War Memorials, - Elsewhere
Barningham (Co. Durham),
The Church of St. Michael
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The War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham (Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham
Photo : Edward Nicholl

Barningham used to be in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but boundary changes in the 1970s now place Barningham in County Durham.

The Barningham War Memorial has now become virtually llegible in respect of the names of those who fell in the FIrst World War. The view below shows the state that this memorial is now in. The names of the men from the First World War could be transcribed with great difficulty using an enlarged and enhanced digital image, though some of the names remain in doubt.

Thre names of those who fell in the Second World War are clearer, though it may not be too long before they, too, beocme hard to read.

The names of those who fell in the First World War are;-

HENRY ALDERSON
JOHN ALDERSON
WILLIAM C ALLISON
EDWIN ATKINSON
WILLIAM BARNETT
THOMAS COLE
CHRISTOPHER DOBSON
JOHN RALPH GOLDSBROUGH
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
LANCELOT KITCHEN
JEFFREY (?) MARTIN
JOHN WM (?) PINKNEY
ROBERT SAWYER (?)
THOMAS SHEPHERD
J B (?) TAYLOR

Corporal William Barnett. 28133. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 15 August 1917.
Born Barningham, Enlisted Startforth, Resided Barningham (Yorks).
Buried ESSEX FARM CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Cole, 28271. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Jane Cole, of Newsham; husband of Margaret Ellen Cole, of Newsham, Barningham, Darlington. Killed 23 June 1917. Aged 35.
Born Gainford (Durham), Enlisted Dalton, Resided Newsham
Buried DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Christopher Brown Johnson. 2508. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Graham Johnson, and Sophia Johnson, of Earby Hall, Newsham, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Reeth (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Barnard Castle.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(There is a memorial plaque to Private Johnson in the church, - see photo below.)

The First World War Names on the War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham
The First World War Names on the War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Second World War Names on the War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham
The Second World War Names on the War Memorial outside St. Michael's Church, Barningham
Photo : Edward Nicholl

The Memorial Plaque to Private Johnson in St. Michael's Church, BarninghamThe Memorial Plaque to Private Johnson in St. Michael's Church, Barningham
Photo : Simon Barnard (<sb16460@talktalk.net>)

St. Michael's Church, Barningham
St. Michael's Church, Barningham
Photo : Edward Nichol

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