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Yorkshire
Regiment War Graves, - Deaf Hill (St. Paul's) Churchyard |
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There are 8 burials relating to the First World War in Deaf Hill (St. Paul's) Churchyard. The graves are all in the Western part of the Churchyard, - between the church and the road. They are all easily located.
Two of the graves are for soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment.
One other grave is of interest in that it was for a member of the Non-Combatants Corps.
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Private John Peel, 14285. 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Ann Peel, of 12 Railway Row, Trimdon Foundry. Born Trimdon, Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Trimdon. Died 20 May 1919. Aged 30. From John Peel's Service Record, he enlisted into the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment on 9 September 1914, and was first in France in September 1915. After being wounded (April 1917) he was transferred into the 3rd Battalion on return to England in April 1918. Photograph : Edward Nicholl, <emn@enicholl.com> To view larger sized image, select the thumbail on the left. Close the window that opens to return to this page. |
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Serjeant Robert Hills Pringle. 63364.
2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly (27319) 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward Pringle, of Commercial Street, Trimdon Colliery. Died at home 7 November 1919. Aged 31. Photograph : Edward Nicholl, <emn@enicholl.com> To view larger sized image, select the thumbail on the left. Close the window that opens to return to this page. |
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St.
Paul's Church, Deaf Hill (Co. Durham) showing the scattered Commonwealth War
Graves in the churchyard
Photograph : Edward Nicholl, <emn@enicholl.com>
The grave of Private G Henderson of the Non-Combatant Corps, in front of the
family headstone.
Photograph : Edward Nicholl, <emn@enicholl.com>
The following information on the Non-Combatants Corps comes from Wikipedia;-
"The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army primarily composed of conscientious objectors. Its members fulfilled various non-combatant roles within the army during both the First World War and Second World War."