Supplied by Alistair Mills

From a cutting from an unidentified newspaper. Italicised sections were illegible in the cutting and have been reconstructed from alternative sources:- (i) (names, dates and crimes) Local Records - Vol 2 by John Sykes, 1866, T. Fordyce, Newcastle; (ii) (former place of execution) Durham Millennium - A Thousand Years of Durham City, by David Simpson, 1995, The Northern Echo.

An index of criminals and victims follows the listing.

LIST OF FORMER EXECUTIONS.

The following list of executions in Durham since the year 1732 may be of interest:-

PUBLIC

• 1732 - August 23, John Graham and James Graham for murder.

• 1757 - August 8, William Hugh, for murder.

• 1768 - John Steads, for robbery.

• 1770 - September 18, Robert Hazlett, for robbery on Gateshead Fell, where he stopped and robbed the Newcastle and Durham mail. He was hung in chains on Gateshead Fell.

• 1776 - August 15, Joseph Humphreys, for housebreaking.

• 1781 - August 20, John Cully, for robbery.

• 1781 - November 20, Margaret Tinkler, for recommending certain means to kill an infant, which purpose was effected, together with that of its mother.

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• 1783 - August 18, Robert Story, for the murder of Thomas Idle.

• 1785 - July 25, John Winship, for the murder of his maidservant.

• 1785 - August 1, William Hamilton and Isabella Hamilton, his wife, for housebreaking; Thomas Elliot, for horsestealing; and Duncan Wright, for housebreaking.

• 1786 - August 21, Francis Blenkinsopp and Morley Howitt, for housebreaking.

• 1799 - July 22, Mary Nicholson, for poisoning her mistress, Elizabeth Atkinson, at Little Stainton, in 1798. The rope broke after she was thrown off, and another rope had to be procured. An hour elapsed before this could be done, and in the interval she recovered her faculties and conversed with her relatives until the resumption of the execution, when she was launched into eternity amidst a scene of painful excitement amongst the spectators.

• 1802 - August 23, John Carleton, for attempted murder by firing a loaded pistol at Thomas Greenwell, grocer, Gateshead, who was defending his warehouse, into which Carleton and his accomplices were attempting to break.

• 1803 - August 13, John Moses, for stealing draperygoods from the shop of Benjamin Jackson at Barnardcastle.

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• 1805 - August 13, Benjamin Metcalfe, for the murder of his son-in-law.

• 1816 - August 17, John Greig, for the murder of Elizabeth Stonehouse. This prisoner was the first culprit hanged on the drop before the new courthouse, the other executions having usually taken place at Dryburn, near .....................

• 1819 - April 12, George Atcheson, aged 68 years, for a rape on the body of Isabella Ramshaw, a child under 10 years.

• 1819 - August 15, John King, for the murder of John Hamilton, in a cabin at the colliery staith at Newbottle.

• 1822 - March 18, Henry Anderson, a pitman, for rape on Sarah Armstrong, at Old Pensher.

• 1822 - August 9, Robert Peat, aged 50, of Ravensworth, near Richmond, for poisoning a relative, named Robert Peat, at Darlington, whose will he had stolen.

• 1831 - February 28, Thomas Clarke, for the murder of his fellow servant, Mary Ann Westhorpe, at Pittington Hallgarth Mill, on Saturday, August 8, 1830.

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• 1832 - August 3, William Jopling, for the murder of Nicholas Fairless. The body was gibbetted on Jarrow Slake on August 6, and at night on the 31st.it was stolen and secretly disposed of by some persons unknown.

• 1839 - August 16, Jacob Frederick Ehlert, Prussian sailor, for the murder of the master of his vessel, John Frederick Berckholtz, at Sunderland.

• 1848 - March 25, William Thompson, for the murder of John Shirley, head whipper-in to the Duke of Cleveland, near Barnardcastle, on the 2nd February.

• 1859 - August 11, John Shafto Wilthew, for the murder of his wife, Dorothy, at Hebburn. Justice Keating judge; Askern executioner.

• 1860 - December 11, Thomas Smith, for the murder of Thos. Batey, at Winlaton; and Milner Lockey, for the murder of Thomas Harrison, at Urpeth. Justice Keating judge; Askern executioner.

• 1862 - December 23, John Cox, for the murder of Dorothy Halliday, at Broadmires, near Plawsworth. Justice Keating judge; Askern executioner.

• 1865 - March 16, Matthew Atkinson, for wife-murder, at the Spen, near Winlaton. Rope broke; hanged half-an-hour later. Justice Mellor judge; Askern executioner.

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PRIVATE

• 1869 - March 22, John Dolan, for the murder of Hugh Ward, at Sunderland; and John M'Conville, for the murder of Philip Trainer, at Darlington. This was the first execution in private in Durham. Justice Lush judge; Calcraft, executioner.

• 1873 - January 13, Hugh Slane and John Hayes, for the murder of Joseph Wain, at Spennymoor. Justice Denman judge; Calcraft, executioner.

• 1873 - March 24, Mary Ann Cotton, for poisoning her step-son, Charles Edward Cotton, at West Auckland. Justice Archibold, judge; Calcraft, executioner.

• 1874 - January 5, Charles Dawson, for the murder of his paramour, Margaret Addison, at Darlington; Edward Gough, for the murder of James Partridge, at Sunnide, near Marley Hill; and William Thompson, for the murder of his wife, at Annfield Plain. Justice Honeyman, judge; Marwood, hangman.

• 1874 - December 28, Hugh Daly, for the murder of Philip Burdey, at Dipton, near Medomsley. Baron Cleasby, judge; Marwood, executioner.

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• 1875 - August 2, Elizabeth Pearson, for the murder of her uncle, W.Watson, at Staindrop; William McHugh, for the murder of Thomas Mooney, at Barnardcastle; and Michael Gilligan, for the murder of John Kilcran, at Darlington. Baron Huddlestone, judge; Marwood, executioner.

• 1876 - July 6, John Williams, for the murder of his brother-in-law, John Wales, at Edmondsley. Justice Lush, judge; Marwood, hangman.

• 1878 - July 30, Robert Vest, for the murder of John Wallace, in Sunderland Roads. Justice Baggalley, judge; Marwood, executioner.

• 1880 - November 16, William Brownless, for the murder of his sweetheart, Elizabeth Holmes, at Evenwood, near Bishop Auckland, on 18th. August. Justice Field, judge; Marwood, executioner.

• 1882 - May 16, Thomas Fury, alias Wright, alias Cutt, for the murder of Maria Fitzsimmons, an unfortunate, stabbing her in the breast in a house in Baines Lane, Sunderland, on the 20th. of February, 1869. Justice Williams, judge; Marwood, executioner.

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• 1883 - August 6, James Burton, for the murder of Elizabeth Sharpe (whom he had married while he had a wife and family living), at Tunstall, Sunderland, 8th. May, 1883. Justice Hawkins, judge; Marwood, executioner.

• 1883 - November 19, Peter Bray, for the murder of Thomas Pyle, on the Red Hills, Durham, 1st. April 1882. Justice Day, judge; Binns, executioner.

• 1884 - May 27, Joseph Lowson, for the murder of Police-Sergeant Smith, at Butterknowle, 23rd. February, 1884. Justice Hawkins, judge; Berry executioner.

• 1888 - Decemner 18, William Waddell, for the murder of his sweetheart, Jane Beadmore, at Birtley, 22nd. September, 1888. Baron Pollock, judge; Berry, executioner.

• 1891 - December 22, John William Johnson, for the murder of Margaret Addison, at Hetton, on the 31st. October, 1891. Justice Wills, judge; Billington, executioner.

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• 1898 - March 22, Charles Smith, for the murder of his wife, Mary Ann Smith, at Gateshead, on the 27th. December, 1897. Justice Lawrence, judge; Billington, executioner.

• 1900 - December 12, John Bowes, wife murder at Seaham Harbour, on the 8th. September. Justice Grantham, judge; Billington, executioner.

• 1901 - December 10, John George Thompson, murder of Maggie Ann Lieutaud, at Gateshead, in September. Justice Grantham, judge; William Billington, executioner.

• 1902 - December 16th, Samuel Walton (31), miner, triple murder, at Middlestone Moor, on the 11th. September; and Thomas Nicholson (24), for murder of Mary Ina Stewart, aged seven, at Bill Quay, on the 16th. August. Justice Channell, judge; William and John Billington, executioners.

• 1903 - December 8th, James Duffy (46), labourer, for the murder of his paramour, Ellen Newman, at Sunderland, on 6th. September. Justice Grantham, judge; William and John Billington, executioners.

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• 1904 - August 2, George Breeze (21), miner, wilful murder of Margaret Jane Chisholm, at Seaham Harbour, in July. Justice Grantham, judge; executioner, Billington, assisted by Ellis.

• 1908 - March 24, Joseph William Noble (48), blacksmith, murder of John Patterson, at Windy Nook, in Nov., 1907; and Robert Lawman (35), miner, murder of Amelia Bell Wood, at Bensham, in February. Justice Channell, judge; H.A. and T.W. Pierrepoint executioners.

• 1908 - August 5th, Matthew James Dodds (43), joiner, murder of his wife, Mary Jane Dodds, at Hamsterley, in February, 1908. Justice Grantham, judge; H.A. and T.W. Pierrepoint executioners.

• 1909 - February 23rd, Jeremiah O'Connor (52), shifter, wilful murder of Mary Donnelly, aged 10, at West Stanley, on 14th. December, 1908. Sentenced by Justice Lawrence; executioner, H. Pierrepoint.

• 1909 - December 8, Abel Atherton (30), coal miner, wilful murder of Eliz Ann Patrick, at Chopwell, on 11th. August. Sentenced by Judge Walton; executioner, H. Pierrepoint.

Index of Criminals and Victims.

• ADDISON, Margaret
• ADDISON, Margaret
• ANDERSON, Henry
• ARMSTRONG, Sarah
• ATCHESON, George
• ATHERTON, Abel
• ATKINSON, Elizabeth
• ATKINSON, Matthew
• BATEY, Thos.
• BEADMORE, Jane
• BERCKHOLTZ, John Frederick
• BLENKINSOPP, Francis
• BOWES, John
• BRAY, Peter
• BREEZE, George
• BROWNLESS, William
• BURDEY, Philip
• BURTON, James
• CARLETON, John
• CHISHOLM, Margaret Jane
• CLARKE, Thomas
• COTTON, Charles Edward
• COTTON, Mary Ann
• COX, John
• CULLY, John
• CUTT/FURY/WRIGHT, Thomas
• DALY, Hugh
• DAWSON, Charles
• DODDS, Mary Jane
• DODDS, Matthew James
• DOLAN, John
• DONNELLY, Mary
• DUFFY, James
• EHLERT, Jacob Frederick
• ELLIOT, Thomas
• FAIRLESS, Nicholas
• FITZSIMMONS, Maria
• FURY/WRIGHT/CUTT, Thomas
• GILLIGAN, Michael
• GOUGH, Edwrad
• GRAHAM, James
• GRAHAM, John
• GREENWELL, Thomas
• GREIG, John
• HALLIDAY, Dorothy
• HAMILTON, Isabella
• HAMILTON, John
• HAMILTON, William
• HARRISON, Thomas
• HAYES, John
• HAZLETT, Robert
• HOLMES, Elizabeth
• HOWITT, Morley
• HUGH, William
• HUMPHREYS, Joseph
• IDLE, Thomas
• JACKSON, Benjamin
• JOHNSON, John William
• JOPLING, William
• KILCRAN, John
• KING, John
• LAWMAN, Robert
• LIEUTAUD, Maggie Ann
• LOCKEY, Milner
• LOWSON, Joseph
• M'CONVILLE, John
• MCHUGH, William
• METCALFE, Benjamin
• MOONEY, Thomas
• MOSES, John
• NEWMAN, Ellen
• NICHOLSON, Mary
• NICHOLSON, Thomas
• NOBLE, Joseph William
• O'CONNOR, Jeremiah
• PARTRIDGE, James
• PATRICK, Eliz Ann
• PATTERSON, John
• PEARSON, Elizabeth
• PEAT, Robert
• PEAT, Robert
• PYLE, Thomas
• RAMSHAW, Isabella
• SHARPE, Elizabeth
• SHIRLEY, John
• SLANE, Hugh
• SMITH, Charles
• SMITH, Mary Ann
• SMITH, Police-Sergeant
• SMITH, Thomas
• STEADS, John
• STEWART, Mary Ina
• STONEHOUSE, Elizabeth
• STORY, Robert
• THOMPSON, John George
• THOMPSON, William
• THOMPSON, William
• TINKLER, Margaret
• TRAINER, Philip
• VEST, Robert
• WADDELL, William
• WAIN, Joseph
• WALES, John
• WALLACE, John
• WALTON, Samuel
• WARD, Hugh
• WATSON, W.
• WESTHORPE, Mary Ann
• WILLIAMS, John
• WILTHEW, Dorothy
• WILTHEW, John Shafto
• WINSHIP, John
• WOOD, Amelia Bell
• WRIGHT, Duncan
• WRIGHT/CUTT/FURY, Thomas

Cemetery Register - WW1 Servicemen

Compiled by Ron Carson

Select a letter below to go directly to entries starting with that letter

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U W Y

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A

Allen, L (CWG Stone)

Guardsman B/9845 - 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Died 12th December 1917 aged 45

Atkinson, George

Private - 11th Royal Iniskillin Fusiliers

Died 11th July 1916 aged 25 - Died of wounds in action, France

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B

Birney, R (CWG Stone)

Private 24/732 - 1st Battalion, Tyneside Irish / N.F.

Died 8th July 1916 aged 45 - Born at Durham Enlisted at N/cle. Died of wounds, France

Blakey, J (CWG Stone)

Corporal 8564 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 28th March 1915 aged 34

Blakey, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 44767 - Royal Berkshire Regiment

Died 26th October 1918

Bradford, J.W. (CWG Stone)

C.S.M. 10232 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 2nd February 1921 aged 31

Briggs, Frederick W.

E.R.A. - HMS P21, Royal Navy

Died 28th October 1918 aged 26 - Died of pneumonia, Portsmouth

Buglass, John

Private - 18th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 17th August 1918 aged 27 - Interred at Berlaimont

Burnell, E (CWG Stone)

Private 1753 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 16th December 1917 aged 18

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C

Cann, T.W. (CWG Stone)

Private 203121 - Yorkshire Regiment

Died 28th July 1918

Carr, Dalton

Died 28th September 1916 aged 26 - Died of wounds, Albert. Interred at Derincourt

Charlton, Henry Hayton (CWG Stone)

Gunner 134767 - 108th Brigade, R.F.A. Amm.Col.

Died 25th November 1918 aged 26

Clark, John

Private - Durham Light Infantry

Died 21st April 1917 aged 20 - Killed in action, France

Clarke, Frank F

Private

Died 29th September 1918 aged 35 - Died of wounds

Clarke, George

Died 8th January 1917 aged 33 - Killed in action, France

Clewes, R.W. (CWG Stone)

Private 24856 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 21st August 1916 aged 24

Coates, Colin Campbell

Died 12th April 1918 aged 25 - Killed in action, France

Collingwood, John (CWG Stone)

Driver 646490 - 117th Brigade, R.F.A. Terr.Force

Died 26th October 1918 aged 21 - Born at Gateshead Enlisted at N/cle. Died at home

Conway, E (CWG Stone)

Private 19174 - 13th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 1st October 1915 aged 24

Corbett, Albert Edward (CWG Stone)

Private S/86160 - 91st Training Reserve Battalion

Died 5th April 1917 aged 18

Cowell, Thomas Henry (CWG Stone)

Serjeant 18/651 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 28th June 1918 aged 28 - Died of pneumonia.

Craig, Walter George

Lieutenant

Died 5th November 1918 aged 27 - Prisoner of war. Died in Germany

Crame, A.J. (CWG Stone)

Private 27122 - Labour Corps

Died 21st October 1919 aged 43

Curran, Henry

Private 3323 - "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards

Died 4th January 1915 aged 33. Grave Ref: 1.13

Curry, George J

Private - Durham Light Infantry

Died 9th May 1917 aged 21 - Died of wounds in action. Interred at Noeuex les Mines Cemetery

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D

Davison, John

H.M.D. Clover Bank

Died 16th February 1918 aged 20 - Died at sea

Dunn, Hugh (CWG Stone)

Private 16609 - 10th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 25th June 1915 aged 27 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead. Killed in action, France

Dunn, Simon (CWG Stone)

Private 18844 - 6th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 23rd March 1918 aged 21 - Born at Bensham Enlisted at Gateshead. Died of wounds, France

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E

Edgar, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 72921 - 14th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 21st January 1918 aged 30 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead. Killed in action,France. Interred Lebucouere Cm

Elliott, George Littleton

Sub L/t - Eng - H.M.S. Laurentic

Died 25th January 1917 aged 30 - Perished at sea

Elliott, Robert

Serjeant - 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fus

Died 14th May 1915 aged 28 - Interred at Boulogne

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F

Fisher, Benjamin Louis (CWG Stone)

Private 21881 - South Wales Borderers

Died 2nd June 1916

Flood, Albert E (CWG Stone)

Acting Sgt 9121 - 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fus

Died 16th June 1915 aged 31 - Born at Thornton,Somerset. Enlisted at Birmingham. Killed in action, France

Forster, J.F. (CWG Stone)

Private 398193 - Labour Corps

Died 6th September 1920 aged 44 - Died of sickness

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G

Gibson, W (CWG Stone)

Serjeant 41193 - 25th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 14th December 1919 aged 35 - Transferred to 187732, Labour Corps

Gorman, Alexander (CWG Stone)

Lance Cpl 16/866 - 16th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 29th December 1915 aged 24 - Born at Shotley Bridge.Enlisted at N/cle. Killed in action, France

Graham, Robert (CWG Stone)

Lance Cpl 325204 - A Company, 9th Battalion, D.L.I.

Died 13th August 1919 aged 24

Grey, Young Ridley (CWG Stone)

Private 2488 - 1/9th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 17th May 1915 aged 30 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead. Interred in grounds of White Chateau, Ypres

Guthrie, T.G. (CWG Stone)

Private 3344 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 1st July 1915 aged 16

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H

Hamilton, William

Died 23rd March 1918 aged 37 - Killed in action

Hardy, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 242588 - Yorks & Lancs Regiment

Died 13th June 1917 - Born at Gateshead Enlisted at N/cle (Gateshead). Died at home Formerly 3739 N.F.

Harris, Thomas W

Lieutenant

Died 26th June 1918 aged 32

Hearty, Owen (CWG Stone)

Private 25/249 - 2nd Battalion, Tyneside Irish / N.F.

Died 23rd July 1916 aged 39 - Born at Gateshead Enlisted at Newcastle. Died at home

Heslop, Fred

Second Lieut

Died 26th April 1918 aged 23 - Interred Whitehouse St Jean Military Cemetery, near Ypres

Higgins, J (CWG Stone)

Airman 2 Cl. 196901 - Royal Air Force

Died 14th May 1919 aged 23 - Recruits Depot

Hodgson, Roger (CWG Stone)

Private 92354 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 30th March 1919 aged 21

Holmes, William Henry (CWG Stone)

Private 2339 - 9th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 24th March 1919 aged 32

Hughes, J.J. (CWG Stone)

1st Private 214801 - Royal Air Force

Died 29th October 1918 aged 20 - Recruits Depot

Hunter, M (CWG Stone)

Airman 2 Cl. 191146 - Royal Air Force

Died 17th February 1919 - 7th Aircraft Acceptance Park

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I

Inglis, James

Petty Officer - Royal Naval Division

Died 25th March 1918 aged 20

Inglis, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Acting Sgt 22130 - 12th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 7th October 1916 aged 33 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead. Killed in action,France.

Inglis, William

Corporal - Tyneside Irish / N.F.

Died 10th September 1916 aged 28

Iredale, H (CWG Stone)

Lance Cpl 302132 - 4th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 22nd November 1918

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J

Jewers, James

Died 15th June 1918 aged 28 - Died on active service. Interred at Etaples

Johnson, John (CWG Stone)

Private 2478 - 6th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 2nd October 1916 aged 44 - Born at Coxlodge Enlisted at Consett (Crook). Interred at Becourt Cemetery

Johnson, R.J. (CWG Stone)

Trimmer 5836/T5 - HM Drifter "Dhoon" Royal Naval Rs

Died 9th March 1918 aged 32 - Drowned at sea

Joicey, Henry

Died 23rd April 1917 aged 31 - Killed in action

Jones, B (CWG Stone)

Private 64431 - Royal Defence Corps

Died 19th February 1919 aged 40 - Transferred to 554625, Labour Corps, 200th Reserve Company

Jones, Joseph (CWG Stone)

Private 203641 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 19th February 1919 aged 37

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K

Keedy, Ralph Crow (CWG Stone)

Lance Cpl 2912 - 1/4th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 18th March 1917 aged 18 - Died of wounds

Keenan, H (CWG Stone)

Private 73710 - 4th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 12th October 1919 aged 21 - Transferred to 617838 Labour Corps

Kettle, Walter

Private - Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders

Died 25th September 1915 - Killed in action, Loos

Kinnafick, James E (CWG Stone)

Lance Cpl 19059 - 14th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 26th September 1915 aged 27 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead (N/cle). Killed in action, France

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L

Lavery, James (CWG Stone)

Private 8518 - South Staffs Regiment

Died 11th January 1919 aged 27 - Transferred to 641370 Labour Corps.Son of late James & Ann, Blay.

Lee, J (CWG Stone)

Private 1530 - Royal Lancaster Regiment

Died 3rd August 1916 aged 23 - 1st Battalion Kings Own. Died of wounds

Lillie, Harold (CWG Stone)

Serjeant 4541 - 18th Hussars

Died 29th November 1917 aged 27

Lucas, James Edward (CWG Stone)

Private 18/1516 - 28th Battalion, N/land Fus / T.I.

Died 18th September 1915 aged 23 - Born at Gateshead Enlisted at Cramlington. Died of sickness at home

Lucas, Thomas William (CWG Stone)

Private 3338 - 9th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 14th February 1916 aged 22 - Born at Venerable Bede,Durham Enlisted at Gateshead. Died of wounds, Belgium

Lumsden, William

Died 19th October 1917 aged 39 - Killed in action.

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M

Mackin, P.W. (CWG Stone)

Private 2188 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 4th April 1915

Macro, Frederick James

E.R.A. - HMS Cheerful, Royal Navy

Died 30th June 1917 aged 31 - Lost at sea

Madden, Cormack

Private 2187 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 31st October 1916 and buried 6th November 1916 aged 21. Grave Ref: 0.3198

Magnay, Joseph (CWG Stone)

R.S.M. 20079 - Machine Gun Corps

Died 15th April 1920 aged 36 - DCM + MM

Mallen, James Patrick (CWG Stone)

Stoker 4339/5 - HMS Minotaur, Royal Naval Resv

Died 22nd July 1917

Marks, Albert Bertram (CWG Stone)

Private 41431 - 5th Reserve Battalion, D.L.I.

Died 18th April 1916 aged 32

McCann, J (CWG Stone)

Private 43212 - Seaforth Highlanders

Died 24th November 1918

McCann, Joseph (CWG Stone)

Driver 32175 - Royal Field Artillery

Died 1st June 1915 aged 56 - Born and Enlisted at Newcastle. Died at home

McCormick, Edward (CWG Stone)

Private 23104 - 151st Company (Protection) R.D.F.

Died 25th April 1918 aged 48

McCoy, J.W. (CWG Stone)

Pioneer 338837 - Royal Engineers

Died 5th July 1920 aged 28

McCoy, James (CWG Stone)

Private 21069 - 2nd Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 24th May 1915

Merrix, John H

Mst Mariner

Died 26th July 1917 aged 43 - Lost at sea

Moffit, James (CWG Stone)

Private 41272 - 25th Battalion, N/land Fus / T.I.

Died 29th April 1918 aged 21 - A Company. Died of wounds

Musgrove, H

Corporal

Died 1st July 1916 aged 38 - Killed in action

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N

Nelson, Robert (CWG Stone)

Private 19/622 - 19th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 3rd November 1918 - M.M. Born at Low Fell Enlisted at Gateshead. Died at home

Nicholson, Edwin A

Gunner - D Battery, 18th Brigade, R.F.A.

Died 17th February 1919 aged 22 - Died at Gravesend Military Hospital after 3 years service in France

Nicholson, J.J.

Bombadier

Died 14th June 1918 aged 34 - M.M. Died of wounds in action

Noble, R.E. (CWG Stone)

Able S/man TZ/9624 - HMS Victory, Royal Naval Vol Res

Died 4th October 1919 aged 32

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O

O'Brien, Joseph (CWG Stone)

Private 238038 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 29th December 1918 aged 38

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P

Pigg, Michael (Stobart) (CWG Stone)

Gunner 129676 - Royal Field Artillery

Died 28th June 1917 aged 28 - Enlisted at Whitley Bay (Backworth) Interred at Bailleul

Proctor, Robert (CWG Stone)

Able S/man TZ/1515 - 2nd Reserve Battalion, R.N.V.R.

Died 23rd June 1916 aged 26 - Royal Naval Division - Tyneside

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Q

Quinn, William (CWG Stone)

Private 1491 - 9th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 4th August 1918 aged 27 - Died of wounds

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R

Rankin, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 43595 - Royal Defence Corps

Died 17th July 1917 aged 49 - 205th Protection Company. Drowned

Reidy, John (CWG Stone)

Gunner 23404 - Royal Garrison Artillery

Died 1st September 1920 aged 35 - Transferred to 642408 Labour Corps. Died of phthisis

Renshaw, William

Private - 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fus

Died 7th March 1919 aged 25

Rigby, John (CWG Stone)

Corporal 32290 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 30th November 1918 aged 21 - 3rd Battalion

Robertson, Herbert

Private - 2nd Battalion Borders, M.G.S.

Died 31st October 1914 aged 25 - Killed in action at Ypres

Robinson, John Walton

Died 28th February 1918 aged 38 - Killed in action, France

Robinson, William (CWG Stone)

Sapper 244238 - Royal Engineers

Died 17th July 1918 aged 22 - Died of wounds

Robson, Wilfred (CWG Stone)

Private 73786 - Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Died 23rd February 1919 aged 23 - Died of wounds

Rogers, Joseph (CWG Stone)

Corporal 202207 - 82nd Wing, Royal Air Force

Died 24th February 1919 aged 34 - Died of pneumonia

Ross, W (CWG Stone)

Private 16732 - 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regt

Died 26th February 1919 aged 40

Rutherford, Thomas W (CWG Stone)

Private 17/362 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 12th September 1919 aged 33 - Died of nephritis

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S

Scott, E (CWG Stone)

Private 38598 - 3rd Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 28th August 1916 aged 28

Simpson, Harold

Died 26th September 1916 aged 21 - Killed in action at Ypres

Smith, Harry F (CWG Stone)

Private 9256 - 1st Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 8th November 1914 aged 29 - Born at Northfleet Enlisted at Gravesend. Died in France & Flanders

Smith, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 16/590 - 16th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 14th July 1916 - Born at Gateshead Enlisted at Newcastle. Died at home

Smith, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 2866 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 6th November 1915 aged 44

Southern, H (CWG Stone)

Stoker 1st K/43798 - HMS Victory, Royal Navy

Died 30th March 1922 - ) Double headstone

Southern, John (CWG Stone)

Private 27/1250 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 15th July 1916 - )

Stephenson, E.W.

Sapper - Royal Engineers

Died 20th September 1917 aged 21 - Interred at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen

Stevens, H (CWG Stone)

Petty Officer 228726 - HMS Warspite, Royal Navy

Died 9th March 1918

Stobart, Thomas Wm (CWG Stone)

E.R.A. M/20493 - HMS P37, Royal Navy

Died 29th September 1918 aged 25 - Died at Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth

Sutton, Henry Craggs (CWG Stone)

Private 43494 - 10th Battalion, K.O.Y.L.I.

Died 4th October 1917 aged 20 - Born and Enlisted at Gateshead. Interred between Polygon Wood & Routel Village

Swanston, R (CWG Stone)

Sapper 31614 - Royal Engineers

Died 6th January 1920 aged 50

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T

Tait, William Johnson

Engineer - Merchant Navy

Died 11th February 1918 aged 26 - Lost at sea through enemy action

Ternent, John (CWG Stone)

Private 16/496 - 16th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 14th July 1916 aged 28 - Born and Enlisted at Newcastle. Killed in action, France & Flanders

Thompson, Herbert (CWG Stone)

Corporal R/19361 - Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Died 1st June 1917 aged 22 - 16th Battalion. Died of wounds

Thompson, Sidney

Lieutenant - 27th Squadron, Royal Air Force

Died 26th January 1919 aged 21

Thompson, Stephen (CWG Stone)

Private 16/1655 - 16th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 17th August 1915 - Born at Durham Enlisted at Cramlington. Died at home

Thompson, T (CWG Stone)

Private 26/1269 - 8th Battalion,Northumberland Fus

Died 1st October 1916 aged 34

Tinsley, G.E. (CWG Stone)

Private 25148 - Durham Light Infantry

Died 15th April 1918

Toberty, Henry

Trooper - 1st Life Guards

Died 19th May 1918 aged 30 - Killed in action. Interred at Etaples

Tulley, Harvey O

Corporal - 1st Battalion, K.O.R.L.

Died 9th April 1917 aged 22 - Killed in action near Blansy, France

Turner, Alexander (CWG Stone)

Private 29358 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 12th April 1917 aged 33 - Transferred to TR5/40054, 80th Training Reserve Battalion

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U

Urwin, Alfred

Died 27th April 1917 aged 32 - Killed in action.

Urwin, George Hall (CWG Stone)

Private 17/877 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 19th April 1919 aged 38

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W

Watson, A (CWG Stone)

Corporal 751563 - Royal Field Artillery

Died 25th February 1920 aged 34 - R.A.Command Depot (Ripon)

Watson, Thomas (CWG Stone)

Private 18/251 - Northumberland Fusiliers

Died 2nd October 1916 aged 23

Whittle, George Robert (CWG Stone)

Sapper 44699 - Royal Engineers

Died 11th February 1919 aged 24 - 52nd H.A.G. Signal Sub Section. Died of pneumonia

Widdrington, Alexander (CWG Stone)

Private 376877 - 9th Battalion, Durham L.I.

Died 20th March 1919 aged 28 - Died of wounds (Gas)

Williams, Charles

Died 13th January 1918 aged 24 - Died of wounds, France

Williams, J.W. (CWG Stone)

Private 21005 - 14th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment

Died 28th April 1916

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Y

Yeaman, C.H.

Second L/t - Durham Light Infantry

Died 15th September 1916 aged 26

Young, George N (CWG Stone)

Private 586308 - Labour Corps

Died 14th August 1919 aged 26 - 497th Home Service Employment Company. Died of sickness

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Gateshead Family History Resources

Compiled by Christine and Brian Pears - 1993

• World War I
• World War II

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World War I Casualties

Details from the village war memorial.

• ALDERSON, H. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• ALLENBY, J. - Pte - Lancs Regiment
• BELL, N. - Pte - Royal Army Medical Corps
• BINGHAM, J. - L/Cpl - Northumberland Fusiliers
• BROWN, J. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• BURTON, T. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• BUSH, N.D. - L/Cpl - Durham Light Infantry
• CAPE, J. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• CARR, T. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• CARTER, J. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• CLARK, T. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• COWING, M. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• DAVISON, W. - L/Cpl - Northumberland Fusiliers
• DITCHBURN, G. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• DIXON, M. - Pte - Northumberland Fusiliers
• DODDS, W. - L/S - Royal Naval Division
• DOTCHIN, C. - Cpl - Northumberland Fusiliers
• FAIRLESS, J. - Pte - Yorks & Lancs Regiment
• HAGUE, J. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• HATHAWAY, J.C. - Pte - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• HOOKS, J. - Pte - Border Regiment
• KNOTTS, C. - A/S - Royal Naval Division
• LEWIS, E. - Pte - Lancs Fusiliers
• LUMLEY, W.B. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• LYONS, A. - L/Cpl - Durham Light Infantry
• MADDISON, J. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• MARTIN, J.W. - Pte - South Lancs Regiment
• MINKS, T. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• NORMAN, M. - Gnnr - Royal Field Artillery
• NORTON, W. - Pte - DC ?
• PORTLOCK, W. - L/Cpl - Northumberland Fusiliers
• ROBINSON, B. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• SHADWICK, G. - L/Cpl - Cyclist's Corps
• SMITH, G. - Cpl - Royal Field Artillery
• SMITH, T. - Gnnr - Royal Field Artillery
• SMITH, W. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• SOUTHWELL, E. - Pte - West Yorks Regiment
• STEPHENSON, J. - AB - Royal Naval Division
• TURNBULL, E. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• TURNER, L.D. - Pte - Durham Light Infantry
• VARTY, J. - A/S - Royal Naval Division
• YOUNG, G. - Srgt - Royal Army Medical Corps

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World War II Casualties

Names from the village war memorial
Additional details supplied by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

• ARCHER Alfred, Sgt (Flt Engr), 1089147, RAF (VR) 619 Squadron
  • Died: 12 Sep 1944
  • Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany (Ger 15) Coll.grave 6.C.6-9
  • No next of kin given.
• BARRETT James Wilson, Tpr, 7934482, 'C' Sqn 17/21st Lancers R.A.C.
  • Died: 19 Jan 1943, 35 years
  • Buried: Thibar Seminary War Cemetery, Tunisia (Tun 9) Row B, Grave 15
  • Son of James Wilson & Mary Barrett - Husband of Mary Barrett
• CALLENDER Thomas, Pte, T/206519, 247 Motor Boat Coy, R.A.S.C.
  • Died: 1 Jan 1944, 28 years
  • Commemorated: Brookwood Memorial, Surrey (MR 36) Panels 15-17 inc.
  • Son of Thomas & Edith Callender - Husband of Ellen Callender of Co Durham
• CLOUGH Winston Pescod, Sgt (Flt Engr), 1591628, RAF (VR) 630 Squadron
  • Died: 18 Mar 1944, 19 years
  • Buried: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium (Bel 9) Plot 5, Row D, Grave 5
  • Son of Samuel Mark & Ethel Gertrude Clough of Co. Durham
• ELLIOTT George Rose, Pte, 4399223, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt
  • Died: 12 Oct 1944, 27 years
  • Buried: Overloon War Cemetery, Netherlands (Nl 86) Plot 1, Row A, Grave 10
  • Son of Henry & Margaret Ann - Husband of Jane Leck Elliott
• ELLIS, George Alan Tarran, Pte, T/14664200, R.A.S.C., attached 28th Inf Bde
  • Died: 4 Dec 1944, 21 years
  • Buried: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium (Bel 333) Plot 3, Row C, Grave 14
  • Son of George Frederick and Eva Mary Ellis of Chopwell, Co Durham
• GRAHAM Vivian, P.O.Airman, FX.605365, R.N. H.M.S. Owl
  • Died: 15 Mar 1945, 19 years
  • Buried: Rosskeen Parish Churchyard Extension (UK 8300) Sec B, Grave 191
  • Son of John & Elizabeth Eleanor Graham
• LAYBOURNE Thomas Raymond, Pte, 3060464, 7/9th Bn The Royal Scots
  • Died: 8 Apr 1945, 27 years
  • Buried: Becklingen War Cemetery, Saltau Germany (Ger 9) Plot 3, Row K, Grave 2
  • Husband of Kathleen Laybourne of Newcastle-on-Tyne
• LOGAN Joseph Bill, Gnr, 975828, 425 Bty, 107 (The Sth Nots Hussars) Regt Royal Horse Artillery
  • Died: 8 Jun 1942 [c21 years], Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Accroma, Libya (Lib 1) Plot 2, Row B, Grave 21
  • No next of kin given.
• MATTHEWS George Alexander, Sgt (Air Gnr), 538451, RAF 220 Squadron
  • Died: 14 Jul 1940, 22 years
  • Buried: High Spen, St Patrick's Churchyard (UK 455) Line 11, Grave 3
  • Son of William & Elizabeth Lyon Matthews of Rowlands Gill
• OXLEY Harry, A.B., P/SSX 21053, R.N. H.M.S. Royal Oak
  • Died: 14 Oct 1939, 20 years
  • Commemorated: Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hants (MR 3) Panel 33, Col 3
  • Nephew & adopted son of Edward & Ann Oxley of Co Durham
• OXLEY Isaac, Pte, 4453301, 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry
  • Died: 30 Jun 1940, 23 years
  • Buried: Lille Southern Cemetery, France (Fr 2) Plot 2, Row C, Grave 4
  • No next of kin given.
• PATTISON Frank, Cadet, Merchant Navy "S.S. Glenlea"
  • Died: 7 Nov 1942, 16 years
  • Commemorated: Tower Hill Memorial, London (MR 22) Panel 52
  • No next of kin given. [Cabin boy on first voyage]
• REAY Arthur, Telegraphist, C/JX 194173, R.N. H.M Trawler Alberic
  • Died: 3 May 1941, 25 years
  • Commemorated: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent (MR1) Panel 46, Col 1
  • Son of Richard & Margaret Reay Husband of Margaret Reay of Co Durham
• ROBINSON Stanley, Tpr, 7894459, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards R.A.C.
  • Died: 24 Feb 1945, 32 years
  • Buried: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany (Ger 1) Plot 54, Row A, Grave 16
  • No next of kin given.
• SLATER Thomas, Pte, 4455916, 9th Bn Durham Light Infantry
  • Died: 30 May 1940, 32 years
  • Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium (Bel 11) Plot 17, Row A, Grave 21
  • Husband of Margaret Slater of Rowlands Gill, Co Durham
• SMITH Joseph Kenneth, Flt Sgt, 1578244, RAF (VR) 177 Squadron
  • Died: 24 Nov 1944
  • Commemorated: Singapore Memorial, Singapore (MR 16) Column 435
  • No next of kin given.
• STUBBS Ralph Hood, L. Stkr, R.N. H.M.S. Magic
• TIMMINS John James (Jim), Flt Sgt (Flt Engr), 1777401, RAF (VR)
  • Died: 28 Sep 1943, 19 years
  • Buried: High Spen, St Patrick's Churchyard (UK 455) Line 23, Grave 8
  • Son of James E & Agnes Timmins of Rowlands Gill
• WRIGHT Thomas, Pilot Officer, 161476, RAF (VR) 101 Squadron
  • Died: 2 Jan 1944, 21 years
  • Commemorated: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey (MR 7) Panel 213
  • Son of Albert Benjamin & Catherine Ann Wright of Rowlands Gill

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UK and Ireland: Church History

• The GENUKI church database is being developed to help provide information about places of worship and burial grounds.
• Steve Bulman's "The Churches of Britain and Ireland" photograph collection
• Geograph British Isles - contains many church photographs amongst its ever-growing collection.
• A listing of the various County Online Parish Clerk schemes.

• Baptist Church:
  • The General Baptists and Particular Baptists came together in 1891 to form the Baptist Union of Great Britain.  Their Baptist Handbook of 1896 is available free from Internet Archive and contains, among other things, lists of officers, member churches, ministers and personal members.
  • Strict Baptist Historical Society has an online Pastor & Chapels database, library catalogue and a brief history of the church.
  • Regents Park College - Centre for Baptist History and Heritage. 
  • Baptist Historical Society - England and Wales.
• Church of England (C of E):
  • The Church of England was a key secular (as well as religious) institution until the Victorian period.  As part of local government, it was responsible for poor relief, running local charities, and even local roads and law enforcement.  As a result, the 'parish chest' contains a lot more than just the registers of christenings, marriages and burials.  Their registers also often contain records of adherents to other (non-C of E ) religions.
  • A Church Near You - a church search facility that in many cases gives maps with current Church of England parish boundaries.
  • Church of England Record Centre - "collections held at Lambeth Palace Library".
  • The Churches Conservation Trust  (formerly the Redundant Churches Fund) protects historic churches that have been made redundant but not sold off by the C of E.
  • Clergy of the Church of England - "a relational database documenting the careers of all Church of England clergymen between 1540 and 1835".
  • The Incorporated Church Building Society's archive includes over 15,000 files relating to applications by parishes for grants from the Society 1818 to 1982. Their online database lists the archive contents and provides links to online copies of plans and drawings of many of the C of E churches.  The society is now part of the National Churches Trust.  
• Congregational Church
  • Initially known as Independents, most Congregational congregations joined the Presbyterians and other denominations to form the United Reform Church in 1972 - see Wikipedia.
• Gospel Hall 
  • List of present Gospel Hall churches
• Jews - see Jewish Records
• Lutheran
  • A History of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain (archived copy) from the Trinity Lutheran Congregation website.
• Methodist Church
  • The Primitive Methodist church was an early 19th century (1807) secession from the Wesleyan Methodist church and was particularly successful in evangelising agricultural and industrial communities at open air meetings. In 1932, the Primitive, Wesleyan and the United Methodists joined together to form the Methodist Church in Britain. Their website provides a brief history of Methodism and advice on research.
  • The Methodist Church provides a list of Other Methodist websites.
  • The University of Manchester's Methodist Archives and Research Centre provides a Guide to Methodist Resources at the University of Manchester (archived copy) and an Index of Methodist Ministers and Probationers who have Died in the Work.
  • Dwight Radford's Index to Methodist Ministers (1819-1968).
  • The Wesley Historical Society offer a guide to help you search for Methodist family records and the Dictionary of Methodism which includes, among other things, brief biographical information.
  • My Methodist History, My Primitive Methodist Ancestors and My Wesleyan Methodist Ancestors are user-contributed sites to share information and research about Methodism, including some Berkshire chapels.  
  • Englesea Brook Museum of Primitive Methodism. 
  • Methodist Heritage aims to preserve historic Methodist sites and archives; their free handbook lists over 120 sites, including chapels, libraries, archives and museums.
  • The Origin and History of the Primitive Methodist Church, H. B Kendall - Vol 1 and Vol 2 are available free from eBooks.
• Presbyterian Church
  • In 1972, the Presbyterian Church joined the Congregationalists (see above) and others to form the United Reform Church. They were influenced by Calvinism which rejected bishops and believed that the church should be governed by their ministers and members.
• Roman Catholic Church
  • The TNA have a guide to researching Catholics.  
  • Brief timeline (archived copy) of the Catholic Church in England (later the UK) from the break with Rome in 1534 until emancipation in 1829.
  • Catholic Family History Society.
  • The Catholic History Website is a partnership of societies and individuals with an interest in Catholic history in the British Isles since the Reformation.
  • Catholic National Library (archived copy).
  • Archive of the Tablet - the Catholic News Weekly, founded 1840.
• Unitarians
  • Unitarian Historical Society include an online index to obituaries of Unitarian ministers, 1800-2004, and bibliography of Unitarian congregations since 1800.