Memorial Details

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   A brief account of

   Egglescliffe men

   who fought in the Great War 1914 – 1918

   We’ve paid in our toil and our woundings;

   We’ve paid in the blood we‘ve shed;

   We’ve paid in our bitter hardships;

   We’ve paid in our many dead.

   We’ve fought with a definite object,

   And it’s this we want it made plain,

   That it’s God and not any devil,

   That’s to rule in the world again.

                                 Oxenham

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   A brief account of Egglescliffe Men

   who fought in the Great War 1914 – 1918

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    Note:-This list does not include men from that part of the

   old parish connected with Preston–on-Tees.

   George Archer

       Joined May, 1917, West Yorks. Prisoner in Germany,

       1918. Discharged invalided 1919.

   Alfred Armstrong

      Had been in the Regulars. Joined up August 1914.

      Northumberland Huzzars. Sergeant. Served in France and

      Flanders. Wounded and prisoner, March 1918. Got away,

      December 1918. Still in army.

   Herbert Atkinson 

      Had been in Territorials. Joined Yorks. Regt. August 

      1914. Served on the Western Front. Wounded, three times

      and died after wounds at Bournemouth. Buried in 

      Egglescliffe Churchyard, April 11th 1918. Coy. Sergt.

      Major, D.C.M. and bar.

   Benjamin Ayton

      Joined Durham Light Infantry, November, 1914. France,

      1915. Fell in action, September 16th, 1916. Buried at

      Dermancourt near Albert

   William Bensley

      Joined early in 1917, M.G.C. Served in India, and is 

      still there.

   Herbert Barnes

      Joined R.G.A., September 1914. Served in Jamaica,

      Palestine, France. Still with the army of occupation.

      Lieutenant.

   Albert Blackett

      Joined H.L. Infantry, February 1916. Discharged 

      January 1919.

   Joseph Blackett

      Joined the Navy, February, 1916. H.M.S. “Umpire”. Served

      in the Grand Fleet. Discharged February, 1919. 

   Guy Bolsover

      Was in the Royal Engineers at the outbreak of war. 

      Lieut., R.G.A., August 1914. With a heavy battery in 

      France, 1915. Captain, 1916. Commander, 7th Brigade,

      R.G.A., 1919. Wounded, Military Cross and mentioned in 

      despatches, 1917. Took part in 2nd and 3rd Battles of 

      Ypres. Somme, 1916. St Quintin and Paschendale, 1917.

      Givenchy and Mons, 1918.

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   Harold Wilson Bolsover

      Joined Royal Naval Air Service, September, 1914. 

      Discharged in illness in December. Joined as Private, 

      A.S.C., in 1915. France and Flanders. Severely injured 

      when in St. Omer Hospital, during air raid. Discharged, 

      February, 1918.

  John William Bouch

      Master of the village school. Joined York and Lancs.

      Regt., January, 1917. Demobolized, January, 1919.

  Charles Beresford Bradley

      Joined the R.F.A., August, 1914. Served in France. 

      Wounded. Demobolized, January, 1919.

  Harry Bradley

      Joined the R.F.A. served in France. Invalided, August,

      1916.

   Stanley Roberts Bradley

      Joined North Staffs., February, 1917. Served in France.

      Twice wounded. Still in army.

   Thomas Ernest Bradley

      Joined Australian I.F., August, 1914. Served in Egypt 

      and France. Demobolized, 1919.

   Laurence Brown

      Joined the Yorks., May,1915. France. Twice wounded.

      Demobolized, March 1919.

   Walter Cartwright

      Joined Y. and L. Fusiliers, October, 1915. Saw service 

      in France and Flanders. Taken prisoner at Kemmel Hill, 

      April, 1918. Returned to England, December, 1918. 

      Demobolized, February, 1919.

   Alfred William Clark (Fenny)

      Joined D.L.I., November, 1914. Transferred to K.O.Y. 

      Was reported missing and presumed to have been killed,

      March 1915. Place and exact date unknown.

   Charles Close

      Wesleyan Minister. Chaplain to the Forces, June, 1917.

      Served in France. Still in army. M.M.

   Ernest Cordingly

      Joined IV. Yorks., in May, 1915. Transferred to V.

      Yorks. Was two years in France. Wounded and died, June

      4th, 1918. Buried at Rouen.

   Harry Cordingly

      Joined Training Reserves, February, 1917, and three 

      weeks later died of cerebro-spinal fever. Buried at Yarm 

      Cemetery. 

   John Metcalf Crosby

      Joined the H. Art. C. as Private, February, 1916. Fell

      in action near Bapaume, July 24th, 1917.

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   William Noel Crosby

      Joined the H. Art. Cy. as Private, August, 1914. 

      Transferred to X11 Yorks. Lieutenant then Captain.

      Mentioned three times in despatches. Demobolized, 

      February, 1919.

   William Danby

      Joined Transport, A.S.C., August 1914. France and Egypt. 

      Still in army.

   Alexander Davison

      Private, 2nd Gar. Bat., Northumberland Fusiliers, June,

      1916. Served in India and Mesopotamia. Corporal. Still 

      in army.

   Edward Davison

      Joined Flying Corps. Service, August 1918. Served in 

      France. Demobolized, 1919.

   Arthur James Dingle

      Joined 4th E. Yorks., September, 1914. Lieutenant. Went

      out to Gallipoli, 1915. Captain in August. Getting 

      through the fighting after the Savla landing, fell in 

      action, August 22nd, 1915.

   Hugh John Dingle

      Joined as Surg. Prob. H.M.S. “Drina”, August, 1914.

      Transferred to the destroyer “Cornet”, later to the 

      “Marmion”. Was home for further training, 1916. Joined

      the “Petard” and fell in the destroyer action at end of 

      Jutland Battle, June 1st, 1916. Buried South Queensferry 

      Naval Cemetery.

   John Paxton Dobson

      Joined R.G.A., August 1916. France. With the army of 

      occupation.

   Thomas King Dobson

      Joined H. Art. Cy., November 1914. Wounded in Flanders,

      May,1915. Lieutenant 1915 in R.G.Art., Gallipoli, 

      October 1915. Cantara Desert and Macedonia later. 

      Invalided home, September, 1916. Demobolized, January, 

      1919.

   William Antony Dobson 

      Joined as Private the Australian I.F., December, 1914.

      At Anzac in Gallipoli. Fell in action sometime between 

      August 7-12, 1915.

   David Coatsworth Doughty

      A territorial. Joined IV Yorks, August, 1914. To France

      in April, 1915. Reported missing and presumed fell, 

      April 24th, 1915, in 2nd battle of Ypres.

   Henry Percival Doughty

      Joined the Notts. And Derby Regt., December, 1915. 

      To France, 1916. Wounded and fever. Discharged 

      invalided, March, 1918.

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   Robert Tom Doughty

      A Territorial. Joined IV Yorks., August, 1914. Served in

      France. Wounded, missing and presumed fell, 

      September,20th, 1917 near Menin Road, 3rd battle of Ypres. 

      Lance-Corporal.

   Robert W. Dunn

      Joined XVIII Huzzars, September, 1914. Transferred to X.

      Fifteen months in France. Now with A.S.C. in India.

   John William Earle

      Joined Work Bat., D.L.I., June, 1916. Home Service.

      Invalided and discharged, 1917.

   Frank Ellis

      Joined Northumberland Fusiliers, March, 1917. Had 

      service in France. Still with the army.

   William Ellis

      Joined K.O.Y.L.I., November, 1915. Went to Western 

      Front. Fell in action, September 28th, 1918. Place of 

      burial unknown.

   Edward Waring Faber

      Joined V D.L.I., September, 1914. Lieutenant. To France,

      1915. Severely wounded near Ypres, April, 1915.

      Invalided and discharged.

   Edgar George Fletcher

      Joined Labour Bat., D.L.I. in 1917. Lieutenant. Service

      in France. Still in army.

   Maurice Fletcher

      R.N.R. Engineer. Dover patrol. Still on service.

   Walter Forbett

      Joined Yorks. Regt., August, 1915. Transferred to Lanc.

      Fusiliers, 1916, on the Somme. Twice trench fever.

      Demobolized, April, 1919.

   Bert Mills Francis

      Joined July, 1916. Labour Corps. Lance-Corporal.

      Demobolized, January, 1919.

   Fred W.Gilbertson

      Joined IV Yorks. in August, 1914. Transferred to V

      Border Regt. Served on Western Front. Gassed. 

      Demobolized, January, 1919.

   Benjamin James Gouldie

      Joined VII Yorks. In 1916. Served in France. Wounded and

      died, May 4th, 1917. Buried at Etaples.

   Harry Graves

      Joined R.E. Pioneers, 1916. In France, 1917. Sick,

      September, 1917 and discharged invalided in 1918.

   Harold Thomas Ashton Gregson

      Joined A.S.C., February, 1917. Home Service.

      Demobilized, March 1919.

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   Bert Grange

      Joined October, 1915, the IV Yorks. Transferred to 

      Northumberland Fusiliers. Served in France. Demobolized,

      February, 1919.

   Richard Hanson

      Joined R.G.A., August, 1917. With army of the Rhine 

      still.

   Tom Harrison

      Joined V1 Buffs., September, 1914. Wounded at Arras,

      April, 1917. Invalided, October, 1918.

   Walter Harrison

      Merchant Service. Torpedoed, February, 1916. R.N.R.

      H.M.S. “Palladin”, 1916.

   Richard Harwood

      Joined R.F.A., September, 1914. Served in France.

      Demobolized, June, 1919.

   Charles Henderson

      A Territorial. IV Yorks. Joined, August, 1914. Served in

      France. Discharged, 1916.

   Robert Thos. Henderson

      Joined Northumberland Fusiliers, September, 1914.

      Invalided, October, 1916. Discharged, 1917. Died,

      February 10th, 1917.

   Frederick Hodgson

      Joined D.L.I., January, 1915. Discharged, 1918.

   John Thomas Hood

      Joined Northumberland Fusiliers, June, 1917. Now with 

      army of occupation.

   William Hopper

      Joined the R.A.M.C., 1914. Invalided, 1915.

   Alfred Horseman

      Joined the K Div. Regt., May, 1917. Served in Macedonia,

      France and Flanders. Still in army.   

   Robert Horseman

      Joined in May, 1917, R.N. Lanc. Served in France.

      Demobolized, 1919.

   Robert W. Hutchinson

      Joined Northumberland Fusiliers (N.E.R. Corps.), 

      September, 1914. Stretcher-bearer, France and Flanders.

      Demobolized, 1919.

   Thomas Hutchinson

      Joined IV Yorks., November, 1915. Made Corporal, 1917. 

      Served in France. Died November 9th, 1918 at Crash, 

      while a prisoner, and buried there.

   Thomas Harry Hutchinson

      Joined R.F.A., September, 1917. Saw service in France.

      Now with army of occupation.

   William Ingleby

      Joined Labour Bat., October, 1916. Home Service.

   Walter Ingledew

      Joined D.L.I., May, 1915. Wounded at Ypres, 1916 and at 

      Oppy.1917. Discharged, April, 1919.

   Edgar Mark Johnson

      Joined V D.L.I., November 1914. Served in France and 

      Flanders. Five times wounded. Two stripes. Demobolized,

      December, 1918.

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   Charles Johnson

      Joined the Navy, 1917. Discharged, 1919.

   Oswald Johnson

      Joined 2nd Yorks., December, 1915. Served in France.

      Wounded, 1916; returned and wounded again. Discharged,

      March, 1918.

   Robert Stephen Johnson

      In the Regulars, 2nd Yorks. Prisoner in September, 1915

      in Germany. Died on the way home at Calais, and buried

      there, December 15th, 1919.

   William E. Kell   

      Joined the R.F.A., 1914. France. Wounded. Demobolized,

      1919. Corporal.

   Wilfred John Kell

      Joined Infantry Works Cy. Of Middlesex Regt. Home 

      Service. Discharged, 1919.

   Charles S. Laurenson

      Joined October, 1914, the D.L.I. Service in France.

      Wounded, July, 1916. Invalided. Demobolized, April, 

      1919.

   Ivor Laurenson

      Joined September, 1914, Northumberland Fusiliers.

      Service in France and Flanders. Sergt. Demobolized,

      April, 1919. Medal for meritorious service.

   Dick Laurenson

      Joined D.L.I., 1918. Demobolized, January, 1919.

   John Stanley Lister

      Joined June, 1918, Northumberland Fusiliers. Served in

      France. Lance-Corporal. Demobolized, February, 1919.

   William Lisle

      Joined Huzzars, September, 1914. Home Service. Corporal.

      Discharged, September, 1918.

   William Miller

      Joined the Naval Division, January, 1916. Was accidently

      blinded and discharged, February, 1917.

   James Wil. Moody

      Joined Royal Canadian Force, April, 1917, when only 16

      years old. Served in France, and fell in action, 

      October, 1918.

   James Arthur Nurse

      Joined Huzzars, September, 1914. Bombardier. France,

      1918 then Egypt and Macedonia. Demobolized, February,

      1919.

     Walter Bernard Noyes

      Joined H.A.C., January, 1917. Service in France and

      Italy. Trench fever. Still in army.

   William James Phillips

      Joined R.F.A., Motor Transport, July, 1918. Served at

      Taranto, Italy. Demobolized, February, 1919.

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   Harold Pritchard

      Joined A.S.C., Motor Transport, July, 1916. Served in

      France. Still in army.

   Arthur Gordon Reah

      Joined 1st Life Guards, August, 1914. To France, 1915.

      Fractured knee in 1918. Still in army.

   William Richardson

      Joined R.F.A. in 1914. Egypt and Salonica. Invalided

      home in 1917.

   Robert Alfred Richmond

      Joined R.E., 1915. Served in France. Discharged, 

      February, 1919.

   George Robinson

      Joined IV Yorks., September, 1914. Served in France.

      Severely wounded in 1916. Invalided and discharged, 

      June, 1917.

   Robert Ropner

      In Territorials, V D.L.I. Served in France for 3 years.

      Invalided home, 1918. Captain.

   Walter George Sherwood

      Joined X Yorks., August, 1914. Served in France. Killed

      in action, July, 1916. Buried at Abbeville Cemetery. 

      Corporal.

   Thomas Henry Sickling

      Joined R.E. Kent, May, 1915. France. Twice invalided. 

      Demobolized, 1919.

   Bert Simpson

      Joined D.L.I., March, 1917. Served in France and 

      Flanders. Wounded and gassed, 1918. Still in army.

   Bernard Smith

      Merchant Service, 1915. S.S. Beachy Head. 3rd officer on

      S.S. Gulgrail, 1919.

   Fred Forster Smith

      Joined Lothian and Border Horse, January, 1916. 

      Lieutenant. Served in France. Entered Air Service, 1918.

      Accidentally killed off Plymouth, September, 1918. 

      Buried in Egglescliffe Churchyard.

   Tom A. Smith

      Joined Dragoons, November, 1915. Served on Western 

      front. Invalided. Demobolized, February, 1919. 

   Stanley Smith

      In Regulars. R.H. Art., April, 1915. Service in France

      and Flanders. Wounded, 1916. Military Medal, 1917. Still 

      in army.

   James B. Smithard

      Joined W.L.I., September, 1914. Served in Egypt, France,

      Flanders and Italy. With army of occupation. Three times 

      wounded. Demobolized, April, 1919.

   Richard Stanton Smithard

      Joined H.L. Inf., April, 1916. Served in France, 1918.

      Military Medal, 1918. With army of occupation.

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   John Henry Storrow

      Joined Yorks., December, 1915. Western Front. Wounded at 

      Cambrai, 1918. Demobolized, February, 1919.

   George Storrow

      Joined R.F.A., September, 1914. Served on Western Front.

      Still in the army.

   Valentine Storry

      Joined the R.A.F., April, 1918. Home Service. 

      Demobolized, February, 1919.

   Thomas Stewart

      Joined Royal Air Force, February, 1917. Stationed in 

      England. Demobolized, April, 1919.

   Arthur Strike

      Joined Northumberland Fusiliers, September, 1914. Served 

      in France. Coy. Sergt.-Major. Mentioned in despatches, 

      1917. Meritorious Service Medal, 1918. Demobolized, 

      April, 1919.

   Charles Strike

      Joined R.G.A., September, 1917. Home Service. 

      Demobolized, January, 1918.

   Frederick William Tyerman

      Joined York. Huzzars, October, 1914. Later M.G.C.

      Wounded. Discharged, March, 1919.

   Fred Turner

      Joined Reserve Cavalry, VI Div., 1914.   

   Edward William Walker

      Joined IV Yorks., January, 1915. Transferred York. and 

      Lancs. Killed in 2nd Battle of Cambrai, September 

      27th,1918. Buried Havrincourt Cemetery.

   Ernest Temple Walker

      A Territorial. Went out with IV Yorks., 1915. France and

      Flanders. Was gassed. Demobolized, January, 1919.

   Harold Walker

      Joined V D.L.I., November, 1914. Killed in 2nd Battle of 

      Ypres, September 24th 1915. Place of burial unknown.

   George William Wallinger

      Joined Yorks., 1914. Discharged medically unfit, 

      November, 1914.

   Norman Wallinger

      Joined H.L. Inf., June, 1915. Transferred , D.L.I. 

      Discharged, March, 1919.

   Septimus Claud Wallinger

      Joined R.F.A., December, 1914. Discharged, February,

      1915.

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   Laurence Ward

      Came home from Canada, joined IV Yorks., November, 1914.

      Went out, 1916. Corporal. Received commission as 

      Lieutenant in XIII Yorks. Killed in action, near 

      Armentiers, 1918. Mentioned in despatches November 1918

   William Ramsey Watkin

      Joined H.A.C., January, 1917. Transferred to Machine Gun

      Corps. Wounded severely, March, 1918.Invalided and 

      discharged September 1918.

   Matthias Lyth Welford

      Joined D.L.I., August, 1917. Served on the Western 

      Front. Was missing at 2nd Battle of the Somme, and 

      presumed killed, March 21st, 1918.

   Anthony (Charles) Wiles

      Joined IX Yorks., June, 1915. Served in Italy and 

      France. Killed in action, October 5th, 1918. Buried, 

      Beauvoir Cemetery near St Quintin. Corporal.

   Norman Alexander Wiles

      Joined RF.A., Signaller, April, 1916. On Western Front.

      Severely wounded near St Quintin, September, 1918. Still 

      in hospital.

   George Thomas Wilkinson

      Joined XII Yorks., 1914. Discharged, December, 1915.

      Returned to the army, March, 1918. Killed in action, 

      September 4th, 1918. Buried at Bois du Sart, near Arras.

   Alec B. Hutton Wilson

      Joined as private, R.F., September, 1914. Lieutenant in 

      Royal Engineers, December. Served in Macedonia. 

      Discharged, March, 1917. Rejoined August 1917. Service 

      in France up to January 1919. Acting Captain.

   Arthur H. Hutton Wilson

      In regular army. Lieut.-Colonel Wiltshires. Served on 

      General Staff in France and Flanders at headquarters, 

      and later on lines of Communication. Three times 

      mentioned in despatches and D.S.O.

   Geoffrey Hutton Wilson

      Joined R.E. Signal section, December, 1915. Lieutenant.

      Served in East Africa from May, 1916. Died at sea on the 

      way home, December 23rd, 1918.    

   Thomas Woodward

      Joined R.E., July, 1915. Served in France and Belgium. 

      Corporal. Demobolized, February, 1919.

      June, 1919.