War memorials, North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire War Memorials, -
Newsham
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The War Memorial, Newsham
The War Memorial, Newsham (Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial in Newsham includes not only the names of those who fell in both the First and Second World Wars, but also the names of those who served in the First World War and returned.

Photographs of the faces are shown below at a resolution which should allow for transcription.

The names of those who fell in the First World War were;-

C A BUTLER
T COLE
C B JOHNSON
J V MARTIN
J PEACOCK

Information on the two Yorkshire Regiment soldiers is below. There is also information on another website on one of the soldiers from another regiment who fell in the First World war.

Private Thomas Cole, 28271. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ben and Jane Cole, of Newsham; husband of Margaret Ellen Cole, of Newsham, Barningham, Darlington. Killed 23 June 1917. Aged 35.
Born Gainford (Durham), Enlisted Dalton, Resided Newsham
Buried DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Christopher Brown Johnson. 2508. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Graham Johnson, and Sophia Johnson, of Earby Hall, Newsham, Richmond, Yorks. Killed 17 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Reeth (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Barnard Castle.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

The Names of Those Who Fell on the Newsham Memeorial
The Names of Those Who Fell on the Newsham Memorial (Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Names of Those Who Served on the Newsham Memorial - 1
The Names of Those Who Served on the Newsham Memorial - 1 (Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Names of Those Who Served on the Newsham Memorial - 2
The Names of Those Who Served on the Newsham Memorial - 2 (Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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