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The Roll of Honour in St. Oswald's Church, Shiney Row (Co. Durham)
(Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>))
There are three panels on the Roll of Honour in Shiney Row's St. Oswald's Church. The two left-hand panels commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War, and the right-hand panel those who died in the Second World War.
An enlarged view of the First World War commemorations is shown at the bottom of this page. The names of the Yorkshire Regiment soldiers commemorated on the First World War panels are as below.
We are extremely grateful to Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>) for photographing this Roll of Honour. Norman's grandfather is one of those commemorated on this memorial.
Private Robert Barker, 19412. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 29 September 1916.
Born Penshaw (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Thomas William Bewick. 14341. 8th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Bewick, of 45, Fenton Terrace,
New Herrington, Fence Houses; husband of Violet Bewick, of 12, Pit Row, Philadelphia,
Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 14 July 1916. Aged 26.
Born New Herrington, Enlisted Shiney Row (Durham).
Buried PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Benjamin Billings. 63872. 1/8th Battalion Prince
of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), formerly 46493 Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 27 September 1918.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Sunderland
Buried ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES.
Private Edward Cain. 14578. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Penshaw, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Private Robert William Cummings, 11312. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 November 1915..
Born Marske (Saltburn - Yorks), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Old Penshaw (Durham).
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
(A Photo of Robert Cummings' grave, provided
by his grandson, can be seen at the bottom of this page)
Corporal Matthew Guthrie, 11646. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, attd. 32nd Light Trench Mortar Bty. Son of Elizabeth and the late
Patrick Guthrie, of 11 Chapel Row, Shiney Row, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed
28 May 1918. Aged 29.
Born Penshaw (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row.
Buried PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private John Matthew Hewison. 14961. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mr. M. and Mrs. A. Hewison, of 3, Quarry Head,
Shiney Row, Philadelphia, Co. Durham; husband of Mrs. A. H. Hewison. Died
22 September 1915. Aged 22.
Born Millfield (Sunderland), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Penshaw.
Buried BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER.
(Shown as "M Hewison on the Roll of Honour)
Private John Holland. 11064. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Jane Holland, of 29, Lambton Terrace, Penshaw, Philadelphia,
Co. Durham. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 23.
Born Penshaw (Houghton-le-Spring), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private Fred Leadbitter, 14460. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 21 March 1918.
Born Millfield (Sunderland), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Buried HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE.
Private Thomas Maddison. 11390. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Penshaw (Houghton-le-Spring), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private John Henry Mawdsley. 17165. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Penshaw (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private John McCormick, 27617. 2nd Battalion South
Wales Borderers, formerly 12549 Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hannah Tate
McCormick, of 1, Burdon St., Ryhope, Co. Durham. Killed 21 November 1917.
Aged 30.
Born Whitehaven (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL (LOUVERVAL).
Serjeant Charles William Mellor, 15001.7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Louisa Mellor, of 28, South View, Shiney
Row, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 4 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Houghton-le-Spring, Enlisted Shiney Row.
Buried ST. HILAIRE CEMETERY, FREVENT.
Private James Patterson, 17093. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Ralph and Jane Patterson, of Belford House, Usworth Station
Rd., New Washington; husband of Jane Patterson, of 2, New Row, South, New
Washington, Co. Durham. Killed 5 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Washington (Co Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private William Pickford, 11066. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Penshaw (Houghton-le-Spring), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Buried LALA BABA CEMETERY.
(Information from David Sloan (<david.sloan@btinternet.com>) is that
the correct family name is "Pigford" but that this is transcribed
in records as "Pickford").
Private John William Raisbeck, 20274. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Spennymoor (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row.
Buried COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL.
Private Ernest Ritchie, 13303. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Hugh and Deborah Ritchie, of Ernie Ville, Herrington Burn,
Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed 16 July 1916. Aged 30.
Born Houghton-le-Spring, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Sunderland.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
Private Richard Smith, 47973. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 5/88024 6th T R Battalion. Killed 5 October 1918.
Born Sedgefield (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Penshaw (Co
Durham).
Commemorated Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private William Taylor. 14108. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 May 1918.
Born Herrington (Sunderland), Enlisted Boldon Colliery, Resided Shiney Row.
Buried MONTECCHIO PRECALCINO COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ITALY.
(Full name was William Wilson Taylor, - as on the memorial. The 1911 Census
entry gives a birth year of about 1898 and his birthplace New Herrington.
BMD data shows a William Wilson Taylor born June 1897 in the Houghton Registration
District, - which includes Herrington.)
Lance Corporal William Todd, 11740. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late William and Isabella Todd. Native of Durham. Killed
5 October 1918. Aged 26.
Born Houghton-le-Spring, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses (Durham).
Buried PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY.
Private Robert Harrison Wheldon, 28625. 2/5th Battalion
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, formerly 31116 Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
25 October 1917.
Born Houghton-le-Spring (Co Durham), Resided Fencehouses (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 102 to 104, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private James Wilson, 15637. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Hannah Wilson, of Shiney Row, Co. Durham; husband of Phillis
Wilson, of 8, Mill Crescent, Shiney Row, Fence Houses, Co. Durham. Killed
6 August 1915. Aged 31.
Born Newbottle, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Fencehouses.
Buried LANCASHIRE LANDING CEMETERY.
Private Matthew Winn. 11389. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 7 August 1915.
Born Penshaw (Houghton-le-Spring), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Fencehouses.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
The First World War Commemorations on the Roll of Honour in St. Oswald's Church,
Shiney Row
Select the above image for a larger one which opens in a new window
(Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@hotmail.co.uk>))
St.
Oswald's Church, Shiney Row
Photo © Copyright Bill
Henderson and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
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Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@lineone.net>), grandson of Robert Cummings, visited Gallipoli in September 2002 and photographed his grandfather's grave. Select the thumbnail image below for a larger version of the photo.
The grave of Robert Cummings, Hill 10 cemetery
Photo : Norman Cummings (<norman_cummings@lineone.net>)
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