Memorial Details
Memorial
Gravemarker 1916 D.L.I. Collection
Reference
D47.063
Place
DURHAM
Original Location
The grave.
Present Location
DLI Collection, Sevenhills, Unit 1 Greenhills Business Park, Enterprise Way, Spennymoor, DL16 6JB
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Original grave marker, with a shield at the crossing point which bears the names. The quotation is on both arms, the letters “R.I.P.” are on the upright shaft below the shields. The lettering is painted in black paint, using block capitals throughout.
Materials used
Wood
Inscription
Memory of
Death Divides
Memory clings
R.I.P.
Death Divides
Memory clings
R.I.P.
Names
Present condition
The bottom of the upright has rotted. There is a split in the wood of the shield.
Notes
1. “This wooden cross was erected to mark the graves of those soldiers of 2 DLI who were killed in action during the attack on the German trench system - the Quadrilateral - near Ginchy, Battle of the Somme, 15-16 September 1916. Thirty four men were killed in the attack, though only twenty four names are recorded on this cross, with several mistakes of name, rank and number”. See transcript.
2. Most, if not all of these men are named on the memorial at Thiepval.
2. Most, if not all of these men are named on the memorial at Thiepval.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; J. Brown; Simon Raine; John & Mavis Dixon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; J. Brown; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John & Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
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Gravemarker 1916 D.L.I. Collection (D47.063)
DURHAM Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads
(In?)
Memory
of
Officers, NCOs and men of the
2nd Bn. Durham L.I.
Capt. B.C. Baty Lieut. Birtlis
Death Sgt. 1341 J. Bruce ?968 Jameson Memory
Divides L/Cpls 9761 G. Jackson 12085 Clings
J. Donnelly 9991 M. Richards
9243 C. Foster Ptes 22160
W. Watkins 9237 Woodhams
22078 B. Foster 8492 Graham B
4251 A. Gratham 30759 T. Lockyer
15369 J. Middlemiss 9718 M. Riley
768 G. Briggs 19858 C. Snaith 10084
West 8765 R. Wilson 30748 F. Wood
27961 G. Fraser 18361 H. Humble
3091 F. Hagan 85419 C. Hall
Fell in action
16/9/16
R.I.P.
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A notice which accompanies the exhibit states:
“This wooden cross was erected to mark the graves of those soldiers
of 2 DLI who were killed in action during the attack on the German
trench system - the Quadrilateral - near Ginchy, Battle of the
Somme,
15-16 September 1916.
Thirty four men were killed in the attack, though only twenty four
names are recorded on this cross, with several mistakes of name,
rank and number.
Captain Bertie Cecil Baty.
2nd Lieutenant Leonard Birtles.
8934 Sergeant John Bruce, born Sunderland, home Gateshead.
9608 Sergeant George Fey Jamieson, born Cornwall, home Maidenhead.
4/9761 Lance Corporal George Jackson, born Witton Gilbert.
3/12085 Lance Corporal James Donnelly, home Durham.
4/9991 Private Michael Richardson, born Shildon
4/9243 Lance Sergeant Percy William Foster, born Darlington.
22160 Private Robert Watkins, home Tanfield Lea.
3/9237 Private Robert Woodhams, born Chelsea, London.
22078 Private John Wheatley Foster, born Littleburn, home Thornley.
4/8492 Private John Graham, born Sunderland.
30759 Private George Lockyer, born South Shields.
15369 Private Thomas Middlemas, born Willington.
3/9713 Private Edward Riley, M.M., home Ferryhill.
9768 Private Alfred Briggs, born London.
19858 Private Fred Snaith, born Stockton, home Ferryhill
4/10087 Private Charles Vest, born Durham
4/8765 Private Joseph William Wilson, born Shildon.
30748 Private Herbert Edward Wood, born South Shields
27961 Private Benjamin Mosey, born Esh.
19/1036 private Norman Humble, born Sunderland.
4/9091 Private William Hagan, born South Shields.
25417 Private John Hall, born Sunderland.”
NamesD47.063
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