Brandon men who survived the Great War and returned home.
Source: Moran, Laurie, The History of Brandon Colliery 1856 to 1960, Laurie Moran, 1988. ISBN 0 9517288 1 4. pages 207-211.
1914
Lieutenant John Pennington, D.L.I., enlisted September.
Pte. Tom Ramsey, D.L.I., enlisted September.
1915
Pte. Ralph Appleby, enlisted - volunteered to dig mines and trenches.
Cpl. Christon of Brandon Colliery Inn, enlisted.
Pte. Jim Ellwood, enlisted - volunteered to dig mine and trenches.
Pte. Alf Gill, wounded.
Pte. J. Gill, wounded.
Pte. R. Gill, wounded.
Sapper William Gerrard, home on leave.
Pte, John Hamilton, wounded.
Pte. T.W. Hewitt, wounded - taken prisoner of war.
Pte. Ike Herrington, home on leave.
Pte. Thomas Hughes, enlisted - volunteered to dig mines and trenches.
Pte. James Lister, enlisted - volunteered to dig mines and trenches.
Pte. Paddy Moran, enlisted.
Pte. A. Smith, wounded.
Pte. J. Thompson, enlisted - volunteered to dig mines and trenches.
Pte. T. Thompson, enlisted - volunteered to dig mines and trenches.
Pte. Michael Tunney, wounded.
Pte. T. Turnbull, wounded.
Cpl. T.R. Turner, wounded.
Pte. Hugh McDermott, wounded.
Pte. Edward McVay, wounded.
Pte. James McVean, wounded.
Pte. Jack Worrall, enlisted to dig mines and trenches.
1916
Pte. John Ainsley, D.L.I., wounded in right arm.
Pte. F. Alderson, D.L.I., wounded.
Pioneer David Anderson, D.L.I., Certificate of Merit - awarded Military Medal.
Pte. Michael Biles, N.F., wounded in forearm.
Lance-Cpl. Ralph Bee, N.F., shell shock and wounds.
Pte. Thomas Blenkinsop, Royal Army Medical Corps - gassed.
Pte. M. Bousfield, D.L.I., wounded.
Pte. J.A. Brannan, Y.R., wounded a second time.
Pte. John Carr, D.L.I., wounded in the arm.
Pte. J. Carr, Y.R., wounded.
Cpl. James Chance, N.F., reported missing.
Pte. George Clarke, wounded in the legs.
Pte. J.T. Corms, wounded.
Pte. William Cummings, N.F., wounded in right arm.
Pte. W Darling, wounded.
Pte. W. Dowdle, D.L.I., in Scottish hospital with shrapnel wounds in knee.
Pte. A. Dumbleton, E.Y., wounded for second time.
Pte. John Emmerson, 8th D.L.I., wounded a second time.
Pte. George Fairless, wounded - right arm amputated.
Pte. Robert Felton, Tyneside Irish, wounded - bullet in left shoulder.
Pte. William Fenwick, R.I.F., wounded.
Sgt. Robert Foster, D.L.I., wounded in thigh.
Pte. Thomas Fox, 8th D.L.I., wounded - left arm amputated.
Pte. James Gardner, Royal Army Medical Corps, gassed.
Cpl. William Gerrard, Yorkshire Green Howards, won Military Medal.
Pte. Alf Gill, wounded.
Pte. T. Harbottle, Y.R., wounded.
Rev. Harry Hayward, M.A., took up duties as an Army Chaplain.
Lance-Cpl. John D. Higgins, N.F., injured right leg.
Pte. J. Humphries, D.L.I., wounded.
Pte. George Johnson, wounded.
Cpl. W. Jones, wounded.
Pte. R. Kennedy, Y.R. wounded.
Pte. Frank Kennick, N.F., wounded - in hospital.
Sgt. T. Lightfoot, R.F.A., wounded.
Sgt. J. Metcalfe, wounded.
Pte. J. McCall, wounded.
Pte. John McDermott, D.L.I., wounded for second time.
Pte. P. McDonough (22), wounded.
Lance Sgt. Ken McVean, D.L.I., in Dublin hospital with shrapnel wounds in right leg.
Pte. J. O'Connor, D.L.I., wounded.
Pte. T. Ramsey, wounded by shrapnel.
Pte. R. Ritson, D.L.I., seriously wounded leg and back.
Pte. James Robinson, W.Y., wounded - bullet in left hip.
Pte. Thomas Robinson, Y.R., wounded.
Pte. John Robson, wounded.
Pte. Phillip Rome, D.L.I., wounded in left arm and side.
Cpl. J. Roxborough, enlisted.
Pte. Edward Ryan, N.F., wounded.
Pte. James Tunney, N.F., wounded - shell shock and back injuries.
Pte. James Turner, D.L.I., wounded.
Sgt. Thomas Tyson, Army Service Corps - enlisted.
Lance-Cpl. L. Wandless, wounded - lost his right eye and has thigh wounds.
Pte. J. Watt, D.L.I., wounded.
Pte. William Welsh, wounded in right arm.
Cpl. Ernest Wetherall, Machine Gun Corps, shell wound in thigh.
1917
Pte. A. McAllister, D.L.I., wounded.
Cpl. J.W. Bird, K.O.L.I., wounded.
Sgt-Major George Bird - awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Pte. Joseph Bell - wounded.
Gunner J. Barkas - Military Medal, wounded.
Pte. George Bowman, wounded.
Pte. H. Colwell, wounded.
Sgt. W. Dixon, wounded.
Gunner C. Donovan, wounded.
Pte. M. Franklin, wounded.
Sgt. Flem Farrish, Military Medal, Royal Engineers Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps.
Pte. Robert Gibbons, N.F., wounded a second time.
Pte. Ike Hewitt, wounded.
Pte. R. Hewitt, wounded.
Pte. Thomas Hutchinson, wounded.
Pte. Johnson, reported missing.
Pte. J. Kennedy, wounded.
Cpl. R. Kennedy, Y and L.R., wounded.
Sapper J. Lidster, wounded.
Sgt. J. Lynch, wounded.
Signaller James O'Hara, wounded.
Pte. R. Ritson, wounded.
Cpl. Thomas Robson, Y.R., wounded a second time.
Sgt. Ralph Rumley, N.F. wounded.
Pte. J. Sherrington, wounded.
Pte. Bob Spirit, wounded.
Able Seaman Thomas Tierney, honoured, won the Meritorious Service Cross.
Driver C.S. Tibbet, wounded.
Pte. J. Tunney, wounded.
Pte. M. Waddle, wounded.
Sgt. J. White, Y.R., wounded - awarded the Military Medal.
Pte. A. Woloughan, wounded.
Pte. J. Woodward, wounded.
1918
Pte. George Bell, N.F., wounded.
Pte. Alf Brown, N.F., wounded.
Sgt. George Bird, D.C.M., wounded.
Pte. Robert Davison, wounded.
Dr. George Denholm, appointed to a general hospital in France.
Second Lieutenant W.H. Denholm, D.L.I., gunshot wounded in shoulder.
Pte. W.T. Eastham, N.F., wounded.
Pte. Robert Gage, D.L.I., stretcher bearer, wounded.
Pte. John Gill, wounded.
Pte. Ralph Harland, wounded.
Pte. Richard Harland, wounded.
Pte. John Higgins, wounded for the third time.
Bombardier M. Hodgson, R.F.A., wounded.
Pte. A. Hutchison, prisoner of war.
Pte. Hugh McDermott, S.F., won Military Medal - made prisoner of war.
Pte. Paddy Moran, 8th D.L.I., seriously wounded - shrapnel in back.
Cpl. James McVean, D.L.I., awarded Military Medal in Italy.
Pte. J.S. Richardson, home after two years in captivity.
Sgt. Alex Simpson, R.G.A., awarded the D.C.M. - twice wounded and slightly gassed.
Pte. James Tunney, N.F., stretcher bearer - wounded a second time.
Pte. John Tunney, N.F., stretcher bearer - wounded a second time.
Pte. James Turner, wounded a third time.
1919 Pte. J. T. Cooper, arrived home from prisoner of war camp.
N.B. This cannot be regarded as a complete list of those from Brandon Colliery who served in the Great War.
Elsewhere in the book the following are named as having undergone war service:
Draycott, Harry, who died in 1940 at 1, East Street "served in the Boer War and four and a half years during the Great War with the Durham Light Infantry." page 288.
Ramsey, Sr. William was among the first of Brandon Colliery's miners to join up as a Private in the 1914-18 war; he survived four years of trench warfare." page 305.
Rutherford, John Duncan (Jack), of 40, Albert Street, who died in 1953, was "a veteran of World War I awarded the Croix de Guerre for meritorious service on the battlefield." page 342.
