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Memorials Elsewhere, - Norton (Stockton-on-Tees), St. Mary's Church |
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The Memorial Stone Tablet in St. Mary's Church, Norton
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Norton, is a stone tablet in which
are carved the names of those who fell in the First World War. The Plaque
is located behind the font, under the West window. There are three columns
of names. Carved into the plaque under each column of names is another name,
- clearly "late additions".
The names on the memorial plaque are;-
| Thomas Allinson James Frank Atkinson Richard Atkinson William Beeton Wilfred M Booth Robert Henry Brand James Cartmell Brown John William Brown Norman A Burnett William T Cheeseworth Harrison T Crosby A B Lifford Crosby Timothy H S Crosby Edward Cross George Oliver Cross Ernest William Cryer Robert Cubley Arthur C Cussons William Davies William Denton Harry C Dickinson Frederick T Dietz Donald Sturat Donkin John Norman Dowse Francis Inwood Dring Alexander English John Edward English John Rowe Fewster Edward Fletcher Ernest W Forster |
Thomas Percival Guthe Robert Hall Richard Harrison George Norman Hedley John Joseph Humble Herbert Jefferies John Edward Johnson George Kidd John William Kidd Mark Kirby Thomas Gordon Kirby Joseph Henry Kirk Johnson Lax John A Littlefair Arthur Lonsdale John William Lowes Alexander McInteer George R McKenzie Rupert Moore Percival W Murray William Orr Charles C Osborne Harold Pearson Alfred Pearson Bertie H Phillips Harold Pickard Thomas A Pierson George G Porter Thomas A Proud John Ramsey |
Walter Redding George W Ridley Albert V Robinson Benjamin Carr Robson James Russell Francis S Scott Harry Sharman Jabez William Sharp Bert H Silversides John Robert Skelton William Smart Albert Edward Smith Alfred G H Smith Walter Victor Smith Fred Snaith Andrew Snowdon George Blair Snowdon John W Southall William Taylor Arthur Thorpe Sidney C Tingle Frederick O Trechmann Charles S Vane-Tempest Andrew ventress Benjamin E Walker Robert Hunton Walton George Wilkinson John T Wilkinson Harold A Winspear William A Wright |
| William H Bain | Horace D R Kirby | Ronald A Temperton |
Private Wilfred Milburn Booth, 60488, of the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Dorothy Davison, of 24, Metcalfe St., Norton. Died on
15 September 1919. Aged 22.
(CWGC record puts age at death as 24. However, Wilfred Milburn Booth's birth
was registered in Stockton in Q1 1897, putting his age at death as 22.)
Buried in NORTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, TEESIDE,
Durham.
(2nd Battalion was on service in Southern Ireland at the time. Possibly Wilfred
Booth died in Ireland and his body was brought home for burial).
Private Norman Archibald Burnett. 3/7776. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Samuel B. and Carrie C. Burnett, of Norton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.
Died of Wounds 28 November 1918. Aged 21.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Norton (Stockton).
Private Horace Dodsworth Robinson Kirby. 60367. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas and Rose Kirby, of 13, Lightfoot Grove, Stockton-on-Tees.
Killed 13 October 1918. Aged 21.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Born Norton (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Redcar.
Private Mark Kirby. 26689. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of William and Eleanor Kirby, of 2, William Terrace, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees.
Killed 4 September 1917. Aged 30.
Buried ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Born Norton (Durham), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Norton (Stockton-on-Tees).
Private Thomas Gordon Kirby. 3246. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Redcar.
Private John A Littlefair. 8092. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Louisa Kittlewell (formerly Littlefair), of 35, Spencer St., Middlesbrough,
and the late John Littlefair. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 26.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Born Thornaby (Stockton), Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees, Resided Stockton.
Private Alfred Pearson. 203180. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Edward Pearson, of 2, Dorlcote Place, Norton-on-Tees, Stockton. Killed
23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Norton.
Private Walter Redding. 1768. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Norton (Stockton-on-Tees), Enlsited Scarborough, Resided Norton-on-Tees.
Private Benjamin Edward Walker, 250696. 1st/6th Battalion Durham
Light Infantry, formerly 28412 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Maria Walker,
of 17, The Furnaces, Norton; husband of Emily Vesty Davison (formerly Walker),
of 1, The Furnaces, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged
32.
Commemorated Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. Resided Norton-on-Tees.
St. Mary's Church, Norton
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
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