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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Egglescliffe (Co. Durham) |
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The Memorial Cross outside the Church of St. John the Baptist, Egglescliffe,
that overlooks Yarm
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The Egglescliffe Memorial Cross outside the Church of St. John the Baptist in Egglescliffe, is inscribed;-
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO
FELL IN THE GREAT WARS
The names of the men listed on it are;-
1914 - 1918 |
1939 - 1945 |
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| Coy Sgt. H Atkinson DCM | Pte R S Johnson |
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Rfln C J Bell | |
| Pte B Ayton | Pte J W Moody | A/C T S Bridle | ||
| Pte A W Clarke | Cpl W G Sherwood | Sgt W C Danby | ||
| Pte E Cordingley | F/Lieut F F Smith | F/O A Guthrie | ||
| Pte H Cordingley | Lieut G Thompson | Sgt A/G R Terry | ||
| Cpl J M Crosby | Pte E W Walker (2) | Pte H Wright | ||
| Capt A J Dingle | Pte H Walker | |||
| Sur Prob H J Dingle | Cpl R G Wallinger | |||
| Pte W A Dobson | Lieut L Ward | |||
| Pte D C Doughty | Pte M L Welford | |||
| L Cpl R T Doughty (1) | Cpl A Wiles | |||
| Pte W Ellis (2) | Pte G T Wilkinson | |||
| Pte B J Goldie | Lieut G Hutton-Wilson | |||
| Pte R T Henderson | Tpr R Willis | |||
| Cpl T Hutchinson | 2nd Lieut E Wilson | |||
(1) Shown as being L/Cpl, but was a Private.
(2) Formerly in the Yorkshire Regiment.
Details of the men of the Yorkshire Regiment is shown below. At the bottom of the page is supplementary information from the Roll of Honour kept in Egglescliffe Parish Church, compiled by D Bell and D N Revell.
Company Sgt Major Herbert Atkinson, DCM and Bar, 203809. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Florence Atkinson, of Myrtle Rd.,
Eaglescliffe; husband of Emily Jane Harrison (formerly Atkinson), of Westland's
Rd., Egglescliffe. Died 6 April 1918. Aged 27.
Born Eaglescliffe (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Saltburn.
Buried EGGLESCLIFFE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST)
CHURCHYARD.
Private Ernest Cordingley, 21433. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Martha Cordingley, of Orchard House, Egglescliffe Village,
Co. Durham. Died 4 June 1918. Aged 22.
Born Yarm, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Englescliffe (sic)
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Private David Coatsworth Doughty. 1063. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 25 April 1915.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Yarm, Resided Eaglescliffe Village.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Thomas Doughty, 200381. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Yarm (Yorks), Enlisted Northallerton, Resided Yarm.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private William Ellis, 63481. 2nd/4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, formerly 25463 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of G. C. and Nellie
Ellis, of Urlay Nook, Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1918.
Aged 22.
Born Stockton, Enlisted Stockton.
Commemorated Panel 8, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private Benjamin James Goldie, 260065. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 May 1917.
Born Eaglescliffe (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Yarm.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
Corporal Thomas Hutchinson, 33009. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 9 November 1918.
Born Urlay Nook (Durham), Northallerton, Resided Urlay Nook.
Buried POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY. (After the First World War, the graves
of Commonwealth servicemen who had died in Poland as prisoners of war were
gathered together in this cemetery).
Private Robert Stephen Johnson, 9644. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of W. H. and J. E. Johnson, of Urlay Nook, Yarm-on-Tees, Yorks.
A Prisoner of War in Germany for over three years. Died 15 December 1918.
Aged 28.
Born Urlay Nook (Durham), Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees.
Buried LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE.
Lance Corporal Walter George Sherwood, 3/9136. 10th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Metcalfe, of High S., Helmsley, Yorkshire.
Died 20 July 1916. Aged 32.
Born Helmsley, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Eaglescliffe.
Buried ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Corporal Richard George Wallinger, 996. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Ellen Hansom (formerly Wallinger), of Urlay Nook, Yarm, Yorks.,
and the late William Wallinger; husband of Jane Ann Calvert (formerly Wallinger),
of 1, Newlands Rd., Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Died 24 May 1915. Aged 34.
Born Seaton Carew (Hartlepool), Enlisted Yarm, Resided Eaglescliffe.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Edward William Walker. 58418.
2nd/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly 3395 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William and Isabel Walker, of Layfield House, Yarm-on-Tees,
Yorks. Killed 27 September 1918. Aged 21.
Enlisted Northallerton (Yorks), Resided Yarm (Yorks).
Buried GRAND RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, HAVRINCOURT.
(Name doesn't appear on the Yarm War Memorial)
2nd Lieutenant Laurence Albert D Ward. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mr. A. E. Ward, of Woodlands, Eaglescliffe, Co. Durham. Died
10 April 1918. Aged 22.
Commemorated Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
Corporal Anthony Wiles, 22650. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late John and Mary Wiles of Egglescliffe, Co. Durham. Died 5 October
1918. Aged 22.
Born Eaglescliffe, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Eaglescliffe.
Buried BEAUREVOIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION.
Private George Thomas Wilkinson, 19945. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 4 September 1918.
Born Crook, Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees, Resided Eaglescliffe.
Buried VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT.
The names on Egglescliffe's War Memorial.
For a larger view which opens in a new windown, select the above image
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
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Company Sgt Major Herbert Atkinson, DCM and Bar, 203809. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment.
Died at home on Saturday, 6th April 1918. Age 27.
Buried in Egglescliffe (St
John the Baptist's) Churchyard with full Military Honours on Thursday
llth April 1918.
Son of Thomas and Florence Elizabeth Atkinson (nee Leggart) of Myrtle Road,
Preston-on-Tees. Husband of Emily Jane Harrison (formerly Atkinson) of Cross
Row, Egglescliffe Village and father of Maurice and Cecily.
Company Sergeant Major Atkinson, had been in the Territorials and joined the
Yorkshire Regiment in August 1914. He served on the Western Front. Wounded
three times and died of wounds on Saturday 6th April 1918 whilst in hospital
at Bournemouth.
Herbert Atkinson, born 1890, was the son of Thomas and Florence Elizabeth
Atkinson (nee Leggart) of Myrtle Road, Preston-on-Tees. His Father was a Railway
Signalman (born 1865 at Egglescliffe). His mother was born 1862 at Lowestoft.
His Parents were married in Egglescliffe Parish Church on Thursday 3rd December
1885.
Thomas and Florence had at least seven children. Annie -1887. Thomas -1889.
Herbert -1890. Edith -1891. Frank-1894. Elizabeth -1896. John -1890.
C.S.M. H. Atkinson married Emily Jane Main of Egglescliffe Village on Friday
6th June 1913, at which time he was a gardener at Holy Trinity Church - Stockton-on-Tees.
They had two children, Maurice Herbert, who was born on Wednesday llth November
1914.
Cecily was born on Sunday 20th May 1917.
On the 28th March 1918. The London Gazette published the award of the Distinguished
Conduct Medal to Company Sergeant Major H. Atkinson, No 203809 Yorkshire Regiment.
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on two separate occasions
by digging out men who had been buried by exploding shells. He was finally
buried himself and on being dug out fainted. Although severely bruised and
shaken he remained with his company until relieved."
On the 3rd September 1918, published in the London Gazette, was the award
of a Bar to the D.C.M. to Company Sergeant Major H. Atkinson.
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This warrant officer
was most capable and energetic in rallying the front companies at a critical
stage, when the left flank had given way under intense machine gun fire.
When the Commanding Officer and all senior officers had become casualties
he assisted the officer who assumed command in collecting stragglers, reorganising
the battalion and establishing a system of defence, until wounded a day or
two later.
C.S.M. H. Atkinson's medals are located in the Medal Room of the Green Howard's
Museum Richmond, North Yorkshire.
With his D. CM. and Bar are three World War Medals, the 1914 Star, The British
War Medal 1914-1920, and The Victory Medal.
Private Ernest Cordingley, 21433. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Joined 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in May 1915. Transferred to the 5th
Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Was two years in France. Wounded and died from
his wounds on the June 4th 1918.
Son of John and Martha Cordingley, of Orchard House, Church Road, Egglescliffe
Village, Co. Durham.
Private David Coatsworth Doughty. 1063. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment.
David Doughty, bom 26th February 1888, was the son of Christopher and Thomasine
Doughty, (Bricklayer). Of 2, Rose Terrace, Egglesdiffe Village, County Durham.
A Territorial, he joined the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in August 1914.
Went to France in April 1915.
Reported missing and presumed Killed in Action on 24th April 1915, in the
2nd Battle of Ypres.
The family headstone in the Churchyard, Egglescliffe Village, records his
death as the 25th of April 1915, not the 24th April 1915 recorded by the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission.
David Coatsworth Doughty and Robert Thomas Doughty worked in the family building
business built up by their father Christopher Doughty.
Other members of the family kept the village shop and post office.
Private Robert Thomas Doughty, 200381. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Robert Thomas Doughty, bom 1896, was the son of Mary Ann Doughty, Spinster
of 2, Rose Terrace, Egglescliffe Village.
A Territorial, joined 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, August 1914.
Served in France. Wounded 1916, after recovering from his wounds he returned
to France 1917. Wounded again, and was reported missing, presumed killed 20th
September 1917, near the Menin Road in the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
Doughty has no known grave so his name is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial,
Passchendaele, Belgium.
His name is also recorded on the Egglescliffe Parish Memorial and family headstone
in the Churchyard, Egglescliffe Village, alongside that of David Coatsworth
Doughty (his uncle).
Private Benjamin James Goldie, 260065. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Benjamin Goldie was born 1890 at Egglescliffe, son of George and Ruth Goldie,
Landlord and wife of the Blue Bell Inn, Egglescliffe, Salmon and Fish dealer.
Private Goldie joined the 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in 1916, served
in France, wounded and died from his wounds on the 11th May 1917.
Also commemorated on the family headstone in Egglescliffe Churchyard.
Corporal Thomas Hutchinson, 33009. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Bom 1894 at Urlay Nook, County Durham. Joined the 4th Bn Yorkshire Regiment,
November 1915 aged 21 years.
Made Corporal 1917, Served in France. Died November 9th 1918 at Crash, while
still a prisoner of War and is buried there. Corporal Hutchinson was a Prisoner
of War for over three years.
Son of Thomas and Janet Hutchinson (a waggoner) of Urlay Nook, Yarm Yorkshire.
His brother-in-law Corporal R.G. Wallinger also served in France and was killed-in-action
24th May 1915 near Ypres.
Private Robert Stephen Johnson, 9644. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
The son of William and Jane Johnson of Urlay Nook, Yarm-on-Tees Yorkshire.
A prisoner of War in Germany for over three years.
Born 28th May 1890. A Regular Soldier in the 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment at
the outbreak of war 1914. Robert Johnson served in France and Flanders before
being taken prisoner in September 1915. After 3 years in captivity he was
released at the end of the war and died on his way home at Calais and was
buried there on December 15th 1918. Baptised at Egglescliffe Parish Church
on 25th May 1890.
Before enlisting Robert Stephen Johnson worked at the Egglescliffe Chemical
Company. His father William also worked for the same company as a Furnaceman.
Lance Corporal Walter George Sherwood, 3/9136. 10th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment.
Walter George Sherwood. Joined the 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, August
1914. Served in France. Killed in action, 20th July 1916.
He was the son of George and Mary Sherwood. Born 12th August 1883 at Pottergate,
Helmsley, North Yorkshire.
He is listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Register as the son of Mrs Metcalfe
of 1, High Street, Helmsley, North Yorkshire. Mrs M. Metcalfe was formerly
Mrs George Sherwood who had re-married after the death of husband George Sherwood.
Walter George Sherwood at sometime in the 1890's left his hometown of Helmsley
to take up residence in Yarm. Whilst living in Yarm he met and married Ada
Honeyman in the Church of (St. Mary Magdalene) Yarm, on October 29th 1910.
His father George is recorded as deceased on the marriage certificate.
They had 3 children, Thomas born 25th November 1911, Walter George born July
17th 1914, Ada born September 15th 1916, shortly after her father's death.
Before enlisting Walter Sherwood was employed by the Egglescliffe Chemical
Company, Urlay Nook, residing in Church Road, Egglescliffe Village. His name
is recorded on both the Egglescliffe Parish War Memorial and the Egglescliffe
Chemical Company Memorial, Urlay Nook.
Corporal Richard George Wallinger, 996. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
A Territorial Soldier, he joined the 4th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment at the outbreak
of War. Served in France from April 1915, killed in action near Ypres on the
24th May 1915.
Corporal Wallinger was the son of Ellen Hansom (formerly Wallinger) of Urlay
Nook and the late William Wallinger; husband of Jane Ann Calvert formerly
Wallinger) of No 1 Newlands Road Egglescliffe, Co Durham. Richard Wallinger
married Jane Ann Hutchinson at the parish Church Egglescliffe on the 9th December
1905. A son Richard George was born on the 17th July 1914. Jane Ann Hutchinson
was the daughter of Thomas and Janet Hutchinson (a Waggoner) also of Urlay
Nook
Richard George Wallinger was one of four brothers, George William, Norman,
and Septimus Claud all serving in different regiments in the 1914-1918 War.
2nd Lieutenant Laurence Albert D Ward. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
Laurence Ward came home from Canada at the outbreak of war. He joined the
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in November 1914. Was made Corporal and served
in France in 1916.
He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant with the 13th Battalion in 1917. Mentioned
in Despatches. Killed in action near Armentieres on 10 April 1918.
Laurence Ward was the son of Albert Edward and Cicely Ward of "Woodlands",
Yarm Road. Egglescliffe. His father was a manager of a salt works, was a well-known
character in the parish, and was known as "Salty Ward".
The following information on Laurence Ward is taken from Yarm1914.com;-
"Laurence was born in Eaglescliffe in 1896 to Albert Edward Ward aged
27, a secretary in a Saltworks and his wife Cicely aged 28. They married in
1893 when Cicely was a servant at Woodside Hall in Preston on Tees where the
Mayor of Stockton Richard H Appleton lived. They moved to Highfield Villas
and in 1895 their first daughter Frances Cicely was born. Their second daughter,
Freda Margaret was born in 1901.The family were wealthy enough to have their
own servant Nora Flyn. By 1911 Albert was the manager at the saltworks and
the family had moved to a 7 roomed house on Yarm Road called Woodlands. The
family understood the importance of a good education and Frances was a residential
pupil at Barnard Castle school. The servant was now Annie Dualey.
Laurence was 18 at the outbreak of war and signed up with the Border Regiment
with army number 4181/241752 reaching the rank of corporal before being commissioned
on 30th October 1917 with 4th Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra Princes of Wales
Own). He was killed in action on 10th April 1918 and remembered on Ploegsteert
Memorial in Belgium.
He is remembered on the Egglescliffe War memorial and Middlesbrough High School
memorial plaque which is displayed in Middlesbrough College. Yarm1914.com
believe it is likely that he attended Yarm Grammar School as well and therefore
remembered on the board in Conyers School. "
(The facts given in the Yarm1914.com website are somewhat at variance with
facts given earlier.)
Corporal Anthony Wiles, 22650. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Corporal Wiles joined the 9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment in June 1915. Served
in Italy and France. Killed in action October 5th 1918.
Corporal Anthony Wiles was the son of the late John and Mary Wiles of 2, Hawthorn
Place, Egglescliffe Village.
Born 1896, he was the elder son of a Railway-Signalman working for the L.N.E.R
at Yarm Station.
His brother Norman Alexander Wiles was also serving on the Western Front at
the same time and was severely wounded near St Quentin only two weeks before
Anthony was killed. Norman recovered from his wounds after spending many months
in hospital and worked as a porter at Yarm Station. Sister Lily will be remembered
by many people in the Egglescliffe Parish as caretaker of the old Village
Church of England School, Butts Lane.
Private George Thomas Wilkinson, 19945. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment.
George Wilkinson joined 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment in 1914. Discharged December
1915. Rejoined the Yorkshire Regiment in March 1918. Fell in action September
4th 1918.
George Thomas Wilkinson was born 8th May 1888, son of George and Alice Wilkinson
(nee Palmer) a signalman, of Railway Cottages, Preston Junction, County Durham.
His father was born at Preston-on-Tees 1858; Alice was born 1858 at Kempton,
Herts.
George and Alice married at Egglescliffe Parish Church on the 21st December
1887.
They had three sons George Thomas born 1888, Percy Bolton bom 1889, and John
born 1892.
Wilkinson was baptised at a private ceremony in Egglescliffe Parish Church
on the 8th May 1888.
Address given at the time of enlistment is Church Road Egglescliffe.
Before enlistment he was employed by the Egglescliffe Chemical Company, Urlay
Nook.
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