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Wheatley Hill (Co. Durham)
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he War Memorial for Wheatley Hill, located outside the Parish Rooms Mining Heritage Centre. The War Memorial for Wheatley Hill, located outside the Parish Rooms Mining Heritage Centre.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The War Memorial for Wheatley Hill is a cross with the following inscription on its base
"IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 ALSO 1939 - 1945"
Further down is inscribed
"When you go home tell them of US and say - for your tomorrows WE GAVE OUR TODAY."
On either side of the cross are two panels, bearing the names of men who lost their lives in both World Wars, as well as the Korean War.

The memorial is situated outside the Parish Rooms / Mining Heritage Centre in Wheatley Hill Cemetery. There are 184 names for soldiers of the First World War, of whom 25 were soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment.
There are 39 names for soldiers of the Second World War, and 1 for the Korean War.
All names can be seen on images of the panels, below. Details of the soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment are shown.

Private Thomas Allison, 12636. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 June 1916.
Born Davy Lamp (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill
Buried LA NEUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CORBIE.

Private John Anderson. 39073. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 31 March 1917.
Born Trimdon (Durham), Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Thornley.
Buried VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT.

Private Thomas Barker. 11051. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Isabella Barker, of 11, Durham St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Wheatley Hill (Wingate, Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private William Bean, 16357. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 27 September 1916.
Born Norton (Yorks), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Corporal Robert Carr. 11137. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Anne Carr, of 12, Aged Miners' Homes, Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 21.
Born Cassop (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal John George Clement. 21098. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 22572 D L I. Killed 17 January 1917.
Born Wilton (Ferryhill), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Harry Coxford. 14447. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 November 1915.
Born Easington (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private John Henry Crosby. 46515. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 March 1918.
Born Trimdon Colliery, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Buried PARGNY BRITISH CEMETERY.

Private Mark Cummin. 14463. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert Cummin, of 12, Gothay St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham, and the late Margaret Cummin. Killed 5 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Murton, Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Robert William Dixon. 15341. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Wheatley Hill (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Joseph Dodds. 11077. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Kelloe (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private John Dodsworth. 14099. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Station Town (Wingate, Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.

Private John Durkin. 11076. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Catharine Durkin, of 11, Third St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 11 July 1916. Aged 26.
Born Spennymoor, Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Buried BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.

Private Robert Harbron. 11614. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth M. Harbron. Died 10 August 1915. Aged 26.
Born East Hartlepool, Enlisted Wheatley Hill, Resided Thornley (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private Percy Hughes, 16947. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 December 1915.
Born Dublin, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Buried ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

Private George Hull, 13676. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 6 July 1916.
Born Easington (Haswell, Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private John Heywood Ingleby, MM. 13992. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Jessie Ingleby, of 19, Grainger St., Wheatley Hill, Thornley, Co. Durham, and the late Thomas Ingleby. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 27.
Born Lower Pittington (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Lance Serjeant Robert Jackson, MM, 19313. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed 22 September 1917.
Born Wheatley Hill (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(MIlitary Medal not shown in CWGC database, but is shown in the Medal Rolls Index card and in the Green Howards Gazette database).

Private Henry Johnson. 15459. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John and Hannah Johnson, of 2, Patton St., Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 5 October 1918. Aged 21.
Born Wensley, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Wheatley Hill.
Commemorated on Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Serjeant Ernest William Jones, MM, 13948. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 October 1917.
Born London, Enlisted Wheatley Hill, Resided Trimdon Grange.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(shown as "E Jones" on the memorial, but his Pension Ledger card shows him as being "Ernest William Jones.)

Private George Kent. 13964. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 July 1916.
Born Trimdon, Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Buried HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE.

Lance Corporal Thomas Hedley Pyle. 14222. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Shotton (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Nicholas Robson. 13965. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Alice Robson, of 23, Plantation Street, Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham. Killed 9 May 1918. Aged 27.
Born Ludworth, Enlisted Wheatley Hill (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on the Addenda Panel, LOOS MEMORIAL.

Private Alfred William Venables. 202967. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 29 June 1917.
Born Castle Eden (Durham), Enlisted Wheatley Hill.
Buried ROOKERY BRITISH CEMETERY, HENINEL.


The War Memorial for Wheatley Hill, located outside the Parish Rooms Mining Heritage Centre.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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The Names of Those Who Fell in the First World War, on the Wheatley Hill Memorial (1). The Names of Those Who Fell in the First World War, on the Wheatley Hill Memorial (1).
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The Names of Those Who Fell in the First World War, on the Wheatley Hill Memorial (2)The Names of Those Who Fell in the First World War, on the Wheatley Hill Memorial (2).
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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