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The Haydon Bridge War Memorial
Photo © Copyright
Paul Farmer and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
The Haydon Bridge War Memorial is situated outside St. Cuthbert's Church.
The memorial commemorates 57 names from the First World War, and 16 from
the Second World War.
A transcription of these names, and of the dedication on the main face of
the memorial, can be found on a page
for this memorial set up by the Northumberland and Durham Family History
Society.
One Officer of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.
Lieutenant John Gibson. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
Emma Janet Robson (formerly Gibson), of 127, Summergangs Rd., Holderness Rd.,
Hull, and the late Samuel Gibson. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 23.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The following comments are provided by Robert Couson in his Biographies
of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
"On July 1st 1916 when the Battle of the Somme opened Lt Gibson with
the 9th Battalion were in Corps reserve in bivouacs outside the town of Albert.
On July 3rd they moved up to the front line just to the south east of the
village of La Boiselle and on July 5th an attack was launched at 4-00 a.m.
against the enemy position known as Horseshoe Trench.
Later in the morning a heavy German counter attack developed and Lt John Gibson
was killed as the enemy launched a bombing attack on July 5th 1916 aged 23.
His body was lost in the chaos and confusion of the battlefield."
Names "A" - "K" for the First World War on the Haydon
Bridge War Memorial.
Photo by Frances
Jeens, War Memorials Online
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