Memorial

Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Pease and Partners

Chilton Buildings

Memorial Name: Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Pease and Partners (C107.14)

NEWMP Ref No.: C107.14

Parish: Chilton Buildings

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Published 1920

Who Commissioned:

Pease and Partners

Inscription:

Memorial
and Record
European War
1914-1918
Pease and Partners Limited
Darlington.

Memorial Description:

Extract from Pease and Partners Record of Service 1914-18 for Windlestone Colliery.

Names:

Names, Initials, sphere of Service for Fallen, Served and those who earned Decorations
See Transcript

Notes:

For the full copy of the Record see D40.039

Sources:

Durham Record Office
Record of those from the firm who served 1914-18 D/X 353/1, 619/1

Sunderland Library Local Studies Section
Black-bound copy.

Darlington Library
Copy

Durham Library
Copy

North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish
Ref: 940-46

Additional Research Documents

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Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Brenda McMahon

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Front cover

 

  Memorial

  and Record.

  European War

  1914-1918

  Pease and Partners Limited,

  Darlington.

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  This Book is intended to be a permanent Memorial of the Officials and

  Workmen of Pease & Partners Limited, who have laid down their

  lives in the cause of King and Country, and also a Record of all who

  served in His Majesty’s Forces during the Great European War, 1914-1918.

 

  The following table shows that of the 13,154 Officials and Workmen

  employed by Pease & Partners, Limited, on the outbreak of war in August,

  1914, 4,174, or 31.74% joined H.M. Forces, of whom 543 have died on

  active service, also there have been awarded 1 V.C., 1 M.C. and Bar,

  2 M.C.’s, 1 D.C.M. and Bar, 20 D.C.M.’s, 5 M.M.’s and Bar,84 M.M.’s,

  10 M.S.M.’s, 3 Croix de Guerre, 1 Belgian Croix de Guerre, 1 Serbian Medal,

  1 Medaille d’Honneur, 4 Mons Stars.

 

                         Employed   Joined   Died      Received

                         prior to   H.M.     on        decora-

                         war        forces   service   tions

  OFFICIALS

     Head Office            58       38      12        2

     Collieries            270       85      11        3

     Ironstone Mines        68       14       1        3

     Limestone Quarries     12        –       –        –

     Iron Works             79       29       5        3

  WORKMEN.

     Collieries          8,900    2,922     367       96

     Ironstone Mines     1,897      546      69        9

     Limestone Quarries    383       83      13        3

     Iron Works          1,487      457      65        5

                        13,154    4,174     543      124

 

  The Record has been made as complete as possible but it is feared

  there may be omissions or errors owing to the difficulty and in some

  cases, impracticability of obtaining information.

 

  Darlington,

  November, 1920.

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In Memoriam

Page 7

  WINDLESTONE

 

  WORKMEN

  Bennett, G.        Private      23rd Oct.1915       France (Died of

                                                      Wounds)

  Birbeck, C.        Private      13th Oct.1918       France

  Boycott, L.        Private      7th July 1917       France

  Britton, A.        Private      7th July 1917       France

  Cumberland, R.     A.B.         6th May 1915        Dardanelles

  Ellwell, T.        Private      6th Nov.1915        France

  Fawcett, L.        Private      29th July 1917      France

  Ferguson, N.       Private      20th July 1917      France

  Hall, J.W.         Private      27th Apl.1917       France

  Hetherington, W.   Private      26th Sept.1916      Somme France

  Hughes, H.         Gunner       29th Oct.1917       Arras France

  Ianson, G.R.       Private      26th Oct.1917       France

  Jones, C.          Private      28th Sept.1916      France

  Kirkup, A.         Private      29th Oct.1917       France

  Lambton, W.        A.B.         15th Oct.1917       Salonika (Died of

                                                      Malaria)

  Lax, J.W.          Private      1st July 1916       France

  Peart, W.          Private      6th Oct.1915        France

  Slater, J.         Private      17th Nov.1917       Belgium

  Wesson, J.R.       A.B.         12th Oct.1918       Neuilly

  Wharton, J.A.R.    Private      12th Oct.1917       Ypres Belgium

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  Record

  Page 26

 

  WINDLESTONE

  

  WORKMEN

  

  Adams, J.J.                Corporal            R.F.A.                —

  Allison, J.W.              Private             D.L.I.                —

  Atkinson, W.S.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Banks, Jas.                Private             D.L.I.                —

  Banks, Ern.                Private             D.L.I.                —

  Barker, John Jos.          Stoker              R. Navy               —

  Bell, M.R.                 Private             Coldstream Gds.       —

  Bellas, George             Private             D.L.I.                —

  Bellwood, Jno.             Signaller           D.L.I.                —

  Bennett, Geo.              Private             D.L.I.                Died

  Bennett, J.W.              Private             R.F.A.                —

  Best, Ed. H.               Private             D.L.I.         M.M.   —

  Birbeck, Thos.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  Birbeck, Chris.            Private             E. Lancs.             Killed

  Bolton, Hy.                A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Boycott, Len.              Private             W. Yorks.      M.M.   Killed

  Britton, Alb.              Private             D.L.I.                Killed  

  Brown, James               Private             M.G.C.                —

  Brown, Alb.                Private             M.G.C.                —

  Brunskill, James           Private             D.L.I.                —

  Buckle, Jno.               A.B.                R. Navy               —

 

  Chapman, Edwin             Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  Challiner, Edward          Private             R.G.A.                —

  Cheesmond, Rd.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  Coatsworth, Geo. W.        Private             R.G.A.                —

  Cockburn, Fr.              Private             T.R.B.                —

  Cumberland, D.S.           Private             M.G.C.                —

  Cumberland, R.             A.B.                R. Navy               Killed

 

  Dart, Watson               Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Dawson, Arthur             Private             R.F.A.                —

  Dixon, James               Private             K.O.Y.L.I.            —

  Dixon, Mat.                A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Dixon, Thos.               Driver              R.H.A.                —

  Dodds, Wm.                 Private             R.G.A.                —

  Donaldson, Jos.            Private             R.F.A.                —

  Dunn, Geo.                 Private             Yorks.         M.M.   —

  Dunn, Richd.               Private             Yorks.                —

  

  Elleanor, Jas.             Private             R.A.S.C.              —

  Ellwell, Thos.             Private             R.A.S.C.              Killed

  Evans, J.B.                Private             M.G.C.                —

  

  Fawcett, Lancelot          Private             D.L.I.                Killed

  Ferguson, Norman           Private             Yorks.                Killed

  Fisher, R.                 Private             R.F.A.                —

  

  Gibbons, Thos.             Sergeant            Middlesex             —

  Grey, Jno. G.              Sergeant            R.F.A.         M.M.   —

  

  Hall, Jno. W.              Private             D.L.I.                Killed

  Hamilton, Wm.              A.B.                R. Fleet Res.         —

  Hanson, Jon.               Private             W. Yorks.             —

  Harley, Jos.               Private             W. Yorks.             —

  Harrison, Ch.              Corporal            R.F.A.                —  

  

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  Hetherington, Wm.          Private             N.F.                  Killed

  Hewitt, Albert             A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Hodgson, Enos              Private             M.G.C.                —

  Hope, Jas. Ed.             Private             Suffolk Yeo.          —

  Huddleston, W.             Sergeant            R.E.                  —

  Hughes, Hy.                Gunner              R.H.A.                Killed

  Hunter, J.W.               Private             D.L.I.                —

  Hunter, Geo.               Private             E. Yorks.             —

 

  Ianson, Geo. R.            Private             D.L.I.                Killed

  Iceston, George            Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Jackson, Jno.              Private             R.E.                  —

  James, Mic. E.             Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  Joice, B.S.                Private             D.L.I.                —

  Jones, Job                 Private             R.F.A.                —

  Jones, David               Driver              R H A                 —

  Jones, Thos.               A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Jones, Chris.              Private             D.L.I.                Killed

  Jones, David               Private             W. Yorks.             —

  

  Kipling, Wm.               Private             R.E.                  —

  Kirkup, Ar.                Private             Yorks.                Killed

  Kisby, Wm.                 Private             Yorks.                —

  

  Laidler, Wm.               Stoker              R. Navy               —

  Lake, Thos. J.             Private             Yorks.                —

  Lambton, William           Private             R.A.M.C.              Died

  Langthorne, W.A.           Gunner              R.G.A.                —

  Langthorne, Alf.           Private             D.L.I.                —

  Langthorne, Is.            Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Laverick, Geo.             Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  Lax, Jno. W.               Private             Yorks.                Killed

  Longstaff, Wm.             Private             R.G.A.                —

  Longstaff, Jno. O.         Private             D.L.I.                —

  Lowe, J.W.                 Private             R.F.A.                —

 

  Martin, Ed.                Private             M.G.C.                —

  Marriotts, Wm.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  McGregor, Wm.              Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  McNeillie, Geo.            Private             D.L.I.         M.M.   —

  Middleton, Cecil           2nd Lieut.          D.L.I.                —

  Milling, Thos.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  Mitchinson, Richd.         A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Morris, Wm.                Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  Murray, Jno.               Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Musgrave, Fred             Private             T.R.B.                —

  Musgrave, Thos. Wm.        Private             Q.O.R.W. Surrey       —

  

  Neale, Ch.                 L. Corporal         Yorks.                —

  Nicholson, Chris.          Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Parry, Jno.                Private             Coldstream Gds.       —

  Parry, Ed.                 Private             N.F.                  —

  Pearson, Geo. W.           A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Peart, Wm.                 Private             N.F.                  Killed

  Pollard, Alb.              Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Reed, Thos. W.             Private             Yorks.                —

  Richardson, J.G.           Driver              R.F.A.                —

  Robinson, Thos.            Private             R.G.A.                —

  Robinson, Joseph           Corporal            D.L.I.         M.M.   —

  

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  Robinson, Ben.             Private             —                   —

  Robinson, Wm.              Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Robinson, Alan             Private             R.G.A.                —

  Robinson, Alf.             Private             N.F.                  —

  Rooney, Thos.              Private             Bantams               —

  Rust, Geo.                 L. Corporal         Wearside Br.   M.M.   —

  

  Slater, Jos.               Private             R.A.M.C.              Killed

  Spencer, Arth.             Private             D.L.I.                —

  Stark, Ant.                Private             D.L.I.                —

  Stewart, Abram             Private             N.F.                  —

  Stout, Jno. R.             Gunner              R.G.A.                —

  Summers, T.H.              Private             R.A.M.C.              —

  

  Taylor, Wm.                Private             D.L.I.                —

  Temple, Robt.              Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Thompson, Ern. E.          Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Ushaw, Ch.                 Private             D.L.I.                —

  

  Vitty, Jno. T.             Private             R.F.A.                —

  

  Watson, Wm.                A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Watson, Robt.              A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Wesson, Jno. R.            Private             D. Of W.              Killed

  Wesson, Thos.              Private             K.O.Y.L.I.            —

  Westwick, J.W.             Private             E. Yorks.             —

  Wharton, J.A.R.            Private             D.L.I.                Killed

  Wilkinson, Thos.           Private             Pioneers              —

  Williams, Thos.            Private             Notts. & Derby        —

  Wilson, Jas.               A.B.                R. Navy               —

  Wright, Francis W.         Private             R. Warwicks           —

  

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Page 109

  

  DECORATIONS

  WINDLESTONE

  

  WORKMEN

  

  Best, E.H.       Private        M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire

  Boycott, L.      Private        M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire

  Dunn, G.         Private        M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire

  Grey, J.G.       Sergeant       M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire and

                                              extinguishing ammunition dump

                                              fires

  McNeille, G.     Private        M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire

  Robinson, J.     Corporal       M.M.        Bravery under heavy fire

  Rust, G.         L. Corp.       M.M.        Went out wire-mending in the

                                              daytime

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