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The War Memorial in Appleby
TIM THE TRANSCRIPTION It should be noted that at the time of the Anglo-Boer War, WW1 and WW2, this town was in Westmorland The War Memorial in the churchyard of St Lawrence, Appleby, Cumbria IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE PARISHES OF ST LAWRENCE & ST MICHAEL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" 1st Panel LT COL P W MACHELL CMG, DSO CAPT D A SPROTT CAPT R THWAITES 2ND LIEUT C R DARWELL SERGT J R ELLIOTT MM SERGT C STAMPER CORPL T WALTON L CORPL G P DAVIDSON L CORPL J W METCALFE L CORPL H M STEPHENSON L CORPL F H THORNTON PRIVATE J ALDERSON PRIVATE T ALLINSON PRIVATE F ATKINSON PRIVATE J BARDGETT PRIVATE J BARRETT PRIVATE R C BLENKINSOPP 2nd Panel PRIVATE G BOWMAN PRIVATE F BRADSHAW PRIVATE J D BRUNSKILL PRIVATE J BRUNSKILL PRIVATE W J CASSELLS PRIVATE R H COULTHARD GUNNER C COUZENS PRIVATE P DARGUE PRIVATE A DENT GUNNER W DUNN PRIVATE J EARL PRIVATE R GASGARTH PRIVATE S GREAVES PRIVATE G GREGSON PRIVATE W HETHERINGTON NURSE H S HODGSON GUNNER J E METCALFE 3rd Panel PRIVATE R J PARKER PRIVATE J PATTINSON PRIVATE T S PETTY TROOPER F H PICKARD GUNNER T M RICHARDSON PIONEER A ROSS PRIVATE W RIDLEY PRIVATE M SHAW PRIVATE J W SOUTHWARD PRIVATE W SOWERBY PRIVATE W J SOWERBY PRIVATE W SOWERBY DRIVER J TEASDALE PRIVATE T TEASDALE PRIVATE T Y THOMPSON SAPPER J A ASLING PETTY OFFR T ALDERSON, R N PRIVATE N FELTON The War Memorial in Cross Croft Cemetery TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD IN HONOUR AND LOVING APPRECIATION OF THOSE FROM THE PARISHES OF APPLEBY S LAWRENCE AND APPLEBY S MICHAEL WHO LEFT HOME AND KINDRED AND IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE “NO HATE WAS THEIRS NO THIRST FOR FAME WHEN FORTH TO DEATH BY HONOUR SENT. LIFE BECKONED SWEET THE GREAT CALL CAME THEY KNEW THEIR DUTY AND THEY WENT 1914 - 1918 1939 – 1945 ROBERT WILLIAM DARGUE ALFRED DIXON GEORGE FURNESS THOMAS WILLIAM GRISDALE HENRY NOEL G GUDGEON JOHN LINDSAY SAYER JOSEPH KITCHENER SLACK HORACE DENT WILSON JOHN DOUGLAS LONGSTAFF 2ND Panel ALFRED DENT WILLIAM DUNN JOHN EARL J RAILTON ELLIOTT NORMAN FELTON ROBERT GASGARTH SAMUEL GREAVES GEORGE GREGSON WILFRED ETHERINGTON HILDA S HODGSON PERCY W MACHELL JAMES W METCALFE JOHN E METCALFE ROBERT J PARKER WILLIAM PARMLEY JOHN PATTINSON T SPENCER PETTY FREDERICK H PICKARD THOMAS RELPH THOMAS RICHARDSON The Memorial in Bongate, Appleby ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THOMAS LEONARD ATKINSON B COMPANY 2ND V. B. BORDER REGIMENT WHO DIED AT POTCHEFSTROOM SOUTH AFRICA JUNE 18TH 1900 WHILE SERVING WITH THE VOLUNTEER ACTIVE SERVICE COMPANY OF THE BORDER REGIMENT FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY. And The Anglo Boer War Memorial in the centre of the road junction APPLEBY ACTIVE SERVICE VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900.1 THOMAS LEONARD ATKINSON THOMAS HENRY DAVEY THOMAS GIBSON THOMAS HOLMES RICHARD HOWE THOMAS HOWE HARRY ROBINSON JOSEPH SAUL EDWARD WALTON SLACK WILLIAM THOMAS TYDD WILLIAM JAMES WOOF And on another panel ROBERT WILLIAM DARGUE ALFRED DIXON GEORGE FURNESS THOMAS WILLIAM GRISDALE HENRY NOEL C GUDGEON JOHN LINDSAY SAYER JOSEPH KITCHENER SLACK HORACE DENT WILSON JOHN DOUGLAS LONGSTAFF NORMAN FELTON WILLIAM PARMLEY THOMAS RELPH Tim The Fallen The Fallen in WW1 ALDERSON, John Private, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 27 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 25783 He was killed in action on 19 May 1917. He was 25. He was the son of Joseph Thomas and Ann Alderson, 1 High Wiend, Appleby. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial. ALDERSON, Thomas Joiner, ss Ausonia (Liverpool), Mercantile Marine He died on active service on 30 May 1918 as a result of an attack by the German Submarine U^” submarine in the Atlantic. His ship was torpedoed without warning and then sunk by gunfire 620 miles W by S (true) from Fastnet. 44 lives were lost. He was 28. He was the son of the late William Baxter and Charlotte Alderson. He was born at Appleby. No RN personnel of this name and rank are listed. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. ALLINSON, Thomas Lance Corporal, 50th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Army no 435170. He died from his wounds on 1 March 1917 probably at the battle of Vimy Ridge. He was 28. He was the son of George F and Mary H Allinson, Appleby. He is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers au Bois. ASLING, James Arthur Sapper, 92nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Army no 476345. He was killed in action on 22 August 1918 probably in the defence of Amiens. He was 23. He was the son of Alphoeus C H and Caroline Asling, 149 Kimberworth Road, Rotherham. He is buried in Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme and his headstone is inscribed Thy Will, O God Thy Will be done. ATKINSON, Fred Private, 10th Battalion, Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Army no 81029. He was killed in action on 15 August 1915. He was 22. He was the son of Ann Shepherd, High Wiend, Appleby. He is buried in Berks Cemetery Extension. BARDGETT, John Lance Corporal, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division. Army no 15309. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916 at the battle of Albert on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 26. He was the son of Edward and Hannah Bardgett, Appleby. He was born at Carlisle. He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille BARRETT, John Gunner, 138th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 71485 He was killed in action on 22 April 1917 during the attacks on the Petit Couronne in Greece. He was 27. He was the son of David and Ann Barrett, Pembroke Street, Appleby. He is buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. BLENKINSOPP, Robert Charles Private, 952nd Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Army no M2/137045. He died from his wounds on 20 December 1917. He was 24. He was the son of Thomas and Margaret Blenkinsopp, Parkin Hill, Appleby. He is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and his headstone is inscribed Till the day dawns and the shadows flee away. BOWMAN, George Private 3rd/4th Battalion, The Border Regiment. Army no 1583. He died, probably from natural causes, on 18 July 1916. He was 20. He was the son of Ruth Bowman, 86 Union Hall Road, Lemington on Tyne and the late J Bowman. He was born in Appleby. He is buried in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Lezayre, Isle of Man and his headstone is inscribed Thy Will be Done. This church is now closed. BRADSHAW, Fred Private, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 27 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 19440. He was killed in action on 20 November 1917 at the battle of Cambrai, the Tank Attack. He was 31. He was the son of James and Adelaide Bradshaw. He was born at Appleby. He is remembered on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval. BRUNSKILL, Joseph Dargue Private, 2nd/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 178 Brigade, 59th Division. Army no 102622. He was formerly with The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). He was killed in action on 16 April 1918 during the Battle of the Lys. He was 21. He was the son of the late Richard and Hannah Brunskill. He is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial. BRUNSKILL, John Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 27 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 25304. He was killed in action on 19 May 1917 in the aftermath of the Battle of the Scarpe. He was 36. He was the son of Richard and Isabella Brunskill and the husband of Jane D Brunskill, The Armoury, Appleby. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial. CASSELLS, William or John James Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 32280. He died from his wounds in Hospital on 28 April 1917. He was 21. He was the son of Annie Birbeck, 19 Belle Vue Road, Appleby. He is buried in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Tréport and his headstone is inscribed At Rest. COULTHARD, Robert Henry Private, 9th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 53102. He died from his wounds on 11 October 1918. He was 19. He was the son of John Bateson and Elizabeth Coulthard, Pembroke Street, Appleby. He was born at Barnard Castle, Co Durham. He is buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux which was near a Casualty Clearing Station at that time. COUZENS, Charles Gunner, 164th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 165037. He died on 11 May 1918 at the 1st Canadian Casualty Station, Pernes from the wounds he received in the battle of the Hindenburg Line. He was 32. He was the son of Edgar and Mary Couzens, Appleby and the husband of Florence Couzens, Blackleases, Kirkby Thore. He is buried in Pernes British Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed In God's Own Keeping. DARGUE, Percy Private, 8th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers. Army no 4771. He died, probably from natural causes, on 29 May 1916. He was 18. He was the son of Lilian and the late William D Dargue, Eden Cottage, The Sands, Appleby. He is buried in Appleby Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Dearly Loved Son of Lilian Dargue Brave, Good and True. DARWELL, Claude Randall Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion, The Border Regiment, 33 Brigade, 11th Division. He was killed in action on 10 August 1915. He was 21. He was the son of George and Marion B Darwell, Bongate Hall, Appleby. He is buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Gallipoli. DAVIDSON, George Preston Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment, 20 Brigade, 7th Division. Army no 25961. He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at the Battle of Broodseinde, Ypres. He was 19. He was the son of John and Isabella Davidson, Howgate Foot, Appleby. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. DENT, Alfred Private, 8th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Army no 892560. He was killed in action on 10 November 1917 near Ypres. He was 23. He was the son of Ann Dent of Appleby and the late Christopher Dent. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres. DUNN, William Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 161056. He died, probably from natural causes, on 19 January 1921. He was 37. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Dunn and the husband of Annie M Dunn, 28 Clifford Street, Appleby. He was born at Appleby He is buried in Appleby Cemetery. EARL, John Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 21628. He was killed in action on the Somme on 3 July 1916. He was 39. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah A Earl, Hoff, Appleby and the husband of Mary Earl, Oakbeck, Appleby. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. ELLIOTT, Joseph Railton MM Serjeant, 8th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), The Border Regiment, 18th Division. Army no 17541. He was killed in action in the fighting around Ypres on 12 August 1917. He was 24. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Elliott, Bongate Goss, Appleby. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial Ypres. FELTON, Norman Private, 10th (Service) Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 112 Brigade, 37 Division. Army no 32484. He was formerly Army no 31608 with the Liverpool Regiment. He died from his wounds on 26 April 1917. He was 19. He was the son of Ralph Bailes and Ruth Ella Felton, Clifford House, Appleby. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez. GASGARTH, Robert Private, 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd South East Lancashire), The Lancashire Fusiliers, 104 Brigade, 35th Division. Army no 24838. He was killed in action on 13 March 1917 in the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. He was 26. He was the son of William and Margaret Gasgarth, Appleby. He is buried in Fouquescourt British Cemetery. GREAVES, Samuel Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 5406. He died on 8 May 1916 from wounds he received in the fighting at Arras. He was 38. He was the husband of Margaret A Greaves. He was born in Merionethshire. He is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord. GREGSON, George Lewis Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 17 Brigade, 24th Division. Army no 7541. He was killed in action on 13 September 1917 in the on-going battle of Ypres. He was 31. He was the son of Robert and F Gregson, 9 Bridge Street, Appleby. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. HETHERINGTON, Wilfrid Private, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. Army no 3976. He died from his wounds in Hospital on 22 July 1916. He was 30. He was the son of Joseph and the late Agnes Hetherington, Appleby. He is buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Son of Mrs Hetherington, Appleby Westmorland. HODGSON, Hilda Scott Nurse. On the war memorial she is remembered as a Nurse. Sadly I cannot trace her in any military record. She was born in 1891, the daughter of John and Isabella Hodgson, Bongate, Appleby. The census returns in 1901 and 1911 give no reference to nursing. She was nursing injured service personnel at the Devonshire Military Hospital when she contracted Meningitis and died in the quarter ending 30 June 1918. She was 27 She is buried in Appleby MACHELL, Percy Wilfrid CMG, DSO Lieutenant Colonel, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division. He was killed in action on Saturday 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 54. He was the son of the late Canon Machell and the Hon. Emma Machell and the husband of Lady Valda, daughter of Admiral Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenbur, RN, GCB He is buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed 56 Regt. 1882 Egyptian Army 1886 C.O. Xii Sudanese 1894 - 1895 Adviser Ministry of Interior Egyptian Government 1898 - 1908 Prospice Additional Information He had joined 56th (Essex Regiment) in 1882 serving in the Nile Expeditionary Force; he was in command at the capture of Fort Khor Moussa and in operations round Suakin and the action of Gemaizah, Sudan in the Toski Expedition, Brigade-Major no 2 Column in the capture of Tokar. He helped to raise and then commanded 12th Sudanese Battalion, 1891-95 before serving as Inspector General of the Egyptian Coastguard and as Adviser to the Ministry of Interior, Egypt. He then raised, trained and commanded 11th Battalion, The Border Regiment (Lonsdale), 1914-16. METCALFE, James William Lance Corporal, 1st/5th Battalion (Cumberland), The Border Regiment. Army no 241185. He died from his wounds on Wednesday 2 May 1917 in hospital in Rouen. He was 22. He was the son of James and Mary Metcalfe, Barbados Lodge, 8 Colby Lane, Appleby. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. METCALFE, John Edward Gunner, 6 C Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 213715. He died, probably from natural causes in the Castle Military Hospital, Edinburgh, on Sunday 25 February 1917. He was 19. He was the son of John and Louisa Metcalfe, Appleby. He is buried in Appleby Cemetery. PARKER, Robert James Private, Australian Medical Corps Army no 1376A. He died at 6th Australian General Hospital, Brisbane on Tuesday 6 March 1917 as a result of an accident, Hydrocyanic poisoning. He was 22. He was the son of Robert and Isabella Parker. He was also known as Robert John Parker He is buried in Toowong General Cemetery, Brisbane. PARMLEY, William Private, 4th (1st Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion, The Border Regiment. Army no 200928. He died on Thursday 22 June 1916. He was 24. He was the son of Mary Parmley, 10A Drovers Lane, Penrith. He is buried in the North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad. PATTINSON, John Private, 1st/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 151 Brigade, 50th Division. Army no 3181. He was killed in action on Saturday 16 September 1916 in the battle of Flers Courcelette. He was 20. He was the son of James and Margaret Pattinson, 37 Ann Street, Kendal. He was born at Appleby. He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval and his headstone is inscribed He died as he lived Brave, Noble and True. PETTY, Thomas Spencer Private, 23rd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Army no 7507. He died from his wounds on Monday 18 November 1918 in hospital in Rouen. He was 25. He was the son of Elizabeth A and the late Joseph Petty, Garllis Head, Appleby. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. PICKARD, Frederick Henry Private, 4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, Army no 4737. He was formerly Army no 4026 with The Life Guards. He was killed in action some 10 kilometres from Peronne on Tuesday 10 September 1918. He was 19. He was the grandson of Frederick and Emma Pickard. He is buried in Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension. RELPH, Thomas R known as Tom Corporal, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division. Army no 15404. He was killed in action on Tuesday 10 July 1917 in the Defence of Nieuport. He was 25. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Relph, Main Street, Shap, Penrith. He is remembered on the Nieuport Memorial. RICHARDSON, Thomas Michael Gunner, 14th New Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Army no 69887. He died, probably from natural causes, on Sunday 9 July 1916. He was 29. He was the son of Joseph and Annie Richardson, Bridge End Farm, Kirkby Thore, Penrith. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen and his headstone is inscribed Till the Day breaks and the Shadows flee away. RIDLEY, Wilson MM Lance Corporal, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division. Army no 19533. He was killed in action on 10 July 1917 in the Defence of Nieuport. He was 18. He was the son of Edward Ridley, Berrier Head, Penruddock, Penrith. He is remembered on the Nieuport Memorial. ROSS, Angus Pioneer, Base Signal Depot, Royal Engineers. Army no 267819. He died, probably from natural causes, on Friday 19 October 1917. He was 32. He was the son of the late Andrew and Margaret Ross, Aspatria and the husband of Mona Ross, 7 Boroughgate, Appleby. He is buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Till the Day breaks and the Shadows flee away. SHAW, Matthew Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 75 Brigade, 25th Division. Army no 24863. He was killed in action on 5 June 1917 in the prelude to the Battle of Messines. He was 39. He was the brother of Sophia S Bloomer, Market Hall, Tebay He is buried in St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery. SOUTHWARD, Joseph William Private, 7th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 51 Brigade, 17th Division. Army no 17783. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918 during the Battle of Epéhy. He was 33. He was the son of Joseph and Sarah Southward, Appleby. He is remembered on the Vis en Artois Memorial. SOWERBY, William Private, 8th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment, 75 Brigade, 25th Division. Army no 15797. He was killed in action on 11 January 1916. He was 21. He was the son of James and Mary J Sowerby, Bridge End, Sands, Appleby. He is buried in London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Ploegsteert. SOWERBY, William John Private, 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment, 97 Brigade, 32nd Division. Army no 16285. He was killed in action on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. He was 26. He was the son of William and Hannah Grace Sowerby, Hoff, Appleby. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. SOWERBY, William Private, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 58 Brigade, 19th Division. Army no 28254. He was formerly Army no 3/94223 with the Manchester Regiment and Army no 77145 with the Welch Regiment. He was killed in action on 5 November 1918 near Wargnies le Grand during the final Advance in Picardy. He is buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois. SPROTT, Douglas Andrew Captain, 4th (Cumberland and Westmoreland) Battalion, The Border Regiment. He died, probably of disease, on 4 January 1918. He was 25. He was the son of Dr Andrew and Annie Sprott. He is buried in North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad. STAMPER, George Serjeant, Royal Air Force. RAF no 211461. He died on 28 February 1920. He was 27. He was the son of George and Mary Stamper. His death is registered in the Civil Registrations so it is probable that the cause of his death is related to his war service. He is buried in Appleby Cemetery. STEPHENSON, Howard Mclean Corporal, 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Army no 55714. He was killed in action on 30 October 1915 near Ypres. He was 26. He is buried in Ridge Wood Military Cemetery. He was the son of George N H and Margaret Stephenson. TEASDALE, John Driver, 24th Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 165460. He died, probably of natural causes on 18 January 1917. He was 34. He was the husband of Mary Teasdale, 34 Clifford Street, Appleby. He is buried in Appleby Cemetery. TEASDALE, Thomas Private, 13th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 62 Brigade, 21st Division. Army no 32/478. He died on active service on 16 June 1917 when he was Missing presumed Dead during the fighting on the Hindenburg Line. He was 27. He was the son of James and Anne Teasdale, 24 Clifford Street, Appleby and the husband of Hilda M Teasdale, 25 George Street, Darlington. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial. THOMPSON, Thomas Yare Private, 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, 87 Brigade, 29th Division. Army no 17785. He was killed in action on 28 June 1915 at Gully Ravine, Gallipoli. He was 35. He was the son of Margaret Thompson, 11 Doomgate, Appleby. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial. THORNTON, Francis Hugh Lance Corporal, 17th (Service) Battalion (1st City), The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 89 Brigade, 30th Division. Army no 34115. He was formerly Army no 23664 with the Border Regiment. He was killed in action on 26 March 1918 at the Battle of Rosières. He was 21. He was the son of William and Annie Thornton, Appleby. He is buried in the British Cemetery, Muille-Villette. THWAITES, Robert MiD Captain, 22nd (Service) Battalion (3rd County Pioneers), The Durham Light Infantry, 8th Division. He was killed in action on 24 March 1918 at the Action on the Somme Crossings. He was 24. He was the son of William Thwaites, Kirkby Thore, Westmorland and the husband of Elsie Thwaites, Burtree, Asby, Appleby. He is remembered on the Pozières Memorial. WALTON, Thomas Corporal, 6th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own, (Yorkshire Regiment), 32 Brigade, 11th Division. Army no 17799. He was killed in action on 14 September 1916 during the “Capture of the Wonder Work”. He was 32. He was the son of Christopher and Hannah Walton, Appleby and the husband of Agnes A Walton, Hawes. He is buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille. The Fallen in WW2 DARGUE, Robert William Private, 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment, Brigade, Division. Army no 3599541. He died on active service on 31 October 1941 probably in Hospital. He had been in Tobruk and it is likely that he had been wounded there. He was 22. He is buried in Fayid War Cemetery. He was the son of William Shepherd and Isabella Dargue Appleby. DIXON, Alfred Private, 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment, Brigade, Division. Army no 3595036 He died on active service on 13 April 1944 as part of the Forgotten Army in Burma. I suspect that he died in the defence of Kohima. He was 31. He is remembered on the Rangoon Memorial. He was the son of Thomas and Ada Dixon Appleby, husband of Gladys Joyce Dixon of Streatham, London. Please tell me if you have more accurate information. FURNESS, George Apprentice, mv Atheltemplar (Liverpool) Merchant Navy. He was killed on active service on 1 March 1941. He was 17. He was the son of Frederick and Edith Furness, Appleby. He is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial. Additional Information MV Atheltemplar was a British Motor Tanker sailing for Methil Roads on 25 February 1941, she joined the 26 ship Convoy EN 79 which left Methil on 1 March 1941, bound for the Atlantic convoy marshalling area at Loch Ewe on the west coast of Scotland. Sailing northbound in ballast, Atheltemplar was the convoy's Vice-Commodore ship, positioned at the head of the starboard column of vessels when Convoy EN 79 was attacked off the Aberdeenshire coast by Heinkel He 111 bombers from Luftwaffe KG26, a combat group based in Denmark. Atheltemplar bore the brunt of the attack and was struck on the navigation bridge superstructure by two 250 kg bombs and at least five members of the crew were killed instantly (12 crew died during the incident), and a fire swept the vessel forcing the survivors to abandon ship. GRISEDALE, Thomas William Sergeant, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1053274. He died on active service on 8 November 1942. He was 20. He was the son of William Nelson and Annie Mary Grisedale, Appleby. His name is spelt incorrectly on the War Memorial. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial. Additional Information Halifax II, DT557 ZA-U took off at 18.02 hours from RAF Melbourne in South West Yorkshire on a Gardening (mine laying) Operation. The aircraft was presumed lost. It transpired that all 7 of the crew died and just two bodies were recovered and are now buried in Sage War Cemetery. GUDGEON, Henry Noel Clifton Captain, 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment attached to Malay Regiment. Army no 64627. He died on 15 June 1943. He was a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Army. He was 28. He was the son of the Revd Clifford J Gudgeon, MA, and Eleanor Gudgeon, Vicar of Appleby. He is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Additional Information At the time of his death he was a prisoner of war of the Japanese army and he was being used as forced labour on the Siam-Burma Railway. The notorious Burma-Siam railway was built by British, Australian, Dutch and American prisoners of war. It was a Japanese project to improve communications and supplies for the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction more than 16,000 prisoners of war died - mainly of sickness, malnutrition and exhaustion - and were buried along the railway. Burmese and Malay slave labourers too died in their thousands - exactly how many will never be known. The Japanese kept no records and it was impossible for anyone else to do so, nor were the graves marked, but between 80,000 and 100,000 perished. LONGSTAFF, John Douglas Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Army no 5383479. He died on active service on 21 November 1944. He was 26. He was the son of Ebenezer and Ethel Longstaff Appleby. He is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Additional Information At the time of his death his Battalion was defending the low-lying polderland (the island) between Arnhem and Nijmegen. SAYER, John Lindsay Flight Sergeant, 255 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1062107. He died on active service on 1 April 1943. He was 29. He was the son of George and Lizzie Sayer and the husband of Madge M Sayer, Penrith. He is remembered on the Malta Memorial. Additional Information He was presumed killed and his body lost at sea when Bristol Beaufighter Mk.VI (the serial number does not appear in the surviving Squadron records) failed to return from an intruder mission over Sardinia. SLACK, Joseph Kitchener Sergeant, Air Gunner, 626 Squadron, Royal Air Force. RAFVR no 1593611. He died on active service on 13 August 1944. He was 28. He was the son of Arthur E P and Margaret A Slack, Appleby. He is buried in Hanover War Cemetery. Additional Information Lancaster III LM599 UM-A2 took off from RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire at 21.39 hours on an operation to Braunschweig. It was shot down by a night fighter at 00.25 hours and crashed near Celle at Westercelle. 3 of the crew were killed and 4 were taken prisoner. WILSON, Horace Dent Able Seaman, HM Submarine Thunderbolt, Royal Navy. RN no D/JX 287111. He is presumed killed in action on 28 March 1943. He was 22. He was the son of George William and Annie J Wilson, Appleby and the husband of Elsie Wilson, Appleby. He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. Additional Information On 14 March 1943 HMS Thunderbolt is believed to have been sunk by depth charges from the Italian corvette Cicogna off Capo San Vito, Sicily. HMS Thunderbolt was reported overdue on 28 March 1943. |
