Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1939-45 Community Centre
Bowburn
Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1939-45 Community Centre (B149.04)
NEWMP Ref No.: B149.04
Parish: Bowburn
Community Centre, Durham Road Bowburn DH6 5AT
1939-45
Dedicated 26th July 1998
Bound in leather
Bowburn Village Celebration – associated with the Anniversary of V E Day 1998.
Public subscription
Cabinet made by Mr. John Johnson, using oak from Bowburn Methodist Church.
Ownership and Maintenance: Community Association
Brass Plaque
This cabinet was made by
Mr J. Johnson
out of oak from the pews pf
Bowburn Methodist Church
The Bowburn Book of Remembrance
was dedicated on
Sunday 28th July 1998
Book
Bowburn Book of Remembrance
To those who fell in war
to give us peace
Book of Remembrance 12 inches high x 8 inches wide, (304mm x 212mm) bound in brown leather. 34 pages.
The lettering is handwritten.
The book is stored in a cabinet made of oak 48 inches high x 24 inches deep and 30 inches wide (130cms x 608mm 752mm) with glass top.
The cabinet is made from the original pews from Bowburn Methodist Church.
30 names, ranks, regiment, family connections, date of death, where buried or remembered.
See transcript.
1. The information was from a printed sheet, date and source unknown, cut out and stuck onto the file on B149.03 by Simon Raine. It reads “A Book of Remembrance, containing the names of all local people killed in action during World War II, is still in preparation. When finished, it will be bound in leather and kept in a cabinet made of oak from the original pews from Bowburn Methodist Church and located, most of the time, in Christ the King Church, Bowburn”.
2. Among those in attendance at the dedication was Gerry Steinberg, M.P.
3. On the day of dedication, there was a parade from The Oak Tree to the Community Centre.
Photos: C. Sanders; Mike Syer; Dorothy Hall
Durham Men in the Great War. John Davison , Durham, History of Education Project, School of Education, c.2001. ISBN 1 870268 26 1.
Additional Research Documents
B149.04 Photos of All Pages
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Mike Syer;
John & Mavis Dixon
Bowburn Local History Society have researched the names on the Bowburn memorials
Contact: bowburnlhs@gmail.com
BOWBURN Community Centre
Page 1
Bowburn Book of Remembrance
Page 2
To those who fell in war
to give us peace
Page 3
F. Barlow F. Newby
H. Bell R. Pringle
R. Brown R.R. Ridley
C.W. Carlin J. Smalley
W.R. Cook R.N. Snowdon
C. Crowe H. Stainthorpe
G. Elsbury F.B. Stewart
R.W. Fleetham T. Thomson
F. Harker H.O. Thwaite
W. Holden A. Travers
S.B. Howell J. Truby
R. Johnson T. Venners
W. Jordon G.W. Wharrier
J.W. Marr T.E. Willey
T.H.R. McKeag J.W. Young
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Page 4
(Badge)
80 Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Artillery
Lance-Serjeant
Fred
Barlow
851185
Died 12th September 1944
aged 29 years
Singapore Memorial,
Kranji Cemetery, Singapore
son of
Fred (Senior) & Elizabeth Ellen Barlow
71, Dene View, Cassop
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Page 5
(Badge)
6th Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
Private
Henry
Bell
4455369
Died 12th July 1943
Aged 29 years
Syracuse War Cemetery, Italy
Plot 8 Row C Grave 8
son of
Robert and Jessie Moses Bell
20, Wylam Street, Bowburn
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Page 6
(Badge)
Royal Air Force
Sergeant (Navigator/Wireless Operator
Roland
Brown
1059977
Died 16th April 1943
Aged 24 years
Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium
Plot 4, Row B, Grave 38
son of
James and Norah Alice Brown
14, Burn Street, Bowburn
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Page 7
(Badge)
Military Provost Staff Corps
Serjeant
Christopher Walker
Carlin
786605
Died 25th December 1944
Aged 35 years
Quarrington (St.Paul’s) Churchyard
North Side Plot, Grave 387
son of
William and Sarah Elizabeth Carlin
27, Durham Road West, Bowburn
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Page 8
(Badge)
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
104 Squadron
Flight Sergeant
William Rogerson
Cook
755126
Died 13th June 1942
Aged 34 years
El Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Column 249
husband of
Mrs. M.S. Cook
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
son of
Daniel & Elizabeth Alice Cook
13, Durham Road West,
Bowburn
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Page 9
(Badge)
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Leading Aircraftman
Clifford
Crowe
941719
Died 26th August 1943
Aged 25 years
Kelloe (St. Helen’s) Churchyard Extension
Sec.3, Grave 17
husband of
Ada Crowe
28 Steavenson Street, Bowburn
son of
Weston Perry and Elizabeth Crowe
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Page 10
(Badge)
62 Chemical Warfare Company
Royal Engineers
Sapper
George
Elsbury
1503528
Died 30th May 1940
Aged 22 years
Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France
Plot 2, Row 15, Grave 18
son of
Charles and Margaret Elsbury
10 Steavenson Street, Bowburn
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Page 11
(Badge)
267 Company
Pioneer Corps
Private
Robert Wilson
Fleetham
3605901
Died 7th June 1944
Aged 37 years
Bayeux War Cemetery, France
Plot 14, Row D, Grave 24
husband of
Alice Fleetham
25, School Street, Tursdale
son of
Joseph & Priscilla Fleetham
25, School Street, Tursdale
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Page 12
(Badge)
Royal Air Force
Sergeant
Frank
Harker
515732
Died 28th August 1941
Aged 27 years
Coxhoe (St. Mary’s) Churchyard
Row M, Grave 34
husband of
D. Harker
son of
Thomas & Mary Harker
2, Norton Ave, Bowburn
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Page 13
(Badge)
6th Battalion
Durham Light Infantry
Lance Corporal
Wilfred
Holden
4455604
Died 21st March 1943
Aged 23 years
Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia
Face 28
son of
Luke and Jane Evelyn Holden
9, Heugh Hall Street, Bowburn
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Page 14
(Badge)
179 Squadron
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Flight Sergeant
Stanley Burton
Howell
1045569
Died 24th June 1944
Aged 21 years
The Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey
Panel 219
son of
Thomas & Rosina Howell
63, Ramsay Street, Tursdale
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Page 15
(Badge)
1st Battalion
The Royal Scots
Private
Ralph
Johnson
3055373
Died 28th May 1940
Aged 19 years
Souvenir Cemetery, Longenesse (St.Omer),
France, Plot 10, Row B, Grave 14
son of
Alfred and Alice Johnson
117, Park Avenue, Park Hill
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Page 16
(Badge)
Attached to HQ 11 Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
Private
William
Jordan
T/97160
Died 29th May 1940
Aged 22 years
The Dunkirk Memorial, France
Column 141
son of
William & Elizabeth Jane Jordan
14, Durham Road, Bowburn
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Page 17
(Badge)
2nd Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
Warrant Officer II
Company Sergeant Major
James William
Marr
4446964
Died 4th May 1944
Aged 34 years
Kohima War Cemetery, India
Plot 4, Row G, Grave 7
husband of
Elizabeth P. Marr (née Miller)
25 Long Row
(later 31, Grange Crescent), Coxhoe
son of
Michael & Mary Marr
50, Ramsay Street, Tursdale
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Page 18
(Badge)
10 Squadron
Royal Air Force
Sergeant
Thomas Henry Richard
McKeag
577186
Died 22nd November 1943
Aged 20 years
The Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey
Panel 158
son of
Thomas Masterman & Jane McKeag
1, Heugh Hall Street, Bowburn
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Page 19
(Badge)
104 Essex Yeomanry
Gunner
Frank
Newby
868457
Died 12th June 1942
Aged 24 years
El Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Column 14
son of
George & Mary Ellen Newby
79, Dene View, Cassop
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Page 20
(Badge)
S.S. Almeda Star
Royal Marines
Marine
Robert
Pringle
CH/X 508
Died 17th January 1941
Aged 33 years
The Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
Panel 49, Column 3
husband of
Elizabeth Jane (Jennie) Pringle
6, Grange Park Crescent, Bowburn
son of
George & Josephine Pringle
of Ushaw Moor
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Page 21
(Badge)
H.M. Submarine Turbulent
Royal Navy
Able Seaman
Robert Rowcroft
Ridley
P/JX 191213
(Mentioned in Dispatches)
Died 23rd March 1943
Aged 22 years
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Hampshire
Panel 75, Column 2
son of
George & Ethel Ridley
56, Ramsay Street, Tursdale
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Page 22
(Badge)
1st Lothians & Border Horse
Royal Armoured Corps
Trooper
Joseph
Smalley
321902
Died 6th June 1940
Aged 20 years
Marieux Communal Cemetery, France
Plot 2, Row A, Grave 3
son of
Joseph & Mary Smalley
12, Clarence Street, Bowburn
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Page 23
(Badge)
9th Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
Private
Richard Norman
Snowdon
4457341
Died 22nd March 1943
Aged 24 years
Infidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 26
son of
William & Jane Snowdon
105, Park Ave., Park Hill
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Page 24
(Badge)
186 Squadron
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant (Air Gunner)
Harrison (Harry)
Stainthorpe
1594910
Died 3rd February 1945
Aged 21 years
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany
Plot 4, Row E, Grave 8
son of
William & the late Mary Hannah Stainthorpe
25, Durham Road West, Bowburn
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Page 25
(Badge)
75 (New Zealand) Squadron
Royal Air Force
Sergeant
Francis Barkhouse
Stewart
547841
Died 3rd March 1943
Aged 23 years
The Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey
Panel 166
son of
Peter Wilson Stewart &
Dorothy Isabella Stewart
8 Durham Road West (then 2 Oxford Tce),
Bowburn, and later of Redcar, Yorkshire.
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Page 26
(Badge)
H.M.S. Dunedin
Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class
Thomas Thomson
PK/62378
Died 24th November 1941
Aged 37 years
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Portsmouth
Panel 55, Column 3
husband of
Isabelle Thomson
5, Clarence Street, Bowburn
(later 18, Park Avenue, Park Hill)
son of
Robert & Jane Thomson
of Blyth, Northumberland.
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Page 27
(Badge)
Royal Air Force
Flying Officer
Henry Outram
Thwaite
39399
Died 15th April 1940
Aged 23 years
The Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey
Panel 6
husband of
Mary Thwaite
son of
Alwyn Howarth & Henrietta Thwaite
West Hetton Lodge, Park Hill
and later of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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Page 28
(Badge)
H.M. Torpedo Boat 707
Royal Navy
Leading Stoker
Albert
Travers
PKX/135189
Died 18th April 1944
Aged 23 years
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Portsmouth
Panel 85, Column 3
son of
John & Margaret Travers
2, Castle Street, Bowburn
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Page 29
(Badge)
115 Squadron
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant (Air Gunner)
James
Truby
1595391
Died 6th October 1944
Aged 20 years
The Runnymede Memorial, Egham, Surrey
Panel 239
son of
William & Theresa Truby
17, Durham Road West, Bowburn
(later 4, Woodlands Place, Esh Winning)
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Page 30
(Badge)
H.M.S. Courageous
Royal Navy
Able Seaman
Thomas
Venners
P/SSX 17700
Died 17th September 1939
Aged 20 years
The Portsmouth Naval Memorial,
Portsmouth
Panel 33, Column 3
son of
Thomas & Elizabeth J. Venners
113, Park Avenue, Park Hill
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Page 31
(Badge)
9th Battalion
The Durham Light Infantry
Private
George William
Wharrier
4457358
Died 30th May 1940
Aged 21 years
Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Belgium
Row G, Grave 13
son of
George Brown & Elizabeth Wharrier
4, Steavenson Street, Bowburn
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Page 32
(Badge)
608 Squadron
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Flight Sergeant
(Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Thomas Edward
Willey
943629
Died 20th April 1942
Aged 24 years
Trondheim (Stavne) Cemetery, Norway
British Plot 4A, Row E, Grave 8
husband of
Margaret Willey
of Sheffield
son of
John & Mary Willey
6 Bow Street, Bowburn
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Page 33
(Badge)
35 Squadron
Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve)
Sergeant (Air Gunner)
Joseph William
Young
1216336
Died 16th April 1943
Aged 22 years
The Communal Cemetery, Liesse, France
Military Plot, Row A, Collective Grave 3-6
son of
Joseph Topham Young & Edith Young
Peat Edge Farm, Tursdale Road, Bowburn and
later of Kempston, Bedfordshire.
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