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Evidential sources include:- Ancestry.co.uk ; Findmypast ; British Newspaper Archive, Illustrated Chronicle,Information taken from various spreadsheets & sources -army pensions / pow / Coxhoe men who fought list / Absent Voters / Census.Age is in line with date of death or end of war where it is known.P = photograph / L = letter from the trenches / C = commendationName Age House

No. / Name

Occupation Regiment

Cornforth MoorIsaac HARROD(Kelloe)

25 years

2 Coal Miner Royal Field Artillery

P

Thomas Henry PATTERSON(Heugh Hall)

26 years

5Coal Miner

Royal Field Artillery

Joseph JOHNSON(Coxhoe)

24 years

RNVR Anson Batt. 2nd RN

Wounded

Wylam TerraceRobert WilliamLINDSAY(Coxhoe)

23 years

Aldbro House Groom

1st Batt.Loyal North Lancashire

Regt

Killed In Action 26/9/1916

West HettonWilliam James RAMSAY(Tursdale)

21West

Hetton Lodge

Mining Engineer

Royal Welsh Fusiliers att. Royal Flying

Corps

Killed in action. 27/3/1918 Air crash on the SommeEwers in St Marys Church. Gift from parents.

FrederickSTEPHENSON(Coxhoe)

21 years

West Hetton Inn

1911Coal Miner

1/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

Died of Wounds 29/9/1915

John GeorgeDUNN(Old Coundon)

45 years

Quarry worker 10th Batt. Yorkshire Regiment

Wounded

HALLIMANDJohn Thomas(Durham)

19 years

Coal Miner 1/5th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry


EARLSJohn James(Darlington)

26 years

Coal Miner 1/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

P Killed In Action 24/5/1915

EARLS William(Thornaby)

25 years

Coal Miner 4th Batt.Yorkshire Regiment

P Killed in Action 24/5/1915

James William SANTON(Northallerton

22 Years

Coal Miner 6th Batt Queens Own Royal West Kent Regt,

Killed in Action 21/9/1918(Not listed on Coxhoe War memorial)

James HUTCHINSON(Houghton le Spring)

36 7 Coal Miner 15th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Killed in Action 27/5/1918

Thomas WALLACE(Coxhoe)

20 years

1st BattNorthumberla

ndFusiliers

Medals forfieted for stealing

Robert 29 Pattern Maker Machine Gun Wounded

MILLER(Coxhoe)

years Iron Foundry Corps Silver War Badge

John Willie SYMONS(Wingate)

19 years


West TerraceWilliam DOBSON(Coxhoe)

26 years

Back West Terrace

Coal Miner 1/5th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Military Medal + BarMentioned In despatches

Robert BOWERBANK(Coxhoe)

22 years

Coal Miner 6th BattYorkshire Regiment

Wounded

John TAYLOR

6 Army Service Corps

Discharged on age grounds

George William MAYO

30 years


Prisoner of War

Edward MAYO(Ferryhill)

27 years


WoundedSilver war Badge

JohnMAYO(Ferryhill)

26 years

Coal Miner 5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

Wounded

John GRATTON(Kelloe)

26 years

Coal Miner Army Service Corps

Joseph BROUGHTON(Waterhouses)

23 years

Coal Miner Kings Own Scottish

Discharged-defective vision. 1915

George THOMPSON(Westoe)

25 Years

Coal Miner 19th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded.

Alf DOBBIN(Coxhoe)

25 years

Coal Miner Royal Navy

Geo DOBBIN(Coxhoe)

29 years

Coal Miner 3rd Batt Royal

Inniskilling Fusiliers

Discharged unfit for service

George Henry BELL(Cornforth)

19 years

2 Quarryman 22nd Batt Durham

Light Infantry


Matthew ROBSON(Quarrington Hill)

26 years

Coal Miner 1st/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

Military Medal Prisoner of war

Hollyhock TerraceRobert KAY(Ferryhill)

35 years

Coal Miner Royal Field Artillery

Reported wounded in Palestine.Gift from Welcome Home Fund

Ben KAY(Ferryhill)

30 years

Coal Miner Royal Engineers

Wounded

John William 41 Butcher Army Service

WRIGHT(Keswick)

years Corps

Bells HousesWilfred BROWN (Coxhoe)

22years

Coal Miner Royal Army Medical Corps

56th Field Ambulance

Joseph WINWOOD(Houghton le Spring)

25years


Killed in action 23/9/1918

GeorgeWILKINSON(North Shields)

Coal Miner Durham Light

InfantryJohn Robert BARRON(Cornforth Moor)

25 years


Reported wounded

George COLLINGWOOD (Coxhoe)

25 years


Durham RoadJohn Robert PARKIN(Framwellgate Moor)

25 years

Durham Road

Park Hill

Platelayer 13th Batt Gloucester

Regt

Wounded

Clarence VillaJohn WilliamHALL(Waldridge Fell)


Wounded

Thomas GeorgeHALL(Waldridge Fell)

22 years

Coal miner 8th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


John Henry HUTCHINSON(Byers Green)

27 years

Coal Miner 3rd ReserveCavalry

Regiment

Medically discharged

Luke HOLDEN(Durham)

27 years

Coal Miner Royal Engineers

WoundedSilver War Badge

Low CoxhoeJohn JamesMARSHALL(Coxhoe)

22years

Ancient Avenue

Labourer Royal NavyHMS Queen

Joseph Henry STANNARD(Middle Rainton)

30 years

Ancient Avenue

Coal Miner 1st Batt, Notts & Derby

RegimentSherwood Foresters

RobertEVANS(Leigh, Lancashire)

21 years

6, Ancient Avenue


Light Infantry


George CARR(Trimdon)

26 years

Coal Miner Army Veteran Corps

Wounded

Harry CHAPMAN(Coxhoe)

25 years

Colliery Labourer Royal Navy

Harry SYMONS(Wingate)

21 years

Coal Miner

Aaron PARKIN(Easington Lane)

20years

LongstaffsBuildings

13th Batt GloucesterRegiment

Killed in Action. 30/6/1916

Davison BuildingsCharles BARRACLOUGH(Coxhoe)

43 years

Coal Miner Pembrokeshire Yeomanry


Edward GRAINGER(Castle Eden)

37 years

Carter Royal Garrison Artillery

Thomas SAMPLE(Sherburn Hill)

36 years

Painter 3/7th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Thomas HenryVARVILL(Kelloe)

34 years


InfantryRFC

Wounded

Prospect Place

John SAYBOURNE(Blyth)

19 years

12 Prospect

Place

Coal Miner 16th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

William TALBOT(Quarrington Hill)

21 years

Carting 15th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Prisoner of War

Charles GordonWHITE(Tursdale)

28years



John George WHITE(Tursdale)

24 years


JohnLIDDLE(Coxhoe)

20 years

3 Coal Miner 1/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry


Joint Stocks

John MARR(South View)

28 Quarry worker Royal Garrison Artillery

Parker KITCHINGMAN(Batley, Yorks)

21 years

2 Coal Miner 1/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

P Died of Wounds 9/10/1915

Commercial RoadGeorge STOREY

Commercial Inn

RAF Mechanic

Thomas GRAY

Old Red Lion


Military Medal

John Robert GRAY


Military Medal

William BUCKHAM

34 years

2Pit Head Labourer

8th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Medically unfit 10/12/1915

Wilfred James GARNETT

37 years

4 Butchers Assistant

8th East Yorks


Regiment.John Henry FORSTER

39 years

Tyneside Inn

Innkeeper 22nd Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Bandsman

Wounded.

Alfred JOHNSON

18 16 Coal miner HMS Brettz

Robert Henry BARKER

27 years

Coal Miner, Doctor’s Groom

2nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


Albert Victor CARR 23

years

Store House,

Commercial Rd

Groom/ Butcher at Co-op

Army Service Corps

Arthur OLIVER

23 years

Commercial Inn

Coal Miner Royal Garrison Artillery

Military Medal

Thomas ROUTLEDGE

Railway Tavern

HMS Pirham Down

William ROUTLEDGE

18 years

Railway Hotel

Carting at duff heap

52nd BattWest

Yorkshire Reg

Discharged

Basic CottagesWilliam BATESON

25 years

2 Locomotive Fireman

5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

P Wounded

William WALKER

19 years

Coxhoe Limestone

Basic Works

20th BattKings Royal Rifle Corps


Thomas C. A.LONGRIDGE

27 years

4 Coal Miner Army Service Corps

Silver War Badge

Alfred HILLERBY

35 years

Basic Furnace Charger

11th Royal FusiliersCity of London

Regiment


William GOWER

22 years

Quarry Worker HMS Queen Mary


Foundry RowJohn RichardEDMONDSON

19 years

9 Foundry Row

1st Batt Northumberland Fusiliers


William HarrisonAYTON

21 years

Foundry Row

Butcher 22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


James EdwardINGLEDEW

18 years

3, Foundry

Row

12th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Gas HousesHarryHARDWICK

32 years

Gas House

Bricklayers Labourer

Royal Lancashire Regiment

Gilbert 21 Gas Coal Miner Stoker

HAWTHORNE years House Cottages

HMS Victory

James CRANSON,

32 years

Boarder at Gas Works.

Postman 8th Batt.Yorkshire Regiment


John Thomas SMART

31 years

Grange House

Manager Lingfords Shop

7th BattNorth Staffs Regiment

Wounded

James LAING

28 years

Grange Farm

Cartman 1st / 8th

Durham Light

Infantry

Wounded

JohnThomasANDERSON

25 years

Coal Man Royal Field Artillery

Thomas Robert CLARK

33 years

Grange Farm

Farmer Army Service Corps

West Parade

Martin James SEEBER,

22years

Pork Butcher 22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

P Killed in action 27/10/1916

Frederick WALKER

37 years

Coal Miner 1st BattWorcestershire Regiment

Prisoner of War

Bridge End

James HenryBATTYE

21 years


Benjamin BARRACLOUGH

33 years

Coal Miner 15th Batt Cheshire Regiment

Discharged 1915

ArthurDYKES

24 years


Light Infantry

Wounded 24/4/1917Court Martial for desertion. Field punishment No 2. Sentenced 28 days.Prisoner of War from 12/4/1918Returned home 23/3/1919

Front StreetThomas BARRACLOUGH

36 years Labourer

26th Batt.Tyneside

Irish N/land Fusiliers

Discharged misconduct.

GRAHAMThomas

35 43Front Steet

Coxhoe

Coal Miner 2nd Batt.South

Staffordshire Regiment


Harry LAING

HMS Lowestoft

George Ernest BATTY

36 years

Front Street

Coxhoe



George Matthew HUTCHINSON


Discharged on medical grounds

Thomas William HARGREAVES

20 years

Pony DriverCoal Miner

25th Batt N/land

Fusiliers Tyneside Irish


John W KINGSTON

20 years

13th Batt East

Yorkshire Regiment

JohnHEWISON

25 years

13th BattGloucesterRegiment

Joseph Edward CROOKES

6th Batt.East Kent

Regt.


John George BROWN

30 years

Coal Miner 10th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

C Military Medal

Wounded

JamesBURNELL

19 years

21 Coal Miner 8th Batt.N/land

Fusiliers


Joseph Albert ROBINSON

21 years

27 Colliery Labourer 7th Batt.Yorkshire Regiment

Wounded

John BURKE

Coal Miner 1st/5th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

L Killed in action. 21/4/1917

Charles E BELL

20 years

3rd Batt.West Riding Regiment

Wounded

John STEPHENSON

27 years

Stonehouse Buildings

Colliery Banksman

West Yorkshire Regiment

John Hall LOWE

21 years

Coal Miner 1st/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

MG Corps

Wounded

Coronation TerraceThomasBRANDON

26 years

2 Colliery Banksman

22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


Robert D AYTON

36 years

2 Coal Miner Royal Garrison Artillery

Wounded

William FLEETHAM

19 years

3 Kings Own Yorkshire

Light Infantry

Wounded

LukeWATSON

20 years


Wounded

Harry COLLINS

29 years

8 BrickmakerServing sailor

Royal Navy 1909

Leading seamanHMS

RenownJohn Thomas LLEWELLYN

27 years

8 Royal Navy

HMS “Undaunted”

William RYDER

22 years

Assistant Grocer 13th BattGloucestershire Regiment.

Robert PICKERING

24 years

11 Carter DepotDurham

Light Infantry

Discharged 1915

Nicholas HOWDEN

24 years

16 Colliery worker 1st/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded.Silver War Badge

William HOWDEN

22years



Light Infantry

JamesTAYLOR

29 years

7 Coal Miner Durham Light

Infantry

Wounded

Charles TAYLOR

23 years

7 Coal Miner

JohnTAYLOR

21 years

7 Coal Miner 13th BattYorkshire

Reg

WoundedPrisoner of War

MatthewDOBBIN

29 years

Quarryman Machine Gun Corps

John Musgrave WHITE

20 years

7th BattYorks

Regiment

Wounded.

John CRANSON

24 years

Colliery Labourer 2/6th Batt.Manchester Regiment

Prisoner of war

Back Coronation TerraceThomas Henry PATTERSON (Chisholm on the census

5 Royal Field Artillery

Wounded

George Vernon PATTERSON

24 years

Coal Miner (Helper Up)

1st Batt.Gordon

Highlanders

P Wounded

Benjamin ETHERINGTON

22 years

8 Coal Miner 1st Batt.Border

Regiment

Wounded

Long Row

James William NEASHAM

33 years

1 Coal Miner 35th Trench Battery RGA

Killed in action 17/3/1917, Gift to widow

John Herbert HERON

25 years

1 FitterSteetley Quarry

1/5th Batt Durham

Light Infantry


James SCAIFE

36 years

5 Coal Miner 3rd Batt. East

Yorkshire Regt.

P Wounded

William Thompson CRICH

33 9 Coal Miner Royal Garrison Artillery

Discharged

Ralph JACKSON

20 9 Top Long Row

Plumbers Mate 13th BatGloucester Regiment

P Wounded

MartinMCGLOAN,

47 years

10 Coal Miner Coldstream Guards

Wounded

Robert HenryDOBINSON

37 years

12 Coal Miner 9th Batt. Yorkshire

Regt.

Died Of Wounds 14/8/1917

William BOLAM

38 13 Coal Miner 8th Batt. East Yorks

Reg

Killed in Action 2/4/1916 (Not listed on Coxhoe War Memorial)

Richard MORGAN

37 years

15 Coal Miner 3rd Batt Yorkshire Regiment

Mentioned in DespatchesWounded

John 24 21 6 Kings Own Killed in Action16

REDDEN years Light Inf. /9/1916

William GALLOWAY

23 Coal Miner Durham Light

Infantry

Wounded 3 times

Fred SMITH

38 years


Infantry

Wounded

George Henry FULLARD

37 23 Coal Miner East Yorks reg

Discharged on health grounds BAPR

George Robert RAPER

21 years

38 Coal Miner 16th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Medically Discharged

ErnestRAPER

27 years


Wounded

Frederick RAPER

29 years


LightInfantry

Wounded

Thomas ROBINSON

31 years

24 Coal Miner 4th BattN/Land Fusiliers

Wounded

Charles BARTLETT

23 years

25 Coal Miner 1/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Died of wounds 25 /5/1915

John ROBINSON 27

Yorks reg Wounded. Shaving set gift

Walter KENNING

31 years

29 Coal Miner 6th Batt.Yorkshire

Reg

Military Medal

LukeTHURSBY

26 31 Coal Miner 13th Batt. Glouscester

Regt

Wounded.

Anthony CARR

23years

32 Coal Miner 13th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


Robert BROWN

28years

34 Coal Miner 6th Batt.

Yorkshire Regiment

Wounded

John STOTT

21 years

35 Coal Miner East Yorks Reg

Daniel HARDY

22years

38 Coal Miner 9th BattWest Yorks

RegWilliam WILSON 25

years40 Coal Miner 19th Batt.

Durham Light

Infantry

P Distinguished Conduct Medal+ bar.Wounded.presented silver wrist watch in recognition of bravery

Robert VARVILL

27 years


Light Infantry

Wounded

Thomas Henry ROXBY

26 years 42

Coal Miner 6th BattalionWiltshire Reg

P Died 3/11/1918

Prisoner of War

John George OLIVER

20 years

50 Royal NavyHMS ‘Drake’


(not listed on Coxhoe War memorial)

John WALLACE

26 years

55 Coal Miner

Edward (Ned)TURLEY

36 years

60 Coal Miner 5th BattDurham

Light Infantry


Peter JOHNSON 20years

62 Coal Miner 5th DLIDragoon Guards

Ernest PEACOCK

27years

62 Coal Miner 3rd Batt Norfolk/East

Yorks

Discharged - not fit for service

Arthur BELL 33years

63 Policeman Military Police CorpsFormerly 6th

Durham Light

InfantryRobert MOORE

24 years 63 Colliery Labourer

6thBatt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded.

Daniel ROXBY

43 years

64 Coal Miner 3rd Batt. East

Yorkshire Regiment

Royal Engineers

Matthew Davison ROXBY

22 years

Drapers assistant 22nd BattDurham

Light Infantry

Wounded

William DAVISON

45 years

66 Coal Miner HMS “Malay”Stoker

Wounded

CharlesHALL

33 years


Infantry

Wounded

Joseph EdwinJOHNSON

21 years

67 Coal Miner 2nd BattLondon

Regiment


Aaron WALLACE

21years

70 Coal Miner 5th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Discharged 1914

Thomas Henry Mason TURNER

30 71 Coal Miner 7th Batt. East Yorks

Reg

P Wounded.Discharged -No chewing teeth!

John DAMMERY

40 years

72 Coal Miner 1st / 5th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded

Isaac LITTLER

33 years

Coal Miner 6th Batt.YorkshireRegiment

Wounded

Henry HUNTER

25 years

72 Coal Miner 22nd Batt Durham

Light Infantry


Ernest William 16 74 Coal Miner East Yorks Mis-stated his age. Only 16

ATKINSON yearsDischarged.

Thomas WOOD

24years

74 Labourer East Yorks Reserve Batt

Returned home

John WOOD

Royal Garrison Artillery

Croixe de Guerre

James HETHERINGTON

39 years

76 Coal Miner 3/5th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Discharged to Reserve Occupation 1916

Herbert DAVIES

19 years

77 3rd Hussars

Horace DAVIES

20 years

Coal Miner 8th Batt. N/land Fusiliers


Thomas COLLINGWOOD

26 years


ThomasAINSLEY

35 years

81 Coal Miner 3rd Batt.East

YorkshireRegt.

P Died at home 4/5/1915 Home Service

John SEWELL

37Years

84 Coal Miner 7th BattEast

Yorkshire Regt.

P Wounded

James SEWELL

19Years

Coal Miner 3rd Batt Yorkshire

Regt

Deserted

George ETHERINGTON

23 years

Coal Miner 24thBatt.

N/land Fusiliers

Frederick HOBSON

1st BattEast

Yorkshire Regiment

Wounded

Charles HAIGH 27 years

Coal Miner 7th Batt.East

Yorkshire Regiment

George KIRTON

26 years

Coke Oven worker

1/5th BattKings Own

Royal Lancasters

Died of wounds 26/9/1917

George NAPIER

30 years

Coal Miner 1st Batt.Border Reg

Military MedalWounded

Hall NAPIER

33 years

Serving in Burma 1914

Regular Soldier Border Regiment

1st Batt Border

Regiment

Wounded

George SCORER 19years

DLIMachine Gun

Corps

Wounded

Robert SEATON

28 years

Coal Miner Royal Garrison Artillery


John SINGLETON

31 years


Wounded

Walter WINHAM

37Years

Coal Miner 6th Batt

Yorkshire Wounded

RegimentChristopherOGDEN

47 years


Wounded

ThomasOGDEN

31 years

Coal Miner 6th Batt.Yorkshire Hussars

Killedin Action 15/9/1916.

JohnREDDEN

24 years

6th BattKings Own Yorkshire

Light Infantry

Killed in Action 16/9/1916 Gift to widow

Peter McGUINNESS

37Years

Coal miner 27th Batt N/Land Fusiliers

Discharged 20/10/1915 medically unfit - deafness

Samuel SIRRELL

33 years

Quarryman Royal Engineers

Johnson MCKEOWN

28 years

Police Station

Police constable Military Mounted

Police

Meritorious Service Medal

Anthony WEST 34 years

Coal Miner 1/9th BattDurham

Light Infantry


Wesley PlaceThomas MITCHELL

26 2 Coal Miner 3rd Yorkshire Discharged - deformed knee

John Campbell SANSON

23 years

Step father William Winskill

Wesley Place

Coal Miner 129th BrigadeRoyal Field

ArtilleryJohn CHINNERY

33years

3 Quarryman 2nd BattNorthampton

Regt.

Prisoner of War

Thomas HARKER

Quarryman

E P Mitchell ? Gloucesters MMChurch Street

Robert ATTLEY

20 years

Fitter /Turner Royal Air Force

Demobbed 14 Jan 1919Gift

Walter BOAL 28 years

3 Coal Miner 12th BattDurham

Light Infantry

Killed in Action 7/10/1916Military Medal(Not on Coxhoe War memorial)

George KEITH

30 years


Killed in action 13/9/1917 Military Medal

Robert William CROW

33 years

Telephone Line Inspector

Royal Engineers

Military Medal Croixe de Guirre

William Herbert BELL

19 years

3rd Worcesterregiment

Killed in action 25/9/1918Gift

Thomas John FENTON

30 years

Coal Miner 2nd Batt. Kings Own

Scottish Borderers


Frank HERON 40 years

Co-op Butcher Machine Gun Corps

Served in Russia.

Robert William FLETCHER

27 years

Joiner 19th Batt.Northumberland Fusiliers

William HODGSON

26 years

Coal Miner 10th HussarsHousehold

Cavalry

George Jeffrey HODGSON

27 years

9 Grocer 15th Batt Durham

Light Infantry


William Norman BOOTH

19 years

Kings Own Yorkshire L.I.

Prisoner of War

David GREENWELL

28 years

Joiner 5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

AlfredRAPER

26 years

Coal Miner 185th Machine Gun

Corps

Returned homeGift

Thomas MORLEY

30 years


John MORLEY

29 years


Prisoner of War

CharlesPHILLIPS

33 years

Butcher Machine Gun Corps

(Infantry)


Robert Henry JOHNSON

21 years

Blacksmith Royal Navy HMS

Royal SovereignErnest James THOMPSON

21 years

Postman 7th Batt. Lincolnshire Regiment

Wounded

Bertrum TRUNDLEY

19 years

Stone Tipper 11th Batt.Manchester Regiment

John RobertTRUNDLEY

29years

Shop managerBoots and shoes

20th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded

Walter SALISBURY

32 years

Oddfellows Arms

Barman 5 / 6th Batt. Royal Scots


JosephCARR

32 years


Light Infantry

BlackgateAlexanderJAMIESON

20 years

Locomotive Fireman at

Quarry

1st Batt.Cameron

Highlanders


Edward JAMIESON

1 Clerk at Quarry RAMC

James JAMIESON

22 years

Weighman Royal Engineers

William JAMIESON

Clerk at Quarry Life Guards

Arthur CHAPMAN

20years


Thomas CHAPMAN

29 years

6 Coal MinerDurham

Light Infantry

Wounded

John Thomas EGGLESTON

32 years

Three Tuns Inn,

Butcher Royal Garrison Artillery

Albert Ernest ISETON

25 years

9 Hostler / Groomsman

8th Platoon: 22 Batt DLI


Fred ISETON 23 years Plumber

Royal Engineers

P Military Medal Prisoner of War

William ISETON

31 years

Limestone Quarryman

Yorks & Lancs

Regiment. / Labour Corps

Wounded

Thomas ISETONJoiner


Distinguished Conduct Medal

George Albert WALKER

37years

14 Railway Porter 3rd Batt Kings Own Yorks. Light Infantry /

Royal Defence Corps


ThomasWATSON

23 years

Railway Porter 1st/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry


Ralph BOWES 37 years

19 Coal MinerCoxhoe Brass Band member

Royal Engineers


Herbert Robert PICKEN

28 years

20 Butchers Assistant Worcester Regiment

Robert ANDERSON

23 years

Coal Miner 3rd BattNorth

Staffordshire Regiment


John BEST 34 years

Wheelwright /joiner.


I

Frank ORD 22 years

Labourer Royal Garrison Artillery

John IntinORD

22 years

Fireman Royal Engineers


CalebINGHAM

21 years

Basics Furnaceman

19th BattTank Corps

Thomas PEAT Limestone Quarryman

Durham Light

InfantryJohn PILE 28

yearsLimestone Quarryman

2nd Batt.West

YorkshireRegiment

Transferred to Steetley Limestone Co. Reserved occupation 20/11/1917

Thomas REED

26 years

School Teacher 2nd /4th BattYork & Lancs

Reg

William OgleREED

26 years

Living in Amble N/Land

Elementary School Teacher

5th Batt.Seaforth

Highlanders

Killed in Action 13/11/1916Prayer desk in St Marys Church gifted by parents

James Walter SCOTT

29 years

Carpenter Royal Field Artillery

William Edward HOLMES

22 years

Coal Miner 3rd BattNorthumberland Fusiliers


Arthur Merrit SMITH

41 years

Three Tuns Inn

Innkeeper Lincolnshire Regiment

FrederickROBINSON

Reuben HOEY

25 years

Labourer 2nd BattYorkshire Regiment

WoundedClasp of Roses to medals

Fred CHAPMAN

22 years

Colliery Labourer

Robert V.HERON

28 years

HillcrestBlackgate

Clerk Steetley

Limestone

2nd Lieut.5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

P Wounded.Coxhoe Rifle Club Member.

William Edward ROBSON

37 years

Blackgate Druggist Army Service Corps

Vicarage TerraceRobert William HOBSON

27 years

Coke Leveller 18th Batt.Kings Royal Rifle Corps


William HenrySMITH

40 Cambourn House,

School master 1st Batt. Royal West

Surrey Regt.

Discharged 9/7/1917 Frostbite of the feet

James TAIT

24years

Belgrave House

Engineer at Carlton Iron

Works

Captain7th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

I Killed in Action 16/6/1917(not on Coxhoe War Memorial)

Alexander TAIT

29 years

Royal Engineers

Military Cross

Hedworth Williamson TAIT

22 years

Belgrave House

Commissioned into army on

leaving school

18th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Royal Flying Corps

The PotteryGeorge THUBRON

24 years

1 Coal Miner 25th Batt Northumberland Fusiliers“Tyneside

Irish”Robert THUBRON

21years

Coal Miner 8th Batt East

YorkshireRegt.


Thomas THUBRON

25 years Quarryman

24th BattNorthumberland Fusiliers“Tyneside

Irish”

P Wounded

James GAVIN

20 years

2 Quarryman 23rd BattNorthumberland Fusiliers“Tyneside Scottish”

P Wounded

John JENKINS

32 years

Formerly lived Pottery

13th Batt.Kings

Liverpool Reg


PatrickDAGNALL

25 Coal Miner 329 Quarry Coy

Royal

EngineersGeorge ETHERINGTON

23 years

Coal Miner 24th Batt Northumberland Fusiliers

Wounded

James MCGOWAN

47 years

Lime Burner 22nd BattN/Land Fusiliers

P Wounded

Joseph RAINE 21years

Coal Miner 7th Batt.Kings Own Scottish

BorderersJames SWALES 36

yearsColliery Labourer 24th Batt

Northumberland Fusiliers1st Batt

Tyneside IrishThomas SWALES

26 years

Coal Miner 24th BattNorthumberland Fusiliers

Thomas MULHERON

25 12 Labourer 1st Batt.Tyneside

IrishN/Land Fusiliers

Discharged 17/12/1914Impaired hearing

Frederick TEASDALE

35years

Quarry worker Royal Engineers

JamesMcDONALD

25 years


LightInfantry

Discharged unfit 30/10/1914

John GLEESON

23 years

Quarryman 9th BattEast

YorkshireRegiment

Dischaarged defective vision

John WilliamSPINDLOE

33 years

2 Railway Cottages Coxhoe

Dock Labourer / Timber merchant

24th N/Land FusiliersTyneside

IrishAlbert ROWCROFT

34 years

Coal Miner 2nd Batt Yorkshire Regiment.

Labour CorpsEdwardKILLGALLON

27 years

Anchor Inn

1 Anchor Cottages

Quarryman24th BattN/Land Fusiliers“Tyneside

Irish”

P Wounded Silver War Badge

John KILLGALLON

28 years

Coal Miner 24th BattN/Land Fusiliers“Tyneside

Irish”

Wounded

John WEIGHTMAN

41 years

Black Horse Hotel

Quarryman 6th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

CaliforniaPhillip Duignan 27

years1 Quarryman 24th Batt.

N/land Fusiliers. Tyneside

Irish

Killed in Action 1/7/1916Gift to widow

Patrick PAYTON 21 years

8 Coal Miner 24th Batt “Tyneside

Irish”N/lan

Fusiliers


Charles KEAVENEY

22 years

18 Coal Miner 22nd BattNorthumberland Fusiliers

“3rd Tyneside Scottish”

Wounded

Frank WATERS

28 years

Quarryman 10th Batt Durham

Light Infantry

P Wounded

WilliamDAMMERY

21 years

1st / 4th BattEast

Yorkshire Regiment


Ox CloseJames DUFFY

28 years

Coal Miner 25th Batt N/Land Fusiliers

2nd Tyneside Irish

Distinguished Conduct MedalWounded

John William FAIRLAMB

27 years

Coal Miner 2nd BattBorder Regt/Labour Corps

P

Frederick J MMARLEY

26 years

2 Coal Miner 3rd BattDurham

Light Infantry /

Machine Gun Corps

Wounded

Coxhoe BridgeJohn AlbertSCOTT

25 years

Carpenter 17th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers

Killed In Action 2/11/1917Living in Pit Laddie pub in 1911

The AvenueJoseph HardySTEPHENSON

27 years

ClerkCoxhoe Co-op

Army Service Corps

Herbert COOK

24 years

Civil Servant Wounded. Son of schoolmaster,

Thomas WilsonROBERTS

22 years

22nd Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Charles Thomas TURNBULL

22 years

East House Farm

Farm worker2 Squadron

Machine Gun Corps


William DONNELLY

19 West House Farm

Farm labourer RA

FrankDRESSER

28 years

Avenue Farm

Farm worker Army Service Corps

Coxhoe SquareFrancis DONNELLY

26 years 4

Bricklayers Labourer

25th Batt. N/land

Fusiliers“Tyneside

Irish”

Wounded

William COATMAN

9 Coxhoe Square

Joiner 4th Company Royal

EngineersCharles 40 10 Basics worker Army Service

WEST Coxhoe Square

Corps

Robert William HOPPER

Coxhoe Hall Lodge

Colliery Lamp Cleaner

Frederick WOODWARD

35 years

Coxhoe Square

Labourer 20th Batt Durham

Light Infantry


Co-operative Terrace E MAJOR 1 Canadian

TransportWounded by shell explosion

Bertram McILWAIN

28 years

2Living in

Stockton on Tees

Police Constable Royal Engineers

P Military MedalBelgian Croix De Guerre

WilliamMcILAWIN

24 years

2 Blacksmith 1st Batt.Grenadier

Guards


George MCPHERSON

29 years

6 Church school teacher

15th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


ArthurTURNER

28 years

6 Assistant School Teacher

1st/5th BattDurham

Light Infantry


John STEELE

23 years

8 Coal miner Durham Light

Infantry/Machine Gun

Corps

P WoundedPrisoner of War

George WEBB

21 years

9 Coal Miner Royal Engineers

Wounded

John FrancisSTOKOE

27 years

14 Fitter 5th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Machine Gun Corps

Albert GLENDINNING

19 years

26 2nd Batt.Lancashire

FusiliersWilliam GLENDINNING

21years

26 Grocers Assistant 22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


William BARR

20 years

27 2nd BattNotts & Derby

RegimentThomas SMITH

24 years

32 Quarryman 13th Batt Gloucester

RegtTrans to 329

Quarrying Coy. Royal Engineers)

Thomas FawcettHARKER

34 years

Quarryman 13th Batt Gloucestershir

e RegimentThomas FERGUSON

39 years

40 Assistant Schoolmaster

3 / 5th BattLancashire

Fusiliers


William ROWCROFT

19years

45 Baker and Confectioner

8th Batt.East

Yorkshire Regiment


GeorgeSTIRK

27years

Labourer Mercantile Marine

ReserveEdward SINGLETON

31 years

Blacksmith at Quarry

10th Batt Durham

Light Infantry


ReginaldCARTER

21 years

Grocers Apprentice

Royal Army Medical Corp

Prisoner Of War

William HENDERSON

17 Quarry worker RGA

FrankSTOKOE

27years

Fitter 5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded

Cow CloseAllan JOHNSON 21

yearsCoal Miner 13th Batt.

Durham Light

Infantry


John Robt. William LAYTON

2 Coal Miner 2 Batt. Machine Gun

Corps


Henry PRINGLE

41 years

Bricklayer Army Service Corps

GeorgeWEIR

26years


Thomas Henry WEIR

22years


Light Infantry

P Wounded.

Joseph RAINE 24

yearsCoal Miner

18th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

George ROBINSON

19 years

Engine Driver 1st Batt. West

YorkshireRegt.


AlexanderMcCALLUM

41 years

Quarryman 2nd Batt.Border

Regiment


MichaelMcCORMICK

34 years


Light Infantry

Wounded

Kenmirs BuildingsJoseph Henry MERRINGTON

37 Coal Miner 16 DLI Returned home

Joseph TYREMAN

25years


Light Infantry

P Wounded

Garden Terrace

Henry ALDONS

21 years

2 PorterNE Railways

HMS CanadaRoyal Navy

Thomas ArthurMARLEY

34 years

5 Butcher Royal Army Service Corps

Carrs Buildings/CottagesJohn William OLIVER

26 years

2 Blacksmiths Striker


P Discharged 1915- spinal injury

George Herbert SPINDLOE

29 3 Army Service Corps

Discharged - not physically fit

William PEVERLEY

27 years

2nd Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Distiguished Conduct MedalWoundedSilver War Badge

Horace STONE

33 years

Carrs Cottages

Bricklayer Royal Engineers

Wounded / Gassed

Linden TerraceColin Henry HERON

26 Locomotion Driver

3rd Yorkshire

Willie OLIVER 50 years

LindenVilla

Medical Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps

Honorary rank of Captain

John SANDERSON

35 years

The Lindens

Joiner 5th BattDurham

Light Infantry

Victoria TerraceOswald WHARTON

23 years

. Coal Miner 5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry.

Army Service Corps

Wounded

James HOPPER

20years


Light Infantry

P Died of wounds 8/4/1918

William FOSTER

38 years

7 School Attendance

Officer

Army Service Corps

Gladstone TerraceJoseph Vickers PEART

35 years 11 Wagon Man

Co-op Society

8th Batt.Durham

LightInfantry

Killed in Action 10/4/1918. Military Medal.

ThomasHEDLEY

23 Years 10



Cornforth LaneThomas Vernon FAWELL

35 Years Coastwort

h HouseQuarryman

1st/4th BattEast

Yorkshire Regt

Wounded. Silver War Badge

Frank Richard FAWELL

23 years Joiner

1/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Gassed. Gift Silver War Badge

Leonard FAWELL

33 years Quarryman

30th Res Batt.

Silver War badge

N/Land Fusiliers

James YOUNG

20 years

Croft House,

Labourer 8th Batt East

Yorkshire Regt

Killed In Action 14/7/1916Military Medal

George Thomas HOPE

21 Lorne House,

Joiner 16th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Gunshot wound to head, leg and foot. Discharged 12/5/1916

Thomas Pattison CHISHOLM

20years

Dundee House

Coal Miner 1/7th Batt N’land

Fusiliers

P Died of Wounds. 25 /10/ 1917

William CHISHOLM

24 years

Colliery banksman

1/7th BattN/Land Fusiliers

Wounded.

Norman Wrightson BROWN

20 years

Tursdale House

Coal Miner 1/5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


John T BELL

29 years

Linthorpe House

3

Bricklayer 2nd Res Batt Royal Field

Artillery

P DCM and French Medal Militaire

Dan Bentley BROOKS

3years

13 Quarry worker Army Service Corps

Munitions work at Steetley

George AaronCARR

21 years

Clare HouseCornforth

LaneSchool teacherCornforth Lane

School

13th Batt.Kings Royal Rifle Corps

WoundedRank of Captain

Charles GordonBOOTH

33 years

Railway Clerk Royal EngineersRailways Section

John George CARR

23 years

Butchers Apprentice

Coldstream Guards


William David CARR

20 years

Butcher Apprentice

13th BattGloucester

Regt


James H CLARK 26 years

Cornforth Mill

Labourer Household Cavalry

Staffordshire Yeomanry

Still serving in 1919

Thomas CROSBY

21 years


Light Infantry


James WilliamDARNBOROUGH

32 years

Milk Dealer 12th BattMachine Gun

CorpsErnest DICKINSON

35years Butcher

451st Field Corps Royal

EngineersJames HerbertFINITY

22 years

Coal Miner Royal Navy

Richard GRATTON

31 years

Coal Miner 2nd Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers

P Wounded

Fred GRINT 24 years 1

Coal Miner 22nd Batt Durham


Prices Buildings

Light Infantry

Robert GRINT 22 years

Farm Worker 15th BattDurham

Light Infantry


Alfred HERON 31 years

Warwick HouseLinden

Terr

Co-op EmployeeBlacksmith

15th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded.

Enoch HOWARD

28 years


Thomas HOWARD

36 years

Quarry worker 117 BrigadeRoyal Field

ArtilleryThomas HUDSON

39 years

Colliery Labourer Royal Engineers

John William JOHNSON

39 years

Shoemaker 15th BattDurham

Light Infantry

P

Thomas Moore LENNEY

27 Brickmaker 22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


George ROSE

32 years

Coal Miner 13th Batt.N/Land Fusiliers

Military Medal

John Thomas MURRAY

27 years

Coal Miner 22nd Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


Edward NAITBY 34 years

Coal Miner(Former Royal Marine

Reservist)

Royal Garrison Artillery attached

S. African Heavy Artillery

Military Medal. Wounded.

George NAYLOR 38 years

Tailor Army Service Corps

Remount Unit

Fred ORD

24 years

Labourer Army Service Corps

JohnPREST 27

years48 Regular Soldier

2nd Batt. Border

Regiment

Wounded. Presented with a case of carvers by Welcome home Fund

Thomas WilliamHUTCHINSON

18 years

Camp House,

Garmondsway

1911

234th Field Coy

Royal Engineers

Killed in Action 3/9/1916(Not listed on Coxhoe War Memorial)

William WilfredSHILLAW

28 years

Fern HouseCornforth

LaneShop Assistant 1st / 4th Batt

N/LandFusiliers

Wounded

Frank PREST

26 years

Coal miner 10th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded

John Richard PRICE

22 years

22nd Batt Durham

Light Infantry

Anthony SCORER

35 years

WaggonerCoxhoe Co-op

9th Batt Kings Own

Royal Lancaster Regiment

Wounded

George SEDGWICK

31 years

Colliery Blacksmith

Royal Army Service Corps

P

Mark SHIELDS

24 years

Coal Miner Yorkshire Regiment

Gift

William James HILLS

31 years

Kenmirs Buildings


Horace STONE

33 years

Bricklayer Royal Engineers

Matthias SWINBANK

38 years

Coke Ovens 22nd BattNorthumberland Fusiliers

George SWINBANK

44 years


Light Infantry

William Henry WILBY

21 years

Coal miner 14th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry


John BrankstonWILBY

21 years

11th Batt.Royal

Fusiliers London Regt,


Richard Welch WILLIAMS

17 years

Coal Miner 52nd Batt Leicestershire Regiment

EdwinBRYAN

19 years


Light Infantry

Discharged the service 10/8/1915

Charles HEADS

26 years

NE Railway Porter

5th Batt. Durham

Light Infantry

Wounded

George BRIGGS

34 years

Coal Miner 3rd Batt.East

Yorkshire Regt.

Wounded

ThomasARMSTRONG

24 years

Cornforth Lane

Bricklayer Royal Field Artillery

Garmondsway

John APPLEGARTH

24 Years

West Farm Garmondswa

yDairy Farmer Royal Field

ArtilleryMilitary Medal

Addresses not known / Out of Coxhoe/ On Village War memorial

Sidney WilliamLANGHORN

20 years

Postman 1st/5th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry


Thomas HorsleyMOYLE

20 years

Smiths Building

Q.Hill


Light


InfantryFrankNEWBY

37 years

Front StreetCassop Colliery

Regular Soldier 2nd Batt.Durham

Light Infantry

Died as a POW 26/6/1916

ThomasTHOMPSON

6th BattYorkshire Regiment


Edward Benson BWILLIAMS

27 years

Coal Miner 1st /8th Batt.Durham

Light Infantry


John GeorgeFORSTER

32 years

Front St.Davy Lamp

KelloeCoal Miner 6th Battalion

Yorkshire Regiment


John JENKIN 32 years

Born Coxhoe Bridge

13th Batt.The Kings(Liverpool) Regiment


John William PRICE

20 years

Born Cornforth

LaneResided Tursdale

Coal Miner 1st BattBorder

Regiment


ThomasMURRAY

Pit RowCornforth

Lane


Light Infantry


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