Memorial Details

NEWMP Memorial Image
Photo: Ian Reedman

Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Thomas

Reference

C118.02

Place

COWSHILL

Original Location

St.Thomas Church, Main Road, Cowshill.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour in a wide frame. There is a border of swirling leaves which also surround a classical style header. At the top are the words “Roll of Honour” in red, the dates and “Great War” are in red. At the bottom is a shield with the St.George’s cross and the words “Pro Deo et Pro Patria also in red. The names are listed in three columns, with a mark beside those who died. The whole memorial has been done by hand in black ink.

Materials used

Paper behind glass

Inscription

Roll of Honour / Men of Heathery Cleugh Parish / who served with H.M. Forces / in the Great War / 1914-1918 Pro Deo et Pro Patria.

Names

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ian Reedman; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall

A Hundred Years on : 1909-2009 Celebrating the Centenary of Cowshill and Lanehead Village Hall. Published by Cowshill and Lanehead Village Hall; £9.99; ISBN 9 780956 421005 gives details of village life and the lives of the men named on the memorial.

External web link

Research acknowledgements

Ian Reedman; John and Mavis Dixon

Research In Progress

Ken Heatherington has researched the names on the local memorials. His research is available at Weardale Museum and High House Chapel, Ireshopeburn Co Durham DL13 1HD. www.weardalemuseum.org.uk Opening Hours 2pm - 5pm, Easter and Bank Holidays, May, June, July, Sept, and October (Wednesday to Sunday inclusive). Every afternoon in August. Contact ken.heatherington@btinternet.com

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Thomas (C118.02)

 
COWSHILL  St. Thomas Church
  

    
   Roll of Honour

    
   Men of Heathery Cleugh Parish
   who served with H.M. Forces
   1914              in the  Great War              1918
  
   Frederick Armstrong   John J. Harrison      Leonard Peart
   Alfred Batey          Thomas Harrison       Ralph M. Peart
   John C. Bell          Vickers Harrison      Robert Peart
   Thomas S. Bell        John E.S. Harrison    Thos. Carr Peart
   John Bell             Thomas W. Hodgson     Thomas E. Peart
   Thomas Bell           *Harold Horwood       Thomas R. Peart
   *Vickers Bell         Norman James          Thomas W. Peart
   *William E. Bell      Amos Johnson          J. Ralph Peart
   Henry Bennett         *Albert Milburn       Joseph A. Peart
   Thomas H. Bradley     Charles Milburn       Nicholas Peart
   *John Carr            *Philip Milburn       Thomas Peart
   Thomas Carr           Wentworth Milburn     Henry Proud
   George Charlton       Elliott Murdoch       Bainbridge Robinson
   *Thomas H. Colling    *T. Ernest Pattinson  Edward Robinson
   *Peter Conacher       John W. Pattinson     Thomas Robinson
   John R. Dawson        William Peadon        William Robinson
   *Thomas W. Emerson    John W. Peadon        Richard Robinson
   *Norman E. English    Albert W. Peart       Edgar Rowell
   Emerson T. English    Arthur Peart          Allan Rutherford
   Stanley English       Cyril Peart           *Joseph W. Rutherford
   John English          *Ernest Peart         Robert L. Sandilands
   William English       Emerson Peart         Joseph Thompson
   Henry Elliott         *Frederick Peart      Charles Turnbull
   J. Harriman Fairless  Frederick Peart       John Walton
   Lawson Featherstone   George A. Peart       Ernest Watson
   John W. Featherstone  Henry Peart           Percy Watson
   *Norman Forster       *J. Morley Peart      John R. Watson
   Robert H. Forster     J. Calvert Peart      John R. Wearmouth
   George T. Gardiner    John H. Peart         *John W. Whan
   Ernest Graham         John J. Peart         John W. Whitfield
   John H. Graham        John Ralph Peart      William T. Wright
   George Graham         John T. Peart
   Thomas W. Graham      *Joshua Peart
  
   Pro Deo et Pro Patria.
NamesC118.02

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