Book of Remembrance 1939-45 Library

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  FERRYHILL

  TOWN

  

  BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

  

Flyleaf

  

  We, the Friends of Ferryhill

  give our grateful and humble thanks

  to all who assisted in the task

  of putting together this special

  Book of Remembrance

  dedicated to the memory

  of those people of Ferryhill

  who were killed in action

  during the 1939-1945 war

  and conflicts since that time.

  

  Mrs. Audrey Ambler

  Mrs. Margaret Britton

  Mrs. Maureen Golightly

  Mr. Kenneth James Golightly   

  Mrs. Jean Hedley

  Mrs. Sally Johns

  Mrs. Margaret Parry

  Mrs. Annie Barrass Robson

  Mrs. Joyce Forster Smith

  Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Sheppard

  Mrs. Edith Whitfield

   

Page 1

  

  When you go home, tell them about us and say:

  For your tomorrow, they gave their to-day,

  Just two minutes silence, just two minutes thought,

  For the men who went to the War and fought,

  Just two minutes silence, to show that we care,

  Just two minutes silence, to remember the dead,

  No need to speak, for it’s all been said,

  So the next time you pass a memorial of war

  Just stop, and think, of what it’s there for.

  

Page 2

  

  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Fidelity)

  Leading Stoker

  John Neesam

  P/KX 92012

  Died 1st January 1943

  Aged 22 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hants.

  panel 77, column 3.

  Son of

  Thomas and Isabell Neesam,

  of Ferryhill.

    

Page 3

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  10th Battalion

  Private

  Alfred Yates

  14826930

  Died 17th January 1945

  Aged 18 years

  Attached Duke of Wellington Regiment

  (West Riding)

  Ferryhill Cemetery, section 1, grave 110.

  Son of

  John Thomas and Margaret Yates,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 4

  

  Royal Air Force

  Flight Sergeant

  Matthew John Fletcher

  1294557 V.R.

  Died 26th January 1944

  Aged 22 years

  Runnymede Memorial, Surrey,

  panel 217.

  Son of

  Matthew and Florence Ada Fletcher,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 5

  

  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Spartan)

  Petty Officer

  Gordon Arthur Fawcett

  D/JX 147576

  Died 29th January 1944

  Aged 23 years

  Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

  panel 85, column 2.

  Son of

  Thomas and Sarah Jane Fawcett.

  

Page 6

  

  Royal Air Force

  (429 – R.C.A.F. Squadron)

  Sergeant Air Gunner

  Herbert Howson

  1570900 V.R.

  Died 29th January 1944

  Aged 20 years

  Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.

  plot 9, row 2, grave 15.

  Son of

  William and Eva Howson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 7

  

  Royal Air Force

  Flight Sergeant

  Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

  Harry Smith

  6414531

  Died 8th February 1943

  Aged 21 years

  Haverigg (St. Luke’s) Churchyard,

  Millom, Cumberland.

  grave 425.

  Son of

  Norman and Alice Smith,

  of Upleatham, Yorkshire.

  

Page 8

  

  The West Yorkshire Regiment

  1st Battalion

  Private

  John Joseph Payne

  4457316

  Died 10th February 1944

  Aged 25 years

  Imphal War Cemetery, India.

  plot 4, row B, grave 18.

  Son of

  Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Alice Payne,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 9

  

  The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

  2nd Battalion

  Private

  Thomas Curley

  3322772

  Died 13th February 1942

  Aged 27 years

  The Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

  column 81.

   Husband of

  B.I. Curley of Fishburn.

  Son of

  Patrick and Bridget Curley of Ferryhill.

  

Page 10

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  8th Battalion

  Private

  William Scott

  4454279

  Died 16th February 1941

  Aged 27 years

  Cracow (Rakowicki) Cemetery

  Commonwealth Plot, Poland.

  plot 1A, row D, grave 7.

  (Prisoner of War)

  Son of

  John Joseph and Isabella Catherine Scott,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 11

  

  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Penelope)

  Stoker Petty Officer

  William Ward Smith

  P/KX 77303

  Died 18th February 1944

  Aged 38 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

  panel 85, column 2.

  Husband of

  Dorothy Ellen Smith of Southsea, Hampshire,

  Son of

  John George and Alice Smith,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 12

  

  Pilot Officer

  John Laurens

  Distinguished Flying Medal

  

  Account of Award

  

  “Flight Sergeant Laurens has participated in

  numerous sorties, seven of which have been

  against Berlin. One night in December, 1943,

  when detailed to attack targets in this city,

  Flight Sergeant Laurens displayed great

  skill and determination to complete his

  mission successfully in the face of difficulties.

  Some nights previously he attacked targets

  in the same area. During the bombing run

  his aircraft was hit by aircraft fire and

  was thrown out of control. Flight Sergeant  

  skilfully regained control however, and

  executed a determined attack. This airman

  invariably displayed skill, courage and

  determination.”

     London Gazette

     25th January 1944

  

Page 13

  

  Royal Air Force

  101 squadron

  Pilot Officer

  John Laurens, D.F.M.

  171908

  Died 20th February 1944

  Aged 26 years

  Leek (Tolbert) Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands.

  row K, grave 2.

  Husband of

  Margaret Johnson of Ferryhill,

  Son of

  Jan Gerhardus and Maria Elizabeth Laurens.

   

Page 14

  

  Royal Artillery

  1st Field Regiment

  Gunner

  William Simpson

  893340

  Died 23rd February 1944

  Aged 24 years

  Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.

  plot 3, row E, grave 3.

  Son of

  Alexander and Annie Simpson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 15

  

  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Submarine Vandal)

  Able Seaman

  Joseph William Allinson

  C/JX 156964

  Died 24th February 1943

  Aged 21 years

  Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

  panel 68, column 2.

  Son of

  Robert and Lilly Allinson

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 16

  

  Royal Air Force

  10th Squadron

  Sergeant

  Alfred Coates

  907743 V.R.

  Died 2nd March 1941

  Aged 22 years

  Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

  panel 41.

  Husband of

  Marjorie Emmeline Coates,

  of Willowdale, Ontario, Canada.

  

Page 17

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Anking)

  Able Seaman

  Richard Hughes

  D/SSX 17423

  Died 4th March 1942

  Aged 26 years.

  The Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

  panel 65, column 2.

  Son of

  Richard and Elizabeth Ann Hughes,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 18

  

  Royal Air Force

  220 Squadron

  Sergeant Navigator/Bomber

  Alan Dowson Dodd

  1671632 V.R.

  Died 8th March 1945

  Aged 22 years

  Lajes War Cemetery, Terceira Island, Azores.

  row B, grave 12.

  Son of

  Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Dodd,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 19

  

  The King’s Own Scottish Borderers

  Private

  John Henry Darwin

  3193424

  Died 12th March 1945

  Aged 28 years

  Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

  plot 49, row G, grave 1.

  Son of

  Thomas William and Katherine Darwin,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 20

  

  Royal Air Force

  Sergeant Pilot

  John Clydesdale Bell

  580239

  Died 13th March 1941

  Aged 30 years

  Barrie Union Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

  lot 250 block G.

  Husband of

  Doris Bell of Darlington,

  Son of

  Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Bell of Ferryhill.

  

Page 21

  

  Royal Air Force

  227 Squadron

  Flight Lieutenant, Pilot

  Matthew William Bell

  143283 V.R.

  Died 15th March 1945

  Aged 23 years

  Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.

  plot 9, row F, grave 4.

  Husband of

  Isabel Bell of Ferryhill,

  Son of

  Thomas Henderson and Ann Whitfield Bell.

  

Page 22

  

  Royal Artillery

  48th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

  242 Battery

  Gunner

  Alfred Gregson

  11052588

  Died 16th March 1945

  Aged 23 years

  Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

  column 19.

   (Prisoner of War)

  Son of

  Alfred and Nellie Gregson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 23

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  2nd Battalion

  Private

  George Rust Wilson

  4460499

  Died 3rd April 1943

  Aged 26 years

  Tankkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma).

  Plot 5, row K, grave 18.

  Husband of

  Betty Wilson, of Ferryhill,

  Son of

  Elizabeth and William Wilson,

  of Windleston.

  

Page 24

  

  Royal Army Medical Corps

  Corporal

  John George Norton

  7516842

  Died 18th April 1943

  Aged 37 years

  Nicosia War Cemetery, Cyprus.

  plot 1, row B, grave 3.

  Husband of

  Winnie Norton of Ferryhill.

  

Page 25

  

  Royal Air Force

  39 Squadron

  Flight Sergeant Pilot

  Arthur Leslie Hewitt

  964626 V.R.

  Died 19th April 1944

  Aged 22 years

  The Malta Memorial, Malta.

  panel 14, column 1.

  Son of

  Arthur and Minnie Hewitt,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 26

  

  Royal Air Force

  62 Squadron

  Flight Sergeant

  Tom Ramage

  1113612 V.R.

  Died 25th April 1944

  Aged 29 years

  Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

  column 435.

   (Prisoner of War)

  Husband of

  Jean Ramage, of Islington, London,

  Son of

  Thomas and Rosina Ramage,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 27

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Wryneck)

  Cook (S)

  Robert Allan Farnaby

  D/MX 53330

  Died 27th April 1941

  Aged 24 years

  Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon.

  panel 55, column 2.

  Son of

  James Henry and Esther Farnaby,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 28

  

  Royal Air Force

  74 Squadron

  Pilot Officer

  John Howard

  86628 V.R.

  Died 6th May 1941

  Aged 22 years

  Marquise Communal Cemetery, France.

  plot 2, row C, grave 12.

  Son of

  Mr. and Mrs. S. Howard,

  of Orpington, Kent.

  

Page 29

   

  The Durham Light Infantry

  1st Battalion

  Private

  Thomas Alfred Pybus

  4458205

  Died 15th May 1941

  Aged 22 years

  Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

  plot 16, row H. column-grave 2-5.

  Son of

  Ernest and Jane Ann Pybus,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 30

   

  The Durham Light Infantry

  2nd Battalion

  Private

  George Henry Davis

  4449368

  Died 21st May/1st June 1940

  Aged 25 years

  St. Venant Communal Cemetery, France.

  plot 3, row B, grave 34.

  Son of

  Edward and Eleanor Davis,

  of Grindon, Sunderland.

  

Page 31

  

  The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

  2nd Battalion

  Warrant Officer II – Company Sergeant Major

  William Todd

  3241259

  Died 23rd May 1940

  Aged 33 years

  Roeux Communal Cemetery, France.

  grave 13.

  Husband of

  Mary Todd of Ferryhill,

  Son of

  William Slater and Mary Todd.

  

Page 32

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Nubian)

  Able Seaman

  Matthew Gibson

  P/SSX 18967

  Died 26th May 1941

  Aged 25 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

  panel 48, column 1.

  Son of

  John G. and Ellen Matilda Gibson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 33

  

  Royal Air Force

  77 Squadron

  Sergeant Navigator/Bomber

  John Walton Richardson

  1062514 V.R.

  Died 26th May 1943

  Aged 28 years

  Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany.

  plot 4, row D, column, grave 5-20.

  Son of

  Walton and Laura Mary Richardson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 34

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  2nd Battalion

  Private

  George Morris Davies

  4447765

  Died 27th May 1940

  Aged 28 years

  Dunkirk Town Cemetery.

  column 122.

  Dunkirk Memorial, France.

  Husband of

  Mrs. A. Davies, Harbury, Warwickshire,

  Son of

  Mr. and Mrs. A. Davies.

  

Page 35

  

  The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

  2nd Battalion

  Rifleman

  Joseph Ernest Little

  3248230

  Died 27th May 1940

  Aged 21 years

  Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery,

  Wytschaete, Belgium.

  plot 4, row BB, grave 10.

  Son of

  William and Mary Little,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 36

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  9th Battalion

  Private

  Edward Stoker

  4457343

  Died 31st May 1940

  Aged 21 years

  Dunkirk Memorial, France.

  column 123

  Son of

  Edward and Florence May Stoker.

  Stepson of Joseph Murray,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 37

  

  The Royal Artillery

  20th Anti-Tank Regiment

  99th Battery

  Gunner

  Wilfred Ffitch Clark

  1526645

  Died 2nd June 1940

  Aged 20 years

  Dunkirk Memorial, France.

  column 11.

  Son of

  Cuthbert Henry Ffitch and Isobel Clark,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 38

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Boadicea)

  Able Seaman

  Arthur Davis

  C/JX 351712

  Died 13th June 1944

  Aged 20 years

  The Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

  panel 75, column 2.

  Son of

  Arthur and Margaret Davis,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 39

  

  Sergeant

  Obediah Matthew Stewart

  Military Medal

  

  Account of Award

  

  Date of Action –9th/10th November 1941

   “Much praise is due to all who assisted

  wounded back (raid on Plonk, Tobruk)

  especially to Sergeant Stewart and

  Private Crawley both of 16 Platoon who

  pulled two badly wounded back to our

  lines, taking three hours to do it.”

  

  The Military Medal was gained whilst

  serving with the 1st Battalion, Durham

  Light Infantry. Sergeant Stewart died in

  action whilst serving with the 6th Battalion,

  Durham Light Infantry in France.

     London Gazette

     24th February 1942

  

Page 40

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  6th Battalion

  Sergeant

  Obediah Matthew Stewart, M.M.

  4449759

  Died 15th June 1944

  Aged 33 years

  Bayeux War Cemetery.

  plot 15, row G, grave 16.

  Son of

  Robert and Eliza Ann Stewart,

  of Ferryhill Station.

  

Page 41

  

  Royal Engineers

  Sapper

  Herbert Cullum

  2015010

  Died – Missing 17th June 1943

  Aged 26 years

  Brookwood Memorial, Woking, Surrey.

  panel 5, column 3.

  Son of

  Mrs. Alice Gill.

  Stepson of Mr. Gill,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 42

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  9th Battalion

  Lance Corporal

  Walter Matthewson Oliver

  4460655

  Died 28th June 1942

  Age 25 years

  El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.

  plot 8, row G, column.grave 1-9.

  Son of

  Walter Matthewson and Mary Annie Oliver,

  of Blyth, Northumberland.

  

Page 43

  

  Royal Air Force

  Corporal

  Norman Hughes

  900413 V.R.

  Died 11th July 1945

  Aged 24 years

  Delhi War Cemetery, India.

  plot 1, row C, grave 9.

  Son of

  Norman and Frances Ada Hughes,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 44

  

  Royal Air Force

  108 Squadron

  Sergeant Pilot

  Thomas Leslie Roberts

  1081982 V.R.

  Died 12th July 1942

  Aged 31 years

  Heliopous War Cemetery, Egypt.

  plot 2, row E, grave 2.

  Husband of

  Edith Roberts,

  Son of

  Evan and Jane Roberts,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 45

  

  Royal Engineers

  162nd Railway Construction Company

  Sapper

  Oliver Morton

  14328765

  Died 21st July 1943

  Aldershot Hospital

  Aged 19 years

  Ferryhill Cemetery.

  section 1, grave 40.

  Son of

  Ernest A. and Jessie Morton,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 46

  

  Royal Artillery

  15th Medium Regiment

  Lance Sergeant

  James Henry Joice

  860779

  Died 25th July 1944

  Aged 24 years

  Ranville War Cemetery, France.

  plot 4, row B, grave 5.

  Son of

  Elizabeth Joice,

  of Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.

  

Page 47

  

  Welsh Guards

  2nd Battalion

  Guardsman

  Thomas Stephenson

  2734769

  Died 25th July 1944

  Aged 24 years

  Ranville War Cemetery, France.

  plot 9, row B, gave 5.

  Son of

  Frederick and Elizabeth Annie Stephenson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 48

  

  Pilot Officer, Navigator Sergeant

  Derek Williams

  

  Distinguished Flying Medal

  

  Citation

  

  “Throughout his operational tour this airman

  has consistently shown outstanding skill as a

  navigator and unceasing eagerness to engage

  in operations on every possible occasion. His

  reliability and coolness under the fiercest

  opposition have set a fine example to the

  whole Squadron. Sergeant Williams has

  navigated his aircraft successfully to most

  of the major targets in enemy territory and

  has also taken part in mine laying sorties.”

  

Page 49

  

  Royal Air Force

  103 Squadron

  Pilot Officer, Navigator, Sergeant

  Derek Williams, D.F.M.

  149140 V.R.

  Died 26th July 1943

  Aged 21 years

  Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.

  plot 6, row E, grave 4.

  Son of

  Philip Atkin and Mabel Williams,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 50

  

  Royal Air Force

  18 Squadron

  Wireless Operator – Air Gunner- Flight Sergeant

  William Brady

  1075561 V.R.

  Died 2nd August 1944

  Aged 29 years

  Padua War Cemetery, Italy.

  plot 4, row D, column.grave 4-7.

  Husband of

  Gladys Brady,

  Son of

  William and Violetta Brady,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 51

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Quorn)

  Able Seaman

  Robert William Neasham

  P/JX 235421

  Died 3rd August 1944

  Aged 21 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

  panel 83, column 1.

  Husband of

  Celia Annie Neasham,

  Son of

  Robert and Louisa Neasham,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 52

  

  Royal Artillery

  163rd Field Regiment

  Gunner

  Thomas Henry Ellis

  4398824

  Died 6th August 1943

  Stromnary Hospital, Orkney Isles.

  Ferryhill Cemetery.

  section B, grave 744.

  

Page 53

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  1st Battalion

  Sergeant

  Benjamin Lamb

  Died 22nd August 1941

  Aged 29 years

  The Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

  column 67.

  Son of

  Benjamin and Emma Lamb,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 54

  

  Royal Air Force

  Sergeant Navigator

  Douglas Batson

  1683298 V.R.

  Died 24th August 1944

  Aged 20 years.

  Ferryhill Cemetery.

  section 1, grave 108.

  Son of

  Joseph and Elizabeth Annie Batson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 55

  

  Royal Air Force

  46 Squadron

  Corporal

  Frederick Binks

  971409 V.R.

  Died 27th August 1941

  Aged 21 years

  Tel-El-Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

  plot 1, row K, grave 6.

  Son of

  Mr. and Mrs. George Binks,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 56

  

  Royal Air Force

  15 Squadron

  Sergeant

  Ralph Lawson

  1145407 V.R.

  Died 4th September 1943

  Aged 20 years

  Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

  panel 156.

  Husband of

  Jean Lawson,

  Son of

  Ralph and Jane Ann Lawson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 57

  

  Royal Air Force

  77 Squadron

  (Air Bomber)

  Flight Sergeant

  William Goldsbrough

  1040030 V.R.

  Died 6th September 1943

  Aged 21 years.

  Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.

  plot 11, row J, graves 8-9.

  Son of

  William and Ellen Graham Goldsbrough,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 58

  

  The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

  2nd/4th Battalion

  Lance Corporal

  Harry Hunter

  4394858

  Died 9th September 1943

  Aged 30 years

  Salerno War Cemetery, Italy.

  plot 4, row C, grave 19.

  Husband of

  Elizabeth Ellen Hunter,

  Son of

  George and Catherine Hunter.

  

Page 59

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  6th Battalion

  Private

  John Robert Charlton

  4454608

  Died 10th September 1944

  Aged 26 years

  Groesbeek Memorial, Netherlands.

  panel 5.

  Son of

  Jane Charlton and Robert Smith Charlton,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 60

  

  Royal Air Force

  Sergeant Pilot

  William Burrell Routledge

  1040042 V.R.

  Died 21st September 1943

  Aged 21 years

  Chilton Cemetery.

  section A, grave 496.

  Son of

  Thomas E. and Jane A. Routledge,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 61

  

  Royal Army Ordnance Corps

  4th Ordnance Stores Company

  Sergeant

  Thomas Henry Raine

  7637550

  Died 21st September 1944

  Aged 33 years

  Singapore Memorial, Singapore.

  column 108.

  Husband of

  Irene Raine,

  Son of

  Arthur Henry and Sarah Ann Raine,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 62

  

  Royal Air Force

  218 Squadron

  Sergeant Air Gunner

  John McGovern

  972243 V.R.

  Died 27th September 1943

  Aged 27 years

  War Graves Cemetery, Hanover, Germany.

  plot 3, row C, column-grave 1-6.

  Son of

  John and Margaret McGovern,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 63

  

  Royal Navy

   (H.M.S. Curacoa)

  Leading Seaman

  Basil Thompson Iveson

  P/JX 197565

  Died 2nd October 1942

  Aged 23 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

  panel 62, column 3.

  Son of

  Thomas Thompson and Florence Iveson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

Page 64

  

  The Durham Light Infantry

  9th Battalion

  Private

  Middleton Jones Foster

  14696554

  Died 4th October 1944

  Aged 19 years

  Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

  plot 7, row B, grave 4.

  Son of

  Alfred and Elizabeth Foster,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  The Durham Light Infantry

  1st Battalion

  Corporal

  Charles Barnham Bell

  4461673

  Died 10th October 1944

  Aged 30 years

  Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy.

  plot 15, row G, grave 3.

  Son of

  George and Hannah Bell,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Royal Oak)

  Petty Officer, Telegraphist

  John George Sheriff

  P/JX 128543

  Died 14th October 1939

  Aged 28 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hants.

  panel 34, column 3.

  Husband of

  Dorothea Sheriff, of St. Austell.

  Son of

  Sylvester and Edith Sheriff,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Armoured Corps

  3rd The Kings Own Hussars

  Trooper

  William Lee

  552870

  Died 25th October 1942

  Aged 28 years

  Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

  column 16.

  Husband of

  Doris E. Lee of Hateley Heath, Staffs.

  Son of

  George and Kate Lee,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Air Force

  76 Squadron

  (Air Bomber)

  Sergeant

  John McGauchie

  1148266 V.R.

  Died 8th November 1942

  Aged 22 years

  Oldebroek General Cemetery, Netherlands.

  joint grave 43-43.

  Son of

  Robert and Ann McGauchie.

  Stepson of

  Charlotte McGauchie,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Walney)

  Leading Seaman

  Andrew Martin

  C/JX 149498

  Died 8th November 1942

  Aged 23 years

  Chatham Naval Memorial.

  panel 52, column 2.

  Husband of

  Elsie Martin, of Spennymoor.

  Son of

  Andrew and Ethel Mary Martin.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Avenger)

  Able Seaman

  Matthew English

  C/SSX 28297

  Died 15th November 1942

  Aged 22 years

  Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

  panel 54, column 1.

  Husband of

  Olive English.

  Son of

  Joseph and Grace English,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Army Medical Corps

  Private

  John William Robson

  7349433

  Died 20th November 1943

  Aged 33 years

  Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey.

  grave 11, row B.

  Husband of

  Sybil Robson.

  Son of

  William and Florence Robson,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Dunedin)

  Able Seaman

  Joseph White

  P/JX 161270

  Died 24th November 1941

  Aged 18 years

  Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire.

  panel 50, column 1.

  Son of

  Joseph and Millicent Cicely White,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Air Force

  Corporal

  Winskill Egglestone

  1007645 V.R.

  Died 5th December 1944

  Aged 30 years.

  Ferryhill Cemetery.

  section 1, grave 109.

  Husband of Irene Egglestone.

  Son of

  Robert and Isabella Egglestone,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Horse Artillery

  12th (H.A.C.) Regiment

  Gunner

  John Harrison Newton

  1098531

  Died 11th December 1942

  Aged 27 years

  Beja War Cemetery, Tunisia.

  plot 2, row C, grave 11.

  Husband of

  Mary Ann Newton of Wingate.

  Son of

  Thomas Archer and Henrietta Newton.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Firedrake)

  Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

  Albert Henry Forster

  C/MX 76650

  Died 17th December 1942

  Aged 22 years

  Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

  panel 60, column 2.

  Son of

  John Thomas and Isabella Forster,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Navy

  (H.M.S. Firedrake)

  Able Seaman

  Douglas Ovington

  C/SSX 32404

  Died 17th December 1942

  Aged 19 years

  Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.

  panel 55, column 3.

  Son of

  William and Annie Ovington,

  of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Air Force

  Flight Sergeant Navigator

  George Ridley Telford Taylor

  1521681 V.R.

  Died 18th December 1944

  Aged 36 years

  Kirk Merrington (St. John) Churchyard.

  grave 384.

  Husband of

  Harriett Jane Welburn Taylor of Spennymoor.

  Son of

  William and Mary Taylor of Ferryhill.

  

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  Royal Air Force

  Sergeant Pilot

  Frank Charlton

  1077327 V.R.

  Died 28th December 1942

  Aged 20 years

  Ferryhill Cemetery.

  section 1, grave 66.

  Son of

  George Edward and Annie Charlton,

  of Ferryhill.

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