING DANGER IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914
- 1919, PASSED FROM AMONG THEIR COMRADES BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF
SACRIFICE, GIVING THEIR OWN LIVES THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM.
AGAR |
John
Robert |
Private
2646, 1st/6th Battaion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
17th July 1916. Aged 19. Enlisted Crook, Durham, resident Tow Law.
Son of William and Jane Ann Agar, of 5, Victoria Avenue, Crook,
Co. Durham. Buried in FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, France. Plot
IX. Row K. Grave 9. |
AGAR,
MM |
Nicholas
Raine |
Private
31875, 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th
September 1917. Born Lanchester, Sunderland, Tow Law. Awarded the
Military Medal (M.M.). No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT
MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 128 to 131
and 162 and 162A. |
ARMSTRONG |
Dryden |
Private
20530, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 30th
December 1915. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook, Durham.
Buried in HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, France. Plot II.
Row C. Grave 2. |
ARMSTRONG |
Watson |
[Listed
as Sergeant on memorial] Private 11211, 1st Battalion, Durham Light
Infantry. Died in Mesopotamia 15th September 1916. Born and resident
Tow Law, enlisted Sunderland. Buried in AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq.
Plot IX. Row F. Grave 25. |
BAINBRIDGE |
John
Thomas |
Private
22782, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 11th
November 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Bishop
Auckland. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Bainbridge, of 50, High St., Rowlawn
(sic), Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
BARKER |
William |
Private
33026, 11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 5th
October 1916. Born Catterick, enlisted Tow Law. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAl, Somme, France. Pier and Face
14 A and 15 C. |
BOAL |
William |
Private
36678, Labour Companies, Lincolnshire Regiment. Died in United KIngdom
14th March 1917. Born Tow Law, enlisted Bishop Auckland. Formerly
65212, Durham Light Infantry. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham.
Section 3. Row M. Grave 16. |
BRADLEY |
John
James |
Private
4105, 1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 16th
March 1916. Aged 23. Born Coundon, Co. Durham, enlisted Consett,
resident Tow Law. Son of Henry and Rose Bradley, of 1, Office Row,
East Hedley Hope, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 78. |
BRADWELL |
Fred |
Private
14813, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 20th June
1916. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Bishop Auckland. Buried
in CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, France. Plot IV. Row
F. Grave 13. |
BROOKS |
Henry
[H] |
Private
45619, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds in
United Kingdom 27th November 1916. Aged 25. Born Stanley, enlisted
Sunniside, Durham. Son of Mrs. Hannah M. Brooks, of Front St., Sunnyside,
Tow Law. Buried in ST. THOMAS CHURCHYARD, STANLEY, Durham. |
BRUNTON |
J
R |
Private
Durham Light Infantry the only man
possibly fitting this description is James BRUNTON,
Lance Corporal 1844, 1st/9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed
in action 15th September 1916. Aged 19. Born North Shields, enlisted
Gateshead. Son of Robert J. and Elizabeth Brunton, of 15, Robert
St., Gateshead. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
BURROWS |
Daniel |
Private
23435, 19th Battalion (Tyneside Pioneers), Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died of wounds 16th April 1918. Aged 21. Born Manchester, enlisted
Bishop Auckland. Son of Daniel and the late Annie Burrows, of East
Hedley Hope, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
EXTENSION No. 1, France. Plot VI. Row B. Grave 33. |
CAVE |
Thomas
William |
Private
18254, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 8th July 1916. Aged 31. Born High Grange,
Crook, Durham, enlisted Crook, resident Tow Law. Son of John Thomas
and Jane Cave, of 4, Chapel St., Quebec, Co. Durham; husband of
Elizabeth Jane Cave, of 7, Richardson's Row, Sunnyside, Tow Law,
Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D. |
CHARLTON,
MC |
Bernard
Hedley |
Lieutenant
Colonel, 4th Battalion (Territorial), Alexandra, Princess of Wales's
Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - Officer Commanding 4th Yorkshire Battalion.
Killed in action 22nd March 1918. Aged 32. Born 22 May 1895 in Guisborough,
Yorkshire. Emabrked in France 1915. Son of the late William Charlton
and of Frances Elizabeth Charlton, J.P., of The West Garth, Guisborough,
Yorks; husband of Mrs. D. F. Money (formerly Charlton), of 79, Wodeland
Avenue, Guildford. Awarded the Miltary Cross (M.C.). Manager of
the Hedley Hope Colliery, Tow Law. Bernard was of a mining family
from Westgate, Guisborough - his father, William, is given as a
Mining Engineer in the 1891 Census. His name appears on the Guisborough
Parish Church War Memorial. Buried in ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Somme, France. Plot I. Row I. Grave 16.
Photograph
Courtesy & Copyright © Green Howards Museum 2012
Extract
from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index
of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Bernard Hedley Charlton
1917:
CHARLTON
Bernard Hedley of Hedley Hope Tow Law county Durham
died 22 March 1918 in France on active service Administration
(with Will) Durham 27 June (1917) to Dorothy
Frances Charlton widow. Effects £773 10s. 1d.
|
CHARLTON |
Samuel |
Private
17993, 10th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 4th January 1916. Born and resident
East Hedley Hope, enlisted Durham. Buried in HOUPLINES COMMUNAL
CEMETERY EXTENSION, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 11. |
CHARLTON |
William |
Private
2720, 26th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died in United Kingdom
21st June 1916. Aged 37. Enlisted Sunniside, Durham. Son of William
and Tamar Charlton; husband of the late Annie Charlton. Buried in
TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 2. Row J. Grave 3. |
CLAUGHTON |
James |
[Spelt
CLOUGHTON on SDGW & CWGC] Private 18649, 8th Battalion, Alexandra,
Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action 27th
September 1916. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. No known
grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and
Face 3 A and 3 D. |
COATES |
George
Robert |
Gunner
91966, "Y" 6th Trench Moetar Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 18th October 1917. Aged 24. Enlisted Aldershot,
Hampshire, resident Tow Law. Son of Robert Preston Coates and Mary
Ann Coates, of Westgarth House, 49, Bridge St., Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in LOOS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XX.
Row E. Grave 19. |
COLLINGWOOD |
Joseph |
Private
20/509, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
26th June 1916. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. Buried
in TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY, Belgium. Plot I. Row C. Grave 3. |
COLLINGWOOD |
Thomas
William |
Private
30185, 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry attached 1st/6th Battalion
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action
4th August 1916. Aged 21. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook.
Son of Joseph and Martha Collingwood, of 33, Baring St., Tow Law,
Co. Durham. Buried in AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY, France. Plot/Row/Section
F. Grave 31. |
COLLINSON |
Thomas
Gibson |
Private
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Killed
in action 1st July 1916. Aged 27. Born Auckland Park, Durham, enlisted
Crook, resident Tow Law. Husband of Annie Collinson, of Soldiers
Homes, Crook, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D. |
CORR |
William
[Joseph] |
Private
25009, 19th Battalion (Tyneside Pioneers) Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 29th October 1917. Born Tow Law, enlisted Sunderland.
Formerly 18700, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Buried
in RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY, Belgium. Plot/Row/Section D. Grave 1. |
CROWE |
George |
Private
40454, 8th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 29th September 1917. Born and resident
Tow Law, enlisted Crook. Formerly 31413, 11th Reseve, Cavalry Regiment.
Buried in MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY, Belgium. Plot III.
Row B. Grave 1. |
CROWE |
Joseph
Elliott |
Private
206160, "D" Company, Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch),
Tank Corps formerly 32245, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed
in action 16th September 1916. Aged 29. Born and enlisted Tow Law.
Formerly 32245, Machine Gun Corps. Son of George and Jane Ann Crowe,
of Hedley Hope, Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. |
DAWSON |
Robert |
Private
21/1462, 21st Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 28th March 1916. Born Sunnyside, Durham, enlisted
Newcastle-on-Tyne. |
DOWSON |
Charles
[Henry] |
[Listed
as DAWSON on SDGW and as Private on Memorial] Lance Corporal 4108,
1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Inafntry. Died of wounds 23rd February
1916. Aged 17. Born Thornley, Co. Durham, enlisted Consett, resident
Tow Law. Son of Charles Henry Edward and Fanny Dowson, of 10, High
St., Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row D. Grave 61. |
EVANS |
James |
Private
16/1355, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 1st July
1916. Aged 26. Born Langley Park, Durham, enlisted Consett. Son
of Mrs. Agnes Evans, of 24, Campbell St. Tow Law, Co. Durham. No
known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier
and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. |
FITZSIMMONS |
W |
Private,
Durham Light Infantry - No further information currently available |
FOSTER |
John
Henry |
Private
46424, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 7th
November 1918. Born Barnard Castle, enlisted Sunderland, resident
Crook. Son of Henry and Sarah Jane Foster, of 7, Reservoir Terrace,
Stanley, Co. Durham. Buried in DOURLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION,
Nord, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 22. |
GRAHAM |
William |
Private
47091, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 6th
October 1918. Aged 19. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook.
Formerly 78964, Northumberland Fusiliers. Buried in BOIS-DES-ANGLES
BRITISH CEMETERY, CREVECOEUR-SUR-L'ESCAUT, Nord, France. Plot I.
Row A. Grave 12. |
GRAHAM |
William
[Albert] |
Private
301718, 1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
25th April 1917. Aged 30. Born and enlisted Tow Law. No known grave.
Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 8. |
GUY |
John
George |
Private
24546, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th
September 1917. Born Lanchester, Co. Durham, enlisted Durham, resident
Cornsay, Co. Durham. Husband of Mrs. Guy, of 4, Office St., East
Hedley, Hope, Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
128 to 131 and 162 and 162A. |
HALL |
Charles
[Henry] |
Private
19447, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 8th July 1916. Aged 29. Born Isle of
Wight, Hampshire, enlisted Crook, resident Tow Law. Son of the late
John and Ellen Hall; husband of Mary E. Hall, of 6, Old Rows, Sunnyside,
Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D. |
HANLON |
Frank |
Private
14560, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 1st
July 1917. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Bishop Auckland.
No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
HARLE |
John |
Private
37258, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 26th
March 1918. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. No known
grave. Commmeorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Panel 68
to 72. |
HARLE |
James
[Haswell] |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Corporal 2813, 1st/6th Battalion, Durham
Light Infantry. Killed in action 5th November 1916. Aged 23. Enlisted
Bishop Auckland, resident Sunnyside, Durham. Son of William Harle,
of 15, Arthur Terrace, Stanley, Crook, Co. Durham, and the late
Phoebe S. J. Harle. Buried in WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas
de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 39. |
HARLE |
James |
Private
16/1357, "A" Company, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Killed in action 1st July 1916. Aged 34. Born Saltley, Durham, enlisted
Consett. Son of the late Thomas and Jane Harle; husband of Dorothy
Isabella Harle, of 68, High St., Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
10 B 11 B and 12 B. |
HENDERSON |
William |
[Listed
as Lance Corporal on SDGW] Corporal 301068, No. 1 Company, 1st/8th
Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 25th April 1917.
Aged 19. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Consett. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Henderson, of 10, Office Row, East Hedley Hope, Tow
Law, Co. Durham. Buried in BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX, Pas de
Calais, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 17. |
HEWITSON |
John
Thomas |
Private
101537, 1st/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died in United
Kingdom 17th July 1918. Aged 24. Born Sunnside, Durham, enlisted
Crook, resident Tow Law. Son of Mrs. Gardner (formerly Hewitson),
of Sunniside, Tow Law, and Mr. Gardner (stepfather); husband of
Wilhelmina Hodgson (formerly Hewitson), of 9, Railway St., Tow Law.
A miner. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETRY, Durham. Section 3. Row H. Grave
33. |
HILDRETH |
Charles |
Private
45678, 11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 16th
August 1917. Aged 20. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook.
Formerly 4219, Durham Light Infantry. Buried in BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row B. Grave 11. |
HOBSON |
R |
Private
Northumberland Fusiliers probably
Robert HOBSON, Private 24244, 1st/5th Battalion (Territorial), Northumbelrand
fusiliers. Died 14th August 1918. Aged 29. Born Mossley, Lancashire,
enlisted Marsden, Yorkshire. Husband of Ann Charlesworth Hobson,
of 2, Ing Head, Marsden, Huddersfield. Buried in NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY,
Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Plot I. Row G. Grave 16. |
HOLLIDAY |
George
Lancelot |
Private
1002002, 14th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
7th October 1918. Aged 25. Born East Hedley Hope, Durham, enlisted
Crook, resident Sunnyside, Durham. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lance Holliday,
of Tow Law; husband of Elizabeth Jane Holliday (nee Blair), of Front
St., Sunniside, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in BOIS-DES-ANGLES BRITISH
CEMETERY, CREVECOEUR-SUR-L'ESCAUT, Nord, France. Plot I. Row A.
Grave 19. |
HUMPHREYS |
John
Theodore Gordon |
Lieutenant,
40th Pathns, Indian Army. Died 19th July 1917. Aged 21. Son of the
Rev. H JHumphreys, of Plas Hendref, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, Wales.
Buried in DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY, Tanzania. Plot 4. Row AA.
Grave 9.
Extract
from de Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Part 3, Page
147.
HUMPHREYS, JOHN THEODORE GORDON, Lieut., 40th Pathans,
Indian Infantry, yst. s. of the Rev. Henry James Humphreys, Vicar
of Thornley, Tow Law. co. Durham, by his wife, Sydney, dau. of Robert
Griffith Williams, Q.C. b. Llangan Rectory, Bridgend, co. Glamorgan,
10 July, 1890; educ. Durham Grammar School, and ‘Wellington
College; was gazetted Lieut. 20 May, 1917 (as from killed in action
at the Battle of Mgergeri 19 July, 1917, having led his men out
of a nullah where they were exposed to machine-gun fire, and was
returning to help his Commanding Officer. Buried there. His Colonel
wrote: He was considered a brave officer and a good comrade, and
that was the best that could be said of a soldier,” and Capt.
Wadeson: “Your son was regarded in the Regiment as a brave
and promising officer, and his loss is keenly felt by all. He was
always cheery and willing, however trying the circumstances, and
did very good work in the action at Rombo, on 18 April last, when
Major Macpherson was killed. On that occasion he moved about very
coolly under heavy fire.” Unm. |
HUMPHREYS,
MC |
Noel
Forbes |
Captain,
10th Battalion, Tank Corps. Died of wounds 27th March 1918. Aged
27. Son of Henry James and Sydney Humphreys, of Thornley Vicarage,
Tow Law, Co. Durham. Born at Llangan Rectory, Bridgend, Glam. Awarded
the Military Cross (M.C.) and Mentioned in Despatches. Buried in
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXVIII. Row
E. Grave 1. |
HUMPHREYS |
Henry
St. Giles |
[Listed
as S H Humphrey's on memorial] Lost on the 'Lusitania' 7th May 1915.
Resident in LA he was one of three sons of the Rev. Henry James
Humphreys, Vicar of Thornley Village, Tow Law, Co Durham lost in
World War 1. Born 1 September 1885, baptised 29 September 1885 at
Llangan, son of Henry James ans Sydney Humphreys. Birth registered
in the July to September Quarter 1885 in Bridgend Registration District,
Glamorgan. In the 1891 census he is aged 5, born Glamorganshire,
son of Henry J and Sydney Humphreys, resident Rectory, Langan Village,
Llangan, Bridgend, Glamorganshire. In the 1901 census he is listed
as Henry Giles Humphreys, aged 14, a pupil. born Llangan, Glamorgan.
resident at College, Denstone All Saints, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
Sailed from Liverpool to New York USA 20 April 1912 on the Cunard
Line ship 'Caronia', aged 26.
Note:
For those not familiar with the story of the Cunard steamship RMS
Lusitania, she was a British passenger liner, carrying a number
of Americans, torpedoed off the Irish coast by the German submarine
U-20 on 7th May 1915. The sinking and subsequent deaths of several
civilians is cited by many to be one of the first modern examples
of "total war." The nature of the explosions that sank
the ship and the politics surrounding her demise have never been
satisfactorily explained and to this day remain shrouded in a cloud
of mystery. - See The
Lusitania Resource |
HUNTER |
Robert |
Private
241939, 2nd/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire
Regiment). Died 10th June 1918. Born and enlisted Crook, resident
Tow Law. Buried in COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY, Koln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal,
Germany. Plot II. Row B. Grave 5. |
HUTCHINSON |
Arthur
Whitwell |
Company
Serjeant Major 19/759, 19th Battalion (Tyneside Pioneers), Northumberland
Fusiliers. Killed in action 27th March 1918. Aged 26. Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Son of John and Isabel Hutchinson, of Thornley Village, Tow Law,
Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on POZIERES MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Panel 16 to 18. |
HUTCHINSON |
John
Alderson |
Private
18/1084, 18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
1st July 1916. Born Thornley, Co. Durham, enlisted Durham, resident
Tow Law. |
HUTCHINSON |
Thomas
Edward |
[Listed
on memorial as Yorkshire Regiment] Private 35238, 2nd/4th Battalion,
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Killed in action 29th
September 1918. Aged 21. Born Sundrland, enlisted Crook, resident
Tow Law. Son of Hedworth Fleming Hutchinson and Margaret Ann Hutchinson.
Formerly 39527, East Yorkshire Regiment. No known grave. Commemorated
on VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 6. |
HUTCHINSON,
MM |
Wiliam |
Corporal
24775, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 20th
September 1917. Aged 39. Born and resident Wheatbottom, Crook, Durham,
enlisted Durham. Brother of Mrs. M. E. Hunter, of 81, Front St.,
New Washington, Co. Durham. Native of Crook, Co. Durham. Awarded
the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, Ieper,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot IX. Row B. Grave 23. |
HUTTON |
Frederick
Branwell |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Guardsman 22911, 1st Battalion, Grenadier
Guards. Killed in action 25th September 1916. Born gateshead, enlisted
Bishop Auckland. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 4.
Row F. Grave 8. |
JONES |
John |
Private
95605, 1st/5th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died in United
Kingdom 16th July 1918. Enlisted Newcastle, resident Tow Law. Buried
in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Plot 4. Row F. Grave 8. |
LEAROYD |
Gordon |
Private
201343, 7th Battalion, Tank Corps. Died of wounds 22nd September
1918. Aged 28. Born Tow Law, enlisted Bishop Auckland. Husband of
Elizabeth Jane Learoyd, of 5, Arnold St., West Auckland, Co. Durham.
Formerly 32047, Machine Gun Corps. Buried in SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY,
BOISLEUX-ST. MARC, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave
1. |
LEE |
C |
Private,
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) there
is a Edward LEE, Private 18253, 2nd Battalion, Alexandra,
Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 2nd
July 1916. Aged 35. Born Byers Green, Spennymoor, enlisted Crook,
resident Tow Law. Son of Mary and the late Edward Lee, of Sunnyside,
Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE.
Somme, France. Plot I. Row A. Grave 17. |
LEWIS |
W
C |
Able
Seaman Tyneside Z/7263, 223rd Machine Gun Company, Royal Naval Division.
Died 2nd April 1918. Buried in ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Somme,
France. Plot II. Row B. Grave 10. |
LOWSON |
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal 16/1358, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died
of wounds 10th February 1917. Aged 28. Born Tow Law, enlisted Consett.
Son of George and Margaret Ann Lowson, of Thornley, Tow Law, Co.
Durham. Buried in AUCHONVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France.
Plot II. Row K. Grave 18. |
LUTHILL |
J |
Private
Durham Light Infantry - No further information currently available |
MADDISON |
R
[J] |
[Listed
as Royal Field Artillery on memorial] Gunner 193666, Royal Garrison
Artillery. Died 22nd March 1920. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham.
Section I. Row C. Grave 27. |
MAIL |
C |
Private
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) - No further
information currently available |
MARLEY |
Martin |
Private
31806, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action 6th May 1917. Born Tow Law, enlisted
Crook. Buried in LONDON CEMETERY, NEUVILLE-VITASSE, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 12. |
MARLEY |
William
P |
Private
6/2879, 1st/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
8th February 1916. Aged 22. Enlisted Tow Law. Son of Robert and
Sarah Marley, of 2, Hopwood's Yard, Dans Castle, Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row L. Grave 3. |
McANINLY |
John
Joseph |
Private
16/1359, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action
1st July 1916. Born Tow Law, enlisted Consett. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and
12 B. |
McCORMICK |
James |
Private
14683, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 25th
September 1915. Born Lanchester, enlisted Bishop Auckland, resident
Tow Law. |
McDOUGALL |
A |
Sapper,
Royal Engineers - No further information currently available |
MILBURN |
Alfred |
Corporal
18679, 12th/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in
action 4th October 1917. Born Crook, enlisted North Shields. Buried
in HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot
XI. Row E. Grave 12. |
MOORE |
Thomas |
Private
16/1362, 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds
18th July 1916. Born Crook, Durham, enlisted Consett. Buried in
ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot A. Row 30.
Grave 8. |
MORALEE |
Thomas |
[Listed
as Private, Yorkshire Regiment on memorial] Lance Corporal 51207,
25th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). Died in Mesopotamia
13th Noveber 1918. Born Hedworth, Durham, enlisted Gateshead. Formerly
4643, 18th Hussars. Buried in BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY,
Iraq. Plot VI. Row L. Grave 4. |
NATTRASS |
Thomas
[James] |
Private
201296, 15th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
3rd May 1917. Aged 37. Born Wolsingham, Durham, enlisted Consett,
resident Tow Law. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Nattrass, of Blackfield,
Tow Law; husband of Sarah Nattrass, of Satley Village, Tow Law,
Co. Durham. No known grave. Commmeorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas
de Calais, France. Bay 8. |
NELSON |
Albert |
Private
18774, 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds
13th April 1917. Born and enlisted Crook. Buried in WARLINCOURT
HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, France. Plot VII. Row F. Grave 1. |
NICHOLSON |
Matthew |
[Listed
as Yorkshire Regiment on memorial] Private 17629, 10th Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 12th April 1918. Born
and enlisted Crook, resident Durham. No known grave. Commemorated
on PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Panel
4. |
PEARSE |
John
George |
[Spelt
PEARCE on CWGC] Private 41785, 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess
of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 11th October
1917. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. Son of Margaret
Harrigan, of Front St., Sunnyside, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Formerly
174469, Royal Field Artillery. Buried in DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY,
Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XII. Row J. Grave 5. |
PECKETT |
James
W |
Private
2897, 1st/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
15th September 1916. Enlisted Tow Law. No known grave. Commemorated
on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
POOLEY |
Thomas |
Private
2960, 1st/8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
26th April 1915. Enlisted Durham, resident East Hedley Hope, Tow
Law. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 36 and 38. |
PROUD |
Robert |
[Listed
as Yorkshire Regiment on memorial] Private 14282, 7th Battalion,
East Yorkshire Regiment. Killed in action 16th February 1916. Born
and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook. No known grave. Commemorated
on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panel 21 and 31. |
PROUD |
Robert
Arthur |
Private
95770, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 1st
November 1918. Aged 20. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Crook.
Son of William and Jane Ann Proud, of Sunniside, Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, Seine-Maritime, France.
Division 62. Plot II. Row E. Grave 2. |
RICHARDSON |
G |
Private
17871, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
Died 5th July 1916. Aged 30. Son of John and Margaret Richardson,
of Tow Law. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 3. Row N.
Grave 6. |
ROBINSON |
G |
Private
Durham Light Infantry could be a mis-trancription
there is a Oliver ROBINSON, Private 45448, 10th
Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 16th August 1916.
Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Bishop Auckland. No known grave.
Commmeorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
14 A and 15 C. |
ROBINSON |
Joseph
Watson |
Gunner
115111, "A" Battery, 250th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 27th May 1918. Aged 21. Born Sunnyside, Durham,
enlisted Crook. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Robinson, of 3, Garden
Row, Sunnyside, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in WANCOURT BRITISH
CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot V. Row D. Grave 11. |
ROBINSON |
Robert
[Errington] |
[Listed
as Corporal on memorial] Lance Corporal 16/847, 1st/7th Battalion
(Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 7th April
1918. Aged 30. Born Tow Lane, Tow Law, Durham, enlisted Bishop Auckland.
Son of Joseph and Isabella Robinson, of 45, Dans Castle, Tow Law,
Co. Durham. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France. Plot XXXIII. Row E. Grave 20A. |
ROBINSON |
Robert
Errington |
[Listed
as Private on memorial] Lance Corporal 16/847, 1st/7th Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 7th April 1918. Aged 30.
Born Tow Law, Durham, enlisted Bishop Auckland. Son of Joseph and
Isabella Robinson, of 45, Dans Castle, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried
in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XXXIII.
Row E. Grave 20A. |
ROBSON |
Herbert
Sydney |
Acting
Bombardier 62961, "A" Battery, 111th Briagde, Royal Field
Artillery. Died of wounds 23rd July 1917. Aged 22. Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne,
resident Tow Law. Son of William Johnson Robson and Elizabeth Robson,
of 3, Inkerman, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in MENDINGHEM MILITARY
CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row F. Grave
30. |
ROWELL-BROWN |
Joseph
William |
[Listed
as Joseph Rowell BROWN on SDGW] Private 16/1351, "D" Company,
16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 8th June
1916. Aged 21. Born Rookhope, Durham, enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Son of Thomas and Margaret Ann Rowell-Brown, Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Enlisted 3rd January 1915. Buried in WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY,
France. Plot/Row/Section A. Grave 15. |
SIMPSON |
Alfred
[Ralph] |
Private
250348, 1st/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
14th April 1917. Aged 23. Enlisted Crook, resident Sunnyside, Durham.
Son of Thomas Simpson, of Arthur Pit, Crook, Co. Durham. No known
grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay
8. |
SMITH |
George
Pallister |
Sergeant
45095, "B" Battery, 115th Briagde, Royal Field Artillery.
Died of wounds in Salonika 14th December 1917. Aged 31. Born and
enlisted Durham. Son of John James and Maria Smith, of Darlington,
Durham; husband of Elizabeth Johnson (Formerly Smith), of 42, Stable
Row, Stanley Pit, Crook, Co. Durham. Buried in KARASOULI MILITARY
CEMETERY, Greece. Plot/Row/Section F. Grave 1347. |
STEARMAN |
James |
Private
95890, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 25th
October 1918. Aged 30. Born Waterhouses, enlisted Sunderland, resident
Tow Law. Husband of Mary Ellen Bowey (formerly Stearman) of 9, West
Rd., Crook, Co. Durham. Buried in PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY, Aisne,
France. Plot I. Row D. Grave 11. |
STEPHENSON |
Ralph |
Private
22/941, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
23rd October 1916. Aged 26. Born Wolsingham, Durham, enlisted Bishop
Auckland. Husband of Emily Stephenson, of 39, Bridge St., Tow Law,
Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme,
France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
TARN |
John |
Private
96304, 13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 29th
October 1918. Aged 23. Born Sunniside, enlisted Crook, resident
Tow Law. Son of Joseph and Annie Tarn, of 7, Old Rows, Sunnyside,
Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in ST. BENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord,
France. |
THOMPSON |
Robert |
Private
204654, 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
21st September 1917. Born Sunnyside, Durham, enlisted Bishop Auckland,
resident Tow Law. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and
162A. |
TODD |
Mark
Ronald |
Gunner
142972 transferred to Gunner 771849, 121st Battery, Royal Field
Artillery. He survived the war, but died 1 December 1919 of wounds
received 23 September 1918. Aged 27. Born 1892 in Brompton, Yorkshire.
A butcher in the Crook-Tow Law area. In the 1911 census he was a
butcher, aged 19, born Brompton, Yorkshire, boarding with James
Fergus Johnson at Croft Street Crook, Crook and Billy Row, Durham.
Married 18 January 1913 at P Nich Crook to Sarah Irene Simpson.
Enlisted 1915 while resident at 10 Belle Vue, Wellington, Durham,
aged 23, a butcher, attested 6 December 1915, at Ripton, went to
Reserve 7 December 1915, mobilised 7 April 1916, with Druham Light
Infantry send to Artillery Training School 8 April 1916; assigned
to various units including the 5th Division, 5 Trench Mortar Battery,
and finally 27th Brigade. Served during 1916 to 1918 with the British
Expeditionary Force in France. At enlistment he had two children
Norah (born 25 March 1913 at Crook) and Vera (born 1 January 1915
at Wellington) Todd; a third child, Rhoda, was born after his death.
Transferred to Class "Z" Amry Reserve 8 May 191, living
at 59 Dane Castle, Tow Lawm co. Durham. Entitled to the Voictory
and British War Medals. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. |
VASEY,
MM |
Henry |
Gunner
80820, 64th Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action 5th May 1918. Aged 21. Born Stanhope, enlisted Consett.
Son of Jonathan and Sarah Vasey, of 6, Inkerman, Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in FOUQUIERES CHURCHYARD
EXTENSION, France. Plot/Row/Section I. Grave 78. |
VITTY |
John |
Private
3185, 1st/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action
5th November 1916. Aged 34. Enlisted Bishop Auckland, resident Tow
Law. Son of John Thomas and Dorothy Vitty, of 19, Baring St., Tow
Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. |
WALKER |
John
[William] |
Private
16523, 8th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire
Regiment). Killed in action at Gallipoli 22nd August 1915. Aged
21. Born and resident Woodyfield, Crook, Durham, enlisted Sunderland.
Son of Christopher and B. Walker, of 24, Gladstone Terrace, Sunny
Side, Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES
MEMORIAL, Turkey. Panel 55 to 58. |
WARD |
Thomas |
Private
22/94, 22nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 11th
November 1916. Aged 23. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted Bishop
Auckland. Son of Francis and Mary Ward, of 24, Wolsingham Rd., Tow
Law, Co. Durham. Buried in GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS, Somme, France.
Plot IX. Row B. Grave 5. |
WATSON |
Harold |
Rifleman
C/1698, 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds
15th September 1916. Aged 19. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted
Bishop Auckland. Son of George and Jessie Watson, of 3, Thornley
Terrace, Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN,
Seine-Maritime, France. Plot B. Row 19. Grave 24. |
WAUGH |
George
Hildreth |
Private
30701 [SDGW] or 30301 [CWGC], 12th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Killed in action 7th June 1917. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted
Bishop Auckland. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE)
MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 36 and 38. |
WELSH |
George
Samuel |
Private
54942, 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
Killed in action 11th October 1918. Born and resident Tow Law, enlisted
Bishop Auckland. Formerly D/27836, Dragoon Guards. Buried in WELLINGTON
CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS, Nord, France. Special Memorial B.
9.
Note:
The village was captured in October, 1918, in the Pursuit to the
Selle; and the cemetery was made by battalions of the Duke of Wellington's
Regiment immediately after. It was then increased by the concentration
of graves from a wide area, mainly South of Rieux. There are now
over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,
over 80 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 20
soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried
among them. Another special memorial bears the name of a soldier
from the United Kingdom, buried in Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon German
Cemetery, whose grave could not be found. The cemetery covers an
area of 769 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall. VENDEGIES-SUR-ECAILLON
GERMAN CEMETERY was a small cemetery at the crossing of the Chaussee
Brunehaut and the Vendegies-Bermerain road, containing the grave
of one soldier from the United Kingdom who fell in October, 1918.
The graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom, who fell in
October, 1918, were removed from VERCHAIN-MAUGRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
to Wellington Cemetery. |
WHITFIELD |
Matthew |
Private
20021, 14th battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 21st
May 1916. Aged 37. Born Willington, Co. Durham, enlisted Durham,
resident Hedley Hope. Son of Thompson and Pheobe Whitfield, of 26,
Office Row, Consay, Durham; husband of Sarah Annie Whitfield, of
21, Chapel St., East Hedley Hope, Tow Law. Co. Durham. No known
grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Panel 36 and 38. |
WILSON |
Percy |
Private
22/244, 22nd (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Killed
in action 20th June 1917. Aged 23. Born Waskerley, Co. Durham, enlisted
Crook, resident Tow Law. Brother of Mrs. H. I. Raine, of 3, North
Rd., Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
EXTENSION, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row D. Grave
26. |
WINTER |
John |
Driver
45106, 67th Brigade Small Arms Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery.
Died in Salonika 7th April 1918. Enlisted Durham, resident LAnchester,
Durham. Buried in SALONIKA (LEMBET ROAD) MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece.
Grave 1390. |
1939-1945 |
ALLAN |
Charles
David |
Private
4468336, 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 19th April 1944.
Aged 21. Son of Charles and Martha Allan, of Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY, India. Plot 4. Row F. Grave 7. |
BATES |
Norman |
Lance
Corporal 4399186, 2nd/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry. Died 25th September 1943. Aged 23. Son of David and Ada
Bates, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy.
Plot VI. Row E. Grave 44. |
BELL |
C |
Sergeant
(Pilot) probably Charles Armstrong BELL, Sergeant, 218 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29th March 1943. Aged 29.
Son of James A. and Elizabeth Bell; husband of Frances Bell, of
Langley Park, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE
MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 142. |
BOAL |
William |
[Listed
as Aircraftman 2nd Class on memorial] Aircraftman 1st Class 943541,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 21st October 1941. Buried
in REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY, Iceland. Plot/Row/Section C38.
Grave 15. |
BRYDON |
John
Lovat |
Sergeant
(Observer) 656407, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 29th July
1942. Aged 25. Son of Catherine Brydon, of Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 15. |
CARRIGAN |
John
Leonard |
Private
4456687, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 19th May 1940.
Aged 34. Son of Joseph and Mary Ellen Carrigan; husband of Elizabeth
H. Carrigan, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. No know grave. Commemorated
on DUNKIRK MEMORIAL, France. Column 122. |
DIXON |
John
[Joseph] |
Leading
Aircraftman 532692, 223 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died 16th June
1940. Aged 22. Son of Thomas and Mary Alice Dixon, of Tow Law, Co.
Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt.
Column 240. |
FAWCETT |
James
William |
Private
14792853, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 28th April 1945. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Fawcett, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in CELLE WAR CEMETERY, Germany.
Plot 1. Row B. Grave 10. |
GILL |
Fairless |
Private
3323929, 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow
Regiment). Died between 14th and 15th April 1945. Aged 31. Son of
Fred and Rose Annie Gill; husband of Florence Gill, of Tow Law,
Co. Durham. Buried in HANOVER WAR CEMETERY, Germany. Plot 10. Row
A. Grave 1. |
GOWLAND |
Thomas |
Leading
Aircraftman 1484816, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 31st
July 1944. Aged 23. Son of Thomas Dixon Gowland and Mary Ellen Gowland,
of Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN
MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 282. |
GRAHAM |
John
Albert Wwilliam |
Leading
Seaman P/JX 151005, H.M. Submarine Rainbow, Royal Navy. Died 19th
october 1940. Aged 23. Son of William Albert and Mary Graham; husband
of Florence Emily Ida Graham, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. No known
grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel
37, Column 3. |
GREEN |
John
George |
Private
1567987, Corps of Military Police. Died 18th March 1944. Aged 24.
Grandson of Sarah Green. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section
8. Row 23. Grave 33. |
HILDRETH |
Harry
[Lowe] |
Marine
PO/X 104141, H.M.S. Fidelity, Royal Marines. Died 1st January 1943.
Aged 18. Son of Harry and Jenny Hildreth, of Tow Law, Co. Durham.
No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire.
Panel 79, Column 3. |
HILDRETH |
John
Allen |
Private
4469541, 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 22nd March 1943.
Aged 28. Son of Ralph and Beatrice Hildreth; husband of Madge Hildreth,
of Swalwell, Co. Durham. In the 1939 Register he was born 10 Nov
1914, a Builder-Repairer, married, resident 6 Grove Road , Tow Law
U.D., Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL,
Tunisia. Face 29. |
HILDRETH |
Thomas
Edward |
lance
Corporal 2985028, 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Died 2nd June 1940. Aged 21. Son of Joseph and Annie Maria Hildreth,
of Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in FRANLEU CHURCHYARD, France. Row
A. Grave 3. |
HOBSON |
Harry |
[Listed
as Flight Sergeant on memorial] Sergeant 1005604, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 20th March 1947. Aged 34. Son of Johnathan
Vickers Hobson and Amelia Jane Hobson, of Tow Law; husband of Muriel
Hobson, of Tow Law. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section
8. Row 24. Grave 35. |
HOLDEN |
Frederick |
Leading
Air Mechanic (L) SF/X 1286, H.M.S. Blackcap, Royal Navy. Died 31st
May 1943. Aged 22. Son of John Thomas Holden and Isabella Holden,
of Tow Law. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 8. Row 26.
Grave 9. |
HUMPHRIES |
Roy |
[Spelt
HUMPHREYS on CWGC] Craftsman 7614244, Royal Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers. Died 18th August 1944. Aged 25. Son of Edward and Jane
Elizabeth Humphreys, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in FOIANO DELLA
CHIANA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row G. Grave 5. |
JOHNSTON |
Robin
Quentin Featherstone |
[Transcribed
at JOHNSON] Major, Durham Light Infantry. Died 20th January 1941.
Aged 40. Son of Harold Featherston Johnston and of Margaret Sarah
Johnston (nee Bell); husband of Christine Mary Johnston, of Tow
Law, Co. Durham. Buried in TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY, Lybia. Plot 7. Row
O. Grave 11. |
KIRBY |
Thomas
[Rayne] |
Master,
S.S. Empire Lawrence (Sunderland), Merchant Navy. Died 6th March
1942. Aged
54. Husband of Eva Kirby, of
Cullercoats, North Shields, Northumberland. His son Thomas Rayne
Kirby, also died on service (see below). Mentioned in Desptaches.
No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL, London. Panel
130. |
KIRBY |
Thomas
Rayne |
Master,
S.S. Rio Dorado (London), Merchant Navy. Died 16th March 1941. Aged
19. Son of Thomas Rayne Kirby and Eva Kirby, of Cullercoats,
Northumberland. His father Thomas Rayne Kirkby also died on service
(see above). No known grave. Commemorated on TOWER HILL MEMORIAL,
London. Panel 87. |
LAWSON |
W
R |
Trooper
probably William
Robert LAWSON, Trooper 3184115, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars,
Royal Armoured Corps. Died between 18th and 19th May 1940. Aged
36. Son of William Robert and Annie Lawson; husband of Sarah Jane
Lawson. Buried in HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, Belgium. Plot 12. Row D.
Grave 3. |
MAWSON |
A |
Private
probably Arnold MAWSON,
Private 14409283, 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 30th
Janauary 1944. Aged 21. Born and resident Co. Durham. Son of Alfred
and Sarah Ellen Mawson. No known grave. Commemorated on CASSINO
MEMORIAL, Italy. Panel 10. |
McKENZIE |
G
W |
Private
probably George William
McKENZIE, Private 4469289, 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire Regiment). Died 15th September 1944. Aged 24. Born
and resident Co. Durham. Son of Daniel and Meggie McKenzie; husband
of Dorothy McKenzie, of Wadebridge, Cornwall. Buried in GRADARA
WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot I. Row D. Grave 69. |
McMILLON |
M
M |
Corporal.
D. - No further information currently available |
MILNER |
Alfred
John |
Private
4469576, Pioneer Corps. Died 15th September 1942. Aged 26. Son of
Anthony and Margaret Milner; husband of Hilda Milner, of Tow Law.
Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 8. Row 26. Grave 20. |
MILNER |
W |
Private
possibly William
MILNER, Private 14375847, 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Died 6th December 1943. Aged 34. Son of William Dobson Milner and
Amelia Milner; husband of Margaret Jane Milner, of Eastbourne, Darlington,
Co. Durham. Buried in CASSINO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VII. Row
B. Grave 19.
|
MOFFITT |
Thomas
[William] |
Private
5679396, 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Died 6th
September 1944. Aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Moffitt, of Tow
Law, Co. Durham. Buried in STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE, France.
Division 67. Row P. Grave 13. |
MOODY |
John
[Thomas] |
Private
13027061, Pioneer Corps. Died 16th November 1941. Aged 35. Son of
William and Barbara Moody, of Tow Law; husband of Catherine Moody,
of Tow Law. Buried in TOW LAW CEMETERY, Durham. Section 8. Row 25.
Grave 16. |
MOSES |
Francis
Victor |
Ordinary
Telegraphist C/JX 197846, H.M.S. Vimiera, Royal Navy. Died 9th January
1942. Aged 22. Son of Walter Harrison Moses and Emma Elizabeth Moses,
of Crook, Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on CHATHAM NAVAL
MEMORIAL, Kent. Panel 59, Column 3.
Note:
HMS Vimiera was an Admiralty Class Destroyer built by Swan Hunter
and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.), Wallsend, laid
down in October 1916, launched 22nd June 1917, and commissioned
19th October 1917. HMS Vimiera under the command of Lt. Cdr. Angus
Alexander Mackenzie, RNR, was sunk by a mine in the Thames estuary
off East Spile Buoy 9th January 1942. |
NASH |
H |
Corporal
- No further information currently available |
PATTISON |
J
E |
LAC
W - No further information currently available |
PORTREY |
L |
LA/C
probably Thomas Lloyd
PORTREY, Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) 1030622, 218 Squadron,
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 30th May 1943. Aged 30.
Son of Albert and Margaret Elizabeth Portrey; husband of Agnes Portrey,
of Rothwell, Yorkshire. Buried in SCHAFFEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Belgium.
Collective grave 12-14. |
REES |
John
Robert |
Bombardier
1568434, 155 Battery, 52 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 18th April 1945. Aged 32. Son of David and Mary Ellen Rees,
of Wolsingham, Co. Durham; husband of Emily Rees, of Wolsingham.
Buried in FAENZA WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot II. Row E. Grave 15. |
REES |
Leslie |
Cook
(S) P/MX 100360, H.M.S. Laforey, Royal Navy. Died 30th March 1944.
Aged 20. Adopted son of George and Mary Rudkin Hind, of Tow Law,
Co. Durham. No known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL,
Hampshire. Panel 87, Column 1. |
ROBSON |
A |
Pilot
Officer - No further information currently available |
ROBSON |
John
[George] |
Sergeant
(Flight Engineer) 1683375, 57 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 10th April 1944. Aged 20. Son of John and Sarah Amelia
Robson, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. Buried in ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY,
Denmark. Plot A. Row &. Collective grave 24. |
RUDKIN |
L |
Steward
- No further information currently available |
SMALL |
David
[William] |
Private
4468517, 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry/
Died 4th September 1944. Aged 21. Son of Francis Watson James Small
and Minnie Small husband of Emily May Small, of Tow Law, Co. Durham.
Buried in CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot IV. Row C. Grave
2. |
THIRWELL |
C |
P
O - No further information currently available |
TREVOR |
Guy |
Flight
Lieutenant (Pilot) 144178, 540 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Died 13th December 1945. Aged 25. Son of Arthur and Olive
May Trevor. of Castle Eden. Buried in ST. JAMES CHURCHYARD, CASTLE
EDEN , Durham. Row 1. Grave 13. |
TURNER |
M |
Gunner
probably Mark George
TURNER, Gunner 1438917, 4 Battery, 2 A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Died 27th May 1940. Aged 20. Buried in BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY,
Pas de Calais, France. Plot 10. Row A. Grave 12. |
VICKERS |
Thomas
Henry |
Lieutenant
176398, 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Died 2nd November
1942. Aged 27. Son of Thomas Herbert and Florence May Vickers, of
Tow Law, Co. Durham. Qualification - B. Sc. Agriculture. Buried
in EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot XXIII. Row D. Grave 4.
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VITTY |
Thomas
[Kitchener] |
Private
3607757, 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and
Derbyshire Regiment). Died 24th September 1943. Aged 29. Son of
Robert Stephenson Vitty and Margaret Hannah Vitty, of Tow Law, Co.
Durham. Buried in SALERNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot IV. Row D. Garve
28. |
WALL |
Douglas
[Haig] |
Lance
Bombardier 906955, 124 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died between
19th and 20th June 1942. Aged 23. Son of William and Elizabeth Ann
Wall. No known grave. Commemorated on ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column
33. |
WHEATLEY |
Robert
Milburn |
[Listed
as P.O. on memorial] Chief Motor Mechanic P/MX 79739, H.M. Motor
Torpedo Boat 220, Royal Navy. Died 13th May 1942. Aged 30. Son of
John Robert and Elizabeth Jane Wheatley, of Tow Law, Co. Durham;
husband of Jean Wheatley, of Tow Law, Co. Durham. No known grave.
Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 69,
Column 1. |
WILLIAMSON |
William
Hedworth |
Major
58754, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Light A.A./Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery. Died 31st October 1942. Aged 36. Son of Frederick
Charles and Phyllis Williamson; husband of Diana Mary Williamson,
of Mortimer, Berkshire. Qualification - B.A. Buried in EL ALAMEIN
WAR CEMETERY, Egypt. Plot X. Row J. Grave 12.
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