Memorial Details

JESMOND   United Reformed Church 

   Roll of Honour

   The following Served in the Great War.

   Lieutenant Frederic Dobell Young.  

   The deceased Officer was a son of Mr. and Mrs.  

   Thomas Jamieson Young, members of the Church,  

   his father being a member of the Session 

   He was educated at Mill Hill School and 

   followed the occupation in civil life of a Coal 

   Exporter. 

   After the outbreak of War he entered H.M.    

   service on March 15th, 1915, and was posted as a 

   Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery he going 

   overseas on July 24th, 1917, died of wounds 

   received by him in action at Elverdinghe, Ypres,  

   his remains being buried at the British Cemetery, 

   Canada Farm, near that place.  He was in his 31st 

   year. Deceased had taken an active part in the young  

   life of Jesmond Church from his boyhood.

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   Corporal James Ballantyne

   At the outbreak of War in August, 1914, Mr.  

   Ballantyne, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ballan-  

   tyne, members of the Church, was a draper    

   employed in Newcastle.  On the call for volun-  

   teers from the staff of his firm he enlisted in the  

   16th Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Commercials).  

   After a period of training, and having attained the   

   rank of Corporal, he went overseas in November,  

   1915.   

   His Battalion took part in the attack at   

   Thiepval at the opening of the Battle of the   

   Somme on 1st July, 1916, on which date he was   

   reported missing.  His superior officer, in writing   

   home, stated he had been seen after he had gone   

   over the “Top” coming from the Dressing   

   Station suffering from wounds, but after that he   

   had not been traced, and also expressed “much   

   regret at the loss of such a capable and hard   

   working N.C.O. who, by his coolness under fire,   

   won the respect of all his men.”  

   His place of burial is unknown.  

   At the date of his death Corporal Ballantyne    

   was 22 years of age.

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   Lieutenant James Alan Ballantyne

   In August, 1914, Lieut. Ballantyne, having   

   been educated at Dame Allan’s School, Newcastle,   

   had qualified as a Solicitor, he being a son of   

   Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballantyne, members of the   

   Church.  He entered the Army in December,   

   1914, and was posted to the 3rd Durham Light   

   Infantry.   

   After a long period of training he went overseas   

   in March, 1917, and was transferred to the 20th   

   Battalion of the same Regiment, his Battalion   

   being in action at Messines shortly after he arrived   

   in France, he being wounded in the head in this   

   Action.  He took part in the fighting at Ypres on   

   August 1st, 1917, and on that day was posted as   

   missing and presumed killed.  He had attained the   

   rank of Lieutenant, and at the date of his death he   

   was 28 years of age, leaving a window to mourn his   

   loss.  

   Deceased was a cousin of Corporal James   

   Ballantyne referred to in this volume.

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   Second-Lieutenant James Ashton Black

   The above officer was the son of Mr. and Mrs.   

   James Black, members of the Church.  He was   

   educated at Newcastle Modern School, and at the   

   outbreak of War was a Clerk in a Shipbroker and   

   Coal Exporter’s office on the Quayside, Newcastle.   

   He was one of the first to volunteer in Newcastle   

   for active service, he joining the 1st Commercials   

   (16th Northumberland Fusiliers) as a Private in   

   August, 1914.  He went to France in November,  

   1915, and with his Battalion took part in the first   

   battle of the Somme, commencing 1st July, 1916,   

   he being slightly wounded in the course of the   

   fighting.  He subsequently was gazetted as a   

   Second-Lieutenant and posted to the 3rd Durham    

   Light Infantry but attached to the 2nd Durham   

   Light Infantry with which Battalion he served in    

   France taking part in two engagements the last   

   being on 21st March, 1918, on which date he was   

   reported missing after fighting in the Cambrai   

   district.  Conflicting reports were received by his   

   parents concerning him – one report stating he was   

   badly wounded, taken prisoner, and died the next   

   day, being buried at Beauhill, near Prouville, and   

   another report stating that  he was killed by enemy   

   shell fire.  After his death his Commanding Officer   

   wrote home in high terms of his bravery and   

   absolute reliability.  Age 22.

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   Chief-Engineer George Cockburn

   The above was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.   

   Cockburn, who had been members of the Church   

   since its opening in Burdon Terrace.  

   He was educated at Dame Allan’s School and   

   Rutherford College, Newcastle, and at the out-  

   break of War was Chief-Engineer of a merchant   

   vessel.  At the time of his death he was Chief-  

   Engineer of H.M. Transport “Willintonia” he   

   being drowned when this vessel, on 25th August,   

   1918, was sunk by enemy Submarine in the   

   Mediterranean whilst carrying coal to the Fleet.  

   The Captain of the Transport reported he had lost   

   his life in courageously attempting to save some of   

   his shipmates.  The Admiralty issued a Certificate   

   testifying to his zeal and devotion to duty.  He   

   was specially mentioned in the London Gazette on   

   15th February, 1919.   

   At the date of his death he was 40 years of age.

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   Lieutenant John Hammond Edgar

   Deceased was born at Belfast and graduated   

   with High Honours at Campbell College and   

   Queen’s College in that City, and also at the   

   University of London, he holding the following   

   Degrees: B.A., M.A., LL.B., and in the course   

   of his College career won many prizes and a   

   valuable Scholarship.  

   He was called to the Irish Bar in 1904 and the   

   following year was called to the English Bar.  He   

   joined the N.E. circuit and settled at Newcastle,   

   regularly attending the services of the Church.  

   He entered the Army shortly after the out-  

   break of War, being gazetted as a Lieutenant and   

   posted to the 9th Durham Light Infantry.  He   

   went overseas in May, 1915, with his Battalion   

   which formed part of the 50th (Northumbrian)   

   Division this Division being in a heavy Action   

   within a few days of its arrival in France.  He was    

   slightly wounded in a Bomb explosion and also    

   gassed on another occasion.  He met his death on   

   24th February, 1916, within a few hours of his    

   return to the Front from leave, being wounded in   

   the head by shrapnel, and was buried in a Military   

   Cemetery near Villebeke.  

   Deceased was well known and highly esteemed   

   in legal circles in Newcastle, and was rapidly   

   building up an excellent practice.  

   At the date of his death he was aged 35.

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   John Halifax Feggetter,  M.C.

   The above Officer was the son of Mr. and Mrs.   

   William Feggetter, members of the Church (his   

   father being a member of the Session).  He was born   

   in 1895 and was educated at Rutherford College,   

   matriculated from there (being second in the list)   

   and entered Armstrong College in 1914, entering   

   the Honours Schools of English and Latin in 1915,   

   and had before him a University career of great   

   promise.  After the outbreak of War he entered    

   Durham University O.T.C. and at Christmas,   

   1915, was gazetted as a Second-Lieutenant in the   

   15th Northumberland Fusiliers, being subsequently    

   transferred to the 13th Northumberland Fusiliers,   

   with which Battalion he went overseas in June,   

   1916.  With his Battalion he took part in the   

   Battle of the Somme which commenced on July   

   1st, 1916.  During the continued fighting he was   

   wounded at Mametz Wood about the middle of   

   July and was invalided home: he again returning   

   to his Battalion in France in December, 1916, as   

   Signalling Officer.  In April, 1917, his work was   

   so excellent, and his courage and gallantry so in-   

   spiring, particularly at the capture of Crousilles,  

   that he was recommended for the Military Cross,   

   which decoration was subsequently bestowed upon    

   him.   On 4th October, 1917, at the Battle of   

   Broodseinde, Flanders, he was killed he at that   

   time being Intelligence Officer of his Battalion, his   

   Colonel being also killed in the same battle, which,   

   whilst a victory for the Allies, was a heavy cost   

   to the Battalion.  He was buried where he fell, but   

   the precise place is not known.  A brother Officer   

   writing home, after referring to his capabilities and   

   courage, said “It is a glorious end to a magnificent    

   life, and in the sight of God life is not measured   

   by length, but by worth.”  

   Prior to entering the Army deceased was a   

   Teacher in and Treasurer of the Church Sunday    

   School.

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   Capt. Percy Gordon Graham

   At the time of his death deceased was 27 years   

   of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Graham,   

   the former being Session Clerk of the Church.  

   Deceased was educated at Rutherford Collage,   

   Newcastle, and after training was qualified by   

   examination as an Architect.  He was one of the   

   best known and loved men in Athletic circles in   

   Newcastle area, his achievements consisting of   

   winning the Swimming Championship of the City   

   for seven years in succession when, unbeaten, he    

   retired, also in winning several other Champion-  

   ships and many medals and prizes for the same   

   branch of sport.  

   Immediately on the outbreak of War in August,   

   1914, he entered the 16th Service Battalion of the   

   Northumberland Fusiliers as a private, but his   

   ability and bearing soon singled him out for com-   

   missioned rank.  He went overseas on 20th   

   November, 1915, was frequently engaged in the   

   front line, where he was wounded.  Finally he took   

   part with his Battalion in the opening of the offen-  

   sive on the Somme on 1st July, 1916, being   

   killed on that day by Machine Gun fire whilst lead-  

   ing “B” Company of the Battalion in the attack.  

   Before entering the Army he was a popular   

   officer in the Boys’ Brigade and a successful teacher   

   of boys in the Sunday School.

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   Second-Lieutenant Percy G. Hall

   The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hall, his   

   father being an Elder of the Church.  His mother died in 1912.  

   He was educated at Newcastle Grammar School, and on leaving   

   school in 1909 went a voyage with the Cadet School Ship “Port   

   Jackson” to Australia.  He, on his return home, finally decided   

   upon a sea life and subsequently served his apprenticeship in deep   

   sea sailing ships, chiefly in the Colonial and Pacific trades.  

   In August, 1914, he was on a voyage to Australia and his   

   vessel narrowly escaped destruction in the South Atlantic by one of    

   the German commerce raiders.  He returned to England in the   

   early part of 1915 and was offered a commission in the 4th   

   Battalion Tyneside Scottish, which he accepted.  During training   

   with his Battalion he was selected and served a course at the   

   Staff College, Camberley, ultimately proceeding to France with   

   the Tyneside Scottish Brigade in January, 1916, and taking part   

   in Trench raids and fighting during the opening months of that   

   year.  

   Prior to the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Tyneside   

   Scottish Brigade lay in the front line trenches at La Boiselle and   

   it was found late on June 29th, 1916, that as the whole of the   

   German wire had not been destroyed by Artillery fire, engineering   

   operations were necessary to destroy this wire and a covering party   

   from the Tyneside Scottish was required for the protection of the   

   Engineers.  Volunteers were called for, Lieut. Hall immediately   

   offered, was accepted and joined by about 20 men of his platoon.   

   After entering “No Man’s Land” at midnight to carry out the   

   plans which he had made he was killed by an enemy sniper.  His   

   Sergeant who then took charge of the party was awarded the   

   D.C.M.  His remains are buried in the Cemetery near La Boiselle   

   where lie the remains of many of his comrades who were killed   

   the following day.  His age was 23.   

   From subsequent letters received by the father of deceased it   

   appears from Brigade Orders for the opening of the Battle of   

   the Somme on 1st July, 1916, that the 4th Battalion Tyneside   

   Scottish was to lead the Allied line into action at La Boiselle.   

   From the 4th Battalion Orders the 11th Platoon under the com-  

   mand of the deceased Officer was to lead the Battalion for, as his   

   Commanding Officer stated “he knew that nothing but a rifle   

   bullet would stop Lieut. Hall and his men would follow him    

   anywhere.”  

   Lieut. W.B. Tytler and Second-Lieut. J.H. Tytler 

   were cousins of Second-Lieut. Hall.

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   Second-Lieutenant Fred Herries

   The deceased Officer was the son of Mr. and   

   Mrs. A.H. Herries, members of the Church, and   

   at the date of his death was aged 23.  He was   

   educated at Allan’s Endowed School in Newcastle-  

   upon-Tyne, and followed the business of a   

   Stationer and Bookseller, being well known in   

   Newcastle athletic circles as a fine all-round athlete,   

   winning many medals and cups.  

   In January, 1916, he entered the Army being   

   gazetted as Second-Lieutenant of the Border Regi-  

   ment but attached to the 10th Durham Light   

   Infantry with which Battalion he went overseas in   

   October, 1917.  The Battalion took parting the   

   fighting at Passchendaele Ridge shortly after its   

   arrival in France.  He was badly wounded in the   

   fighting on 18th December, 1917, and died the   

   following day at Poperinghe, his remains being   

   buried at Nine Elms Cemetery at that place.  

   His O.C. writing home after his decease, stated he was   

   the officer he was best pleased with, showing   

   remarkable courage and initiative, he on one   

   occasion having a single combat with three   

   Germans, and on another occasion on a Red Cross   

   signal from the German Trenches he entered the   

   enemy trenches to bring back to our own line a   

   wounded British soldier.

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   Signalman William Robert Lowe,     R.N.V.R.

   Deceased was the son of the late Mr. John   

   Wardlaw Lowe, and of Mrs. Lowe, members of the   

   Church.  He was educated at Allan’s Endowed   

   School, Newcastle, and in civil life was a fully   

   qualified Chartered Accountant.  He entered   

   H.M. Service on 1st March, 1916, being enrolled   

   in the Tyneside Division of the Royal Naval   

   Volunteer Reserve.  After a course of training he   

   was posted, in December, 1916, as Signalman, to   

   H.M.S. “Thalia” (yacht “Verona”) he being   

   lost with this vessel when she was destroyed two   

   months later by a  mine explosion in the North Sea   

   on the 24th February, 1917.  

   He was aged 31 at the time of his death.

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   Lieutenant William McIntosh

   The deceased officer was the son of the late Mr.   

   G.I. McIntosh and Mrs. McIntosh, members of   

   the Church, the former having been a member of    

   Session.  Lieut. McIntosh at the date of his death   

   was aged 28.  

   He was educated at Newcastle Grammar School    

   and also at Woodhouse Grove School.  He entered   

   on a business career and was in the office of a firm   

   of Steamship Owners in Newcastle.  When War   

   broke out he was one of the first to enlist as a   

   Private in the Commercial Battalion (16th North-  

   umberland Fusiliers) in September, 1914, and after   

   training was gazetted as a Lieutenant in the 4th   

   Tyneside Scottish (23rd Northumberland Fusiliers)   

   with which Battalion he went overseas in January,   

   1916.  After seeing active service in various   

   parts of the fighting line, the Tyneside Scottish   

   Brigade was ordered to take the position in our   

   front line trenches opposite La Boiselle and to lead   

   the Army at that part of the Allied line into the   

   Battle of the Somme on 1st July, 1916.  Lieut.  

   McIntosh took part with his Battalion in the open-  

   ing of this Battle and was most seriously wounded   

   when leading his platoon in the attack.  The   

   wounds proving fatal, he died in hospital at   

   Rouen on 5th July, 1916, and was buried at St.   

   Severs Cemetery, Rouen.

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   Lieutenant William Black Noble

   The above Officer was a son of Sir William J.  

   Noble, Bart., and of Lady Noble, of West Denton    

   Hall, members of the Church, and at the date of   

   his death was in his 24th year.  He was educated    

   at Charterhouse School, and in civil life was a    

   Steamship Owner and a Fellow of the Institute of    

   Ship Brokers    

   At the outbreak of War he was    

   already a trained Territorial Officer he having in    

   1908 joined the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers, and    

   with that Battalion went to France in April, 1915.     

   The 50th Division, of which his Battalion was a    

   unit, was immediately in action after its arrival,    

   Lieutenant Noble taking part in the attack at St.    

   Julien and being killed on April 26th whilst    

   seeking a refuge for his men.  He was buried near    

   Wieltje Road.

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   Lieutenant John Pittendrigh  R.N.R.

   The deceased Officer at the time of his death  

   was 29 years of age.  He was a son of Mr. and  

   Mrs. William Pittendrigh, members of the Church,  

   and in civil life was an officer in the Mercantile  

   Marine.  At the outbreak of War he was studying  

   for his Master’s certificate and when volunteers  

   were called for he immediately offered himself for  

   service in the Royal Navy, as accepted, and after  

   passing tests in gunnery was appointed to H.M.S. 

   “Sarnia” and with that vessel took part in the  

   operations at the Dardanelles.  He was beach  

   Officer at the evacuation of Suvla Bay.  Subse-  

   quently he saw service as Lieut. on H.M.S. Drake  

   from May, 1916, to April, 1917, and in August of  

   that year he was appointed Senior Gunnery-  

   Lieutenant on H.M.S. “Hussar”.  In October,  

   1918, an epidemic of influenza to which Lieut.  

   Pittendrigh was a victim, broke out on board the  

   vessel, he dying on 28th October, 1918, and was  

   buried in the British portion of the Camp Santo, 

   Genoa.

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   Captain Harold Price,  M.C.

   Deceased was born in British Columbia, his  

   parents being Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Price of Van-  

   couver, members of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian  

   Church in that City.  He, after passing through  

   Public and High Schools in Vancouver, studied at  

   the local branch of McGill University in Science  

   and Art.  In civil life he was a British Columbia   

   Land Surveyor, which qualification he obtained on  

   attaining his majority.  Immediately on the outbreak  

   of War he entered the 22nd Royal Fusiliers as a  

   private and after training was gazetted as a Captain  

   in the 3rd Tyneside Irish, he being also gazetted as  

   Adjutant of that Battalion, but which position he  

   subsequently resigned.  His work in connection  

   with the Tyneside Irish brought him in close touch  

   with Jesmond Presbyterian Church, and he made a  

   point of attending the services with regularity.  

   With his Brigade and Battalion he went to France  

   early in January, 1916, and his valuable work and  

   courage brought him distinction he being twice  

   mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Military  

   Cross.  Subsequently on the night of 25th-26th  

   June, 1916, he was killed at La Boiselle he having  

   been out with some of his men attacking a  

   point in the German lines, and on his return with  

   his men found one missing, and going back to the  

   enemy lines to search for his comrade was  killed.     

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   Capt. Ralph Broomfield Pritchard,  D.S.O., M.C.

   The above deceased Officer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. 

   Henry P. Pritchard, members of the  Church, and 

   at the date of his death was aged 25.  

   He was educated at the Royal Grammar School,  

   Newcastle, and subsequently was on the staff of the  

   Newcastle-upon-Tyne Insurance Committee.  

   On the outbreak of War he immediately enlisted  

   as a Private in the 1st Commercial Battalion, 16th  

   Northumberland Fusiliers, and after training with  

   that Battalion for some months was promoted to  

   commissioned rank and gazetted as Sec.-Lieut. of 

   the 4th Tyneside Irish (27th Northumberland  

   Fusiliers) in May, 1915, rising to the rank of Lieut.  

   in October of the same year.  He went with his  

   Battalion to France in the early part of January, 

   1916, and was promoted to the rank of Captain a  

   month later.  His Battalion took part in minor  

   engagements, chiefly trench attacks, prior to the  

   Battle of the Somme, and in the opening of that  

   Battle on 1st July, 1916, he was wounded.  On  

   resuming service he was posted to the 12/13th  

   Northumberland Fusiliers attached to the 2nd  

   Lincolnshire Regiment and then with that regi-  

   ment at the end of 1916 and early 1917 he was  

   mentioned in Dispatches for certain fine work which  

   enabled his Battalion, through the work of the  

   Advance Guard of which he was in charge, to  

   achieve certain objects.  He was awarded the  

   Military Cross and subsequently the Distinguished  

   Service Order.  He was promoted Acting-Major  

   in October, 1917, which rank, however, he relinquished 

   on disbandment of his Battalion in March,  

   1918.  In the fighting on 16th April, 1918, Capt.  

   Pritchard was badly wounded, and as the result  

   died on 26th April, 1918, and was buried in  

   Mendingham British Cemetery, Proven.  His  

   name was subsequently again mentioned in  

   Dispatches on 27th December, 1918.

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   Second-Lieut. William Alwyn Pritchard

   The deceased Officer was the younger brother  

   of Capt. R.B. Pritchard, D.S.O., M.C., being  

   at the date of his death aged 24.  He was also  

   educated at the Royal Grammar School, and joined  

   the staff of one of the large Fire Insurance Com-  

   panies, carrying on business in Newcastle.  He  

   entered H.M. service in January, 1916, enlisting as  

   a Private in the 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers,  

   with which Battalion he took part at the battle of 

   the Somme in July, 1916, and was wounded, he  

   returning overseas after recovery in December,  

   1916.  He subsequently attained commissioned  

   rank in November, 1917, and was posted to the 3rd  

   Durham Light Infantry but attached to the 1st  

   Wiltshire Regiment.  He was heavily engaged in 

   the fighting at Mount Kemmel in March and April,  

   1918, and after the German counter-attack on that  

   place on 26th April, was reported missing and has  

   not since been heard of.

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   Second-Lieut. Hugh Price Rose.

   The deceased was the only child of Mr. and  

   Mrs. Alexander Morrison Rose, members of the  

   Church, Mr. Rose being a member of Session.  

   He was educated at Sherborne School, and with  

   the intention of ultimately going to Oxford he  

   passed “Responsions” and the Entrance Exam-  

   ination for Oriel College, but owing to the War he  

   entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in  

   January, 1916, passing out of the College in  

   August of the same year.  But for the War he  

   would have returned to Oxford to complete his  

   course.  He entered H.M. Service as a Second-  

   Lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion of the Seaforth  

   Highlanders on 14th August, 1916, and two  

   months later joined the fighting forces in France.  

   He took part in the Battle of Arras on 11th April,  

   1917, with his Battalion, and was killed that day.  

   His remains are buried at Brown’s Copse  

   Cemetery, Fampoux.  From information subse-  

   quently received it appeared that Lieut. Rose  

   with three Companies of the Battalion were ordered  

   to attack the Rouex Chemical Works from  

   Fampoux but in traversing open ground the force  

   was met by deadly machine Gun fire, resulting in  

   serious loss to the attacking force, every officer  

   being a casualty.  Reference may be made to an  

   extract from a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Rose from  

   Rev. E.S. Woods. Chaplain to the R.M. College,  

   Sandhurst, well known as the Author of “Knights 

   in Armour”.  Amongst other things he stated  

   “He if anyone deserved the name of ‘Christian 

   Gentleman’ using each word in the fullest sense,  

   and he had great influence for good in his  

   Company.”  Deceased was 20 years of age.

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   Corporal William George Simon

   The deceased at the date of his death was  

   25 years of age, and was the son of the late G.H.  

   Simon, Solicitor, and Mrs. Simon.  He was  

   educated at home (Mold, North Wales) and Mold  

   County School, and at the outbreak of War was  

   engaged as an Insurance Clerk in Newcastle.  He,  

   with many others, answered the call for service  

   entering the 1st Commercial Battalion (16th North-  

   umberland Fusiliers) at the end of August, 1914,  

   as a Corporal.  

   With his Battalion he went overseas in October,  

   1915, remaining in the battle area, taking part in  

   various fighting until the beginning of the Somme  

   Offensive on 1st July, 1916, when he was killed.  

   He was connected with, and attended the  

   Church, through his uncle, Mr. D.G. Owen, who  

   was one of the managers of the Church.  Deceased  

   was one of three brothers who joined H.M. Forces.

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   Corporal Lindsay Nelson Stephens

   The above deceased was the son of Mr. and  

   Mrs. Richard Stephens, members of the Church.  

   He was educated at the Royal Grammar School,  

   Newcastle, and was engaged in shipping when  

   War broke out.  On the call for volunteers in  

   September, 1914, he immediately threw up his  

   civil occupation and enlisted as a Private in the  

   9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, finally  

   going to France in June, 1915, he having become  

   a Corporal in the same Battalion.  After seeing a  

   good deal of service of the front line, he was,  

   whilst engaged wiring before trenches, killed  

   by machine Gun fire on the 6th May, 1916,  

   near Armentieres, and was buried at the Cemetery  

   Bon Jean, near that place.  The Adjutant  

   of the 9th Battalion writing home to his father  

   expressed his very high appreciation of the  

   extraordinary fine work done by deceased, and his  

   sterling worth, disposition and character, and  

   adding that his C.O. had decided to recommend  

   him for a commission, for no one in the Battalion  

   deserved to get on more than he.  Aged  21.

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   Second-Lieutenant J.H. Tytler

   The deceased officer was a Master of Arts and  

   Minister of the Church of Scotland, being at the  

   outbreak of War an assistant Minister at St.  

   Columba’s Church, Elgin.  

   He was the son of Mr. J.M. Tytler and Newton  

   More, Invernesshire, his mother having died some  

   years ago.  Educated at Kingussie Grammar School he  

   matriculated at Edinburgh University.   

   On the formation of the Tyneside Scottish he  

   was appointed officiating Clergyman being attached  

   to the 4th Battalion of that Brigade during its  

   training at Gosforth.  Subsequently he decided to 

   take combatant rank and after a course of training  

   in the O.T.C. (Durham University) was gazetted  

   as Second-Lieut., 9th Durham Light Infantry, and  

   went overseas on May 29th, 1916.  He took part  

   in several engagements with that Unit and finally  

   on September 15th, 1916, was fatally wounded at  

   High Wood in the Battle of the Somme.   

   The deceased who was 27 years of age was a  

   brother of Lieut. W.B. Tytler.  

   During the period he acted as Officiating

   Clergyman of the 3rd Tyneside Scottish and  

   training with the O.T.C. he regularly attended the

   services in the Church.

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   Lieutenant William Boyd Tytler

   Deceased was a brother of Lieut. J.H. Tytler,  

   and at the date of his death was 22 years of age.  

   Like his brother he was educated at Kingussie  

   Grammar School, and intending to enter the  

   Teaching profession, was at the outbreak of War  

   a student at Moray House Training College,  

   Edinburgh.  

   In 1912 he entered as a private in the 6th Royal  

   Scots (Training College Unit) and at the end of  

   1914 applied for and was granted a commission as  

   a Second-Lieut. in the 4th Battalion of the Tyne-  

   side Scottish, he subsequently rising to the rank of  

   Lieutenant.  

   He went overseas with the Tyneside Scottish in  

   the early part of 1916, and after taking part in  

   trench fighting was engaged with his Battalion in  

   the opening of the Battle of the Somme at La  

   Boiselle on 1st July, 1916.  

   From information subsequently received it  

   appears that Lieut. Tytler, though suffering  

   from repeated wounds, was the only officer of  

   his Battalion (the others being killed or out  

   of action) to reach the German third line trenches,  

   he though dying continuing to hold the position  

   and cheering the survivors of his men, one of whom  

   later in the day attempted to carry him on his back  

   to the British lines, but was unable to do so.   

   His precise place of burial is unknown.

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   Lieutenant Robert Alexander Wilson

   The deceased Officer was the son of Mr. R.A.  

   Wilson, one of the Elders of the Church, and the  

   late Mrs. Wilson, and at the date of his death was  

   in his 37th year,   

   He was educated at Dr. Ehrlich’s School, New-  

   castle, and also at Trinity College, Harrogate.  

   At the outbreak of War he was the representative  

   in New Zealand for an Edinburgh firm, and  

   immediately returned home for the purpose of  

   enlisting.  He joined the London Scottish as a  

   Private in March, 1915, and went overseas with 

   his Battalion in June, 1916.  On the 23rd August,  

   1916, he was wounded in the trenches and was  

   invalided home, meantime he had been gazetted as  

   a Second-Lieutenant in the 15th Battalion of the  

   D.L.I., and after joining that Battalion took part  

   with it in the Battle of Arras in April, 1917.  He  

   advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in the same  

   Battalion and on the 2nd May, 1917, was engaged  

   in the fighting at the Hindenberg Line near Arras,  

   he being killed on that day at La Fontaine, where  

   his remains were buried.

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   Mr. Robert Phillips Wood

   The deceased was the son of Mrs. Eleanor  

   Wood, one of the members of the Church, and was  

   in his 28th year at the date of his death.  He was  

   educated at Felton, Northumberland, where he  

   was born, and in civil life followed the occupation  

   of a gardener.  

   He entered H.M. Service on April 27th, 1917,  

   and was lost with H.M.S. “Lovaine” on 20th  

   January, 1918.

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   Second-Lieutenant David Lindsay Young

   The above was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay  

   S. Young, members of the Church, Mr. Lindsay S.  

   Young being one of the Elders.  

   The deceased Officer was educated at Mill Hill  

   School and in civil life followed the occupation of

   an Accountant.  At the time of his death he was

   aged 24.  He was gazetted as a Second-Lieutenant  

   in the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers on 23rd June,  

   1915, and joined the Battalion in France on  

   November 5th, 1916.  He took part in several  

   engagements at Arras, Wancourt, Passchendaele  

   Ridge, and Houthulst Forest, and was unfortun-                 

   ately killed at the latter place before dawn on 26th  

   October, 1917, whilst taking part in an attack on  

   enemy positions.  

   Before he entered the Army he was a teacher  

   in the Church Sunday School.  

   Deceased was a cousin of Lieutenant Frederick  

   Dobell Young referred to in this volume.

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