District Notes
CHESTER-LE-STREET

Civilian War Dead 1939-45 UDC
Chester-le-Street Urban District Council reported:-

Edgell, Samuel
63 years; 03/05/1942; Civilian; Special Constable; Husband of Elizabeth Caroline Edgell, of 12 Woodside, Beamish, Urpeth; Injured 1 May 1942, at Beamish; died at Rilton House Emergency Hospital.

Herkess, Henry Ernest
72 years; 05/10/1941; Civilian; Husband of Susannah Hunter Herkess, of Lynwood, Harton Lane, South Shields; Injured 2 October 1941, at South Shields; died at Rilton House Emergency Hospital.

Seymour, Matilda
77 years; 02/05/1942; Civilian; of 14 School Terrace, South Moor, Stanley; Widow of Joseph Seymour; Injured 1 May 1942, at Peggy's Wicket, Beamish, Urpeth: died at Rilton House Emergency Hospital.

Spence, Elizabeth Ann Rebecca
45 years; 02/05/1942; Civilian; Wife of Herbert Spence, of 40 South View, Craghead; Injured 1 May 1942, at Beamish, Urpeth; died at Rilton House Emergency Hospital.

All four deaths should read Relton House Emergency Hospital.

Source: CWGC website.