Memorial Details
Memorial
Booklet 1914-18
Reference
L38.04
Place
LUCKER
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Produced 1921
Memorial Description
Booklet, 7½ inches high x 5 inches wide, of 12 pages. Pages 3-10 carry lists of names who served with a brief history of each. Page 11-12 have a short history of the Lucker War Memorial reprinted from the “Berwick Advertiser” of Nov. 19th 1920. The book is printed. The names of those who died are identified by an asterisk.
Materials used
Card, paper.
Inscription
Lucker / War Service Record / 1914-1919
This “Book of Remembrance” which records the names / of Lucker men and their services in the Great War, is grate- / fully dedicated to the glorious memory of those who gave / their lives in the victorious fight for freedom of citizenship / of the British Empire./
This “Book of Remembrance” which records the names / of Lucker men and their services in the Great War, is grate- / fully dedicated to the glorious memory of those who gave / their lives in the victorious fight for freedom of citizenship / of the British Empire./
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
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Notes
1. The author, the local vicar, Frederic W. Westgarth, had to include the name of his own son, Frederic C. Westgarth, in the list of the fallen.
Research acknowledgements
Patricia M. Thackray; Jane Bowen
Research In Progress
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Booklet 1914-18 (L38.04)
LUCKER
Cover
Lucker
War Service Record
1914-1919
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Page 1
This “Book of Remembrance” which records the names
of Lucker men and their services in the Great War, is grate-
fully dedicated to the glorious memory of those who gave
their lives in the victorious fight for freedom of citizenship
of the British Empire.
Frederic W. Westgarth, D.C.L.
Lucker Vicarage
October 1921.
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Page 3
Parish of Lucker
War Service Records 1914-1919
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JAMES BLACKBURN, 25th R.F., Frontiersmen Battalion.
O.A.S. German East Africa. In action guerilla warfare.
Service, February 1915, to February 1919.
GEORGE BLACKHALL, 7th Northd. Fusiliers, signaller.
O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action St. Julien,
Somme, Passchendaele, Ypres, etc; wounded three
times. Service, September 1914, to October 1918.
JACOB L. BLACKHALL, 2nd Black Watch. O.A.S. Mesopo-
tamia, Egypt and Palestine. In action on great march
to Baghdad, etc. Service, September 1914 to July,
1919.
JOSHUA BOWMAKER, R.A.S.C., Motor Transport, O.A.S.
France and Belgium. In action Somme, Messines
Ridge, Ypres, Passchendaele, Amiens, and St. Quentin.
Service, November 1915 to September 1919.
GEORGE W. CAIRNS, Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S.
France and Belgium. In action Somme, Lys, Marne,
Final Offensive; mentioned in despatches; wounded
three times. Service, March, 1915 to January, 1919.
*ROBERT CAIRNS, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France.
In action Somme; died of pneumonia January 6th, 1917,
aged 33 years, and buried at Etaples. Service from
March 1915.
THOMAS CARTER, R.A.S.C. Motor Transport. O.A.S.
France. Service, August 1914 to June 1919.
*JOHN CASSIDY, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France and
Belgium. In action Houthulst Forest, Flanders, where
he was killed October 26th 1917, aged 25 years. Service
from October 1915.
JOHN CLARK, 5th Northd. Fusiliers. On Home Service from
June 1916, to February 1919.
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Page 4
*ROBERT CUMMINGS, 2nd Coldstream Guards. O.A.S.
France. Killed in action at Quinchy, 15th September,
1916, aged 24 years, and buried in the Guards’ Cemetery,
Les Boeufs. Service from January, 1915.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Smith Fitter, Royal Garrison Artillery.
O.A.S. France. In action Passchendaele, etc. Service,
December 1916 to December 1919.
THOMAS A. DENDLE, Princes of Wales’ Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry. Transferred to Royal Engineers’ Records
Office. Service, August 1916 to October 1919,
ROGER P. DENDLE, Telegraphist, R.N.V.R. On active
Service at sea from November 1917 to June 1919.
ROBERT DOBSON, Pioneer, R.E. Signals. O.A.S. Italy.
Service June 1918 to February 1920.
JOHN C. DOBSON, 3rd Gordon Highlanders. O.A.S. France.
In action and wounded at the Somme. Service January
1916 to August 1919.
THOMAS G. DUNN, 3rd East Yorks. On Home Service from
June 1918 to September 1919.
JOHN FERGUSON, Sergeant-Major, R.A.S.C. Mechanic,
Motor Transport. O.A.S. Salonica. Service Novem-
ber 1915 to March 1919.
ROBERT FERGUSON, Sergt., Argyll and Sutherland High-
landers. O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action Mons,
Marne, Soissons, Ypres, and wounded at Ypres; awarded
Mons Star. Service December 1906 to May 1915.
JAMES FERGUSON, Royal Field Artillery, Shoeing Smith.
O.A.S. France. In action Loos; invalided. Service
September 1914 to August 1917.
SAMUEL M. FERGUSON, Lance-Corporal, 2nd Tyneside
Scottish. O.A.S. France. In action Somme, Arras,
Passchendaele, etc.; wounded at Passchendaele. Ser-
vice October 1914 to February 1918.
*JOHN FIFE, M.M. Corporal 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S.
France. In acion on the Somme and awarded the
Military Medal for conspicuous bravery on the field.
Killed October 27th, 1917, aged 21 years, and buried in
Solferino Cemetery. Service from January 1914.
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Page 5
JAMES FORD, Lance-Corporal, Royal Engineers. O.A.S.
France and Belgium. In action Somme, Arras, Ypres,
etc.; with Army of Occupation. Service, December
1915 to April 1919.
WILLIAM FORD, Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S.
France. In action St. Julien, Hooge, Hill 60, Somme,
etc.; twice wounded. Service August 1913 to July,
1917.
ROBERT C. FORD, Sergt. 3rd, 1st, 53rd and 51st Northd.
Fusiliers. O.A.S. France. In action Cambrai, Bourlon
Wood, etc. Service June 1918 to March 1920.
PATRICK E. FREEMAN, Artists Rifles. O.A.S. France and
Belgium. In action Arras and Passchendaele. Service,
September 1916 to September 1919.
HENRY FRENCH, Corporal, Royal Field Artillery. O.A.S.
France. Service December 1914 to May 1919.
THOMAS J. GIBSON, Sergt., South Wales Borderers. O.A.S.
Egypt and Salonica. In action in various engagements
on above Fronts. Service, August 1915 to March 1919.
GEORGE R. GILHOME, Sergt., 14th Lincoln Pioneers.
O.A.S. France, Belgium and Germany. In action Hill
60, March Offensive etc. Service, December 1915 to
November 1919.
JOHN N. GILHOME, A.B., Royal Naval Division. O.A.S.
Gallipoli. In action Dardanelles; invalided. Service
May 1915 to March 1916.
WILLIAM J. GILHOME, 1st Northamptonshires. O.A.S.
France and Germany. In action Somme, Passchendaele,
Cambrai, St. Quentin, Army of Occupation. Service
January 1917 to September 1920.
CHARLES GRAY, Sapper, Royal Engineers. O.A.S. Egypt
and Palestine. Service March 1917 to December 1919.
JACOB GRAY, 10th and 20th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S.
France. In action Somme and Arras; twice wounded.
Service August 1914 to February 1918.
WILLIAM HENDERSON, Lance-Corporal, Duke of Welling-
ton’s W.R. Regiment. O.A.S. in Ireland. Service May
1918 to November 1920.
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Page 6
JAMES HOGG, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France and
Belgium. In action Ypres, Somme, Arras, Passchen-
daele, etc. Service November 1909 to November 1918.
JOHN HOGG, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France. In
action Ypres, Somme, etc., wounded at Ypres. Service
February 1915 to March 1919.
WILLIAM HOOD, Corporal, Royal Army Service Corps, Motor
Transport. O.A.S France. Service July 1915 to
July 1919.
JAMES HOPE, Machine Gun Corps. O.A.S. France. In
action Ypres, Somme, etc. Service October 1915 to
March 1919.
JAMES HORNSBY, 8th Staffords. O.A.S. France. In action
in several engagements and twice wounded. Service
October 1916 to February 1919.
ALEXANDER HULL, 8th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France.
In action Arras and Cambrai; wounded severely near
Cambrai. Service December 1915 to April 1920.
THOMAS J. JEFFERSON, Shoeing Smith, 9th Northd.
Fusiliers. O.A.S. France. In action Ypres, Loos,
Somme, Arras; twice wounded. Service January 1904
to April 1918.
JAMES JOHNSON, Lance-Corporal, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.
O.A.S. France. In action Ypres, Somme, Arras, etc.;
Wounded at Ypres. Service, March 1915 to February
1919.
ROBERT JOHNSON, 7th Northd. Fusiliers, Transport Driver.
O.A.S. France. Service April 1915 to February,
1919.
GEORGE W. KIRKUP, Royal Navy. Enlisted November
1915; discharged as unfit for service, April 1916; joined
the Army October 1917 but again invalided.
GEORGE D. LAWSON, Gunner (1st Class), Royal Marine
Artillery. O.A.S. France. In action Ypres, Lens,
Arras, Cambrai, Bourlon Wood, Cagnicourt, Hindenburg
Line; slightly wounded twice. Service October 1917
to March 1919.
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Page 7
GEORGE LEEMAN, Royal Army Service Corps, Motor trans-
Port. O.A.S. France. Service November 1915 to
June 1919.
CHARLES LINES, 2nd K.O.S.B. O.A.S. France, Palestine,
Egypt, Belgium and Germany. In action Hill 60, St.
Julien, Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Gaza, Jerusalem,
Jaffa, Cambrai; wounded three times and gassed once.
Service August 1914 to February 1919.
GEORGE MARSHALL, 4th Dragoon Guards. O.A.S. France.
In action Somme. Service May 1917 to October 1919.
WILLIAM G. MILBURN, 2nd Grenadier Guards. O.A.S.
France. In action at wounded at the battle of the
Somme. Service November 1915 to June 1918.
EDWARD W. ORD, Sergt., Royal Army Service Corps, Motor
Transport. O.A.S. in East Africa, Italy and France.
Service November 1915 to August 1919.
CYRIL PATTERSON, 14th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France.
In action Kemmel, Chemin des Dames, and Havrin
Court; twice wounded. Service February 1917 to
March 1919.
*WILLIAM H. RANDALL, 7th Middlesex Regiment. O.A.S.
France. In action Somme, etc.; twice wounded; died
of pneumonia in Whitstable Hospital October 1918.
Service from October 1915.
*ALBERT P. REDPATH, King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
O.A.S France. Enlisted January 1914, contracted a
trench illness and died in hospital February 1915, aged
21 years, and was buried at Blackpool.
*ROBERT REED, Corporal, Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France.
Died of wounds received in battle of St. Quentin, March
23rd, 1918, aged 35 years, and was buried in the Military
Cemetery of Vermand. Service from 1914.
WILLIAM REED, Royal Engineers. Enlisted December 1915,
demobilized December 1918.
WILLIAM G. ROBSON, Royal Army Service Corps. O.A.S.
Mesopotamia. Service January 1917 to March 1919.
*JOSEPH SCOTT, Royal Army Service Corps. O.A.S. German
and Portuguese East Africa. Enlisted January 1916;
died of pneumonia November 25th 1918 aged 23 years,
and buried at Dodoma, British E. Africa.
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JOHN G. SCOTT, K.R.R.C. O.A.S. France. In action Ypres
and Cambrai; severely wounded at Cambrai. Service
July 1916 to January 1919.
ROBERT SCOTT, Sapper, 3rd Ry. Coy., R. Anglesey Royal
Engineers. O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action
Cambrai, etc. Service November 1917 to April 1919.
JAMES E. SKINNER, Lance-Corporal, 7th Northd. Fusiliers.
O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action and wounded
at 2nd battle of Ypres. Service September 1914 to
September 1916.
JOHN SHILAN, Coy. Q.M. Sergt. (Colour Sergt.) 5th Northd.
Fusiliers. O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action 2nd
Battle of Ypres, Loos, Hooge, Somme, etc; wounded;
mentioned in despatches. Service September 1914 to
June 1919.
WILLIAM G. SPRAGGON, Sergt., 2nd Cadr., Machine Gun
Corps. O.A.S. France and Belgium. In action Somme,
Vimy Ridge, Amiens, Arras, Ypres. Service January
1915 to May 1919.
ROBERT E. SPRAGGON, Corporal Royal Engineers. O.A.S.
Mesopotamia. In action Ramadia, Hit, Kan, Bagdadis,
Arnah. Service February 1915 to April 1919.
THOMAS SPRAGGON, 13th Reserve Cavalry. Enlisted no-
vember 1915, invalided August 1916, after 3 months in
hospital.
*WILLIAM SUMMERS, Sapper, Royal Engineers. Enlisted
March 1917. O.A.S. France. Died of pneumonia 1st
February 1919, aged 28 years, and was buried in the
Communal Cemetery of St. Andre.
ANDREW TAIT, Sapper, Royal Engineers. O.A.S. France,
Belgium, Italy and Egypt. In action Ypres and on the
Piave, in Italy. Service September 1916 to January
1920.
ROBERT J. TAIT, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France and
Belgium. In action 2nd battle of Ypres and Somme;
wounded. Service September 1914 to January 1919.
GEORGE G. TAIT, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. in France
and Belgium. In action 2nd battle of Ypres; wounded.
Service September 1914 to March 1916.
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Page 8
*JOHN TAYLOR. Lance-Corporal, 2nd Coldstream Guards.
Enlisted November 1915. O.A.S. France. Took part
in a number of engagements, including the battle of the
Somme, etc.; died of wounds after the battle of St.
Leger, August 27th, 1918.
*GEORGE THOMPSON, Australian Imperial Forces. O.A.S.
France. Killed in the battle of Pozieres, July 23rd 1916,
aged 34 years.
*JAMES THOMPSON, Corporal, R.M.L.I. Enlisted December,
1915. O.A.S. France. In action Beaumont, Kemmel
and Cambrai. Killed at Cambrai, 27th September, 1918,
aged 21 years, and buried in Chateau Cemetery, Doignies.
GEORGE TURNBULL, M.M. Sergt., 7th Northd. Fusiliers and
Machine Gun Corps. O.A.S. Macedonia and Serbia. In
action Scrubby Ridge, Horseshoe Hill, Mamelon, etc.;
wounded; awarded Military Medal for conspicuous
bravery on the field. Service August 1913 to March
1919.
THOMAS W. WARDHAUGH, Captain (Staff, G.H.Q.), 6th
London Regiment. Commissioned October 1913. O.A.S.
France and Russia. In action Festubert, Cambrai,
etc.; twice mentioned in despatches; awarded the Orders
of St. Ann and St. Stanilaus; wounded at Festubert and
gassed at Amiens. Still serving in Territorial Force.
FREDERIC C. WESTGARTH, R.A. (Rev.) Royal Field
Artillery and Royal Army Veterinary Corps. O.A.S.
France. Service, May 1917 to March 1919.
GEORGE E. WEIR, York and Lancaster Regiment. O.A.S.
France. In action Bourlon Wood, Neuville Ridge,
March Retreat and Final Advance. Service, January
1917 to November 1919.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS, 1/7 Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S. France.
In action and wounded at 2nd battle of Ypres. Service
October 1913 to May 1916.
WILLIAM WILSON, 11th Royal Scots. O.A.S. France. In
action and severely wounded at the battle of Loos.
Service November 1914 to June 1917.
GEORGE S. WILSON, Sergt., 2nd Northd. Fusiliers. O.A.S.
France, Egypt and Greece. In action Loos, Le Cateau,
etc. Service, December 1914 to February 1919.
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*ROBERT WILSON, 7th Northd. Fusiliers. Enlisted June
1915. O.A.S. France. In action and killed at the battle
of Arras, April 28th, 1917, aged 21 years, and buried in
Etaples Cemetery.
JAMES WILSON, 13th Durham light Infantry. O.A.S.
France. In action and wounded at the battle of Le
Cateau. Service, May 1918 to November 1919.
*ROBERT E. YOUNGER, Lance-Corporal, 2nd South Staffs.
O.A.S France. In action Ypres, Arras, Somme, and
Cambrai. Killed at Cambrai September 29th, 1918,
aged 23 years, and buried in Noyelles Communal Ceme-
tery. Service from October 1915.
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