Memorial Details
Memorial
Wall Cremations 1939-47 West Cemetery
Reference
D40.064
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 25?15?
Original Location
West Cemetery
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Wall 913mm (3 feet) high in the middle x 3.53m (11 feet 7 inches) wide with a wing 776mm (2 feet 7 inches) high on each side. The dedication is on the centre panel below an incised cross. The names are incised in Roman capitals in four columns on the outer panels.
Materials used
?Portland stone
Inscription
+ / Here are recorded / the names of 26 members / of His Majesty’s Forces / who died in the service / of their country / 1939-1947 / and were cremated.
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine; C. Sanders
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders
Research In Progress
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Wall Cremations 1939-47 West Cemetery (D40.064)
DARLINGTON West Cemetery
Centre panel
+
Here are recorded
the names of 26 members
of His Majesty’s Forces
who died in the service
of their country
1939-1947
and were cremated.
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Left wing
W/O (AG) J.F. Armstrong Driver R.A. Fisher
Royal Air Force 24.7.1946 Royal Engineers 26.1.1941
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Sergeant R.S. Bell Lt.Col. J.O.C. Hasted DSO
Royal Artillery 31.8.1942 D.L.I. 3.1.1942
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S/Ldr (Pilot) R. Bickford DFC ACI R.T. Hodgson
R.A.F 30.8.1941 R.A.F. 27.11.1944
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P/O (Pilot) J. Body Major H.J. Holmes MBE MC/Bar
Royal Air Force 12.8.1940 R.E.M.E. 6.12.1944
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Private Audrey Doreen Coates P/O (Pilot) J.I. Humphreys
A.T.S. 20.12.1947 R.A.F 15.9.1940
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Captain E.R. Ennis Ch.Eng. W.S. Jeffrey OBE. MN
R.A.O.C 28.2.1943 SS Sam Dauntless 20.6.1946
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Lt.Col. W.H. Anderson Second Officer W.G.L. Laxton
The Loyal Regiment 11.2.1944 SS Gothic 25.2.1940.
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Right wing
Captain J. Lyall F/O (Pilot) A. Stockill
D.L.I. 22.6.1940 R.A.F 22.12.1944
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Lieut M.D.P. Magill Captain A.T.R. Symonds
R Berkshire Regt 5.9.40 Queens Royal Regiment 16.2.42
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Lieut C.P. Muckle-Ferguson Lance Corporal T.G. Toogood
Royal Army Pay Corps Corps Military Police
2.7.1945 13.6.1942
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L.A.C (Pilot) L.J. Norris P/O (Pilot) A.S. Wardman
Royal Air Force 28.5.1940 R.A.F 13.3.1940
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Pilot Officer O. Pedersen F/Lt (Pilot) J.T. Webster
R.A.F 25.10.1942 R.A.F. 5.9.1940
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Ord.Smn. A.H. Potter Private Margaret E. Robinson
Royal Navy 12.9.1947 A.T.S 3.7.1946
NamesD40.64
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