Splendid record
Boldon Colliery's Part in the War
Devotion and Sacrifice.

In this article, it is told how, when the call came to go to war, 989 men joined, altogether 1,304 men went from the colliery into the services., married men in equal proportion to single men. Some 130 men fell, and about 5% who survived were either gassed or wounded.

The following were awarded distinctions:
Bartram, S., Pte., D.L.I., Military Medal
BeGst (sic) John, Pte., East Yorks, Military Medal.
Bell, M., Pte., Yorkshires, Military Medal
Charlton, J.D., Pte., Yorkshires, Military Medal.
Codlen, (sic) R.W., Pte., Yorkshire Regiment, D.C.M. (killed in action)
Cowling, Wm., Sergt., Machine Gun Corps, Military Medal (killed in action).
Curry, R., A.B., Royal Marines, Military Medal
Doram, W., Sgt., R.G.A., Military Medal
Ferguson, John., Sgt., R.A.M.C., Military Medal
Gilbert, J., Gunner, R.F.A., Military Medal
Green, W.H., A.B., R.N.D., Military Medal.
Griffiths, J.H. Sergt., later 2nd Lieut., Military Medal
Horner, W.H., A.B., R.N.D. Military Medal
Mather, J., Cpl., R.F.A., Military Medal
Moyle, W., Cpl., D.L.I., Military Medal
Sewell, Henry, Pte., West Yorks, received the Military Medal and Bar, and the French Medal Militaire.
Simpson, A., L/Cpl., N.F. Military Medal
Walker, J.T., Gunner, R.A.F. Military Medal
Walton, J., Sergt., R.F.A., Military Medal
Wilkinson, J., Gnr., R.F.A., Military Medal
Wilson, A., Sgt., D.L.I. (killed in action) D.C.M.
Winship, W., Corpl., N.F. Military Medal