Memorial

Book of Remembrance 1939-45 St. Paul

West Pelton

Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1939-45 St. Paul (W112.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: W112.03

Parish: West Pelton

Original Location:

St. Paul’s Church, St. Paul’s Terrace.

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated November 1953 by the Bishop of Durham

Materials Used:

Parchment.

Cost:

£450, including creation of chapel.

See W112.02

Inscription:

Parish of St. Paul
West Pelton Memorial Book.

Memorial Description:

Book of Remembrance, 12 inches high x 10 inches wide (30cms x 25cms), bound in blue leather and housed in a light oak glass-topped table.

The pages are hand-written, the month at the top of the page in blue capitals, the details of rank, unit and year in red and the name in black.

Names:

50 names, ranks, regiment, year and month of death.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle
20/11/1953 reports dedication.

Diocese of Durham
Faculty number 3637, issued 07/08/1953

West Pelton Church News
August 1953 (series 9 No.3) gives a list of names received so far and appeals for further names to be included in the Book of Remembrance.

St. Paul’s Church West Pelton 1870-1980 Christine Stephenson, 1980

Additional Research Documents

W112.03 Photos of All Pages

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Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
John and Mavis Dixon

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Names Documents:

    Parish of

    St. Paul

    West Pelton

    Memorial Book

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    Roll of Honour

    1939-1945

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January

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Gnr.           Reuben Dickinson        R.A.          1944

    Pte.           William Reed            D.L.I.        1946

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February

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Gnr.           Frederick Clasper       R.F.A.        1942

                   George Jackson          P.O.W.        1945

    A.B.           George Armstrong        R.N.          1940

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March

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Fus.           Matthew Oakes           R.N.F.        1945

    Sgt-Nav.       Robert Surtees          R.A.F.        1945

    Sgt.           Thomas Robinson         R.A.M.C.      1945

    Dvr.           Ralph Thompson          R.A.S.C.      1941

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April

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Bdr.           Ernest J. Adamson       R.A.          1945

    Staff Sgt.     Alfred Brannigan        D.L.I.        1944

    Gnr.           Cyril H. Glancy         R.A.          1944

    Ldg. Stoker    George Maitland         R.N.          1945

    Bdr.           James Taylor            R.A.          1942

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May

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Sgt.           Arthur M. Armin         R.A.F.        1944

    Special

    Constable      Samuel Edgell           —-          1942

                   Clive Lawson                          1942

    Special

    Constable      Robert Reay             —-          1942

    Pte.           John T. Sutherland      D.L.I.        1940

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June

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Gnr.           Matthew S. Carr         R.A.          1943

    Stoker         William Davison         R.N.          1941

    Ord. Smn.      David Laverick          R.N.          1942

    Sgt.           Andrew Moralee          D.L.I.        1944

    Gnr.           Tom J. Owers            R.A.          1942

    Sgt. Nav.      Thomas W. Walker        R.A.F.V.R.    1942

    Pte.           John Wrangham           T/Scottish    1940

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July

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    C.S.M.         Matthew J. Brannigan    D.L.I.        1943

    Pte.           Jonathan C. Vasey       D.L.I.        1943

    R.S.M.         Thomas V. McMahon       L. Fus.       1941

    Tel.           Anthony Pearson         R.N.          1941

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August

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Bdr.           Adam R. Armstrong       R.A.          1942

    Sgt.           Stephen Barber          R.A.          1944

    Stoker         Walter C. Pounder       R.N.          1942

    Sgt.           John Spedding           R.A.F.        1944

    Sgt.           Eric Taylor             R.A.F.        1944

    Stoker P.O.    Robert G. Wilson        R.N.          1942

    Fus.           William Woodcock        L. Fus.       1944

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September

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Ldg. Air Mech. Joseph W. Barker        R.N. (F.A.A.) 1941

    Sgt. Fl. Eng.  Leslie English          R.A.F.V.R.    1943

    L.A.C.         John Smith              R.A.F.        1943

    Sgt.           John Wilkinson          R.A.          1943

    Sgt.           John Wilson             R.A.F.        1943

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October

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Ldg. Stoker    William R. Thompson     R.N.          1940

    Pte.           Ernest Ledger           D.L.I.        1948

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November

    Rank           Name                    Unit          Year

    Ord. Smn.      T. Nicholas Bewick      R.N.          1941

    Pte.           David Harrison          Wost. Regt.   1944

    Cpl.           Thomas Jackson          K.O.S.B.      1944

    Gnr.           Vincent Martin          R.A.          1945

    Cpl.           Charles H. Ratcliffe    K.O.H.        1943

    P.O.           William Wilson          R.N.          1943

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