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The Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Allendale, Northumberland

The St Cuthbert's Church Lychgate War Memorial in Allendale was unveiled on 1 August 1920 by Viscountess Allendale. It includes the names of the 22 local men who lost their lives in WW1 and the two who died in WW2.

On 11 November 2009, to coincide with Armistice Day, it was announced that it was a Listed Building
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JAMES NORMAN ALLISON
ERNEST BROWN
ROBERT WILLIAM ELLIOTT
SEPTIMUS FAIRLAMB
EDWARD FORREST
ALFRED W GILLENDER
FREDERICK T GLENDINNING
WILLIAM W GLENWRIGHT
WILLIAM GRAHAM
ALBERT HENDERSON
JAMES S HENDERSON
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ARCHIE HETHERINGTON
RICHARD HORNCASTLE
HENRY JACKSON
GEORGE H JOHNSON
THOMAS APPLEBY LEE
GEORGE R MAUGHAN
THOMAS MAUGHAN
NORMAN PARKER
SIDNEY ROBINSON
ROBERT WILLIAM SHIELD
HAROLD WHITFIELD
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1939 – 1945
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 JOHN R BLAIR
CHARLES E FOSTER
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You can learn more about the memorial on
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6291

The Fallen from WW1

James Norman ALLISON
Sergeant, A Company, 1st/6th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 2297
He was killed in action at Fleurs Courcellette during the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. He was 23
He was the son of the late John J and Susannah Allison, West View, Allendale Town.
He is remembered on pier and face 10B, 11B and 12B of the Thiepval Memorial

Ernest BROWN
Not identified but there was an Ernest Jacob Brown born in
1905

Robert William ELLIOTT
Private, 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, 87 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no. 20272
He was killed in action on 19 December 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign. He was 22
He was the son of the late Michael and Mary Elliott and the brother of John R Elliott, Low Wolly, Allendale.
He is buried in grave H 88 Lancashire Landing Cemetery

Septimus FAIRLAMB
Private, 9th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 52
Brigade, 17th Division. Army no. 29/169
He died of his wounds on 17 November 1916. He was 36
He was the son of William and Eleanor Fairlamb of Allendale
and the husband of Emma Fairlamb, Arnison Terrace, Allendale
He is buried in grave O II K 7 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

Edward FORREST
Rifleman, 1st/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Own), Brigade, Division. Army no. 42847
He was killed in action on 9 October 1917 during the battle of Poelcappelle part of what is sometimes call 3rd Ypres. He was 29
He was the son of Edward Forrest, of Monk near Whitfield and the
husband of Isabella C Forrest, Carr's Mill, Whitfield
He is remembered on panel 42-47 and 162 of the Tyne Cot Memorial

Alfred Williamson GILLENDER
Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment attached to 7th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, 51
Brigade, 17th Division.
He died on 10 April 1917 from the wounds that he received in the preparation for the battle of Arras. He was 27
He was the son of Robert and Mary Gillender and the husband of Madeline Gillender
He is buried in grave I D 16 in The British Cemetery, St. Nicolas

Frederick T GLENDINNING
Private, 22nd (3rd Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 102 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no. 43137
He was killed in action on 9 April 1917 near St Quentin. He was 20
He was the son of Alfred and Jane Glendinning of Bridge End
He is buried in grave I D 16 Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy

William Wilson GLENWRIGHT
Private, B Company, 2nd/8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, 197 Brigade, 66th Division. Army no. 47394. He was formerly with The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). Army no. 56795
He died of his wounds on 21 March 1918. He was 20
He was the son of Wilson and Violet Glenwright, Low Mill, Allendale
He is remembered on panel 32 to 34 of the Pozières Memorial

William (Willie) Albert GRAHAM 
Private, 15th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 77374
He died from his wounds on 27 April 1918 in Flanders. He was 20.
He was the son of Alexander and Wilhelmina Graham
He is buried in grave I A 34 Esquelbecq Military Cemetery

Albert HENDERSON
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 200890
He was killed in action on 15 September 1916 in the fighting around Fleurs-Courcelette. He was 26
He was the son of the late William and of Emma Henderson of Dryside, Allendale
He is remembered on pier and face 10B, 11B and 12B of the Thiepval Memorial

James Shipley HENDERSON
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 48 Brigade, 16 Division.  Army no. 20947 Formerly with the South Irish Horse 3rd Cavalry Brigade
He was killed in action during the Battle of St Quentin on 21 March 1918. He was 23
He was the son of Mary E Henderson, Hay Leazes, Keenley, Allendale.
He is remembered on panel 79 and 80 of the Pozières Memorial

Archibald (Archie) HETHERINGTON
Private, 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Pioneers), The Northumberland Fusiliers. Army no. 19/353
He died on 19 June 1915 in Masham where the Battalion was quartered. He was 23
He was the son of Peter and Jane Hetherington, Cross Keys House, Allendale and the husband of Emily Hetherington.
He is buried in the south-west part of the churchyard of St. Mary, Masham

Richard HORNCASTLE
Gunner, C Battery, 181 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no. 129800
He was killed in action on 25 November 1917. He was 24
He was the son of John R and Mary J Horncastle, Gate House, Bridge End, Allendale
He is buried in grave VII H 14 Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery

Henry JACKSON
Gunner, 9th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no. 133461
He was killed in action on 7 August 1917 which was during the
Battle of Passchendaele. He was 35
He lived in Allendale 
He is buried in grave II G 15 Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Belgium
Additional information
from his great great nephew David Nichol: Henry was born in Corby Hill, Cumberland in 1882, the son of Samuel James and Elizabeth Jackson, he married Ellen Brown in Carlisle in 1903. They had 3 children - all born in Cumberland - my great uncle the youngest was born 1910 in Sellafield. 
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George Hindmarsh JOHNSON
Private, 1st/5th Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), 157 Brigade, 52nd Division. Army no. S/20419
He died on 30 December 1917. He was 19
He was the son of Jane A Johnson, Glen View House, Allendale, and the late George Johnson.
He is remembered on Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Additional information 
George Johnson was born in Pittsburgh but lived in Allendale.  He is listed as dying which normally indicates illness or accident not as a result of military action.
Information from Yvonne Cairns:
I have found quite a bit of information, his birth in Allegheny, Pennsylvania; his father's death and his mother's return to Allendale with her 2 sons. And for his death I have this from the War Office records and his service record:
Called up April 1917. Missing believed drowned ex ‘Aragon’ on War office List – date of death for official purposes accepted as 30/12/17. On  30 December 1917, the Troopship SS Aragon arrived at Alexandria Harbour, having sailed from Marseilles on 17 December. She was laden with around 2,700 troops bound for the conflicts in Palestine.
Here is what news records say about the sinking:
As she arrived in a convoy bound for the port, the rest of the ships sailed onwards to Alexandria and she lay up ten miles off shore, awaiting her escort. The ocean liner drifted gently as she waited within sight of land but was torpedoed by the German Submarine and minelayer the UC-34. The destroyer HMS Attack dashed to her rescue as she sunk quickly, as well as every available ship within reach. Many of the men rescued and taken onto the HMS Attack had just stripped their oil drenched clothes from their bodies and laid on the deck when she too was torpedoed by the same submarine, almost blowing her in two. 610 of the 2,700 passengers on board the HMS Aragon were lost at sea, including 25 of the new draft bound for 5th  Battalion of the Bedfordshire regiment. 

Thomas Appleby LEE
Stoker, 1st Class, HMS Penarth, Royal Navy PO/K/32961
based HMS Pekin, Auxiliary Patrol Base, Grimsby. Formerly Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Tyneside Z/3056
He drowned when the minesweeper, on which he was serving, struck a mine and sank on 4 February 1919. He was 23 
He was the son of Jonathan and Jane Lee, 204 Station Road, Wallsend on Tyne 
He is buried in grave 2 960, Prudhoe New Cemetery

George Robert MAUGHAN
Private, 27th (4th Tyneside Irish) Battalion, The Northumberland
Fusiliers, 103 Brigade, 34th Division. Army no. 34653
He died on 24 April 1917 of wounds he received during the battle of the Scarpe. He was 22
He was the son of William and Elizabeth F Maughan, Kiln Burn, Catton, Allendale.
He is buried in grave II G 11 Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension

Thomas MAUGHAN
Private, 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd County), The Durham
Light Infantry, 106 Brigade, 35th Division.  Army no. 26238
He was killed in action fighting for Arrow Head Copse and Maltzhorn Farm during the Battle of the Somme on 20 July 1917.
He is buried in grave 7 Lempire Communal Cemetery, Aisne
Additional information
There were 6 births registered in Hexham Registration District for Thomas Maughan so it is difficult to tell which of these is our man nor can the names of his parents be confirmed.

Norman PARKER
Lance Corporal, 1st/6th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 2454
He died of his wounds on 5 November 1916. He was 22.
He was the son of Joseph and Mary Parker of Low Mill, Allendale
He is remembered on pier and face 10B, 11B & 12B of the
Thiepval Memorial

Sydney ROBINSON
Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 186 Brigade, 62nd Division. Army no. 16829
He died in action on 10 April 1918 in the fighting on the Somme. He was 20
He was the son of John and Elizabeth Robinson, Oak Pool, Allendale
He is remembered on panel 46 of the Pozières Memorial

Robert William SHIELD
Sapper, 2nd/2nd Northumbrian Company, Royal Engineers Army no. 459360
He died on 20 January 1917 probably of the fever which was such a problem for the European troops.  He was 24 and lived in Allendale
He was the son of John and Annie L Shield, Park Gates, Allendale
He is buried in grave III O 17 Basra War Cemetery

John Harold WHITFIELD
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers,149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 1909
He was killed in action on 26 or 28 April 1915 in the fighting at St Julien, part of the battle of Ypres. He was 20
He was the son of William and Jane Whitfield, of Hunter Gap,
Kemley, Allendale
He is remembered on panel 8 and 12 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

The Fallen of WW2 

There are two names and each of them match just one soldier but they do not appear to have a certain link to Allendale

John Richard BLAIR
Fusilier, 1st Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Army no. 6215416
He died on 11 March 1944. He was 31
He was the son of Joseph and Mary Isabelle Blair and the husband of Edith M Blair of Heighington, Co. Durham.
He is buried in grave 5 A 9 Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Additional information
He was born in the Hexham Registration District in 1912
 
Charles Edward FOSTER
Warrant Officer Air Gunner, 77 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. RAFVR no 952987
He died on active service on 7 February 1945. He was 23   
He was the son of George William and Ethel Foster and the husband of Marion Eunice Foster of Shepherds Bush.
He is buried in grave 2 C 4 of Reichswald Forest War
Cemetery
Additional Information
Halifax MZ689 KN-Z took off at 19.05 hours from RAF Full Sutton (near Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire) to bomb enemy troop
and transport in and around Goch. At 22.25 hours it collided with a Halifax from 158 Squadron and crashed 5 kilometres SE of Winnekkendonk where the crew were all buried. After the War ended, the bodied were exhumed and reburied in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
The members of the crew who were killed were:
Flight Sergeant D W Muggeridge, Sergeant W B Keal, Sergeant A H Croll, Pilot Officer H Wright, Sergeant W Forbes, Warrant Officer C E Foster, Warrant Officer J Stewart and
Sergeant M E Taylor.

Fallen of Allendale who do not appear on the War Memorial

Joseph BRISCOE
Corporal, 1st/6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 151 Brigade, 50th Division.  Army no. 6/2459
He was killed in action near Ypres on 27 March 1916. He was 32
He was the son of George and Elizabeth Briscoe and he lived in Allendale
He is buried in grave I E 17 Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres

Thomas Henry CARR
Private, 57th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 19th Division. Army no. 81211.  He was formerly with the Durham Light Infantry.  Army no. 31094
He died from his wounds on 31 August 1918.  He was 35
He was the son of Thomas and Mary Carr, Woodside, Ryton-on-Tyne.
He is buried in grave III E 26 Bac du Sud British Cemetery, Bailleuval

John ELLIOTT
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 149 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no. 2517
He was killed in action on 26 April 1915 during the fighting at St Julien, Battle of Ypres. He was 38 and a native of Allendale.
He was the husband of Hannah B Elliott, Ellwood Cottage, Barrasford
He is remembered on panel 8 and 12 of the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Wilfred Norman GRAHAM
Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, 16 Brigade, 6th Division.  Army no. 34021
He died on 21 November 1917 from the wounds he received during the Battle of Cambrai. He was 36. 
A native of Allendale, he was the husband of Mary E Graham, 78
Third Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne.
He is buried in grave II B 24, Rocquigny Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Mamancourt

Harold HARRISON
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 15338
He was killed in action on 10 July 1916 during the Battle of Contalmaison.  
He was a native of Allendale
He is remembered on pier and face 14A and 15C of the Thiepval Memorial

William HOGG
Private, 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Leinster
Regiment (Royal Canadians), 47 Brigade, 16th Division. Army no.15159
He died on 15 April 1918 from the wounds he received on the Somme. He was a native of Allendale
He is buried in grave V C 14 St Roch Communal Cemetery,
Valenciennes

Ridley Elliott MARTIN
Private, 12th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division.  Army no. 9865
He was killed in action during the Battle for Albert, Somme on 8 July 1916. He was 35
He was the son of John and Hannah Martin, Thornley Gate, Allendale
He is remembered on pier and face 14A and 15C of the Thiepval Memorial

Herbert PAYNE
Private, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no. 46019
He died from his wounds on 17 October 1916 in hospital in Rouen. He was 22
He was the son of Robert and Emily Payne, Wentworth Place, Allendale
He is buried in grave B 13 12 St Sever Cemetery, Rouen

John Wearmouth SANDERSON
Staff Sergeant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps attached to the Fourth Army Musketry School  Army no. A/1896
He died on 29 September 1918. He was 27 and a native of Allendale
He was the son of Margaret and the late Joseph Sanderson, Castle Eden and the husband of Sarah A Sanderson, 60 Brighton Road, Darlington
He is buried in grave IV G 1 Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

Jonathan TINNION
Private, 153rd Prisoner of War Company, Labour Corps formerly with 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Army no.18263
He died on 19 August 1918 probably from illness. He was 37
He was the son of John and Elizabeth Tinnion, Burnhope Colliery and the husband of Elizabeth Tinnion, 24 Maple Street, South Moor, West Stanley
He is buried in grave Div 62 III P 5 in St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre

Albert Arthur WIGHAM
Private, 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd County), The Durham Light Infantry Army, 106 Brigade, 35th Division. Army no. 39681 
He was killed in action on 20 July 1917. He was 29
He is buried in grave 6 Lempire Communal Cemetery, Aisne

Henderson WIGHAM
Driver, 450th Field Company, Royal Engineers.  Army no. 459639
He died on 19 October 1918. It is probable that he died of 
Spanish Flu. He was 32
He was the son of John and Jane Wigham
He is buried in grave II J 9 North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad
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