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The War Memorial in St. Helen's Church, Kelloe, is comprised
of three wooden panels with the names of those who fell in the central panel.
Those who served are shown in the left and right panels.
56 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War.
131 names are shown as having served in that war.
The names of those who fell are listed below. The names of Yorkshire Regiment soldiers are highlighted in bold text.
| ALLISON, GEORGE ALLISON, THOMAS ATKINSON, WILLIAM BEAMSON, ROBERT BINLEY, JOHN BLAKEY, DAVID BOAL, JOHN BOAL, WALTER G CHIPCHASE, HENRY COLE, WILLIAM COLLINSON, JOSEPH COOK, THOMAS CRABTREE, W N DIXON, AARON DIXON, GEORGE DIXON, THOMAS D DURKIN, THOMAS ERRINGTON, WILLIAM FISHER, CHALMERS FOSTER, JOHN GEORGE (1) GALLAGHER, JOHN GARSIDE, WILLIAM GOWER, WILLIAM GILL, HENRY HARLEY, ROBERT W HEIGHTLEY, BENJAMIN HEWITSON, FENWICK HEWITSON, JOHN W |
HIGGINS, JACOB HODGSON, J F HOWLETT, GEORGE HUTCHINSON, W LAMB, GEORGE McCULLY, JAMES McDONNELL, JOHN W McDONNELL, JAMES McKINLEY, M MIDGLEY, JOHN W (2) MIDGLEY, ROBERT MILLER, JOHN MORRIS, JOSEPH MULLIGAN, JOSEPH OGDEN, THOMAS ORTON, JOSEPH PAYTON, PATRICK RAMSHAW, JOHN ROBSON, JOHN W SCOTT, G SMITH, JOHN STRATFORD, A TURNBULL, CHARLES VANCE, JOHN VINCENT, ALBERT E WALLACE, JOHN (2) WATSON, THOMAS WEST, ANTHONY |
(1) Correct name is John George Forster.
(2) Name in both CWGC register and SDGW is James William Midgley.
Private Robert Beamson. 19719. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Isabella Beamson, of Kelloe, Coxhoe, Co. Durham. Killed
1 July 1916. Aged 36.
Born Kelloe (Durham), Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Kelloe.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private John Boal. 13723. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 16 September 1916.
Born Kelloe (Sedgefield), Enlisted Deafhill Colliery, Resided Kelloe.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Joseph Collinson. 6783. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Cornsay (Durham), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Ellerton (Nr Scorton)
Commemorated Panel 12, le Touret Memorial.
Corporal William Nelson Crabtree, 11739. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Crabtree, of 38, South View, East
Hetton, Coxhoe, Co. Durham. Killed on 22 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Coxhoe (Durham)
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58., Helles Memorial.
Private John George Forster. 19724. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 28 September 1916.
Born Ryhope, Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Kelloe.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private John Gallagher. 14851. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Edward Gallagher, and the late Sarah Gallagher. Killed 13
January 1917. Aged 33.
Born Swainforth (Foxwood), Enlisted Deafhill, Resided South Shields.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Fenwick Hewitson, MM. 14977. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mathew and Catherine Hewitson, of Main St., Kelloe,
Co. Durham. Killed 12 May 1917. Aged 23.
Born Kelloe, Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Kelloe.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private James McCully. 17321. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William McCully, of 2, Ella's Villas, Bangor Rd., Newtownards,
Co. Down. Native of Kelloe, Co. Durham. Killed 11 November 1918. Aged 22.
Born Coxhoe (Durham), Enlisted Deaf Hill Colliery, Resided Kelloe (Durham).
Buried LIEGE (ROBERMONT) CEMETERY.
Private James William Midgley. 16615. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 November 1915.
Born Kelloe (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Kelloe.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
Private Thomas Ogden. 16113. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 15 September 1916.
Born Coxhoe (Co. Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Coxhoe.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Joseph Orton, MM. 13986. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 19 October 1917.
Born Kelloe (Sedgfield), Enlisted Deafhill, Resided Trimdon Grange.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Serjeant Anthony Stratford. 11624. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William Stratford, of Kelloe Winning, Trimdon Grange; husband
of Annie Trail (formerly Stratford), of 1, South Plantation, Trimdon Grange,
Co. Durham. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 39.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Deafhill Colliery, Resided Trimdon Grange.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58., Helles Memorial.
Private John Vance. 19725. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Vance, of 5, Moor Row, Kelloe, Co. Durham.
Died 24 September 1917. Aged 21.
Born Kelloe, Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Kelloe.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
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St. Helen's Church, Kelloe
(Photo : Jack Turton <jackturton@btopenworld.com>)
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