War Memorials Elsewhere, - Easington Lane (Co. Durham)

The Clock Tower in Easington Lane Which Commemorates the Dead of Both World Wars
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

Easington Lane, County Durham, lies between Hetton-le-Hole and South Hetton. The War Memorial is in the form of a clock tower. The face of the tower facing the main street contains the dedication, and the names of men who lost their lives in the Second World War.

The following description of the clock tower is on the website for the Imperial war Museum's Register of War Memorials;-
"Board on the clock-Township of Hetton le Hole Great War 1914-1918
This clock is erected/to the memory of the fallen sailors and soldiers in the above war-------------August 1922
A notice in Hetton Town Centre reads: Hetton Town Memorial Clock.
The Hetton Town Clock was erected on the former Hetton Urban District Council Offices in Front Street, to commemorate those who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918, and is classed as an Official War Memorial.
The Clock was manufactured in 1922 by J.F. Newey of York for J.F. Marshall the Jeweller of Hetton/Downs and has been maintained & restored by Potts of Derby (Clockmakers established 1833).
In order to preserve and acknowledge the heritage of the community, Hetton Town Council funded the complete restoration of the clock workings, provision of a new face drum and relocation to the Hetton Centre in June 2004. The clock is now electrically powered, but until moved, was still wound by hand twice a week.A replica clock also electrically powered, has been installed on the original site in Front Street."

A full description of this clock tower, - when it was built and who dedicated it, can also be found on http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7186

19 men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment, and who lost their lives, are commemorated on this memorial. Details of these men are shown below. The tablets on which their names are recorded are shown below as thumbnail images, which when selected provide an image that is large enough for transcription.

Private Thomas William Booth. 44931. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Ellen Booth, of 239, High St., Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 28 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Houghton (Durham), Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Easington Lane.
Buried ROSIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Thomas Brumell. 17263. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Blyth (Northumberland), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Commemorated on the FRICOURT MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "T Brummell" on the memorial.)

Private John Edward Burn. 18782. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William Henry and Mary Burn, of Murton, Co. Durham. Killed 28 October 1915. Aged 28.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Lane.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Stephen Cummings. 18226. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1916.
Born Amble (Northumberland), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "S Cummins" on the memorial)

Serjeant James Fishburn, MM. 34588. 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 18175 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Fishburn, of 19, Barrington Terrace, Hetton Downs, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 22 September 1917. Aged 22.
Born Hetton-le-Hole (Co. Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring (Durham), Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.

Private Alexander McKenzie Jobey. 18802. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ann Jobey, of 24, Elsmore Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham, and the late Alexander McKenzie Jobey. Killed 23 October 1917. Aged 30.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Edward Johnson. 11698. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 September 1915.
Born Easington Lane, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Easington Lane.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.

Private James Kent. 19283. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Kent, of 7, Mill St., Brickgarth, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 26 September 1915. Aged 19.
Born Hanley (Staffs), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.

Private Matthew Henry Liddle. 19544. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 24 February 1916.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.

Lance Serjeant Alban Lydon. 16148. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Michael and Elizabeth Arm Lydon; husband of Alice Latimer (formerly Lydon), of 71, Elemore Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 31.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.

Private Ernest Murphy, 18123. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1916.
Born South Hetton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Thomas Nelson. 12685. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Easington Lane (Co. Durham), Enlisted Houghton, Resided South Shields.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Corporal George Ramshaw. 18083. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ada Ramshaw, of 59, Lilywhite Terrace, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 27 September 1916. Aged 35.
Born Stanley (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private John Price. 13826. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Easington (Hetton-le-Hole, Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D,THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal Joseph Reay. 12602. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Stepbrother of Miss J. A. W. Stewart, of 195, Brickgarth, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 8 June 1917.
Born Widdrington (Northumberland), Enlisted Durham, Resided Easington Lane.
Buried WOODS CEMETERY.

Private Thomas Spence. 11446. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Monkwearmouth (Sunderland), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Edward Thomas. 18820. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ruth Thomas of 48 Elemore Lane, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham. Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 38.
Born Bagillt (Denbigh, N Wales), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane.
Buried OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY.
(But also commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.)

Private Thomas Clark Thompson. 202964. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas Thompson and Mary Thompson (formerly Clark) of Hetton-Le-Hole, Co. Durham. Husband of Mary Ann Thompson (formerly Churchill) of Hetton-Le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 14 February 1917. Aged 30.
Born Easington Lane (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Edward Wiseman. 38909. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Mary Wiseman. of 31, Lilywhite Terrace, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 22.
Born Barnard Castle, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Easington Lane (Co. Durham).
Buried BEAUREVOIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION.

Private William Wright. 101852. 29th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 18750 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Wright, of 25, George Street, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham. Killed 6 October 1918. Aged 32.
Born Hetton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton, Resided Hetton-le-Hole.
Buried LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK.

The Dedication on the Easington Lane War Memorial, and the Names of Those Who Fell in the Second World War
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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