On Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial is the name of 16226 Lance Corporal Christopher W. Carlin, serving with the Durham Light Infantry who died 31/07/1915.

In St. Mary’s Churchyard is a family headstone which reads:

In loving memory of
Robert Ernest
the beloved son of
Christopher Walker and Mary Carlin
of Bowburn Colliery
who died June 25 1909
aged 13 years

Safe in the arms of Jesus

Also of their son
Christopher Walker Carlin
who fell in action in France
31 July 1915 aged 23 years

Also of the above
Christopher Walker Carlin
who died 24th October 1920
aged 62 years

Christopher Carlin was the son of Mrs. Mary Carlin, of Crowtrees Cottage, Bowburn, Co. Durham.

Christopher resided in Stevenson Street, Bowburn and worked as a putter in a local coal mine. He embarked for France on 21st May 1915 and was killed in action on 31 July 1915 at Ypres.

Information: Coxhoe Local History Group

The CWGC entry has him listed under “Carling”.

Christopher Carlin is remembered at Bowburn on B149.01 and at Quarrington Hill on Q3.05, and at Durham in the D.L.I. Book of Remembrance, page 199 as “W.C. Carling”.