Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Korea King Edward VI School
Morpeth
Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Korea King Edward VI School (M17.12)
NEWMP Ref No.: M17.12
Parish: Morpeth
King Edward VI School, Cottingwood Lane.
In the foyer.
Placed in foyer in 1974.
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. Korea
Paper sheets in wood cover on oak lectern.
Compiled by Alec. H. Tweddle
On cover
King Edward VI
School
Roll of Honour.
Roll of Honour.
This is made of typewritten A4 sheets bound into a book with a wood cover on which is painted the School badge.
The book is chained to a wood lectern.
a. 1914-18. 62 names, all known details of service, rank, regiment, service number, where and when died and buried, and also where commemorated elsewhere, also give their peacetime occupation, where they lived, and the years they were at the School.
b. 1939-45. 60 names, ranks, regiments, service numbers, where and when died and buried, and also where commemorated elsewhere.
c. Korea. 1 name, rank, regiment, date of death and burial details.
Photos: Janet Brown
Additional Research Documents
Alec Tweddle;
Staff of King Edward VI School;
Janet Brown
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MORPETH King Edward VI School, Cottingwood Lane.
WORLD WAR 1914-18
Dates From Peacetime
at Occupation Roll of Honour
School
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1. 1909-14 Morpeth Student Capt. John Norman ARMSTRONG, “Z” Company
teacher 15th att’d 8th Bn. Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died 16th Jan. 1917. Age 21.
Buried in Plot 111 Row C Grave No. 13
in Puchevillers British Cemetery, France
2. 1910-13 Morpeth Clerk Pte. Edwin ARMSTRONG 24044 3rd Bn.
Grenadier Guards. Died 1 August 1917.
Age 20. Buried in Plot 11 Row I
Grave No. 29 Dozingham Military
Cemetery, Westvleteren, Belgium.
3. 1909-13 Bedlington Mining Pte. Harold George BAKER
Engineer 29 Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
4. 1910-15 Choppington Student Lce. Cpl. George BARNFATHER 242270
teacher 1st/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s Regt.
Died 7 August 1917. Age 20. Buried in
Plot 11 Row A Grave No. 5 in Ramscappelle
Road Military Cemetery, St. George’s,
Belgium.
5. 1897-99 Gosforth Merchant Cpl. Jacob Cox BELL 760605 54th Bn
Navy Canadian Infantry. Died 5th March 1917.
Age 34. Buried in Row C Grave No. 34
in Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension,
France.
6. 1910-12 Seaton Burn Insurance Spt. Herbert BROWN 492560 3rd Signal
Clerk Sqdn. Royal Engineers. Died 27 March 1918.
Age 21. No known grave. The casualties
from the Royal Engineers are
commemorated by name on Panels No. 10 to
13 of the Pozières Memorial, France.
7. 1894-1900 Morpeth Barrister Pte. John William BROWN. Canadian Army
in Died 2 September 1918. Age 38. No record
Winnipeg of burial place.
8. 1890-94 Morpeth Doctor Capt. Llewellyn Alfred Henry BULKELEY
Royal Army Medical Corps, att’d. 15th
Bn. Cheshire Regt. Died 10 April 1918.
Age 38. Buried in Plot 1 Row M. Grave
No. 40 in Varennes Military Cemetery.
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9. 1905-09 Seaton Mining Capt. George Fenwick Hedley CHARLTON
Delaval Engineer 10th Bn. South Wales Borderers. Mentioned
in Despatches. Died 6 Oct 1916. Age 24.
Buried in Plot XIII Row H Grave No. 5 in
Bedford House Cemetery. Enclosure No. 4,
Zillebeke, Belgium
Brother to
10. 1910-11 Seaton Lt. William Godfrey CHARLTON 15th Bn. Durham
Light Infantry. Died 26 August 1918. Age 20.
Buried in Plot 11 Row J Grave No. 3 in
Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.
11. 1901-03 Morpeth Tailor Bmdr. Joseph CLARK 48124 3rd Bty 45th Bde.
Royal Field Artillery. Died 8 July 1918.
Age 30. Buried in Grave 632 in Morpeth
(SS. Mary and James)Churchyard, Northumberland.
12. 1903-10 Morpeth Pte. Robert Raymond COOPER 43093 1st/4th Bn
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 26 Oct. 1917
Age 23. No known grave. The casualties from
the N’land Fusiliers are commemorated by name
on Panels 19023 of the Tyne Cot Memorial,
Passchendaele, Belgium.
13. 1911-17 Ridsdale Schoolboy Pte. Robert COWENS 39174 2nd/4th Bn. King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died 18 September
1918. Age 18. Buried in Row C Grave No. 38
in Grand Ravine British Cemetery, Havrincourt
France.
14. 1900-07 Morpeth Clerk Tpr. George Cecil CRAKE 199 1st Australian
Light Horse. Died 14 May 1915. Age 26
Buried in Row B Grave No. 3 in Quinn’s Post
Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli.
15. 1912-13 Morpeth Draper 2nd Lt. James DAVIDSON Northumberland
Fusiliers, att’d 15th Bn. Durham Light
Infantry. Died 17 May 1918. Age 21. No
known grave. Commemorated by name on the
Soissons Memorial, France.
16 1907-12 Bedlington Teacher 2nd Lt. Malcolm DUNN 22nd (Tyneside Scottish)
Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 9 Apl. 1918.
Age 23. Buried in Plot IX Row R Grave No. 10
in Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert
Belgium
17. 1906-11 Shankhouse Student Sergt. Richard DUNN 18115 11th Bn. Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers. Died 1st July 1916.
Age 23. Buried in Plot XIX Row E Grave No.8
in Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, France.
Brother to
18. 1909-12 Shankhouse Civil servant Pte. Thomas Arthur DUNN 5341 1st/7th Bn
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died
16 November 1916. Age 20. No known grave.
Casualties from the A & S are commemorated
by name on Panels 15A to 16C of the Thiepval
Memorial France.
19. 1902-04 Amble. Engineer 2nd Lt. Oscar EARNSHAW Royal Engineers. Died
2nd June 1916. Age 28. No known grave.
Casualties from the Royal Engineers are
commemorated by name on Panel 9 of the Menin
Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
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20. 1906-08 Morpeth Watchmaker C.S.M. Bertie FOSTER 1st/7th Bn.
& Jeweller Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 15 Sept. 1916
Age 21. No known grave. Casualties from the
Northumberland Fusiliers are commemorated
by name on Pier and Face 10B, 11B and 12B of the
Thiepval Memorial, France.
21. 1908-09 Pegswood Pte. John FORBES 20/1039 20th (Tyneside
Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died
1st July 1916. Age 20. Buried in Plot 1 Row 1
Grave No. 16 in Albert Communal Cemetery
Extension, Albert, France.
22. 1902-05 Morpeth Pharmacist Pte. Oswald GARVIE 61765 54th Field Amb. Royal
Art Medical Corps. Died 24 Oct 1917. Age 28
Buried in Plot 11 Row E Grave No. 8 in
Gwalia Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium/
23. 1899 Newcastle Lt. John T. GIBSON Royal Flying Corps. Died
10 Feb 1918. Age 28. Grave No. 1 in
Yatesbury (All Saints) Churchyard, Cherhill,
Wilts. There was a Flying School at
Yatesbury.
24. 1911-13 Blyth Builder Act. Bmdr. John Colin GOULDING 194263 “A” Bty.
83rd Bde Royal Field Artillery. Died Oct 25
1917. Age 19. Buried in Plot VI Row A Grave
No. 42 in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boesinge,
Belgium.
25. 1904-08 Choppington Teacher Sergt. Joshua GRAHAM 19860 10th Bn. Canadian
Inf. (Alberta Regt.) Died 23 June 1916. Age 25.
Buried in Choppington (St.Paul) Churchyard,
Bedlingtonshire, Northumberland.
26. 1906-11 Broomhill Mining 2nd Lt. John Ivor GREY 7th Bn. Northumberland
Engineer Fusiliers. Died 15 Sept. 1916. Age 21. Buried
in Row E Grave No. 8 in Bazentin-le-Petit
Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
27. 1911-17 Newbiggin Schoolboy Pte. David HEPBURN 82149. 20th Bn. Durham
Light Infantry. Died 25 Oct. 1918. Age 19
No known Grave. Casualties from the Durham
Light Inf. are commemorated by name on
Panels 128-131 on the Tyne Cot Memorial,
Passchendaele, Belgium.
28. 1910-15 Morpeth Apprentice Apptce Cyril Jos. HOEY s.s. “Belgium Prince”
Merchant (N/cle). Died 31 July 1917. Age 17. The names of
Navy Officer those who died on the s.s. “Belgium Prince”
are commemorated on Panel No.3 of the
Tower Hill Memorial, Stepney, London.
29. 1898-1900 Morpeth Clerk C.Q.M.S. Thomas HOOD 16/767 16th Bn.
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 2 Dec 1917.
Age 33. No known grave. Casualties from
the Northumberland Fusiliers are
commemorated by name on Panels 19-23 on
the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele,
Belgium.
30. 1907-10 East Bank Clerk Pte. Ernest INESON 18/448 18th Bn
Cramlington Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 14 July 1916.
Age 22. Buried in Plot XV Row A Grave No. 1
in Bienvillers Military Cemetery, France.
31. 1904-10 Widdrington Teacher 2nd Lt. Henry Teasdale JACKSON 13th Bn
Northumberland Fusiliers Att’d 8th Bn
Leicestershire Regt. Died 8 Oct 1917.
Age 24. No known grave. The casualties
from the N’land Fusiliers are commemorated
by name on Panels 19-23 of the Tyne Cot
Memorial, Passchendaele, Belgium.
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32. 1908-15 Morpeth Shipping Flt. Cadet William Leslie JAMES 205th
Clerk Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force.
Died 29 Oct. 1918. Age 18. Buried in Morpeth
(Ss Mary and James) Churchyard.
33. 1905-11 Morpeth Plumber 2nd Lt. Edward Grey LAWSON 7th Bn
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 14 Nov 1916
Age 21. Buried in Plot 1 Row B Grave No. 9 in
Warlencourt British Cemetery, France/
34. 1909-14 Morpeth Student Petty Officer Joseph Cuthbert LOUGHRAN
teacher Tyneside Z/2260 RNVR “Collingwood” Bn RN
Division. Died 4 June 1915 at the Battle of
Krithia, Gallipoli, age 21. No known grave.
RNVR casualties who died on land are
commemorated by name of the Helles Memorial
Gallipoli.
35. 1899-1900 Morpeth Nurseryman Gnr. Edward MATHESON 117326 Siege
Battery Royal Garrison Artillery. Died
30 Dec. 1917. Age 32. Buried in Plot 11
Row C Grave No. 37 in Ribecourt British
Cemetery, France.
36. 1906 Wooler Lt. Philip Whiteside MACLAGAN Mentioned in
Despatches. 5th Bn. Border Regt. Died
16 April 1916. Age 20. Buried in Plot 11
Row S Grave No.4 in Ridge Wood Military
Cemetery, Voormezeele, Belgium
37. 1906-07 Bedlington Butcher Herbert Henry MIDDLEMISS (Lt.) Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died 23 Oct. 1917. Flanders.
Age 24. No known grave.
38. 1891-99 Morpeth Mason Pte. Joseph MIDDLEMISS 23/857 (Tyneside
Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died 5 March 1917. Age 31. Buried in
Plot 11 Row E Grave No. 30 in Faubourg-d’
Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.
39. 1913-15 Bedlington Bank Pte. Lawrence MOLDEN 41949 11th Bn. East
Clerk Yorkshire Regt. Died 12 April 1918. Age 18.
No known grave. Casualties from the East
Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated by
name on Panel 4 of the Ploegsteert
Memorial, France.
40. 1903-05 Morpeth Spr. Geoffrey Franklin MURPHY 45155 3rd
Field Company Engineers. Died 25 April
1915. Age 20. No known grave. Casualties
from the Canadian Engineers are
commemorated by name on Panel 10 of the
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
41. 1904-11 Morpeth Lt. Robert OLIVER 12th Bn Northumberland
Fusiliers. Mentioned in Despatches.
Died 25 Sept. 1915. Age 20. No known grave.
Casualties from the Northumberland
Fusiliers are commemorated by name on
Panels 20-22 of the Loos Memorial, France.
42. 1906-13 Bedlington Student Lt. Alfred James PICK 3rd Bn. Durham Light
Infantry att’d Royal Air Force. Died
2 Dec. 1918. Age 22. Buried in Bedlington
(St. Cuthbert) Churchyard.
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43 1909-14 Dudley Medical Surgeon Probationer Raymond Forster PRATT
Student RNVR GMS “Tartar” (Portsmouth). Died 17 June
1917. Age 20. Buried in Longbenton (Benton)
Cemetery
44. 1905-06 Morpeth Clerk Pte. James Laing REAY 27888 12/13th Bn
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 17 Nov. 1918.
Age 28. Buried in Plot 111 Row A Grave No.4
in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Common-
wealth Section, Poland.
Brother to
45. 1899-1900 Morpeth Clerk Pte. William REAY 235272 “A” Company 26th
(Tyneside Irish) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died 24 April 1917. Age 31. Buried in Plot
XIX Row H Grave No. 13 in Etaples Military
Cemetery, France.
46. 1907-12 Amble Teacher Pte. Adam ROSS 53268 57th Field Amb. Royal
Head Boy 1912 Army Medical Corps. att’d 2nd Bn.
Bedfordshire Regt. Died 11 Sept. 1917. Age 24.
Buried in Plot 11 Row D Grave no. 3 in
Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Sytschaete, Belgium.
47. 1908-09 Morpeth Solicitor’s Lance Sergt. Louis Armstrong SHEPHERD
Clerk 42513 25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died 28 April 1917. Age 22.
Buried in Plot VI Row J Grave No. 38 in
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-en-Gohelle,
France.
48. 1902-11 Bedlington Teacher C.S.M. Thomas Chester SMYTH 19/382 19th Bn
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 30 July 1916.
Age 29. Buried in Row C Grave No. 22 in
Carnoy Military Cemetery, France.
Brother of
49. 1906-11 Bedlington Clerk Lce. Cpl. Henry Richard SMYTH 16/111 “A”
Company 16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died 1 July 1916. Age 20. Buried in Plot VI
Row S Grave No. 7 in Lonsdale Cemetery,
Aveluy and Authuile, France.
50. 1908-12 Ashington Student 2nd Lt. Melvin Leslie STUDDY 15th Bn. N’land
Fusiliers att’d 8th Bn. Died 22 Oct 1916.
Age 21. Buried in Row C Grave No. 2060 in
Harton (St.Peter) Churchyard, South Shields.
51. 1898-1900 Bedlington Pte. William Wallace SWANN 235686 9th Bn.
Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 19 April 1918.
Age 32. Buried in Plot IX Row A Grave No. 4
in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
52. 1905-10 Morpeth Engineer Capt. James Herbert Cecil SWINNEY M.C.
7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died
16th April 1917. Age 22. No known grave.
Casualties from the Northumberland Fusiliers
are commemorated by name on the Arras
Memorial France.
Cousin of
53. 1905-12 Morpeth Student 2nd Lt. Norman A. SWINNEY 13th Bn. Northumberland
Fusiliers. Died 28 April 1916. Age 20. Buried
in Plot 1 Row D Grave No. 27 in Dartmoor
Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France.
54. 1906-11 Ashington Teacher Cpl. Henry TAIT 8/1977 1st/8th Bn. Durham Light
Infantry. Died 25 Sept. 1915. Age 23. Buried
in Plot IX Row D Grave No. 7 in Cite Bonjean
Military Cemetery, Armentières, France.
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55 1908-12 Ashington Postman Pte. Thomas TAYLOR 2990 5th
Australian Infantry. Died 28
Oct. 1917. Age 22. Buried in
Plot XXII Row F Grave No. 16 in
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery,
Belgium
56. 1895-1900 Bedlington Schoolmaster Cpt. James Noel TREBLE 4th Bn. Oxf.
and Bucks Light Infantry. Died
18 Oct. 1915. Age 32. Buried in
Plot 1 Row D Grave No. 14 in
Hebuterne Military Cemetery,
France.
57. 1909-11 Morpeth Scholar Lce.Ptl. William Johnson
WEATHERLEY R/6023 8th Bn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps. Died 2 July
1916. Age 20. Buried in Plot 1
Row E Grave No. 21 in
Faubourg-d’Amiens Cemetery
Arras, France.
58. 1906-09 Barmoor Clerk Pte. William Wallace WINN 41069
“C” Company 1st Bn. The
Cameronians (Sco. Rfls). Died 27
Nov. 1917. Age 23. No known
grave. The casualties for the
Cameronians are commemorated by
the name on Panels 68-70 on the
Tyne Cot Memorial,
Passchendaele, Belgium
59. 1912-14 Morpeth Schoolmaster Sgt. Sidney Arthur WRIGHT 12701
on staff 2nd Bn. Scots Guards. Died on 1
(Music & March 1917. Age 34. Buried in
Geography). Plot III Row C Grave No. 17 in
Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte,
France.
60. J. DAVIES. Died some 12 months
after the war as a result of his
wounds. Other than assuming he
was over 46 years of age at the
time, extensive research has
produced no further information
. . . . He is our own “unknown
warrior”.
61. 1915-16 Morpeth Schoolmaster Private David ELLIS Royal Army
on staff. Medical Corps 1916-18. Reported
B.A. (Wales) missing on or since 15 June 1918
(Geography) in Salonica/Macedonia when he
was aged about 25. Our
attention was drawn to him by
the Welsh Bards’ Society in 1991
when it enquired if we knew what
had happened to “this brilliant
bard and scholar” from Penyfed.
His fate is still not known.
62. 1913-15 Morpeth Schoolmaster Cpt. Harold Jesse MOWLAM, Durham
on staff. Light Infantry. He died of
(MA (Cantab) wounds in 1924 aged about 32.
(Science).
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SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45
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Dates From Peacetime Roll of Honour
at Occupation
School
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1 1930-37 Widdrington Farmer Flying Officer Hugh Crawford ANNETT
162871 Mentioned in Despatches. RAF(VR)
97 Sqdn. Died 11 Nov.1944 Age 23. No
known grave. Commemorated by name on
Panel 204 of the Runnymede memorial.
2. 1927-29 Morpeth Clerk Pilot Officer (W/Op./Air Gnr)
William APPLEBY 42975 RAF 269 Sqdn.
Died 23rd July 1940. Age 26. Buried in
Old Ground at Morpeth (Ss Mary and James)
Churchyard.
3. 1936-40 Craster Civil Servant Flt.Sgt. George Robert ARCHBOLD 1673070
RAF(VR) 36 Sqdn. Died 8 March 1945. Age 22.
No known grave. Commemorated by name on
Panel 270 of the Runnymede Memorial.
4. 1931-44 Morpeth Schoolmaster Capt. Lionel Clifford BECKERLEG 175636
on staff R.A.S.C. Died 1 Nov. 1944. Age 40. Buried
in Plot 6 Row C Grave No.3 in Bergen-op-
Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, The
Netherland.
5. 1928-30 Blyth Clerk Writer Arthur BILTON D/MX 66814 RN HMS
“Tamar” (lost in S.S. “Lisbon Maru” off
Hong Kong). Died 2nd October 1942. Age 28.
No grave but the sea. Commemorated on
Panel 71 Column 3 of the Plymouth Naval
Memorial.
6. 1931-35 Newbiggin Clerk Sgt. Howard Ainsley BLACKETT 2079765
232 Field Company Royal Engineers.
Died 28/30th May 1942. Age 23. No known
grave. The casualties from the Corps of
Royal Engineers are commemorated by name
on Columns 42-52 of the Alamein Memorial.
7. 1927-35 Alnmouth Railway Thomas H.O. BLYTHE
Engineer. Died in March 1941 in an air raid.
Age 25.
8. 1929-34 Ashington Engineer Flt.Sgt. (Flt.Engr) Robert BROTHERTON
952410 RAF(VR) 115 Sqdn. Died 21 Jan.1944.
Age 26. Buried in Plot 4 Row G Joint
Grave 24-25 in Berlin 1939-1945 War
Cemetery, Germany.
9. 1928-33 Belsay Clerk Flt.Sgt. (Air Gnr) Thomas Stanley CARR
1155863 RAF(VR) 156 Sqdn. Died 21 Feb.1945
Age 28. Buried in Plot II Row A Grave No.
15 in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
10. 1932-37 Lynemouth Estate Agent Flying Officer William Francis COLDWELL
127276 RAF (VR) 83 Sqdn. Died 30 March 1943.
Age 21. No known grave. Commemorated by a
name on Panel 123 of the Runnymede
Memorial.
11. 1918-21 Amble Merchant Navy Ch. Engr. Offr. Robert COULSON
Officer Merchant Navy S.S. British Venture” (London).
Died 24 June 1943. Age 37. No grave
but the sea. Commemorated on Panel 66
of the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
12. 1921-23 Morpeth Dairyman Sgt. (W/Op./Air Gnr.) Herbert Edward COWLING
1534158 RAF(VR) 103 Sqdn. Died 25 July
1944. Age 36. Buried in Plot 2 Row A
Grave No. 13 in Orleans Main Cemetery
France.
13. 1931-36 Morpeth Plumber Sgt. George DAGLISH 993865 RAF(VR)
254 Sqdn. Died 4 June 1942. Age 22.
No known grave. Commemorated on Panel
81 of the Runnymede Memorial.
14. 1924-31 Morpeth Dentist Srg.Lieut. William Austin DICKIE RN
H.M.S. “Royal Oak”. Died 14 Oct.1939.
Age 25. No grave but the sea.
Commemorated on Panel 33 Column 1 of
the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
15. 1930-35 Newbiggin Surveyor ASC.2 Walton Clavering DODDS 984058 RAF
(VR) Died 26 May 1941. Age 22. Buried in
Sec.2 Row D Grave No.1 in Fulford Burial
Ground, York.
16. 1930-36 Ashington Confectioner Sgt.(Pilot) Alexander Tait DONKIN
1055285 RAF(VR) 112 Sqdn. Died 8 Feb. 1942
Age 21. Buried in Plot 12 Row B Grave No.
14 in Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma,
Libya.
17. 1925-30 Bedlington Clerk Sgt. (W.Op/Air Gnr.) William DOTT 1113679
RAF(VR). Died 6 November 1941. Age 27.
Buried in Sec.C Grave 645 in Bedlington
(St.Cuthbert) Church Burial Ground,
Bedlingtonshire.
18. 1927-34 Morpeth Student Lt. James DOUGLAS 162673 2nd Bn Seaforth
Head Boy Highlanders. Died 8 April 1943. Age 27.
1934. Plot VI Row F Grave No. 4 in Enfidaville
War Cemetery, Tunisia.
19. 1927-30 Blyth Merchant Navy Second Offr. Samuel Pearn DRIVER Merchant
Officer Navy S.S. “Royal Crown” (Newcastle upon
Tyne). Died 30 January 1940. Age 25. No
grave but the sea. Commemorated on Panel
89 of the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
20. 1932-36 Mitford Royal Air Force Sgt. (W.E.Mech/Air Gnr.) Henry DUNBAR
570770 RAF 240 Sqdn. Died 21 March 1941.
Age 20. Buried in Plot 1 Grave 5 in
Irvinestown Church of Ireland Churchyard,
Northern Ireland.
21. 1922-25 Pegswood Lt. James Humphrey ELLISON. 1st
Royal Tank Regiment. Died 5 Dec. 1941.
Embarked on SS Chakdina on 5 Dec. 1941, sunk
on that date by enemy action. Age 31.
No grave but the sea.
22. 1934-39 Linton Clerk Flt. Sgt. (Nav). William Dixon GRAY 1098526
R.A.F.(T.) 35 Sqdn. Died 30 May 1943.
Age 20. Buried in Plot 6 Row A Grave No.
14 in Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.
23. 1940-44 Morpeth Schoolmaster Lt. Ernest Edward HACKETT 224619. The
on staff. King’s Own Regt. (Lancaster) att’d 1st
Bn. The West Yorkshire Regt. Died 12
March 1944. Age 31. M.A.Hons (Cantab.). No
known grave. Commemorated on Face 5 of
the Rangoon Memorial Burma.
24. 1925-29 Morpeth Frederick Henry HALLS
25. 1932-38 Morpeth Civil Servant Sgmn. John Lewis HENDERSON 14233428 Royal
Corps of Signals. 3rd Div.Sigs. Died
27 July 1944. Age 23. Buried in Plot 1
Row E Grave No.14 in Ranville War
Cemetery, France.
26. 1937-41 Stannington Engineer Lt. Ronald Whiteley HULLY EC/11235 2nd
Bn 6th Gurkha Rifles. Died 21 February
1945. Age 20. Buried in Plot VI Row D
Grave No. 5 in Forli War Cemetery, Italy.
27. 1923-29 Seaton Delaval Clerk Sgt. Harold JENKINS 1379148 R.A.F.(V.R.)
9 Sqdn. Died 23 April 1943. Age 33. No
known grave. Commemorated on Panel 155
of the Runnymede Memorial.
28. 1928-33 Newbiggin Solicitor Major James KAILOFER 153376 8th Bn. The
Durham Light Infantry. Died 9 August 1944.
Age 27. Buried in Plot VIII Row G Grave
No.7 in St. Manvieu War Cemetery, France.
29. 1938-40 Wideopen Merchant Navy Apprentice William KELSEY Merchant Navy
Officer S.S. “Embassage” (Newcastle upon Tyne).
Died 31 August 1941, age 17. No grave
but the sea. Commemorated by name on
Panel 37 of the Tower Hill Memorial,
London.
30. 1922-27 Hartford Clerk Sgt. (Nav./Bomber) Joseph William KERR
1378669 RAF(VR) 429 (RCAF) Sqdn. Died
30 March 1943. Age 32. Buried in Plot 10
Row E Grave No. 10 in Reichswald Forest
War Cemetery, Germany.
31. 1927-32 Morpeth Confectioner Flt.Sgt. (Nav.) George Frederick Denis
LOWRISON 1005772 RAF (VR) 120 Sqdn.
Died 9 January 1943. Age 25. Buried
in Row. St.C.XLII Grave No. 5 in
Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland.
32. 1922-25 Morpeth Post Office A.C.2 Walter LUKE 1695427 RAF(VR). Died
Clerk 25 November 1942. Age 33. Buried in
Old Ground in Morpeth (Ss Mary and James
Churchyard).
33. 1930-32 Blyth Sgt. John MACAULAY 1113286 263 Sqdn
RAF (VR). Died 14 April 1943. Age 23.
No known grave. Commemorated on Panel
157 of the Runnymede Memorial.
34. 1931-36 Rothbury Bank clerk Writer Jonathan MACKAY Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Warspite”. Died off Crete.
May 1941. Age 22. No grave but the
sea.
35. 1932-38 Choppington Civil Lt. Hoodless Robinson McINTYRE 186410
Servant 35 Bty 12 (11th Bn. The London Regt.)
Light A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Att’d
6th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders. Died
26 September 1944. Age 23. Buried in Plot
11 Row F Grave No. 20 in Faenza War
Cemetery, Italy.
36. 1934-40 Rothbury Bank clerk Sgt. (Air Gnr) Charles MILBURN 1590726
RAF (VR) 576 Sqdn. Died 24 December 1943.
Age 19. Buried in Plot 2 Row E Grave
No. 11 in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery,
Germany.
37. 1928-31 Whalton Clerk 2nd Lt. Edward MOSCROP 117997 11th Bn.
The Durham Light Infantry. Died 21 May
1940. Age 22. Buried in Grave 3 in Chelers
Communal Cemetery, France.
38. 1930-33 Snitter Clerk C.Sgt. James ORMSTON 4273564 9th Bn. The
Royal N’land Fusiliers. Died 9 August 1942.
Age 26. Buried in Plot 10 Row A Grave No.
19 in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.
39. 1933-39 Pegswood Student Flying Officer (Pilot) Joseph Adam
PATTERSON 154705 RAF (VR) 182 Sqdn. Died
31 December 1944. Age 23. Buried in Plot
VIII Row A Grave No. 11 in Hotten War
Cemetery Belgium.
40. 1930-34 Morpeth Accountant. Pte. Ephraim PICKERING 5947513 2nd Bn The
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.
Died 27 May 1940. Age 27. No known grave.
Commemorated by name on Column 48 of the
Dunkirk Memorial, France.
41. 1935-39 Meldon Forester Flt.Lieut. Arthur Vincent PROCTOR 150674
R.A.F. (V.R.) 45 Sqdn. Died 5 November 1946.
Age 23. No known grave. Commemorated by
name on Column 459 of the Singapore
Memorial.
42. 1932-33 Dudley Lt. Isaac Teasdale REED. The Royal
Winnipeg Rifles R.C.I.C. Died 5 July 1944
Age 35. Buried in Plot XV Row G Grave No.
12 in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,
France.
43. 1927-31 Blyth Schoolmaster Sgt. (W.Op./Air Gnr.) John William Ernest
ROSS 1068371 RAF (VR) 12 Sqdn. Died 29
July 1942. Age 30. Buried in Binbrook
(St. Mary) churchyard, Lincolnshire.
44. 1933-37 Morpeth Bank clerk Capt. Alan Trevor SAVIOUR 226838
3 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty Royal
Artillery. Died 24 March 1945. Age 24.
Buried in Plot 38 Row F Grave No.2 in
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
45. 1929-30 Rothbury Sgt. (Air Gnr.) Michael George Cameron
SCANLON 1051680 RAF (VR) 37 Sqdn. Died
19 April 1942. Age 21. Buried in Plot
XVIII Row H Grave No. 6 in El Alamein
War Cemetery, Egypt.
46. 1928-31 Blyth Auctioneer L/Cpl. Fred Hall SHY 7909991 7th Royal
Tank Regt. RAC. Died 31 Oct/14 Nov. 1942.
Age 27. No known grave. Commemorated by
name on Column 22 of the Alamein
Memorial, Egypt.
47. 1936-41 Morpeth Civil L.A.C. Walter Ossian SLASSOR 1523097
Servant R.A.F. (VR). Died 7 January 1944. Age 19.
Buried in Sec. 29 Lot 4 Grave 169 Ottawa
(Beechwood) Cemetery, Canada.
48. 1933-38 Bedlington Mining William SMITH R.A.F. D.F.M.
Student.
49. 1936-40 Rothbury Royal Air Sgt. (Air Gnr) William John Riddle
Force SOULSBY 1522992 R.A.F. (VR) 428 (RCAF)
Sqdn. Died 1 September 1943. Age 19.
Buried in Plot 6 Row D Joint Grave 8-9
in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.
50. 1933-38 Newbiggin Policeman Flt.Sgt. (Pilot) Gladstone Myers STOREY
1348676 R.A.F. (VR) 78 Sqdn. Died 21 Feb.
1944. Age 22. Buried in Plot 1 Row B
Grave No.8 in Choloy War Cemetery, France.
51. 1936-41 Alnwick Merchant Navy Apprentice John Whitfield TAYLOR, M.N.
Officer Cadet S.S. “Embassage” (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Died 27th August 1941.. Age 16. No known
grave. Commemorated on Panel 37 of the
Tower Hill Memorial.
52. 1921-27 Ashington Civil Frederick THOMPSON H.M. Dockyard
Head Boy 1927 Engineer Singapore. Died
(Sumatra Internment Camp).
53. 1930-36 Rothbury Civil Sgt. (Air Gnr.) Robert Ferguson THOMPSON
Servant 974372 R.A.F. (VR) 35 Sqdn. Died 8 November
1941. Age 23. Buried in Grave 652 in
Rozendaal Private Cemetery, Arnhem, The
Netherlands.
54. 1920-25 Blyth Merchant Chief Officer John Ayton TILMOUTH
Navy Officer Merchant Navy. M.V. “Silver Maple”, (London).
Died on 26 February 1944. Age 33. Master
Mariner, Merchant Navy. No known grave.
Commemorated by name on Panel 97 of the
Tower Hill Memorial, London.
55. 1921-25 Morpeth Clerk First Radio Officer Denis **WATSON
Merchant Navy. S.S. “Glenlea” (Newcastle
upon Tyne). Died 7 November 1942. Age 32.
No known grave. Commemorated by name on
Panel 52 of the Tower Hill Memorial,
London.
56. 1925-29 Morpeth Wireless First Radio Officer Eric **WATSON King’s
Operator Commendation for Brave Conduct. Merchant
Navy. S.S. “Empire Dabchick” (London). Died
3 December 1942. Age 29. No known grave.
Commemorated by name on Panel 39 of the
Tower Hill Memorial, London.
** These two were brothers.
57. 1930-36 Barrington Student Lt. Robert A. WHARRIER 176399
1st Bn. The Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Died 12 March 1943. Age 23. Buried
in Plot 4 Row B Grave No. 9 in
Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery,
Tunisia.
58. 1922-26 Morpeth Post Office Pilot Officer (Pilot) Horace Raymond
Clerk William WHITTLE 149204. R.A.F. (VR).
76 Sqdn. Died 26 November 1943.
Age 32. Buried in Plot 1 Row G
Grave No.21 in Durnbach War
Cemetery, Germany.
59. 1935-41 Warkworth Merchant Third Radio Officer John Lancelot
Navy Officer WILSON Merchant Navy. S.S. “Goolistan”
(Newcastle upon Tyne). Died 23 November
1942. Age 18. No known grave.
Commemorated on Panel 53 of the
Tower Hill Memorial.
60. 1931-35 Alnwick Clerk Flt.Sgt. (Pilot) William Eric WOOD
1083974 R.A.F. (VR) 131 Sqdn. Died
1 December 1943. Age 24. Buried in
Sec. 35A Grave 691 in Alnwick
Cemetery, Northumberland.
KOREAN WAR 1950-53
1930-36 Rothbury Bank Clerk Captain John Kidd THOMPSON, M.C.
134093 Royal Artillery. Died 13 June
1952. Age 33. Buried Allied Plot 22
Row 4 Grave No. 1452 in The United
Nations Military Cemetery, Tanggok,
Korea.
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