Memorial

Roll of Honour Served 1939-45 St. Mary the Virgin

Howden le Wear

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour Served 1939-45 St. Mary the Virgin (H139.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: H139.06

Parish: Howden le Wear

Original Location:

St. Mary the Virgin, Church Street, Howden le Wear. (Closed 27/01/2008)

Present Location:

Unknown – was loose in a drawer in the vestry.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Card

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mowbray

Inscription:

Roll of † Honour
Names of those from this Parish on Active Service
for their King and Country.
(Names)
Brethren, pray for us.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour on pre-printed card with code no. 577.

There is a single line purple border.

At centre top is a large cross, with the words “Roll of” and “Honour” on either side, the letters in purple with gold initials.

The names are listed in four handwritten columns, using mainly capital letters.

At the foot is the invocation “Brethren, pray for us”.

Names:

94 names, sphere of service, and whether a Prisoner of War,
plus 5 entries where the name has been rubbed out,
and 47 places where it is not clear whether the entry has faded or the space left blank.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “Advice was given to the custodians that County Archives should be approached for information on restoration, or at least conservation, as appropriate techniques may yet yield details of more entries, currently not clear to the naked eye”

2. St. Mary the Virgin Church at Howden le Wear was built to serve the Fir Tree Parish and was consecrated October 1869. It’s official name was Fir Tree St. Mary and the church closed 27th January 2008. The building has been sold for conversion to residential housing.

Sources:

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon

Research Acknowledgements:

John and Mavis Dixon;
Howden le Wear Local History Society

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

HOWDEN LE WEAR   St. Mary’s Parish Church

 

  Roll of   +   Honour.

  Names of those from this Parish on Active Service

  for their King and Country.

 

Column 1                         Column 2      

 

  Oswald Adamson         Army        John Hall           RAF   

  T. Adamthwaite         Army        John Hemming        RAF   

  John Askew                         Edgar Hodgson       Army   

  William Harold Bull    Army        Frank Hodgson       MN   

  James Bales            Army        George Horseman     Army   

  ?  Pearson

  David Balfour          Army        James Horseman      Army   

  S. A. Blackmore        Army        John Horseman MM 1940 Army

  Alan Beck              RAF         Samuel Hardy Prisoner of War Army

  Leonard Clark                      Charles Holmes      

  Walter Clark                       George Hopwood      Prisoner of War

  Wilfred Clark                      George Hodgson      

  George Cooper          RAF         Ernest Hitchinson   Army   

  James Copping          Army        Charles Johnson     RAF   

  Robert Copping         Army        Ethel Johnson       ATS   

  Norman Cousin          RAF         (This line faded or blank)      

  Walter Corner          Army        (This line faded or blank)      

  Arthur Corner                      (This line faded or blank)      

  ?   Corner                         Harry Ling          RAF   

  William Curry          Army        Ernest Lowther      RAF   

  J.M. Dennis DFC 1941   RAF         Gordon (surname faded)      

  William Davidson       Army         

  Samuel Bridge(s) Prisoner of War   Ailsa Rossiter      WAAF

  [Alfred Henry Brown]   R.I.P.  RN  John Dawson         RAF   

  Charles Bell           Army        (This line faded or blank)      

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  Norman Elliot          Army        Walter Moore        Army   

  Eric English           Army        Lance Norwood       RAF   

  (This entry rubbed out)            Gordon Pallister    RAF   

  (This entry rubbed out)            Albert Patton       Army   

  William Forster        RAF         Thomas Parkin       RAF   

  Raymond Franklin       RAF         William Parkin      RAF   

  (This entry rubbed out)            Percy Readshaw      

  Dorothy French         RRC         Thomas Richmond     RAF   

  (This entry rubbed out)            J. Roberts          Army   

 

  Michael George         MN         [Arnold Robson] R.I.P.  Army   

  Roger Gill             Army        Jesse Rodiss        Army   

  William Samuels        RAF         Walter Corner

  (This line faded or blank)

                 

  (This line faded or blank)      (This line faded or blank)      

 

  BRETHREN, PRAY FOR US.

  ———————-

Column 3                         Column 4

  William Thos. Daniel Smith RAF     Edward Curry

  Herbert Storey         Army        Thomas Curry

  Thomas Steele          Army        (This line faded or blank)

  John Smith             Prisoner of War

  Joseph Smith           Prisoner of War

 

  R. S. Thompson         Army        George Cousin       Army

  [Thos. Huntley Todd]   R.I.P. RAF  Ralph Dawson        Army

  Alfred Twiddy          Army        (This line faded or blank)

  Robert Todd            Army        (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  Edward Walton          Army        (This line faded or blank)

  R.W.Wilson             RN          (This line faded or blank)

  John Wilson          Prisoner of War  (This line faded or blank)

  [Thomas Wright] R.I.P. RN          (This line faded or blank)

  Betty Wilson           ATS         (This line faded or blank)

  John Winter          Prisoner of War  (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)   

  Fred Dunn              MN          (This line faded or blank)   

  John Dodds             RAF         Charles Myers     RN   

  William Dobinson                   J. W. McLeod      RN   

  (This entry rubbed out)            Joseph Metcalfe   Army

 

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

     MISSING

   

  Joseph Metcalfe    

  George Horseman                    Harold Gibson       RN   

  William Gibson       Army          Herbert Samuels     RAF

 

  (This line faded or blank)         (This line faded or blank)

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