Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Presbyterian

JESMOND   United Reformed Church

 

  Roll of Honour

 

  The following Served in the Great War.

 

  Lieutenant Frederic Dobell Young.  

 

  The deceased Officer was a son of Mr. and Mrs.  

  Thomas Jamieson Young, members of the Church,  

  his father being a member of the Session

  He was educated at Mill Hill School and

  followed the occupation in civil life of a Coal

  Exporter.

  After the outbreak of War he entered H.M.    

  service on March 15th, 1915, and was posted as a

  Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery he going

  overseas on July 24th, 1917, died of wounds

  received by him in action at Elverdinghe, Ypres,  

  his remains being buried at the British Cemetery,

  Canada Farm, near that place.  He was in his 31st

  year. Deceased had taken an active part in the young  

  life of Jesmond Church from his boyhood.

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  Corporal James Ballantyne

  At the outbreak of War in August, 1914, Mr.  

  Ballantyne, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ballan-  

  tyne, members of the Church, was a draper    

  employed in Newcastle.  On the call for volun-  

  teers from the staff of his firm he enlisted in the  

  16th Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Commercials).  

  After a period of training, and having attained the   

  rank of Corporal, he went overseas in November,  

  1915.   

  His Battalion took part in the attack at   

  Thiepval at the opening of the Battle of the   

  Somme on 1st July, 1916, on which date he was   

  reported missing.  His superior officer, in writing   

  home, stated he had been seen after he had gone   

  over the “Top” coming from the Dressing   

  Station suffering from wounds, but after that he   

  had not been traced, and also expressed “much   

  regret at the loss of such a capable and hard   

  working N.C.O. who, by his coolness under fire,   

  won the respect of all his men.”  

  His place of burial is unknown.  

  At the date of his death Corporal Ballantyne    

  was 22 years of age.

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  Lieutenant James Alan Ballantyne

  

  In August, 1914, Lieut. Ballantyne, having   

  been educated at Dame Allan’s School, Newcastle,   

  had qualified as a Solicitor, he being a son of   

  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ballantyne, members of the   

  Church.  He entered the Army in December,   

  1914, and was posted to the 3rd Durham Light   

  Infantry.   

  After a long period of training he went overseas   

  in March, 1917, and was transferred to the 20th   

  Battalion of the same Regiment, his Battalion   

  being in action at Messines shortly after he arrived   

  in France, he being wounded in the head in this   

  Action.  He took part in the fighting at Ypres on   

  August 1st, 1917, and on that day was posted as   

  missing and presumed killed.  He had attained the   

  rank of Lieutenant, and at the date of his death he   

  was 28 years of age, leaving a window to mourn his   

  loss.  

  Deceased was a cousin of Corporal James   

  Ballantyne referred to in this volume.

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  Second-Lieutenant James Ashton Black

  

  The above officer was the son of Mr. and Mrs.   

  James Black, members of the Church.  He was   

  educated at Newcastle Modern School, and at the   

  outbreak of War was a Clerk in a Shipbroker and   

  Coal Exporter’s office on the Quayside, Newcastle.   

  He was one of the first to volunteer in Newcastle   

  for active service, he joining the 1st Commercials   

  (16th Northumberland Fusiliers) as a Private in   

  August, 1914.  He went to France in November,  

  1915, and with his Battalion took part in the first   

  battle of the Somme, commencing 1st July, 1916,   

  he being slightly wounded in the course of the   

  fighting.  He subsequently was gazetted as a   

  Second-Lieutenant and posted to the 3rd Durham    

  Light Infantry but attached to the 2nd Durham   

  Light Infantry with which Battalion he served in    

  France taking part in two engagements the last   

  being on 21st March, 1918, on which date he was   

  reported missing after fighting in the Cambrai   

  district.  Conflicting reports were received by his   

  parents concerning him – one report stating he was   

  badly wounded, taken prisoner, and died the next   

  day, being buried at Beauhill, near Prouville, and   

  another report stating that  he was killed by enemy   

  shell fire.  After his death his Commanding Officer   

  wrote home in high terms of his bravery and   

  absolute reliability.  Age 22.

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  Chief-Engineer George Cockburn

  

  The above was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.   

  Cockburn, who had been members of the Church   

  since its opening in Burdon Terrace.  

  He was educated at Dame Allan’s School and   

  Rutherford College, Newcastle, and at the out-  

  break of War was Chief-Engineer of a merchant   

  vessel.  At the time of his death he was Chief-  

  Engineer of H.M. Transport “Willintonia” he   

  being drowned when this vessel, on 25th August,   

  1918, was sunk by enemy Submarine in the   

  Mediterranean whilst carrying coal to the Fleet.  

  The Captain of the Transport reported he had lost   

  his life in courageously attempting to save some of   

  his shipmates.  The Admiralty issued a Certificate   

  testifying to his zeal and devotion to duty.  He   

  was specially mentioned in the London Gazette on   

  15th February, 1919.   

  At the date of his death he was 40 years of age.

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  Lieutenant John Hammond Edgar

  

  Deceased was born at Belfast and graduated   

  with High Honours at Campbell College and   

  Queen’s College in that City, and also at the   

  University of London, he holding the following   

  Degrees: B.A., M.A., LL.B., and in the course   

  of his College career won many prizes and a   

  valuable Scholarship.  

  He was called to the Irish Bar in 1904 and the   

  following year was called to the English Bar.  He   

  joined the N.E. circuit and settled at Newcastle,   

  regularly attending the services of the Church.  

  He entered the Army shortly after the out-  

  break of War, being gazetted as a Lieutenant and   

  posted to the 9th Durham Light Infantry.  He   

  went overseas in May, 1915, with his Battalion   

  which formed part of the 50th (Northumbrian)   

  Division this Division being in a heavy Action   

  within a few days of its arrival in France.  He was    

  slightly wounded in a Bomb explosion and also    

  gassed on another occasion.  He met his death on   

  24th February, 1916, within a few hours of his    

  return to the Front from leave, being wounded in   

  the head by shrapnel, and was buried in a Military   

  Cemetery near Villebeke.  

  Deceased was well known and highly esteemed   

  in legal circles in Newcastle, and was rapidly   

  building up an excellent practice.  

  At the date of his death he was aged 35.

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  John Halifax Feggetter,  M.C.

  

  The above Officer was the son of Mr. and Mrs.   

  William Feggetter, members of the Church (his   

  father being a member of the Session).  He was born   

  in 1895 and was educated at Rutherford College,   

  matriculated from there (being second in the list)   

  and entered Armstrong College in 1914, entering   

  the Honours Schools of English and Latin in 1915,   

  and had before him a University career of great   

  promise.  After the outbreak of War he entered    

  Durham University O.T.C. and at Christmas,   

  1915, was gazetted as a Second-Lieutenant in the   

  15th Northumberland Fusiliers, being subsequently    

  transferred to the 13th Northumberland Fusiliers,   

  with which Battalion he went overseas in June,   

  1916.  With his Battalion he took part in the   

  Battle of the Somme which commenced on July   

  1st, 1916.  During the continued fighting he was   

  wounded at Mametz Wood about the middle of   

  July and was invalided home: he again returning   

  to his Battalion in France in December, 1916, as   

  Signalling Officer.  In April, 1917, his work was   

  so excellent, and his courage and gallantry so in-   

  spiring, particularly at the capture of Crousilles,  

  that he was recommended for the Military Cross,   

  which decoration was subsequently bestowed upon    

  him.   On 4th October, 1917, at the Battle of   

  Broodseinde, Flanders, he was killed he at that   

  time being Intelligence Officer of his Battalion, his   

  Colonel being also killed in the same battle, which,   

  whilst a victory for the Allies, was a heavy cost   

  to the Battalion.  He was buried where he fell, but   

  the precise place is not known.  A brother Officer   

  writing home, after referring to his capabilities and   

  courage, said “It is a glorious end to a magnificent    

  life, and in the sight of God life is not measured   

  by length, but by worth.”  

  Prior to entering the Army deceased was a   

  Teacher in and Treasurer of the Church Sunday    

  School.

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  Capt. Percy Gordon Graham

  At the time of his death deceased was 27 years   

  of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Graham,   

  the former being Session Clerk of the Church.  

  Deceased was educated at Rutherford Collage,   

  Newcastle, and after training was qualified by   

  examination as an Architect.  He was one of the   

  best known and loved men in Athletic circles in   

  Newcastle area, his achievements consisting of   

  winning the Swimming Championship of the City   

  for seven years in succession when, unbeaten, he    

  retired, also in winning several other Champion-  

  ships and many medals and prizes for the same   

  branch of sport.  

  Immediately on the outbreak of War in August,   

  1914, he entered the 16th Service Battalion of the   

  Northumberland Fusiliers as a private, but his   

  ability and bearing soon singled him out for com-   

  missioned rank.  He went overseas on 20th   

  November, 1915, was frequently engaged in the   

  front line, where he was wounded.  Finally he took   

  part with his Battalion in the opening of the offen-  

  sive on the Somme on 1st July, 1916, being   

  killed on that day by Machine Gun fire whilst lead-  

  ing “B” Company of the Battalion in the attack.  

  Before entering the Army he was a popular   

  officer in the Boys’ Brigade and a successful teacher   

  of boys in the Sunday School.

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  Second-Lieutenant Percy G. Hall

  

  The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hall, his   

  father being an Elder of the Church.  His mother died in 1912.  

  He was educated at Newcastle Grammar School, and on leaving   

  school in 1909 went a voyage with the Cadet School Ship “Port   

  Jackson” to Australia.  He, on his return home, finally decided   

  upon a sea life and subsequently served his apprenticeship in deep   

  sea sailing ships, chiefly in the Colonial and Pacific trades.  

  In August, 1914, he was on a voyage to Australia and his   

  vessel narrowly escaped destruction in the South Atlantic by one of    

  the German commerce raiders.  He returned to England in the   

  early part of 1915 and was offered a commission in the 4th   

  Battalion Tyneside Scottish, which he accepted.  During training   

  with his Battalion he was selected and served a course at the   

  Staff College, Camberley, ultimately proceeding to France with   

  the Tyneside Scottish Brigade in January, 1916, and taking part   

  in Trench raids and fighting during the opening months of that   

  year.  

  Prior to the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Tyneside   

  Scottish Brigade lay in the front line trenches at La Boiselle and   

  it was found late on June 29th, 1916, that as the whole of the   

  German wire had not been destroyed by Artillery fire, engineering   

  operations were necessary to destroy this wire and a covering party   

  from the Tyneside Scottish was required for the protection of the   

  Engineers.  Volunteers were called for, Lieut. Hall immediately   

  offered, was accepted and joined by about 20 men of his platoon.   

  After entering “No Man’s Land” at midnight to carry out the   

  plans which he had made he was killed by an enemy sniper.  His   

  Sergeant who then took charge of the party was awarded the   

  D.C.M.  His remains are buried in the Cemetery near La Boiselle   

  where lie the remains of many of his comrades who were killed   

  the following day.  His age was 23.   

  From subsequent letters received by the father of deceased it   

  appears from Brigade Orders for the opening of the Battle of   

  the Somme on 1st July, 1916, that the 4th Battalion Tyneside   

  Scottish was to lead the Allied line into action at La Boiselle.   

  From the 4th Battalion Orders the 11th Platoon under the com-  

  mand of the deceased Officer was to lead the Battalion for, as his   

  Commanding Officer stated “he knew that nothing but a rifle   

  bullet would stop Lieut. Hall and his men would follow him    

  anywhere.”  

  Lieut. W.B. Tytler and Second-Lieut. J.H. Tytler

  were cousins of Second-Lieut. Hall.

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  Second-Lieutenant Fred Herries

  

  The deceased Officer was the son of Mr. and   

  Mrs. A.H. Herries, members of the Church, and   

  at the date of his death was aged 23.  He was   

  educated at Allan’s Endowed School in Newcastle  

  upon Tyne, and followed the business of a   

  Stationer and Bookseller, being well known in   

  Newcastle athletic circles as a fine all-round athlete,   

  winning many medals and cups.  

  In January, 1916, he entered the Army being   

  gazetted as Second-Lieutenant of the Border Regi-  

  ment but attached to the 10th Durham Light   

  Infantry with which Battalion he went overseas in   

  October, 1917.  The Battalion took parting the   

  fighting at Passchendaele Ridge shortly after its   

  arrival in France.  He was badly wounded in the   

  fighting on 18th December, 1917, and died the   

  following day at Poperinghe, his remains being   

  buried at Nine Elms Cemetery at that place.  

  His O.C. writing home after his decease, stated he was   

  the officer he was best pleased with, showing   

  remarkable courage and initiative, he on one   

  occasion having a single combat with three   

  Germans, and on another occasion on a Red Cross   

  signal from the German Trenches he entered the   

  enemy trenches to bring back to our own line a   

  wounded British soldier.

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  Signalman William Robert Lowe,     R.N.V.R.

  

  Deceased was the son of the late Mr. John   

  Wardlaw Lowe, and of Mrs. Lowe, members of the   

  Church.  He was educated at Allan’s Endowed   

  School, Newcastle, and in civil life was a fully   

  qualified Chartered Accountant.  He entered   

  H.M. Service on 1st March, 1916, being enrolled   

  in the Tyneside Division of the Royal Naval   

  Volunteer Reserve.  After a course of training he   

  was posted, in December, 1916, as Signalman, to   

  H.M.S. “Thalia” (yacht “Verona”) he being   

  lost with this vessel when she was destroyed two   

  months later by a  mine explosion in the North Sea   

  on the 24th February, 1917.  

  He was aged 31 at the time of his death.

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  Lieutenant William McIntosh

  

  The deceased officer was the son of the late Mr.   

  G.I. McIntosh and Mrs. McIntosh, members of   

  the Church, the former having been a member of    

  Session.  Lieut. McIntosh at the date of his death   

  was aged 28.  

  He was educated at Newcastle Grammar School    

  and also at Woodhouse Grove School.  He entered   

  on a business career and was in the office of a firm   

  of Steamship Owners in Newcastle.  When War   

  broke out he was one of the first to enlist as a   

  Private in the Commercial Battalion (16th North-  

  umberland Fusiliers) in September, 1914, and after   

  training was gazetted as a Lieutenant in the 4th   

  Tyneside Scottish (23rd Northumberland Fusiliers)   

  with which Battalion he went overseas in January,   

  1916.  After seeing active service in various   

  parts of the fighting line, the Tyneside Scottish   

  Brigade was ordered to take the position in our   

  front line trenches opposite La Boiselle and to lead   

  the Army at that part of the Allied line into the   

  Battle of the Somme on 1st July, 1916.  Lieut.  

  McIntosh took part with his Battalion in the open-  

  ing of this Battle and was most seriously wounded   

  when leading his platoon in the attack.  The   

  wounds proving fatal, he died in hospital at   

  Rouen on 5th July, 1916, and was buried at St.   

  Severs Cemetery, Rouen.

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  Lieutenant William Black Noble

  

  The above Officer was a son of Sir William J.  

  Noble, Bart., and of Lady Noble, of West Denton    

  Hall, members of the Church, and at the date of   

  his death was in his 24th year.  He was educated    

  at Charterhouse School, and in civil life was a    

  Steamship Owner and a Fellow of the Institute of    

  Ship Brokers    

  At the outbreak of War he was    

  already a trained Territorial Officer he having in    

  1908 joined the 6th Northumberland Fusiliers, and    

  with that Battalion went to France in April, 1915.     

  The 50th Division, of which his Battalion was a    

  unit, was immediately in action after its arrival,    

  Lieutenant Noble taking part in the attack at St.    

  Julien and being killed on April 26th whilst    

  seeking a refuge for his men.  He was buried near    

  Wieltje Road.

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  Lieutenant John Pittendrigh  R.N.R.

  

  The deceased Officer at the time of his death  

  was 29 years of age.  He was a son of Mr. and  

  Mrs. William Pittendrigh, members of the Church,  

  and in civil life was an officer in the Mercantile  

  Marine.  At the outbreak of War he was studying  

  for his Master’s certificate and when volunteers  

  were called for he immediately offered himself for  

  service in the Royal Navy, as accepted, and after  

  passing tests in gunnery was appointed to H.M.S.

  “Sarnia” and with that vessel took part in the  

  operations at the Dardanelles.  He was beach  

  Officer at the evacuation of Suvla Bay.  Subse-  

  quently he saw service as Lieut. on H.M.S. Drake  

  from May, 1916, to April, 1917, and in August of  

  that year he was appointed Senior Gunnery-  

  Lieutenant on H.M.S. “Hussar”.  In October,  

  1918, an epidemic of influenza to which Lieut.  

  Pittendrigh was a victim, broke out on board the  

  vessel, he dying on 28th October, 1918, and was  

  buried in the British portion of the Camp Santo,

  Genoa.

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  Captain Harold Price,  M.C.

  

  Deceased was born in British Columbia, his  

  parents being Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Price of Van-  

  couver, members of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian  

  Church in that City.  He, after passing through  

  Public and High Schools in Vancouver, studied at  

  the local branch of McGill University in Science  

  and Art.  In civil life he was a British Columbia   

  Land Surveyor, which qualification he obtained on  

  attaining his majority.  Immediately on the outbreak  

  of War he entered the 22nd Royal Fusiliers as a  

  private and after training was gazetted as a Captain  

  in the 3rd Tyneside Irish, he being also gazetted as  

  Adjutant of that Battalion, but which position he  

  subsequently resigned.  His work in connection  

  with the Tyneside Irish brought him in close touch  

  with Jesmond Presbyterian Church, and he made a  

  point of attending the services with regularity.  

  With his Brigade and Battalion he went to France  

  early in January, 1916, and his valuable work and  

  courage brought him distinction he being twice  

  mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Military  

  Cross.  Subsequently on the night of 25th-26th  

  June, 1916, he was killed at La Boiselle he having  

  been out with some of his men attacking a  

  point in the German lines, and on his return with  

  his men found one missing, and going back to the  

  enemy lines to search for his comrade was  killed.     

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  Capt. Ralph Broomfield Pritchard,  D.S.O., M.C.

  

  The above deceased Officer was a son of Mr. and Mrs.

  Henry P. Pritchard, members of the  Church, and

  at the date of his death was aged 25.  

  He was educated at the Royal Grammar School,  

  Newcastle, and subsequently was on the staff of the  

  Newcastle upon Tyne Insurance Committee.  

  On the outbreak of War he immediately enlisted  

  as a Private in the 1st Commercial Battalion, 16th  

  Northumberland Fusiliers, and after training with  

  that Battalion for some months was promoted to  

  commissioned rank and gazetted as Sec.-Lieut. of

  the 4th Tyneside Irish (27th Northumberland  

  Fusiliers) in May, 1915, rising to the rank of Lieut.  

  in October of the same year.  He went with his  

  Battalion to France in the early part of January,

  1916, and was promoted to the rank of Captain a  

  month later.  His Battalion took part in minor  

  engagements, chiefly trench attacks, prior to the  

  Battle of the Somme, and in the opening of that  

  Battle on 1st July, 1916, he was wounded.  On  

  resuming service he was posted to the 12/13th  

  Northumberland Fusiliers attached to the 2nd  

  Lincolnshire Regiment and then with that regi-  

  ment at the end of 1916 and early 1917 he was  

  mentioned in Dispatches for certain fine work which  

  enabled his Battalion, through the work of the  

  Advance Guard of which he was in charge, to  

  achieve certain objects.  He was awarded the  

  Military Cross and subsequently the Distinguished  

  Service Order.  He was promoted Acting-Major  

  in October, 1917, which rank, however, he relinquished

  on disbandment of his Battalion in March,  

  1918.  In the fighting on 16th April, 1918, Capt.  

  Pritchard was badly wounded, and as the result  

  died on 26th April, 1918, and was buried in  

  Mendingham British Cemetery, Proven.  His  

  name was subsequently again mentioned in  

  Dispatches on 27th December, 1918.

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  Second-Lieut. William Alwyn Pritchard

  

  The deceased Officer was the younger brother  

  of Capt. R.B. Pritchard, D.S.O., M.C., being  

  at the date of his death aged 24.  He was also  

  educated at the Royal Grammar School, and joined  

  the staff of one of the large Fire Insurance Com-  

  panies, carrying on business in Newcastle.  He  

  entered H.M. service in January, 1916, enlisting as  

  a Private in the 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers,  

  with which Battalion he took part at the battle of

  the Somme in July, 1916, and was wounded, he  

  returning overseas after recovery in December,  

  1916.  He subsequently attained commissioned  

  rank in November, 1917, and was posted to the 3rd  

  Durham Light Infantry but attached to the 1st  

  Wiltshire Regiment.  He was heavily engaged in

  the fighting at Mount Kemmel in March and April,  

  1918, and after the German counter-attack on that  

  place on 26th April, was reported missing and has  

  not since been heard of.

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  Second-Lieut. Hugh Price Rose.

 

  The deceased was the only child of Mr. and  

  Mrs. Alexander Morrison Rose, members of the  

  Church, Mr. Rose being a member of Session.  

  He was educated at Sherborne School, and with  

  the intention of ultimately going to Oxford he  

  passed “Responsions” and the Entrance Exam-  

  ination for Oriel College, but owing to the War he  

  entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in  

  January, 1916, passing out of the College in  

  August of the same year.  But for the War he  

  would have returned to Oxford to complete his  

  course.  He entered H.M. Service as a Second-  

  Lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion of the Seaforth  

  Highlanders on 14th August, 1916, and two  

  months later joined the fighting forces in France.  

  He took part in the Battle of Arras on 11th April,  

  1917, with his Battalion, and was killed that day.  

  His remains are buried at Brown’s Copse  

  Cemetery, Fampoux.  From information subse-  

  quently received it appeared that Lieut. Rose  

  with three Companies of the Battalion were ordered  

  to attack the Rouex Chemical Works from  

  Fampoux but in traversing open ground the force  

  was met by deadly machine Gun fire, resulting in  

  serious loss to the attacking force, every officer  

  being a casualty.  Reference may be made to an  

  extract from a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Rose from  

  Rev. E.S. Woods. Chaplain to the R.M. College,  

  Sandhurst, well known as the Author of “Knights

  in Armour”.  Amongst other things he stated  

  “He if anyone deserved the name of ‘Christian

  Gentleman’ using each word in the fullest sense,  

  and he had great influence for good in his  

  Company.”  Deceased was 20 years of age.

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  Corporal William George Simon

  The deceased at the date of his death was  

  25 years of age, and was the son of the late G.H.  

  Simon, Solicitor, and Mrs. Simon.  He was  

  educated at home (Mold, North Wales) and Mold  

  County School, and at the outbreak of War was  

  engaged as an Insurance Clerk in Newcastle.  He,  

  with many others, answered the call for service  

  entering the 1st Commercial Battalion (16th North-  

  umberland Fusiliers) at the end of August, 1914,  

  as a Corporal.  

  With his Battalion he went overseas in October,  

  1915, remaining in the battle area, taking part in  

  various fighting until the beginning of the Somme  

  Offensive on 1st July, 1916, when he was killed.  

  He was connected with, and attended the  

  Church, through his uncle, Mr. D.G. Owen, who  

  was one of the managers of the Church.  Deceased  

  was one of three brothers who joined H.M. Forces.

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  Corporal Lindsay Nelson Stephens

  

  The above deceased was the son of Mr. and  

  Mrs. Richard Stephens, members of the Church.  

  He was educated at the Royal Grammar School,  

  Newcastle, and was engaged in shipping when  

  War broke out.  On the call for volunteers in  

  September, 1914, he immediately threw up his  

  civil occupation and enlisted as a Private in the  

  9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, finally  

  going to France in June, 1915, he having become  

  a Corporal in the same Battalion.  After seeing a  

  good deal of service of the front line, he was,  

  whilst engaged wiring before trenches, killed  

  by machine Gun fire on the 6th May, 1916,  

  near Armentieres, and was buried at the Cemetery  

  Bon Jean, near that place.  The Adjutant  

  of the 9th Battalion writing home to his father  

  expressed his very high appreciation of the  

  extraordinary fine work done by deceased, and his  

  sterling worth, disposition and character, and  

  adding that his C.O. had decided to recommend  

  him for a commission, for no one in the Battalion  

  deserved to get on more than he.  Aged  21.

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  Second-Lieutenant J.H. Tytler

  

  The deceased officer was a Master of Arts and  

  Minister of the Church of Scotland, being at the  

  outbreak of War an assistant Minister at St.  

  Columba’s Church, Elgin.  

  He was the son of Mr. J.M. Tytler and Newton  

  More, Invernesshire, his mother having died some  

  years ago.  Educated at Kingussie Grammar School he  

  matriculated at Edinburgh University.   

  On the formation of the Tyneside Scottish he  

  was appointed officiating Clergyman being attached  

  to the 4th Battalion of that Brigade during its  

  training at Gosforth.  Subsequently he decided to

  take combatant rank and after a course of training  

  in the O.T.C. (Durham University) was gazetted  

  as Second-Lieut., 9th Durham Light Infantry, and  

  went overseas on May 29th, 1916.  He took part  

  in several engagements with that Unit and finally  

  on September 15th, 1916, was fatally wounded at  

  High Wood in the Battle of the Somme.   

  The deceased who was 27 years of age was a  

  brother of Lieut. W.B. Tytler.  

  During the period he acted as Officiating

  Clergyman of the 3rd Tyneside Scottish and  

  training with the O.T.C. he regularly attended the

  services in the Church.

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  Lieutenant William Boyd Tytler

  Deceased was a brother of Lieut. J.H. Tytler,  

  and at the date of his death was 22 years of age.  

  Like his brother he was educated at Kingussie  

  Grammar School, and intending to enter the  

  Teaching profession, was at the outbreak of War  

  a student at Moray House Training College,  

  Edinburgh.  

  In 1912 he entered as a private in the 6th Royal  

  Scots (Training College Unit) and at the end of  

  1914 applied for and was granted a commission as  

  a Second-Lieut. in the 4th Battalion of the Tyne-  

  side Scottish, he subsequently rising to the rank of  

  Lieutenant.  

  He went overseas with the Tyneside Scottish in  

  the early part of 1916, and after taking part in  

  trench fighting was engaged with his Battalion in  

  the opening of the Battle of the Somme at La  

  Boiselle on 1st July, 1916.  

  From information subsequently received it  

  appears that Lieut. Tytler, though suffering  

  from repeated wounds, was the only officer of  

  his Battalion (the others being killed or out  

  of action) to reach the German third line trenches,  

  he though dying continuing to hold the position  

  and cheering the survivors of his men, one of whom  

  later in the day attempted to carry him on his back  

  to the British lines, but was unable to do so.   

  His precise place of burial is unknown.

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  Lieutenant Robert Alexander Wilson

  

  The deceased Officer was the son of Mr. R.A.  

  Wilson, one of the Elders of the Church, and the  

  late Mrs. Wilson, and at the date of his death was  

  in his 37th year,   

  He was educated at Dr. Ehrlich’s School, New-  

  castle, and also at Trinity College, Harrogate.  

  At the outbreak of War he was the representative  

  in New Zealand for an Edinburgh firm, and  

  immediately returned home for the purpose of  

  enlisting.  He joined the London Scottish as a  

  Private in March, 1915, and went overseas with

  his Battalion in June, 1916.  On the 23rd August,  

  1916, he was wounded in the trenches and was  

  invalided home, meantime he had been gazetted as  

  a Second-Lieutenant in the 15th Battalion of the  

  D.L.I., and after joining that Battalion took part  

  with it in the Battle of Arras in April, 1917.  He  

  advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in the same  

  Battalion and on the 2nd May, 1917, was engaged  

  in the fighting at the Hindenberg Line near Arras,  

  he being killed on that day at La Fontaine, where  

  his remains were buried.

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  Mr. Robert Phillips Wood

  

  The deceased was the son of Mrs. Eleanor  

  Wood, one of the members of the Church, and was  

  in his 28th year at the date of his death.  He was  

  educated at Felton, Northumberland, where he  

  was born, and in civil life followed the occupation  

  of a gardener.  

  He entered H.M. Service on April 27th, 1917,  

  and was lost with H.M.S. “Lovaine” on 20th  

  January, 1918.

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  Second-Lieutenant David Lindsay Young

  

  The above was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay  

  S. Young, members of the Church, Mr. Lindsay S.  

  Young being one of the Elders.  

  The deceased Officer was educated at Mill Hill  

  School and in civil life followed the occupation of

  an Accountant.  At the time of his death he was

  aged 24.  He was gazetted as a Second-Lieutenant  

  in the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers on 23rd June,  

  1915, and joined the Battalion in France on  

  November 5th, 1916.  He took part in several  

  engagements at Arras, Wancourt, Passchendaele  

  Ridge, and Houthulst Forest, and was unfortun-                 

  ately killed at the latter place before dawn on 26th  

  October, 1917, whilst taking part in an attack on  

  enemy positions.  

  Before he entered the Army he was a teacher  

  in the Church Sunday School.  

  Deceased was a cousin of Lieutenant Frederick  

  Dobell Young referred to in this volume.

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