Book of Remembrance U.D.C. 1939-45

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 Cover  

 

 Urban District

  of

  Longbenton

  Book of Remembrance.

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Title page:  

  +

  Names

  of those who

  lost their Lives

  in the

  Second World War

  1939 -1945.

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Pages 2 and 3

  Benton Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Acaster, R.W., – Eastfield Road, Benton – Air Raid Warden, Civil Defence Services

        30th December, 1941 – Killed by enemy action during air raid

  Aitchison, John Robert Curn, – 25, Glenfield Road, Benton

        Private – 12th May, 1944 – Cassino, Italy.

  Bell, Thomas, – 6, Station Cottages, Forest Hall   

        Flying Officer – 3rd October, 1945 – Aircraft Crash, Burnley Bushes,

        Nr. Oakham, Rutland

  Bewick, John Cecil, – Merchant Navy, – 9th March, 1941, – London

  Bormond, Joseph, – Station Approach, Benton, –

        Fireguard and Clerk of the Council, – 30th December, 1941 –

        Killed by enemy action during air raid

  Bruce, John Walace (sic) – 14, Glenfield Road, Benton

        Private – 14th June, 1944 – Killed by accident in England

  Dodsworth, James – Ashleigh Grove West, Benton

        A/C.1, R.A.F. – 3rd February, 1943 – North Africa                              

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Pages 4 and 5

  Benton Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Douglas, John – 6, Briarsyde, Benton  

        Bombardier, Northumberland Hussars – 20th May, 1941 – Crete

  Elliott, Roy Charlton – Woodlands, Benton

        Sub. Lieutenant, R.N.R. – 15th March,1944 – Vatican City

  Hall, John William Armour – 87, Station Road, Forest Hall

        Private – 29th June, 1944 – Died of wounds in France

  Hawks, Lionel Henry – 41, Eastfield Ave., Benton

        3rd Engineer – 3rd September, 1940 – South Atlantic

  Hughes, Thomas Edward – “The Poplars”, 18 Manor Drive, Benton

        Able Seaman – 1st, June 1940 – Dunkirk  

  Johnson, George Miller – 19, Briarsyde, Benton,

        Pilot Officer – 19th February, 1943 – Usworth

  Landreth, Cowen – 20, Northumberland Ave., Benton

        Pilot Officer – 6th August, 1941 – Over Germany

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Pages 6 and 7

  Benton Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  McPherson, Alan Storey – 1, Linden Terrace, Benton

        Flight Sergeant Pilot – 23rd August, 1943 – Missing on flight to

        the Far East on the 23rd August 1943

  Munro, Ronald – “Heatherlea”, Forest Avenue, Forest Hall

        Flying Officer – 25th August, 1941 – Killed in air operations over Libya

  Pollock, James Adamson, B.A., – Benton

        Captain, – R.N.R. – 17th July, 1945 Forli, Italy.             

  Reynolds, Geoffrey Ernest – The Cottage, Benton

        Glider Pilot – 17th April 1943 – Chilbolton Aerodrome Hants.

  Robertson, John Balfour – 1, Grange Avenue, Benton

        Flight Sergeant – 2nd January, 1943 – Missing from R.A.F. Station,

        Sullom Voe, Shetland

  Rogers, Robert – 26 Briarsyde, Benton

        Civilian – 29th April 1941 – Killed as a result of enemy action during air raid.  

  Simpson, Charles Douglas – 2 Clifton Terrace, Forest Hall

         2nd Engineer – 26th July 1940 – Mined in convoy at sea.

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Pages 8 and 9

  Benton Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Smethurst, Norman F. – 6 Queen’s Gardens, Benton

        Sergeant – 207 Squadron – 9th September, 1942 Missing – presumed killed

  Weatherston, Nichol 4 Queen’s Gardens, Benton

        Lieutenant, Royal Navy – 5th December, 1942 – Lagos, Nigeria

  Wilson, Robert – Ashleigh Grove West, Benton

        Able Seaman – 3rd December, 1944 – Accidentally killed in Freemantle,                                                                                  

        Western Australia

  Wood, David Wallace – 22 Sandringham Ave., Benton

        3rd Engineer – 17th February, 1940 – Lost at Sea off Durban

  Wood, Bernard – 22 Sandringham Ave., Benton

        Cadet – 29th February, 1941 – Torpedoed and lost at sea off Irish Coast.

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Pages 10 and 11

  Forest Hall Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  

  Bolt, Ronald – 21, Holly Avenue, Forest Hall   

        Flight Sergeant – 24th December, 1944 – Cologne  

  Bouas, James, M.C. – Rocket Way, Forest Hall

        Leading Telegraphist – 9th June, 1942 – Lost at Sea.  

  Carnegie, Henry – 8, Vulcan Terrace, Forest Hall     

        Sergeant /OP. – 7th August, 1944 – Madley, Hereford    

  Charlton, Bryan – School House, Benton Square         

        R.N.V.R., Sub. Lieutenant – 14th April 1944 – Bombay  

  Conlon, Patrick – 12, Glebe Terrace, Forest Hall

        Flight Sergeant – 7th July, 1941 – Over Holland  

  Daniels, John Thomas    43, Lansdowne Road, Forest Hall

        Private – 29th May, 1942 – Killed Western Desert, Middle East Forces  

  Davidson, Robert William – 1 Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall  

        Sgt. Flt. Engineer – 3rd December, 1943 – Air operations over Germany

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Pages 12 and 13

  Forest Hall Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

 

  Denwood, J.J.D.G.H.R. – 7, Crescent Way, Forest Hall

     L/Corporal – 31st July, 1944 – Normandy Beaches

  Dixon, William – 70, Glebe Road, Forest Hall

     Able Seaman – 24th May, 1941 – H.M.S. Hood

  Dobbs, John H. – Oswin Avenue, Forest Hall

        Able Seaman – 21st August, 1944 – Convoy to Russia        

  Evans, George – 25, Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall

        Merchant Navy – 24th May, 1942 – Caribbean Sea     

  Forbes, Thomas – Ivy Road, Forest Hall

        Gunner, MAR. RA. – 31st December, 1942 – Reported Missing at Sea

  Horner, R.L. – Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall

        Royal Marines – 7th July, 1945 – Indian Ocean (Ceylon)

  Hutchinson, John Denham – 2 Burn Avenue, Forest Hall  

        Private – 3rd October, 1945 – Lost on Air Operations

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Pages 14 and 15

  Forest Hall Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

 

  Irving, J. Dawson – 41, Firtree Crescent, Forest Hall

        Engine Room Artificer – 18th February, 1944,

        Reported Missing at Sea, Italy, H.M.S.“Penelope”

  Jobling, George Charlton – 11, Whitfield Road, Forest Hall

        Sergeant Pilot – R.A.F. – 21st February, 1942 – Air Operations

        over Germany

  Lott, Frederick Clifford – 104, Meadway, Forest Hall

        Able Seaman – 24th May, 1941 – Killed in action

  Lumsden, W.H. – Great Lime Road, Forest Hall

        A.C.2. R.A.F. – 16th January, 1944 – Germany

  Maddison, J. – 10 Bamford Terrace, Forest Hall

        W/O – 12th May, 1944 – Bomb Demolition Accident

  McPhillips, Hugh – 17 Myrtle Crescent, Forest Hall

        Private – 7th September 1941 – Malaya

  Moore, James – 10 Edwins Ave. South, Forest Hall

        Private – 14th May, 1940 – Killed in action in France

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Pages 16 and 17

  Forest Hall Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

   

  Moore, George – 10, Edwins Ave. South, Forest Hall

        Driver, R.E.T.A. – 10th May, 1942 – Killed in action, M.E.F.

  Murray, Denis Francis – 58 Lansdowne Road, Forest Hall

        Private – 15th March 1945 – Killed in Burma

  Nelson, R. – Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall

        Sergeant – 25th September, 1941 – Penhoven    

  Nichol, William – 22, Granville Drive, Forest Hall

        Sergeant W.O., R.A.F. – 30th December, 1942 –  

        Omah, Northern Ireland

  Parker, John George, – 12, Wilson Terrace, Forest Hall

        Royal Marines – 28th October 1945 – Ceylon

  Routledge, Ronald – 33, Delaval Road, Forest Hall

        Fusilier – 15th February 1942 – Singapore  

  Simpson, Norman – 59, Station Rd North, Forest Hall  

        Private – 24th October, 1946 – Hexham Military Hospital

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Pages 18 and 19

  Forest Hall Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Straughan, Edward – 41, Edwin’s Avenue, Forest Hall

        Able Seaman – 18th February 1940 – H.M.S. Daring  

  Smith, John Arthur William – Elm Grove, – Forest Hall  

        Flt./Sgt. Engineer – R.A.F. – 4th March, 1945 – Oakham, Rutlandshire

  Thomas, Arthur – 3, Delaval Road, Forest Hall

        Corporal – 3rd December, 1942 – Tunisia, North Africa

  Urwin, Arthur – 48, Rocket Way, Forest Hall  

        L/Sergeant – 26th October, 1942 – El Alamein  

  Urwin, Ernest – Oswin Avenue, Forest Hall  

        Trooper, R.A.C. – 15th February, 1942 – England  

  Walton, R. – Back Ivy Street, Forest Hall

        L/Bombardier – 12th December, 1942 – North Africa

  Wilson, John – 62, Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall

        Private – 13th March 1944 – Burma  

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Pages 20 and 21

  Camperdown Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Allan, Robert – 14, Bell Grove, Burradon

        Sergeant – 28th February, 1943 – Wilhelmshaven

  Appleby, Jim – 29, Station Road, Burradon

        Leading Steward – 20th October, 1940 – Lost at Sea

  Charlton, Thomas – 29 Burradon Road, Burradon

        Private – 12th September  1944 – Lost at Sea

  Costis, John – 34a Burradon Road, Burradon

        Private – 17th June, 1943 – Lost at Sea

  Craig, James – 1, Station Road, Burradon

     Stoker – 19th January, 1942 – Lost at Sea

  Crooks, Aidan A. – 8 Park Side, West Moor  

        Sergeant – July, 1944 – Died P.O.W. Sumatra

  Douglas, Andrew – Burradon Road, Burradon

        L/Corporal – 3rd August, 1943 – Oxford  

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Pages 22 and 23

  Camperdown Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Gallon, Mark White – 34, Station Road, Burradon

        Ord. Seaman – 24th October, 1941 – Lost at Sea   

  Gallon, Thomas – North Row, Burradon

        Fusilier – 13th January, 1945 – Burma  

  Grant, Douglas Lambert – 5, Hazel Grove, West Moor  

        Flight Sergeant – 12th December 1942 – Northern France

  Haskins, Harold – Atkin Street, Burradon

        Able Seaman – 15th June, 1941 – Lost at Sea  

  Hindhaugh, Thomas William – 1, Moor View, Burradon

        Driver – 9th September, 1943 – Perthshire, Scotland

  Henderson, Sidney G. – 44, Station Road, Burradon

        Fusilier –  26th November, 1941 – Tobruk

  Parker, W.L. – 9, Benton Lane, West Moor   

        Private 2nd Batt. Parachute Regt. – 17th September 1944 – Arnhem

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Pages 24 and 25

  Camperdown Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Pease, Jack – 4 Annitsford Ter., Burradon

        Signaller – 26th September, 1940 – Lost at Sea   

  Reed, George Thomas – 61, Allanville, Burradon

        Gunner – 18th February, 1943 – Dundee    

  Smith, George Sargeant – 107, Allanville, Burradon

        Bombardier – 6th August, 1944 – Normandy

  Taylor, Robert – Burradon Road, Burradon

        Gunner – 10th June, 1946 – Burma

  Wilkinson, George – 1, Hanns Buildings, West Moor  

        Rifleman – 24th May, 1945 – Died Shotley Bridge – P.O.W. 5 years

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Pages 26 and 27

  Holystone Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Casson, William G. – 1, Ryton Terrace, West Allotment        

        Acting Able Seaman – H.M.S. Dasher – 27th March 1943 – Lost at Sea

  Hays, George Arthur – 27, Palmersville, Forest Hall  

        Sgt. Flight Engineer – 7/8th July 1944 – Lost on air operations

        over enemy occupied territory

  Jack, Thomas M.P. – 42 Whitley Road, Holystone

        Driver i/c Royal Artillery – 8th July, 1942 – Middle East Forces

  Jones, Gordon P. – 12, Cramlington Ter., West Allotment

        Gunner, – R.A., Light Anti Aircraft Regt. – 24th December, 1943

        Died in Japanese Prison Camp

  McGuire, Thomas – 60 Palmersville, Forest Hall  

        Private – R.E.E.C.E. – 15th February, 1942 – Singapore  

  McMenzie, James D. – 54 Palmersville, Forest Hall

        Corporal – 24th April 1941 – Middle East (Egypt)

  Nicholson, George – 30 Laurel Avenue, Palmersville

        Private – 26th December, 1945 – Wroughton R.A.F. Hospital, Swindon

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Pages 28 and 29

  Holystone Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Oldham, James – 14, Griffith Terrace, West Allotment

        Royal Field Artillery – 15th May, 1942 – Hospital, Hereford.

  Oughton, Raymond – 3, Taylor Terrace, West Allotment

        Trooper – Queens Bays, Royal Arm. Corps. – 15th March 1942 – Tobruk

  Peacock, John Murray – 24, North Terrace, West Allotment

        Private – Green Howards – 26th April 1944 – Anzio Beach Head  

  Scott, Charles – 3 Buddle Terrace, West Allotment  

        Stoker – 1st Class – 17th December, 1942 – Killed in Action

  Strong, R. – Palmersville, Forest Hall  

        Pioneer Corps – 2nd December, 1941 – Hexham Emergency Hospital

  Telford, Donald Montgrove – Killingworth House, Killingworth

        Sergeant Pilot – 25th April 1942 – Killed on landing at Waddington, Lincs.

  Telford, John E. – 62, Palmersville, Forest Hall

        Gunner – 12th November, 1945 – Tripoli

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Pages 30 and 31

  Holystone Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Temple, Thomas James – 24, Eccles Terrace, West Allotment.

        C.M.P. – 9th July, 1944.

  Thompson, John – 25, Nicholson Ter., Forest Hall         

        L/Bombardier – 6th August, 1943 – Catania Plain

  Thompson, S.V. – 8, Laurel Place, Forest Hall

        Private – 21st September, 1944 – Japanese Transport

  Walton, William – “Moorlands” West Lane, Forest Hall

        Sergeant – R.A.F. – 14th July, 1942 – Germany  

  Watson, William – 19 Laurel Avenue, Forest Hall  

        Leading Stoker, “Royal Oak” – 14th October, 1939 – Scapa Flow  

  Wilson, John Thomas – 9, Eccles Terrace, West Allotment

        Gunner 248/79th L.A.A.R.A. – 17th March 1943 – Killed in Iraq, Persia,

        on Dispatch Duties

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Pages 32 and 33

  Dudley Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Agan, U. – 2 Rowlands Bldgs., Dudley

        L/Corporal – Royal Corps of Signals – 5th January, 1943 – P.O.W. Thanbuzayat                                          

  Appleby, A. – 13, Coquet Terrace, Dudley

        Fusilier, R.N.F. – 27/30th May, 1942 – Africa, Knightsbridge Battle.

  Appleby, John Arthur – 25, Angerton Terrace, Dudley

        Private, D.L.I. – Posted Missing 27th June, 1942 – Middle East

  Archer, Michael – 16 Clarke’s Terrace, Dudley

        L.S. Royal Navy – 11th December, 1942 – Missing at Sea  

  Baron, James – Ethel Street, Dudley  

        Civilian – 1st September, 1941 – Killed by enemy action

  Bartley, R. – 1, Victory Cottages, Dudley

        Private, – A. & S. Highlanders – Presumed died on 20th January, 1945 –

        P.O.W. Borneo  

  Bell, G. – Earsdon House, Dudley

        L/Sergeant Royal Corps of Signals – 11th January, 1943 –

        Kan Chana Buri, Thailand

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Pages 34 and 35

  Dudley Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Brennen, E. – 10 Jackson Street, Annitsford  

        Corporal, R.A.F. – 3rd August, 1944 – Bordeaux, France  

  Brown, J. – 34, Barrass Avenue, Annitsford

        Sergeant, R.A.F. – 30th May, 1942 – Lost over Germany

  Chambers, Thomas T. – 37, Burnside Avenue, Annitsford

        Private – 25th May, 1944 – Presumed died of wounds in Burma

  Collingwood, W. – 17, East View Terrace, Dudley

        Sergeant Navigator R.A.F. – 21st November, 1943 – Hagetthaik, Burma

  Conboy, John George – Grieves Row, Dudley

        L.S. Merchant Navy – 19th November, 1942 – Missing at Sea

  Curtis, John James – 12, Grieves Row, Dudley

        Driver, R.A.S.C. – 24th June, 1944 – Italy  

  Gourley, Slater – 5, Clarke’s Terrace, Dudley

        Trooper, Queens Bays Royal Lancers – 25th October, 1944 – El Alamein  

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Pages 36 and 37

  Dudley Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Gray, A.L. – 12, South View, Annitsford

        Gunner – 23rd October, 1945 – Yugoslavia

  Harle, G. – 54 Weetslade Crescent, Dudley

        Marine, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Royal Oak – 13th October, 1939 – Scapa Flow

  Hayes, G.D. – 58 Jubilee Terrace, Annitsford

        L/Corporal – 27th June, 1944 – Normandy

  Hind, William Armstrong – 8 Ethel Street, Dudley

        Private, Black Watch, Tyneside Scottish – 20th May, 1940 – Arras  

  Lashley, J.J. – 18 Jackson Street, Annitsford

        Gunner – 28th March 1944 – Belfast   

  Latty, J. – 2 Green Lane, –  Dudley

        Gunner, R.A. – 19th September, 1943 – Salerno  

  Leighton, Isaac Davison – 9, Hazlerigg Street, Dudley

        A.C.2  R.A.F. Rear Gunner – 18th December, 1939 – Heligoland Bight

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Pages 38 and 39

  Dudley Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Mitchelson, Walter – 5, George’s View, Dudley

        A.Q.M.S. – East Yorks. – 20th May, 1940 – France  

  Nelson, R. – 4, Market Street, Dudley

        Sergeant, – Gordon Highlanders – 25th October, 1944 – Eindhaben, Holland

  Parker, Samuel George – Front Street, Annitsford

        A/B Seaman – 24th April 1940 – Lost at Sea

  Raffle, L. – 9, Railway Row, Annitsford

        Private – 24th October, 1942 – El Alamein  

  Reed, George White Patterson – 3, Sandly Lane, North Gosforth

        Gunner – 4th July, 1942 – El Alamein  

  Riley, D. – 74 Weetslade Crescent, Dudley

        Gunner, R.A. – 10th April 1945 – France

  Rutherford, T. – 8, Lee Street, Annitsford

        Guardsman – 5th March 1945 – Reichwald Forest, Germany

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Pages 40 and 41

  Seaton Burn Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Adamson, William Thomas – Hazlerigg

        Sargeant – 8th October, 1943 – Lancaster 111 995x

  Atchison, Creswell – Chapel Place – Seaton Burn

        Flight/Sergeant – 14/15th July, 1942 – Germany

  Burn, John George McKenzie – 27, East View, Wideopen

        L/Corporal – 21st May, 1940 – Arras  

  Carr, Cecil William – 9 Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn  

        Child – 29th December, 1941 – Seaton Burn     

  Carr, Stanley – 9 Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn   

        Child – 29th December, 1941 – Seaton Burn  

  Carr, George Edward – 9 Elm Street, Seaton Burn   

        Marine – 25th July, 1945 – E.M.S. Hospital, Stonehouse, Scotland

  Clark, Alan – Moor House Inn, Seaton Burn   

        Flight/Sergeant – 13/14th July, 1943 – Sicily      

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Pages 42 and 43

  Seaton Burn Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Dunbar, Ronald Jeffries – 19, Low Cross Row, Seaton Burn    

        Private – 14th January, 1942 – Malaya  

  Dunbar, James Gibson – 4, North Row, – Seaton Burn

        Able Seaman – 23rd May, 1941 – H.M.S. Fiji, Crete

  Gibson, Gordon – 10, High Cross Row, Seaton Burn

        Private – 7th January, 1942 – Malaya

  Gibson, John Edward – 11, Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn

        Gunner – 27th May, 1940 – St. Elio

  Hudson, R. – Blagdon Terrace, Seaton Burn  

        Flt/Sgt. Navigator, Pathfinder Force – 2nd January 1944 –

        Missing from operations over Berlin.

  Hume, John Robert – 34, Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn

        Gunner – Maritine (sic) R.A. Regt. – 8th March, 1945 – Killed

        by accident near Glasgow while on duty.

  Kelsey, William – 1 East View, Wideopen     

        Merchant Service – 3rd September, 1941 – Atlantic  

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Pages 44 and 45

  Seaton Burn Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Llewelyn, W.S. – Mitford Gardens, Wideopen

  McIntyre, H.R. – 3 Alexander Terrace, Hazlerigg

        Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders – 26th September, 1944 – Italy

  Mullen, Richard – 9, Railway Row, Seaton Burn  

        Driver, R.A. – 29th September, 1940 – Drowned at St. Maws, Cornwall

  Robinson, Hoodless – 3 Alexander Terrace, Hazlerigg

        Sergeant, R.N.F. – 17th April 1945 – Died on Hospital in Hungaria

  Slater, Ronald – 13, West View, Wideopen  

        Trooper – 8th April, 1943 – Pichou  

  Straughan, N. – 3, Church Row, Seaton Burn  

        Private – 2nd September, 1942 – Died in Baguley Hospital, Manchester  

  Trobe, James Claughan – “Oaklea”, 107 East View, Wideopen

        Seaman – Gunner, S.S. Clan Murray, M.N. – 14th July, 1942 – Gulf of Aden

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Pages 46 and 47

  Seaton Burn Ward

  Name – Address – Rank – Date of Death – Place of death

  Tully, John, Dudley Lane, Seaton Burn

              Marine, 6th June, 1944  Beaches of Normandy  

  Turnbull, Victor, 2, North Row, Seaton Burn

              Leading Stoker, R.N. – 23rd May, 1941 –

              H.M.S. Kashmir, Battle of Crete

  White, J.   Store Row East, Seaton Burn,

              Flight Sergeant, Germany

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