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The War Memorial in West Witton
TIM THE TRANSCRIPTION In St Bartholomew's Church WW1 - A Roll of Honour in a wooden frame. MEN OT THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1919 CAPT THOMAS R KING PTE TETCALF K IVESON LIEUT WILLIAM A H SMITH + PTE ARTHUR R KING PTE WILLIAM BIKER PTE HENRY KING PTE FRANK CROFT PTE JOHN LAMBERT PTE HARRY EYLES PTE ADAM MATTISON PTE HARRY EYLES PTE DUKE MATTISON LCE CORP SPENCER EWBANK PTE JOSEPH MATTISON PTE HENRY GATENBY PTE JOHN C SMORTHWAITE PTE FRED GRAHAM PTE JOHN W SPENCE PTE JOHN H GRAHAM CORP JOHN W STUBBS PTE JOHN R GRAHAM PTE THOMAS STYAN PTE PETER GRAHAM PTE WILLIAM THOMPSON + SGT MAJOR THOMAS R GRAHAM PTECHRISTOPHER WALKER PTE JOHN A HARLAND + PTETHOMAS WALKER PTE HARRY HORNER PTE HENRY WARD PTE PHILIP HORNER PTE BENJAMIN H WILSON PTE ROLAND HORNER + FALLEN IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY. WW2 - A Roll of Honour in a wooden frame. ROLL OF HONOUR THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS FROM WEST WITTON PARISH SERVED DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 A ARMSTRONG T KING P BAILEY J LEADBEATTER Miss P BAILEY J MASON J BROWN T McGRATH T BROWN D METCALFE C CAMPBELL J ROBSON H CALDECOTTE H SHEVELLES J CHEESEMAN J SMITHSON K CLIEFFE E SPENCE E DAWSON G STOCKDALE Miss B EWBANK E STOCKDALE Miss D GRAHAM O TALLENTIRE C HARKER Miss P THORNTON-BERRY L HARKER R THORNTON-BERRY Miss G HOLLINGWORTH H TREE J JONES S WALKER Miss A KING W WALKER Miss B KING E WHITTON I KING T WILSON BY THE GRACE OF GOD ALL RETUNED SAFELY TIM THE FALLEN Those who Fell in WW1 HARLAND, John Alfred Gunner, D Battery, 92nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Army no 96467. He was killed in action on Monday 23 October 1916 on the battlefields of the Somme. He was 20. He was the son of John Thomas and Sarah Annie Harland, The Grange Cottage, Wingate, Co. Durham. He is buried in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs and his headstone is inscribed in life beloved in death remembered. SMITH, William Arthur Heseltine 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment, 64 Brigade, 21st Division. He was killed in action on Monday 27 May 1918 in the Battle of the Aisne. He was 28. He is remembered on The Soissons Memorial. THOMPSON, William Stanger Private, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, 68 Brigade, 23rd Division. Army no 28/562. He died from his wounds on Tuesday 26 December 1916 in the Hospital Centre in the town. He was 35. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Thompson, West Witton He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery and his headstone is inscribed Thy will be done. |
