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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Brancepeth (Co. Durham) |
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The War Memorial for Brancepeth, Co. Durham
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The War Memorial for Brancepeth is located beside the main door of the Church of St. Brandon in Brancepeth.
The memorial is an octagonal shaft surmounted by an ornate cross, mounted on a square base. One face of the base carries the dedication for the memorial. Two of the other faces commemorate 16 men who lost their lives in the First World War, and the remaining face commemorates 1 man who lost his life in the Second World War.
The names of those commemorated are shown below.
Thomas Atkinson George Baul Robert Guyll Carlyle Johnson Ronald Laking William Oyston Frederick Ramely Wilfred Race |
Albert Rodgers Raymond Scott Charles Skinner John Smith Richard Smith Joseph Watson George Waddell Thomas Wilkinson |
1939-1945 Richard E Wylde |
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Three soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial (their names are emphasised, above).
Private George Baul. 115309. 11th Battalion Machine
Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 205081 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September
1918.
Born Tanfield (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brancepeth (Durham).
Buried CHAPEL CORNER CEMETERY, SAUCHY-LESTREE.
Private Carlyle Johnson. 45860. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Catherine Johnson, of White House Farm, Willington,
Co. Durham; husband of Elizabeth Emma Johnson, of "Clairmont," Prince's
St., Bishop Auckland. Killed 14 December 1917. Aged 31.
Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Burnhope.
Buried LOOS St. PATRICK'S CEMETERY.
Private Joseph Watson. 20662. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 4 November 1918.
Born Metal Bridge, Enlisted Spennymoor.
Commemorated on Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
The
Dedication on the Brancepeth War Memorial.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
St.
Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, with the War Memorial by the Main Entrance
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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