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ST. NICHOLAS WW I MEMORIAL
1. john fAED armstrong
Corporal Armstrong (23846) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 26th October 1917 aged 27.
He is commemorated on Panels 85 to 86 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, as he is officially missing presumed dead.
He had been born at Kirkcudbright, Scotland, but was living at 29 Scotch Street when he enlisted in November 1915 and was a painter. His mother was Jane Boustead Armstrong who died on 6th May 1922 aged 66. He was posted to the 12th Battalion on 29th April 1916, and transferred to the 11th Battalion on 23rd June then to the 2nd Battalion on 9th July 1916. On 22nd August 1916 he was promoted to Lance Corporal (unpaid), paid from 29th July 1917. He had then been further promoted to Corporal on 5th October 1917. For official purposes he was regarded as dead on 8th November 1918.
He had one sister, Elizabeth of Chapel House, Hensingham, and had previously been wounded on 2nd December 1916. His father (Andrew) of 2, Prospect Hill had predeceased him on 24th February 1911 aged 63.
The CWGC give his middle Christian name as Ford.
He is also on the Presbyterian Church Memorial. He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 6G49 at Whitehaven Cemetery.
2. leonard william armstrong
Second Lieutenant (and Acting Captain) Armstrong (4400) of the 3rd (but attached to the 1st) Battalion Border Regiment died on 19th May 1917 aged 30.
He is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial.
He was the son of Thomas and Dinah Armstrong of Meadow Cottage, Whitehaven. He lived at “Ellerslie”, Hensingham Road, Whitehaven and was employed at the Bank of Whitehaven. He originally enlisted in the Artist’s Rifles (28th Battalion London Regiment) but transferred to the Border Regiment in Spring 1916 when he received a Commission. He played in the Hockey and Cricket Clubs at Whitehaven Playground and was an old scholar of the Congregational Sunday School.
At the 1891 and 1901 censuses the family were living at the Timber Yard on Coach Road, where his father was the Manager.
He is also commemorated on the Congregational Church Memorial (now in the URC Church) and on Hensingham St. John Church Memorial.
3. john ashworth
Private Ashworth (241060, previously 3195) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 21st March 1918.
He is commemorated on Panel 46 of the Pozieres Memorial, France.
He was born in the December quarter of 1891, the youngest son of Robert and Margaret Ashworth of Hopewell House, Warton, Lancashire.
By the time he enlisted on 26th July 1915 he was living at 3 Sandhills Lane, Whitehaven. He was wounded in both 1916 and 1917. After the second injury he came back to Whitehaven on leave, and the address then was 39 Queen Street.
He married Sarah Jane Roe in the March quarter of 1913 in the Whitehaven District (but not in town). They had three children- Mary in the September quarter of 1913, Hannah (baptised at St. Nicholas on 9th May 1915) and Hannah Mona (baptised at St. Nicholas on 18th April 1917).
After John’s death Sarah Jane went to live at 11 Carlisle Terrace, Warton (near her husband’s family). In the June quarter of 1919 she remarried John Braithwaite in the Ulverston area. In 1921 or 1922 they moved to The Row, Oakenclough, Bleasdale, Lancashire.
4. richard robinson banks
Sergeant Banks (240753 or 2603) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 23rd April 1917 aged 32.
He is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial.
He was the son of Robert Henry Robinson and Sarah Catherine Banks of Lonsdale Street, Workington. He was also the husband of Amelia Banks. During the war his address was 79 Church Street, but his widow later moved to Mowbray House, Frizington.
He worked at Wellington Pit, and was a prominent footballer, at one time playing for Hull Kingston Rovers. He had previously worked at Workington Steelworks.
They had three children.
5. albert beere
Private Beere (174022) of the 75th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) died on 1st January 1917.
He is buried in grave IV A17 of Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont- St. Eloi, Arras, France. He was killed in action at Berthvonal Wood.
He was born at Carlisle on 17th June 1887, and had arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Vancouver from Liverpool on 30th April 1907 as a Joiner heading for Toronto.
He was married to Mary (nee Black). By the 1911 census they were living at 52 Paton Street, Grimsby, Ontario with their 3 year old son Alexander. He was a Carpenter at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when he joined up on 22nd September 1915. The marriage had been at Grimsby (Canada) on 20th August 1907. She was also an emigrant.
6. david bell
Private Bell (5522) of the 1st/9th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment died of a heart attack at 8.30pm on 9th December 1916 (Whitehaven News), or 6th December according to the CWGC aged 38.
He is buried in grave IV L14 of Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.
He was born in Whitehaven but had been a hairdresser at Frizington for 13 years until 1915 when he moved to 423 Stanley Road, Liverpool, where he enlisted in March 1916 on his 38th birthday. In 1911 he was a boarder at 59 Frizington Road, Frizington
He had been wounded and was suffering from shell shock on 25th September 1916 but had since returned to duty.
He was the son of Richard & Mary Elizabeth Bell of 103, Duke Street. His mother had died in 1896 aged 40 when the family live at 8 Tangier Street. His father died in December 1922 aged 71. Both are buried in grave 1S125 at Whitehaven Cemetery (no gravestone).
7. george william bennett
Second Lieutenant Bennett of the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry died on 3rd December 1917 aged 19. He was attached to the 16th Battalion Devon Regiment.
He is buried in grave Y73 at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel. There are now 2,515 burials here, the vast majority being concentrated from other cemeteries in Israel.
He was the youngest son of Alderman George Clare Bennett (a Draper) and Lizzie Mary Bennett of 83 Lowther Street (10 Oakbank in 1911)
He had only arrived at Kantara, at the north end of the Suez Canal on 20th November 1917 (having left England on 28th October), so had barely reached the front but had already been involved in fighting in Mesopotamia and the Holy Land. He was educated at St. Bees School from 1908 to 1915 and was in their O.T.C. for three years from 1912. In August 1916 he had joined the Honourable Artillery Company but being too young to go to the front he went to Netheravon Cavalry Cadet School.
There is a photograph of him opposite page 100 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour, 36 STB at Whitehaven Record Office.
8. isaac benson
Captain Benson (36354) of 11th Battalion Border Regiment died on 2nd December 1917 aged 34. He had been injured on 25th November 1917. He had originally enlisted in the Essex Regiment in Autumn 1915 (28832), but transferred to the Borders on gaining his commission as second lieutenant, then gained promotion to First Lieutenant, and sometime in 1917, Captain.
He is commemorated on Panels 85 & 86 of the Tyne Cot Memorial.
He was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Benson, and the husband of Maggie Benson (nee Atkinson) of 2, Sea View, Bransty, Whitehaven. He was an Assistant Schoolmaster at Goodmayes Council School, Ilford, Essex by the time of marriage (living at 30 Eastwood Road, Goodmayes). The marriage had been at St. Nicholas’ on 31st July 1911.
He was born at Ennerdale in 1883 (and baptised there on 27th September), and his father had died in 1884. By the 1891 census they were living at 31 Mill Street, Whitehaven.
9. fred benson
Private Benson (15426) of the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers died of fever on 24th October 1915, aged 18.
He is buried in Grave D9 at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, where 2,762 men are buried.
He was the son of Mrs F. Benson of 13 Carter Lane. Two other sons also served: Dr. John Carter Benson (number 2582) in the Royal Field Artillery, and Private Harold Benson (122740) in the RAF.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial
10. joseph benson
Private Benson (2049) 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 26th October 1915 aged 18.
He is buried in grave I F 170 of Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France
He was born at Parton but lived latterly at 2 Mark Lane. He was the oldest of 8 children of Robert & Mary Kate Benson, In 1911 the family were living at Main Street, Parton and he was a clipper below in a mine.
11. robert RICHMOND curwen blair D.S.O. E.M.
Captain Blair (No Service number as he was an officer) of A company 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 21st July 1916 aged 37. He received gunshot wounds at around 0145, lost consciousness and passed away at around 0345 without regaining consciousness. He was buried in grave I G19 of Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium. This is 11km south of Ypres, and 458 men are buried there. When the news of his death was received in town flags were lowered to half mast and many shops closed for the day, as a mark of respect.
From his experience in the 5th Border Territorials (which he joined as 2nd Lieutenant on 26th June 1908, and promoted to Lieutenant on 24th November 1909) he recommended Abraham Acton V.C. to join the army. He was promoted to Captain at the outbreak of war on 26th August 1914 and the company sailed for France from Barrow on 26th October 1914 on board the SS Manchester Engineer.
He was awarded the D.S.O. for his role at Armentieres in 1915 when, in a party of 10, they went off to bomb enemy trenches and he shot 4 of a party of 14 Germans with his revolver. He was presented with a ceremonial sword at the same meeting in November 1915 as Acton’s parents received a watch on behalf of their late son. This sword had largely been subscribed for by the men of the collieries, because of his part at Wellington Pit- see below*. He had been recommended for the V.C. for this action.
He had been an Engineer and Assistant Manager at Wellington Pit at the time of the 1910 disaster, and was one of 14 men to be awarded the Edward Medal 2nd class, for their part in the rescue attempts. He had gained his certificate of competence (no. 2,407) as a mining manager in the East Scotland coalfield on 8th June 1904. On 18th April 1912 this was upgraded to a first class certificate.
He was born at Harrington, and baptised by Revd Alfred Curwen (possibly the source of the third Christian name), the son of John and Nina Blair. They lived at The Brow, Harrington but at Richmond Hill, Hensingham during the war. The family originated from Scotland but his grandfather (Robert) was part owner of the Harrington Iron Works. On the Second World War Memorial in St. Nicholas there is a Joseph Banks Hayton, who is buried at Harrington. His CWGC memorial is shared with a Robert Coventry F Blair of the First War who was a first cousin of Robert Richmond Blair. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Richmond of Paisley, and the granddaughter of General Richmond C.B. At the start of October he single handed killed eight of a ten strong party of Germans with his revolver.
His other cousin, Lt Claude Leslie Edmonstone Blair M.C. (106th Field Company R.E.) is also buried at Dranoutre, in Grave 1J 50. Robert Coventry and Claude are also remembered on the family gravestone at St. Bees along with their father, Robert, who died on 25th November 1902. Robert Coventry is actually buried in the family vault at Harrington, according to the St. Bees headstone, and was an old boy of St. Bees School.
*The official description of this sword is: “The guard or handle is of silver richly gilt and elaborately saw pierced and bears the Royal Cypher and Crown. The grip is of ivory with rich gold cord and a handsome sword knot of scarlet and gold completes the hilt. The scabbard is of burnished silver: and the mounts are in silver gilt (a beautiful contrast to the bright scabbard). In the upper mount is a miniature representation of the Distinguished Service Order richly enamelled: and below the full Arms of Whitehaven with Crest, Helmet and Mantling. The Captain’s monogram, saw pierced and enamelled, is shewn at the foot of this mount and his Crest with ribbon and motto is shewn between the two mounts. The central mount has in the upper division the badge of the Border Regiment in proper enamel colours and below is a bas relief depicting Captain Blair with his men in the engagement for which the D.S.O. was awarded. All these decorations are in raised work upon the front of the scabbard. On the reverse are two views delicately painted in enamels, one of the Whitehaven Colliery, the other of the sailing ship “Lynton”. The blade is of the official regulation pattern; bears the Royal Arms and Crown, and the Officer’s Crest and initials together with the following inscription: ‘Presented by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Whitehaven to Captain R.C.R. Blair, D.S.O. 5th Battalion Border Regiment (T.F.) as a token of appreciation of his fellow Townsmen on his having obtained the Distinguished Service Order on Active Service in France.’ This handsome sword has depicted on it many features of especial interest in the life of the gallant Captain and is a fine and beautiful example of the Silversmith’s Art.” The sword is now in the Reserve Collection of the ‘Beacon’ museum. There is a photograph of the sword on page 20 of the ‘Whitehaven News’ dated 5th January 2012.
Some of this text is reproduced from various Whitehaven News Articles.
He is also on Hensingham Village Memorial. He was also on the now lost Hensingham Conservative Club Roll of Honour.
12. joseph bouch
Private Bouch (30792) of 112th Brigade Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) died on 14th August 1916 aged 26 (hit by a shell while returning from action and he died instantly). He had enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders (service number G/11807) in the Summer of 1915. The Machine Gun Corps were looking for volunteers in late 1915/early 1916 and he transferred to them at that stage. He had been in France for around two months before his death and one of his two brothers was serving with the Royal Field Artillery in Egypt.
He was initially given a battlefield burial around 20 yards from where he fell but is now in grave VI K 3 at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France. There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “Whitehaven News” dated 14th September 1916.
He was the second son (6 children in all) of Robert and Mary Ada Bouch (nee Vickers) and was baptised on 8th March 1891 at Bigrigg Church. At the 1901 census the family were living at Low Keekle. At a later date they are known to have moved to Moffat’s Court, Fox Lane, Whitehaven where other members of the extended Bouch family were living. The West Cumbria Bouch family seem to have originated from the Aspatria area and his father was born in Silloth (mother in Frizington). By the time of Joseph’s death it seems that his parents had moved to Accrington, Lancashire.
Joseph had been apprenticed to the butcher Mr R.H. Donaldson of Market Place, Whitehaven and had then worked with Mr Norman of Brisco Bank, Moresby for the four years before joining up. Effectively this means that his schooling had finished at age 11, not unusual then.
13. henry hartley robinson bragg
Private Bragg (23526) of 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers died on 7th October 1916 aged 20.
He is commemorated on the Pier and faces 8C/9A/16A of the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He was shot by a sniper while acting as a stretcher bearer.
He was the only son of the late John Henry Cowman and of Sarah Ann Bragg of 3 Richmond Terrace, Whitehaven. He had worked in the Bank of Whitehaven.
14. william brocklebank
Private Brocklebank (12755) of 7th Battalion Border Regiment died on 9th August 1916 aged 24.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He was at Delville Wood, and was in a fatigue party carrying rations to the communication trench when a shell burst near him, causing serious injuries. He was treated but died shortly afterwards. His grave was lost in the course of the war.
He lived at 3 Stainton’s Court, Strand Street and was married to Elizabeth (nee Callow) in 1912. He worked at William Pit before enlistment.
15. arthur sydney calLister
Lance Corporal Callister (21438) of 7th Battalion Border Regiment died on 7th August 1916, aged 27. Note that CWGC records state private- he had been promoted (unpaid) on 21st July 1916.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A and 7C of the Thiepval Memorial. He was shot through the head and death was instantaneous. His grave was lost in the course of the war.
He lived at 6 Sandhills Lane, the second son of Elizabeth Margaret and the late William Callister. He had served his time with Stead & Simpson in the boot and shoe trade, and was working for them at Rhyl, North Wales when he enlisted. He was also a chorister and a member of the Church Lads Brigade at St. James’ Church. He had been baptised at St. James on 22nd March 1889. The family then lived at 67 Lowther Street. When Charles (his brother) was born in 1887 they lived at Todhunter’s Buildings and his father was a joiner.
There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “News” of 31st August 1916.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
16. joseph callow
Private Callow (12763) of 7th Battalion Border Regiment but attached to 182nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers died in an explosion on 19th December 1915 aged 32. He was posted missing at the time, which was finally amended to presumed killed in November 1916.
He is remembered on Panel 6 of the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.
He was married to Cordelia (nee Jones) and lived at Richardson’s Court, Scotch Street. They had five children, the oldest of who was ten years old at the date of his death. He had only been in the tunnelling division for two months.
He had worked at William Pit and was a keen footballer and cricketer. He enlisted on 3rd September 1914 and was posted to France on 14th July 1915. He had been with the Royal Engineers for 2 months before his death.
17. leonard carver
Private Carver (19842) of the 10th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regt) died on 22nd April 1915.
He is commemorated on Panels 24, 28 and 30 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was injured in the foot at St. Julien (4 miles from Ypres) and was making for the Dressing Station with a Private Goddard when they were hit by a shell- Private Goddard survived but lost trace of his colleague. He was not buried, and the place of his death was lost in the heat of battle. It was only realised at muster on 26th April that he was missing.
His mother (Elizabeth A) lived at 78 Lowther Street- the Pack Horse Hotel. He was born on 25th November 1886 and became a carpenter after education at Ghyll Bank School. He enlisted on 24th September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada.
There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “News” dated 7th October 1915.
18. nelson clementson
Private Clementson (71747) of 51st Company Machine Gun Corps, but originally 12768 of 7th Battalion Border Regiment 7th Border died of wounds at No. 53 Field Ambulance on 16th May 1917 aged 34.
He is buried in grave V C 14 of Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St Laurent-Blangy, Arras, France.
He was the youngest son of William and Maria Clementson of 32 Chapel Street. He had previously worked at Wellington Pit. His mother, a dressmaker had died, aged 70, in January 1916.
19. isaac collis
Lance Corporal Collis (16437) of 11th Battalion Border Regiment died on 1st July 1916 aged 27.
He is buried in grave I C3 of Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France.
He was the only son of William and Annie Collis of Thornleigh, Bootle, Cumberland and lived at 24 Lowther Street. There is a photograph of him in the “News” of 20th July 1916. His father was a watchmaker and jeweller.
Isaac was educated at Ghyll Bank School, and then joined the family business. In September 1914 he was rejected by the Army because of a football injury, so had an operation at a nursing home. He then joined up in November 1914 and had been in France since November 1915. He had been made a Lance Corporal on 21st April 1915. He had one sister, Jean.
20. leonard collis
Lance Corporal Collis (240600) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 30th March 1918 aged 21.
He is commemorated on Panel 46 of the Pozieres Memorial, France.
He was the son of Isaac Mossop and Mary Ellen Collis of 6 Church Street.
He was apprenticed to Mr F.P. Bennett, Chemist of King Street.
He is also on the Methodist Church Memorial.
21. william coulthard
Sergeant Coulthard (503) of 4th/5th Lowland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery died on 6th March 1915 aged 35.
He is buried in grave 6O106 of Whitehaven Cemetery after a military funeral at St. Begh’s Church, but is NOT on their War Memorial. The firing party of twelve was provided by the Border Regiment, and the Borough Band attended.
He had been in the Whitehaven section of the 4th East Lancashire Howitzer Brigade for many years, and was a stevedore at Pattinson’s flour mills. At the outbreak of war in August 1914 he was dispatched from Whitehaven but returned home sick from Newcastle on New Year’s Day. He was then admitted to Whitehaven Infirmary as his illness developed, but never recovered.
He was the husband of Catherine Coulthard (nee O’Grady) of 7 Catherine Street (5 Catherine Street in 1911. They had seven children- three of whom were Mary, John and Lily, two were step children-Kathleen and Margaret Farrell (from a previous marriage of Catherine’s in Ireland).
22. thomas HENRY UNDERWOOD cradduck
Fireman Cradduck (Merchant Marine) died on 29th August 1917 aged 33 on the defensively armed SS Lynburn of Workington.
The Lynburn was sunk by a mine laid by UC75 (Johannes Lohs) 0.5 miles South East of the North Arklow Light Vessel, Ireland while on route from Cork to Whitehaven carrying a cargo of pit wood. Eight men lost their lives, the vessel was owned by the Stainburn Steam Ship Company, and was only a few months old (registered 23 June 1917) as 1/1917, ON 133265. Her dimensions were 50.6 m (l), 8.2 m (b), 3.4m (d), grt 587.03.
He had previously worked at Wellington Pit and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.
He was the husband of Mrs Mary (nee McCulloch) of 2 School House Lane-married 24th December 1907. Note-he was not using his 2nd and 3rd Christian names, but this can be derived from family tree research and an ‘in memorial’ notice placed in the newspaper on the 1st anniversary of his death.
One of his sons and one of his grandsons died within 3 weeks of each other, while in the Merchant service, in WW2.
The Wicklow lifeboat was launched to her assistance. After picking her way through the minefield, she picked up three survivors, the Captain, Mate and Engineer, clinging to some wreckage. The lifeboat continued to search for survivors and only turned back on the insistence of the Captain, who reckoned that the lifeboat crew had put themselves at enough risk and that he did not want them to risk their lives any further.
The wreck lies, upright and almost intact at 05° 49’ 03.62” W, 52° 53’ 08.98” N, 15km SE of Wicklow Head.
The surviving ship’s papers are at Whitehaven Record Office, reference YTSR 2/2/85.
The other men lost were-
Able Seaman Owen Evans of Anglesey, aged 19
Able Seaman Clifford Hubbard (of the RNVR)
Leading Seaman Edward William Humphreys (of the RNVR) of Brighton
Fireman James McMillan of Glasgow, aged 44
2nd Mate Lewis Roberts of Anglesey, aged 20
Able Seaman Owen Williams of Anglesey, aged 17
2nd Engineer Thomas Williams of Workington, aged 34
23. robert cradduck
Private Cradduck (Craddock in CWGC records) (10392) of 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment died of tuberculosis at Mannheim POW hospital on 7th December 1918 aged 37. He originally enlisted as 46436 in the RGA on 20th October 1914, transferred on 9th June 1915.
He is buried in grave I J 13 of Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kazzel, Germany. Originally he was buried at Mannheim main cemetery.
Niederzwehren was a German POW cemetery for the local camp where 3,000 Russian, French and Commonwealth soldiers were buried. After the war over 1,500 graves were brought here from 190 cemeteries in Germany.
He was wounded and taken prisoner of war on 18th March 1916, and lived at 72 Strand Street.
He left a widow, Margaret, by the time of his death living at 22 Blenheim Cottages, Easington Lane, Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, and a son, Robert, born 25 Dec 1915.
He is also commemorated on the Easington Lane Clock Tower memorial, County Durham
24. robert henry crawford
Private Crawford (5552), of the 2nd Borders was killed on 16th May 1915 aged 36. He was an old Boer War soldier who had re-enlisted.
He is commemorated on Panels 19 and 20 of the Le Touret Memorial, in the Pas de Calais area of France. None of the 13,391 names recorded here have known graves.
He lived at Bennett’s Court, Queen Street. In peace time he had been a shifthand at Ladysmith Pit. He was the son of John and Sarah Crawford- born ay 64 Queen Street. Sarah was widowed by 1891 when the family were living at 2 Fearon’s Court
He is also on the St. James Memorial
25. william dawes
Private Dawes (34266) of 8th Battalion Border Regiment died on 4th October 1918, aged 21.
He is buried in grave VII F3 of Bellicourt British Cemetery, France. This is between Quentin and Cambrai. There are 1,204 men buried or commemorated here, many concentrated from surrounding battlefields or smaller cemeteries.
He had previously been wounded in April 1918 and lived at 23 Plumblands Lane.
He was one of three sons of William (died 26th June 1934 aged 78) and Mary Jane (died 11th February 1923 aged 65) Dawes. One of his brothers (Harold) died in Infancy.
Four other members of the family also served in the war:
Sapper Alfred Dawes (681604 with 11th Canadians), Sergeant Frederick Dawes (41991 with 7th Black Watch), L/Corporal Robert Ernest Dawes (1181 with 5th Borders) and Private Thomas Dawes (241133 with 5th Borders) who was wounded on 23rd April 1917 and discharged on 1st November 1917.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 5C57 in Whitehaven Cemetery.
26. james INGLIS dent
Private Dent (51427) of the 1st/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment died on 28th March 1918 aged 28. He had previously been 32672 with the Border Regiment.
He is buried in Grave I H 22 of Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
He was the son of John and Hannah Dent of 32 Ravenswharf Road, Scout Hill, Dewsbury- formerly of 76 Duke Street, Whitehaven , and the husband of Susannah Dent, also of Dewsbury.
He is also on the Furness Railway Memorial at Barrow-in-Furness station.
27. joseph MUIR findlay dickson
Sub Lieutenant Dickson of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Nelson Battalion was missing presumed killed in the Dardanelles on 13th July 1915 aged 20.
He is commemorated on Panels 8 to 15 of the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
He was the son of Dr. Joseph H and Mrs Florence Evelyn Dickson (nee Hetherington) of 30 Queen Street (72 Lowther Street in 1901). He was educated at St. Bees School (Grindal House) from 1907 to 1912 and belonged to the Football XV in his last year. He had been farming at Norwich, Ontario, Canada when war broke out and initially joined the Grey’s Horse, Canadian Militia, but they were not to be mobilised so he returned to England.
He was born on 23rd August 1894, and commissioned as Temporary Sub Lieutenant on 7th October 1914. He was posted to the Nelson Battalion on 25th January 1915. On 1st March 1915 he was sent to the Dardanelles, and took part in the ‘feint’ movement at Saros Bay on 25th April. He was next sent to reinforce the ANZACS and saw continuous fighting. Some of his division got too far ahead, they took three trenches and were endeavouring to take a fourth when machine guns were turned on them.
There is a photograph of him on page 24 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour and on page 8 of the “Whitehaven News” dated 5th November 1914.
He is also on the Presbyterian War Memorial, now in the URC Church, surname incorrectly shown as Dickinson.
28. hilton frederick donnelly
Private Donnelly (88871), of the 1/6th Kings Liverpool Rifles died of leg and buttock wounds at the No. 7 Canadian Hospital, France at 1300, on April 15th 1918 aged 20.
He was buried in Grave XXIX D 11A of the Etaples Military Cemetery.
He lived at 12 Church Street, and worked in the mines. He was born at 8 Wellington Row, the fourth son/fifth child of John and Isabella. His father was a tobacco spinner.
He is also on the St. James and on the St.Begh’s Church War Memorials.
29. john dOran
Corporal Doran (240415, formerly 1968) of 1st/5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 27th February 1918 aged 48.
He was buried on 6th March 1918 in grave 1W43 of Whitehaven Cemetery.
He lived at 19 Fox Lane. He was one of the “Old Contemptibles” who took part in the retreat from Mons. He had previously served with the Border Regiment in the Boer War from 1899 to 1900 (enlisting on 11th June 1894) and was then in the Territorials before rejoining on 11th August 1914. He was transferred to the Reserves on 25th July 1916 due to ill-health (general debility due to exposure in France), and his health gradually worsened and he was discharged on 11th September 1917. He had served in France from 25th October 1914 to 8th June 1915. On 14th November 1914 he had been promoted from Private to Acting Corporal
His children were Annie, born 23rd December 1900; Alec born 3rd September 1902 and William born 7th January 1905.
See also additional casualty 84 on Holy Trinity Roll of Honour for another John Doran, who was a son of Whitehaven.
30. andrew douglas
Private Douglas (14414) of A company, 8th Battalion Border Regiment died on 5th July 1916 aged 31.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial.
He was killed by a shell, at his post, on a Lewis Gun.
He lived at 57 Ginns (by Goffat’s Yard), and had been born at Kirkcudbright. He enlisted in September 1914, and was married to Susan (nee Smith). They had one daughter, Isabella Smith, born on 24th April 1910 (baptised at Christ Church on 19th May), and he had five brothers and one sister. They had also had a son, Alexander, who died on 26th December 1914 aged 18 months, when the family were living at 12 College Street. He had been baptised at Christ Church on 3rd July 1913. They had married at Christ Church on 24th December 1906.
He was a miner who had worked at William Pit, and was a prominent footballer. Three of the brothers and a brother in law also served in the war. He was a scholar of the Primitive Methodist Church.
His brother, Samuel (born 1893), served as 8313 with the RFA and survived the war. He enlisted on 3rd September 1914 and demobilised on 31st March 1920. He lived at 8 College Street and went to France on 30th May 1915. He was in hospital in May & June 1917 with a head injury caused by a kick from a horse.
He is also on the Primitive Methodist War Memorial at Cleator Moor, now in the Methodist Church.
31. raymond edwards
Private Edwards (85224) of 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) died of acute nephritis at No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station on 6th February 1918 aged 40. He had been admitted to the CCS on 26th January 1918.
He is buried in grave IX D II of the Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium.
He was the husband of Ethel Mary Edwards (nee Watson) of 2, The Result, Whitehaven (in 1919), 13 Ghyll Bank in 1918. They had married at Maldon, Essex in the September quarter of 1909. He was born at Buckhurst Hill, Essex and living at The Croft, Bridgford, Nottinghamshire when he enlisted in December 1915. He was a Drugs Buyer. They had two children- Gwendoline Mary (born 15th October 1911 at Lewisham) and John Raymond (born 12th April 1917 at Carlton, Notts). He had been posted overseas on 3rd May 1917.
His wife received a pension of 25/5 per week from 12th August 1918.
32. joseph fearon
Private Fearon (442659) died at 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester of wounds received in action in France on 3rd November 1916 aged 22, while serving with the 54th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), 107th East Kootney Regiment. His right arm and shoulder were badly shattered by a gunshot.
He was interred in Grave 290 at Moresby on 9th November 1916.
He was a miner, born on 31st December 1893. He lived at Parton and Lowca until he was aged 14 then went to Canada with his sister. His remains were brought back to one of his other sisters, Mrs Wilkinson at Duke Street, Whitehaven.
His wife was living at 40 Queen Street, Whitehaven when he joined up at Vernon camp on 17th May 1915, but he had been living with his sister at Coal Creek, Fernie, British Columbia. At the 1911 census he was already there, aged 16, as a lodger with his sister and her husband, working as a signaller.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
33. john hANNAY ferguson
Boy Telegraphist Ferguson (J/35486) died on 30th December 1915 aged 17 (born 1st October 1898). He died when the Barrow built HMS Natal suffered an internal explosion at 1520 in the Cromarty Firth.
The most probable cause was that faulty cordite led to a fire which ignited a magazine. The vessel capsized with the loss of between 390 and 421 lives. The bodies which were recovered were interred at Roskeen Churchyard, Invergordon or Cromarty Gaelic Chapel. There are 62 names of missing men on the Portsmouth memorial. The cause was never proven, but may have been a minelaying U-boat or sabotage by German agents. The ship could not be salvaged and was blown up in the 1970’s.
He is commemorated on Panel 8 of the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea Common . There are also memorials to the ship’s company at Durban, South Africa, Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral and Natal Gardens, Invergordon.
He was the son of John and Amelia Ferguson of 10 College Street. A memorial service was held for him at the United Free Methodist Church, Catherine Street on 30th January 1916. He was a Solicitor’s Clerk before joining the Navy and was posted to the Natal on 4th August 1915 having served previously on the Vernon, Impregnable and Powerful since enlistment on 3rd Feb 1915.
He is also on the Presbyterian (now URC) Church War Memorial.
34. david tyson forbes
Private Forbes (11961) of 10th Battalion Border Regiment died on 25th September 1915, at the age of 27, from earlier injuries (having been convalesced out of the army).
He was buried in grave 1W116 at Preston Quarter Cemetery, on 28th September 1915 from 76 Church Street.
He was the husband of Elizabeth Blanche Forbes (nee Teasdale) of 3 Low Church Street. The wedding had been on 1st May 1912 at Lowther Street Methodist Church. Blanche died on 2nd July 1958 aged 78 and they had a son, David Alexander who died in infancy.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
35. cyril graham
First Lieutenant Graham of A Company 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 27th May 1915 aged 19.
He is buried in grave I A8 of the Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, Belgium. This is NE of Ypres. There are 476 men buried or commemorated here. He was only the 8th casualty to be buried from the Advanced Dressing Station in the Chateau.
He was the son of Captain John and Mrs A Graham of 69 Lowther Street. His father was manager of the London Joint Stock Bank Ltd., formerly of Aspatria. He was schooled at St. Bees from 1909 to 1913 and then became mining engineer, serving his apprenticeship at Brayton Colliery.
There is a photograph of him opposite page 16 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour, 36 STB at Whitehaven Record Office, also on page 8 of the “Whitehaven News” dated 3rd June 1915.
36. oliver grimwood
Private Grimwood (4030) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 25th September 1915 aged 22.
He is commemorated on Panels 68 and 69 of the Loos Memorial, France.
He was the son of Arthur and Eleanor Grimwood of 9 Mark Lane, his father was a fisherman.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
37. john w haddow
Private Haddow (S/40072, previously 3298) of 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) died on 12th April 1917.
It is believed that this is the same John Haddow from Hensingham who had joined the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment as 14517 in September 1914, but was discharged as unfit due to an old ankle injury 37 days later on 14th October 1914. He then went into the reserves with the 5th Battalion Border Regiment.
He is buried in grave I E18 of Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Arras, France.
He was also on the now lost Hensingham Conservative Club Roll of Honour.
38. jonah wilson hadwin
Private Hadwin (53006) of 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers died of wounds on 30th April 1918 aged 32. Sometime during the war he had served with the Labour Battalion as 87190, in between two periods of service with the Fusiliers.
He is buried in grave XVI D1 of Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
He was the husband of Mina Hadwin (nee Weir) of 27 Scalegill Road, Moor Row, but had previously lived at 30 Inkerman Terrace. The marriage had been in the June quarter of 1916, and they had one young child.
He joined up in July 1916, and had been clerk to the Board of Guardians at the Town Hall, also assistant overseer and clerk to Hensingham Parish Council
He is also on Hensingham Liberal Club Memorial (in Hensingham Cemetery also the Congregational Church, Moor Row and Bigrigg Memorials .
39. william harrison
Private William Harrison (20033) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 4th September 1916.
He is remembered on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, his grave having been lost in the course of the war. He was hit by a machine gun bullet, death was instant.
He lived at 9 Hamilton Place, Queen Street. There is a photograph of him in the “News” of 12th October 1916.
He is also on the St. James and St. Begh’s Memorials.
40. John martindale hall
Second Lieutenant Hall (no service number because he was an Officer) of 3rd Battalion Border Regiment, but attached to the 8th Battalion died during the Battle of the Somme on 28th August 1916, aged 19. He was killed instantly by a shell while returning to his company from a bombing expedition.
He is commemorated on Special Memorial 4 at Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, 4km north east of Albert, France. There are 1,027 men buried or commemorated here- of whom 536 are unidentified.
He was the son of James Thomas and Elizabeth Agnes Hall (nee Martindale) of 7 Inkerman Terrace. He was born on 15th January 1897 and baptised on 7th March, living at 17 High Street. He left all his money £76/12/0) to his father in his will. There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “Whitehaven News” dated 7th September 1916. He had his commission gazetted in October 1915 and joined his battalion on 3rd November. After training he was posted to France on 3rd July 1916. He was educated at Kent House, Ghyll Bank and St. Bees Schools (1911 to 1913), then was employed at the Cleator Moor Branch of the Bank of Whitehaven. He played football and cricket and for Whitehaven First Team at Rugby where he was seen as a future County Player. His older brother, Sidney, was also in the Border Regiment.
His father was a music teacher and vendor of pianos & other musical instruments with shops at 61 King Street and 7 High Street, Cleator Moor. The marriage had at Cleator Moor St. John on 19th July 1892, when he was 31 and she was 25. He (a Professor of Music) was living at High Street (father deceased) and she at 32 Crossfield Road where her father was a Joiner and Builder.
As a point of interest his British War Medal and Victory Medal were posthumously issued to his father at Calder End, Seascale but were undelivered so were reissued to 7 Inkerman Terrace.
There is a photograph of him opposite page 52 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour, 36 STB at Whitehaven Record Office.
He is also commemorated on the Congregational Church, the Cleator Moor St. John’s War Memorial & on the St. Bees School Memorial.
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41. andrew hornsbY
Private Hornsby (20375) of 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry died on 22nd December 1916. He had previously been 23607 with the Border Regiment.
He is commemorated on Panels 35 and 64 of the Basra Memorial, Iraq.
He lived at 88 Duke Street, the son of Richard and Mary Ann Hornsby. In 1901 they lived at 7 College Street.
He is also on the Town Mission Memorial
42. john warwick huggins
Private Warwick (2913) of 1st/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry died on 26th April 1915 aged 28.
He is buried in grave XII B29 of Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium, Ypres, Belgium, but was originally buried at Wallemolen German Cemetery, Passchendale.
He was with a mixed group of DLI and Canadians trying to drive some Germans out of a house where they had machine-guns and was fatally shot.
He was the son of Isaac and Mary Jane Huggins of 16 Roper Street, and a Professional Football player for Reading and Sunderland Football Clubs.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1W 68 at Preston Quarter Cemetery. His father had died on 14th September 1893 aged 46 (at the Central Hotel, Duke Street) and his mother died on 5th February 1931 aged 78. A brother, Frederick William, had died at Skidmore, USA on 28th February 1906 aged 29, and a sister, Edith Ellen Armstrong died at Rockhaven, Canada on 27th December 1924 aged 46.
He is also on the St. Holy Trinity Memorial.
43. joseph hume
Private Hume (20091) of 4th Battalion Border Regiment died, a civilian, on 10th September 1916 aged 37.
He had enlisted on 30th September 1914 at Penrith (stating that he had been with the 5th Battalion at a previous date. His entire service was in this country and he was discharged on 17th November 1915- reasons unstated.
He lived at 13 to 14 Strand Street, from which address he was buried on 15th September 1916 in grave 1J2 21 at Preston Quarter Cemetery following a funeral at Whitehaven Primitive Methodist Church, Catherine Street taken by Revd E. Campbell. There is no gravestone. At the time of death his occupation is given as Engine Driver- probably of a stationary engine at one of the pits.
His mother was Eleanor.
He is also commemorated on the Primitive Methodist Church Circuit Memorial, previously in their Cleator Moor Church, now in the Cleator Moor Methodist Church on the Market Square.
44. robert irving
Private Irving (81468) of 1st/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) died of bronchial pneumonia on 20th November 1918 aged 29. He had previously been with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (15017).
He is buried in grave I W 6 of Janval Cemetery, Dieppe. Most of the 210 burials here were in plots T or U so this is an unusual location.
He was the husband of Harriet B. Irving (nee Mounsey) of 122 Queen Street. The marriage had been in the September quarter of 1912 in the Carlisle area. For many years he travelled the countryside with his father selling fish. He was also a frequent exhibitor at local agricultural shows and won 1st prize in 1912 at Loweswater Show with his bay mare “Meg”. He had seen service in Italy, France and Belgium since joining the Army late in 1915.
He is also commemorated on family gravestone 5C80 at Whitehaven Cemetery.
45. alfred dale jackson
Private Jackson (23958) of 11th Battalion Border Regiment died on 18th November 1916, aged 28.
He was buried in grave VI E7 at Serrre Road Cemetery No. 1, 11km NNE of Albert, France. He was originally posted missing presumed killed.
He was the son of Henry and Ann Charlotte Jackson of 14 Church Street. He had assisted in his father’s joinery business before joining up.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1Z2 38 at Preston Quarter Cemetery. His father died on 24th December 1939 aged 88, and his mother on 16th April 1919 aged 73.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
46. joseph leonard jackson
Driver Jackson (103375) of the 10th Battalion Canadian Engineers died on 7th September 1918 aged 35 (born 9th October 1882). He had been sitting in the wagon lines South East of Vis-en-Artois eating his supper when a high explosive shell landed nearby, killing him instantly.
He was buried in grave F28 of Upton Wood Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt. This is 16km SE of Arras, France. There are 226 men buried here, all of whom died in August to September 1918.
He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Jackson, and the husband of Jennie Jackson (nee Ellwood) of Ducks Range, Ducks, British Columbia, Canada where he was a rancher. He left £141/4/9 entirely to his wife. His father, Henry, had died on 29th July 1893 aged 46, his mother, Elizabeth, died on 4th June 1920 aged 67, he had siblings James, Louisa and John Henry who died in infancy, and Hilda Dixon Jackson who had died on 27th June 1907 aged 19 years 6 months (not actually buried here). Louisa was buried in Ward 4F unnumbered on 12th November (family then living at 20 High Queen Street), John Henry in 4L507 on 16th December 1883 (family living at 79 High Scotch Street) and James in 4F381 on 7th October 1875.
In 1901 he had been a horse keeper at Laverie Katone House, Aikton, Cumberland, and emigrated in 1906, arriving at Montreal from Liverpool on 8th June, initially bound for Winnipeg. The family lived at 74 Duke Street.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
47. wilson jackson
Private Jackson (202588) of 2nd/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wale’s Own) died on 27th November 1917.
He is commemorated on Panel 5 of the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
He was then living at 24 Vinery View, York Road, Leeds. His links to Whitehaven have not been traced.
48. alexander james johnston
Lance Corporal Johnston (144737) of 171st Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers died on 19th May 1916, aged 21. He had previously been 12522 in 8th Battalion Border Regiment.
He is buried in grave III A59 of Berks Cemetery Extension. This is 12km south of Ypres, Belgium. There are 876 burials here. L Cpl Johnston was transferred from the nearby Rosenberg Chateau Military Cemetery in 1930.
He was the son of John and Alice Maud Mary Johnston of 31 Victoria Road. He had been educated at St. Nicholas Boy’s School then St. Bees School on a scholarship. He then served his articles with Captain Blair D.S.O. (St. Nicholas Casualty No. 11), as surveyor to Whitehaven Colliery Company and entered the mines to get the experience needed for his manager’s ticket just before the outbreak of war, and his enlistment. He was returning from the cook house after tea when a shrapnel shell burst, killing him.
There is a photograph of him in the “News” of 8th June 1916.
He is also on the St. James & Methodist Church Memorials.
49. herbert kelly
Sergeant Kelly (14505) of the 8th Border Regiment died on 22nd March 1918, aged 32. He was killed by a shell which exploded in the trenches, and died instantly. The body could not be recovered and he was buried in that trench. He is remembered on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial, with 34,794 other soldiers.
Initially the “Pals” went to Boscombe (Hampshire) for training. In February 1915 they went to Codford, Salisbury, and by May of that year they were at Winchester.
He was one of the “Whitehaven Pals”, who enlisted together on the night of 29th August 1914, after a meeting at the YMCA. He was wounded on the Somme in 1916 and returned to France in August 1917. He had been recommended for the Military Medal.
He lived at 14 Albert Terrace, and was known by all as Bert. Prior to the War he had assisted his mother in managing Whitehaven Baths. He was married, and had one sister.
He is also on the St. James and Presbyterian (now URC) Church Memorials.
50. james kennedy
Lance Corporal Kennedy (4809) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 30th March 1917, aged 23.
He is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial- his grave having been lost in the course of the war.
He was the son of Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy (a widow) of Market Place.
He was a reservist who was called up in August 1914 and sent to France on 16th November 1914. He was wounded in 1915, when he lost a finger. He was involved in eight actions. His eldest brother enlisted in 1915, but was wounded early in 1916 and discharged.
He is also on the St. James & Holy Trinity Memorials.
51. joseph kirkbride M.M.
Private Kirkbride (438682) of 52nd Battalion Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) died on 30th May 1916.
He is commemorated on Panels 24/26/28/30 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He died in trenches south east of Zillebkee.
He was married and his wife lived at 5 Chapel Court, Chapel Street, Whitehaven when he joined up at Port Arthur on 30th April 1915. He was born on 25th April 1887, and had arrived at Quebec on 10th October 1907 on the Empress of Britain bound for Nanaimo.
52. robert leece
Private Leece (760828) of the 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) died on 10th November 1917, aged 21. While with some comrades in a shell hole taking shelter from the heavy enemy bombardment, during the attack on Passchendale, he was instantly killed when an enemy shell burst in the shell hole he was occupying. He was reported missing, believed wounded. That was later corrected to killed in action.
He is remembered on Panels 18/28/38 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
He was married to Mary Alice, and had emigrated to 5304 Somerville Street, South Vancouver. He was born on 9th October 1886 and joined up on 13th January 1916
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
53. albert edwin BERT lees
Private Lees (15742) of 8th Battalion Border Regiment died on 23rd January 1918 of wounds sustained on 18th January aged 30.
He is buried in grave X D6 of Grevillers British Cemetery, France.
He was the son of John Keys & Sarah Ann Lees (nee Bosward) of Roper Street. John Keys Lees had died on 19th July 1912, on the 1891 census he is a grocer at 80 Scotch Street, 1901 a baker and 1911 a confectioner (both times at 59 Roper Street). Sarah died in 1936.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1T119 at Preston Quarter Cemetery.
54. stephen lewis
Private Lewis (23455) of 6th/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers died on 11th April 1917 aged 36.
He is commemorated on Bay 5 of the Arras Memorial, France.
He was the son of Mrs Mary Ann Lewis (nee Bowness) of 3 Moffats Court, Fox Lane, Whitehaven. He was born in Workington, but at the 1901 census the family were living at Bradford, where Stephen was a Stone Mason. His father had died in Bradford in 1895.
He is also on the St. Begh’s Memorial
55. william percy lewthwaite
Private Lewthwaite (15604) of 8th Battalion Border Regiment died on 5th July 1916, aged 24.
He is buried in grave VII K7 of Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. This is on the Amiens to St Quentin Road. There are 1,860 men buried or commemorated here, all from the battlefield or other cemeteries in the area.
He was one of the sons of Richard and Hannah Jessie Lewthwaite of 8 York Terrace. Their other son, Joshua Bowe Lewthwaite, served as 79482 with the 6th Welsh.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
56. charles c lindsay
Private Lindsay (51407) of 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment died on 3rd October 1918 aged 21. He had previously been 35797 of the Border Regiment.
He is buried in grave R III M1 of Rouen St. Sever Cemetery Extension.
He was the son of Charles and Barbara Lindsay of 24 Fox Lane, and was born in the March quarter of 1897. He had only been in France for eight weeks.
57. john maher M.M.
Sergeant Maher (18788) of C Company 7th Battalion Border Regiment died on 25th August 1918 aged 42.
He is buried in grave VI F35 of Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, near Albert, France.
He lived at 75 Duke Street, and was married to Margaret Maher. His parents were from Mullinahone, County Tipperary, Ireland, which was also his birthplace- his father was Daniel.
He had been wounded in October 1915, was awarded the Military Medal in January 1917 and a bar to the Military Medal in July 1917.
58. william lewis mandle
Driver Lewis (56105) of the HQ 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery died on 14th June 1917 aged 24.
He is now buried in grave II A27 of the Perth (China Wall) Cemetery, Belgium, but was initially given a battlefield burial with a comrade beside the stream where he fell. He was carrying ammunition to the guns while under severe enemy fire.
He was born at 8 Schoolhouse Lane, Whitehaven, and was the son of John and the late Catherine Ann Mandle latterly of Sella Park Cottages, Calderbridge.
He had been in the Army since November 1914 and had a brother in the Royal Engineers.
Previously he had been employed at Jackson’s timber yard.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial, the Calderbridge (Beckermet St. Bridget’s) Memorial and Roll of Honour.
59. william manford
Private Manford (17634) of the 1st/5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 31st August 1918, aged 27, from one of the Casualty Clearing Stations in the area.
He is buried in grave VI D30 of Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt.
He had previously been wounded on 1st July 1917.
He lived at 5 Wellington Row. He was the husband of Sarah Manford of 25, Norway Street, Waterloo, Liverpool. His brother was in the 5th Border Regiment. They had only married in the June quarter of 1918 in the West Derby district of Liverpool.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
60. thomas mason
Gunner Mason (GR/645, later 275645) died on 17th June 1915 while serving with the Howitzer School, 645 Trench, Royal Garrison Artillery 24th T.M. Battery.
He is remembered on Panel 9 of the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, which contains the names of 54,391 servicemen without known graves.
He worked at Wellington Pit and had lodged then with a Mrs Garroway on Senhouse Street. There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “News” of 22nd July 1915.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
61. charles mcalpin
It is unclear who this casualty is as no possible casualty can be traced but it is believed that this is an error and should be-
Charles McAlpine Hill
Sergeant Hill (4032) of the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 29th June 1915 aged 23.
He is buried in grave V A20 of Brown’s Military Road Cemetery, Festubert, France
He was the stepson of James Shields of 6 John’s Lane.
He had worked at Moresby Pit. He went to France with the 3rd Border and was then transferred to the 2nd Battalion.
62. richard mccullocK
Private McCulloch (201994) of 1st Battalion Border Regiment died on 26th October 1917 aged 31. (Note the CWGC listings spell his name as McCulloch). He had briefly been in the RFA from 1st September 1914 until discharged on 30th October on health grounds. He had then enlisted as number 2577 of the 5th Battallion Border Regiment on 14th December 1914, but after training was discharged on 27th December 1916, and came home to work at William Pit. After six months he was recalled on 14th May 1917, as 201994
He is buried in grave B2 of Bailleulmont Communal Cemetery, France. This is near Arras and there are 34 men buried here. It is unusual because the stones are of Locharbriggs (Dumfries) sandstone, not the usual Portland stone.
He was killed when a defective Hand Grenade went off instantaneously in his hand, rather than with a six second delay. An officer standing near to him was also killed- Second Lieutenant Herbert Sidney Park of Stroud aged 23, buried in Grave B1. The proceedings of the Court of Inquiry report survive.
His brother, William Alexander, died in April 1917 and is on the St. James Memorial.
He was the son of Richard & Martha McCulloch and the husband of Mary Ann McCulloch (nee Rush, married at St. James’ on 24th December 1908) of 1 Moffats Court, Fox Lane. They had two sons, Thomas born 1st July 1914 and baptised at the Sailors Rest, also David K born early 1917. There had also been Hugh, born 1913, died aged 10 months in March 1914.
63. felix mcguiness
Private McGuinness (2732) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 23rd September 1916 of wounds sustained eight days earlier, aged 21.
He is buried in grave Div 3 H1 of Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France. There are 1,690 army and naval burials of the Great War here.
He was the son of Robert and Margaret McGuiness of 35 New Street.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
64. thomas stanley metcalf
Private Metcalf (8/1575) of the 1st Battalion Otago Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force died at Flers on 17th September 1916, aged 26.
When the war broke out he was farming in New Zealand.
His battalion went to Egypt and then the Dardanelles. He had a lucky escape once when a bullet passed through his hat. He then had to be invalided home in the summer of 1915 due to dysentery, but soon went back abroad.
He is buried in grave II B25 of the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, 3km south of Albert, France. There are 2,162 men buried here- most were wounded men who died here at a number of Casualty Clearing Stations and Hospitals that were established in the immediate area. From the date of death he would have died at either the 45th or 56th Casualty Clearing Station or the XV Corps Main Dressing Station.
His parents William and Mary lived at 22 Victoria Road. His parents received messages of support from the New Zealand Minister of Defence and the Private Secretary of the Governor of New Zealand. His father (a wholesale grocer) died on 2nd March 1933 aged 77, his mother on 26th February 1931 aged 76, his sister Florence on 29th September 1934 aged 49 and another sister Muriel Victoria on 4th May 1959 aged 62.
He is also on the St. James Memorial and a stained glass window to him in St. James’ Church (the one nearest to the disabled door).
65. david mitchell
Pioneer Mitchell (367304) of the Cable section of the Royal Engineers died of dysentery in Salonika on 22nd September 1918 aged 38. He had formally been 126055 of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
He is buried in grave 87 of Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, near Thessaloniki Greece.
He was the son of the late Mr Mitchell, tobacconist of High King Street.
66. archibald campbell moffatt
Private Moffatt (2596) of the South African Medical Corps died on 1st November 1918 aged 37.
He is buried in grave 7C10 of the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania.
Of the 1,764 burials here 660 were moved from the old Ocean Road Cemetery in 1968 and the others were concentrated here from cemeteries all over Tanzania
He was the son of George Aikman and Jane Elizabeth Moffatt (nee Little) of 1 Henry Street, but he was a South African citizen. At the 1901 census (when he was 19) he was a bookbinder, and his father was a Clerk at a Corn Merchant. He was baptised on 19th June 1881 at Holy Trinity when the family lived at Bransty and his father was an Accountant. His parents had married at St. Nicholas on 14th August 1875 (interestingly Archibald’s grandfather was a bookseller). Two other children, Ronald Ferguson (bap 15th July 1877) and Dora (bap 15th December 1878) were baptised at St. Nicholas. In 1877 the family lived at 70 Duke Street but had moved to Henry Street by 1878.
67. james morris
Private Morris (4340) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died of wounds on 17th May 1915 aged 22.
He is buried in grave I A23 of Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. This is 45km south east of Calais. St. Omer was the general headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force from October 1914 to March 1916. There are 2,874 Great War and 4-3 WW2 burials here, plus 262 men of non Commonwealth nations and a small number of non war burials. Originally this was the triangular cemetery of the Garrison.
He was the youngest of 7 children of James and Hannah (nee Dobson) Morris of 5 Peat’s Place, Mark Lane (their marriage was on 16th March 1880 at Holy Trinity). In 1911 he was boarding with the Watterson family at 37 George Street (his sister, Elizabeth, had married Henry Watterson in 1909). His mother had died in December 1901 and his father died in April 1919- both are buried at Whitehaven Cemetery. He is also commemorated on the family gravestone there-1Z2 14 which reads: "In loving memory of/JAMES MORRIS/who died April 10th 1919/and of HANNAH his wife/who died Dec. 12th 1901/aged 42 years./Also of their children/EUGINE, died July 26th 1899/Aged 14 years & 10 months. /JAMES/Killed in Action in France,/May 17th 1915, aged 20 years./HENRY WATTERSON/Grandson of the above, /Died Nov. 12th 1935/Aged 19 years./LILLY MORRIS/Daughter of the above/Died Jan 15th 1940/Aged 43 years."
His siblings were William, Thomas, Eugine (see above), Elizabeth, Hannah and Lily. William, the oldest, was the only one to be baptised in the Church of England.
He had worked for the National Telephone Company on the wires. There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the “Whitehaven News” dated 3rd June 1915. His father had served for 20 years in the Royal Navy and 3 years in the American Navy and had also been coxswain of the Whitehaven lifeboat.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
68. eric morton
Lieutenant Morton (no service number because he was an Officer) of 247th Field Company, Royal Engineers died on 26th August 1918, aged 26. The memorial gives his rank as Lance Corporal.
He is buried in grave VE3 of Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt,, France.
He was the son of Joseph Crisp and Fanny Morton of “Summerfield”, Hensingham Road, but he lived at 9 Tangier Street.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
69. john samuel nixon
Private Nixon (301042, previously 3012) of 1st/5th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders died on 8th November 1917 aged 19.
He is buried in grave XII F9 of Gaza War Cemetery, Egypt.
He lived at 7 Marlborough Street in 1911, and was the son of Robert and Harriet Bates (nee Durant) Nixon, latterly of 68 West Walpole Street, South Shields. He was born on 16th April 1898 at 88 Main Street, Haverigg (baptised 20th May 1898)-the third of 10 children, and enlisted at Dunoon, Scotland. His father was a policeman.
Both Robert and Harriet died at South Shields. Robert had been born at Bewcastle and Harriet in Norfolk.
70. james henry overend
Private Overend (G/58542) of 20th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) died of wounds on 25th August 1918 aged 28.
He is buried in Grave II A21 of Croix-Rouge Military Cemetery, Quaedypre. This is 12km south east of Dunkerque, France. All soldiers buried here were from the 44th Casualty Clearing Station at Bergues.
He had previously been 5974 with the King’s Own Somerset Light Infantry. Before that he had enlisted with the 11th Battalion Border Regiment (number 136721) on 5th October 1914. At that date he was a barman-waiter living at 5 Cecil Street, Carlisle, but had apprenticed with Smith & Sons of Whitehaven. He was discharged from the Border Regiment on 29th March 1915 as not being likely to become an efficient soldier. His older brother, Robert John, lived at 1 Temple Terrace, Whitehaven.
He was born in Sunderland, the son of John and Mary H Overend. His Irish born father was a bookbinder and the family lived at 73 George Street, Whitehaven in 1901.
71. wilfred robert Pagen
He was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment, and died on 7th October 1916, at Cuendecourt aged 41, whilst attending to the Colonel who was lying in the open seriously wounded.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Face 4C of The Thiepval Memorial and on the family gravestone 5A59 of Whitehaven Cemetery.
He had been wounded in the forehead by a piece of shrapnel on 1st October, but soon returned to duty.
He was a son of William Pagen, of the firm of Pagen and Gill, on the corner of Strand Street and Market Place. He had been baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 17th September 1875. In 1881 the family lived at 3 Lonsdale Place, Moresby and at the 1891 census he is shown boarding at St. Bees School.
He was educated at St. Bees School (1886 to 1890), and originally practised in the South of England. He came to Cockermouth in 1911, and was medical officer of Cockermouth workhouse, and of no. 2 relief district. He enlisted in late 1914.
He had married Jessie Winifred Hodgson, the daughter of George Hodgson, Bank Manager of Whitehaven, in the September quarter of 1907. He left all his money of £176/13/6 to his wife. His wife lived at 9 Corkickle during the war and after his death.
There is a photograph of him opposite page 52 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour, 36 STB at Whitehaven Record Office.
72. thomas parr
Captain Parr was the master of the SS Wyndhurst when it was sunk on 6th December 1917, aged 45.
He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial to mariners without a known grave. All eleven seamen were lost when she was torpedoed by UC71 30 miles south of St, Catherine’s Point, Isle of Wight while on passage from Penarth to Rouen.
He was the son of Thomas and Isabell Parr and the husband of Mary Parr (nee Thompson), of 57 Church Street. The wedding had been at Holy Trinity on 5th April 1890. He had two sons who were minesweepers Tom and David, a married daughter and three children at school. His father was drowned in a herring boat.
Another Whitehaven man went down with the Wyndhurst, who is not on any Memorial. He was 2nd Officer Robert Nave, aged 39. He was the husband of Elizabeth Jane Nave of Floraville Cottage, Back Corkickle, and the son of William and Mary Ann Nave.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
73. frederiCk william patman
Private Patman (7261) of the 20th Royal Fusiliers died at 3pm on 28th July 1916 aged 28. He had been shot through the spine and lungs at High Wood (Bois de Foureaux) on 20th July 1916, and was initially treated at Rouen where the shrapnel was removed.
He is buried in grave CE 1827 of Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire. This was only used for those who had died at the adjacent Royal Victoria Military Hospital. There are 636 WWI burials here, 35 WWII and 69 German WWI Graves.
He was born at 13 Meadow View, Whitehaven, but at the time of his death his mother, Anne was living at 61 Cecil Avenue, Wembley, Middlesex. His father, John Atkinson, had predeceased him on October 23rd 1910 aged 57, but he had worked at the Pottery.
Frederick apprenticed at Whitehaven Joint Stock Bank from January 1906 which was subsumed into Parr’s Bank in 1908 and was transferred to their Warrington branch in 1913 before, from whence he enlisted in May 1915. After training in Nottinghamshire & Wiltshire he went to France in November 1915. He was educated at St. Bees School (1902 to 1905), and had been a member of St. Nicholas Church Choir. There was a memorial erected to him at the Warrington Branch on Winwick Street in 1919/1920. This branch closed in late 2015, after conservation the memorial will be re-instated at the Sankey Street branch late in 2016. (WMR 59128 refers).
There is a photograph of him opposite page 56 of the St. Bees School Roll of Honour, 36 STB at Whitehaven Record Office.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1Z49 at Preston Quarter Cemetery. His mother died on August 1st 1934 aged 78 (at Guildford). He had had a brother John Atkinson who died on 21st July 1903 aged 6. His sister Eleanor died on 3rd November 1957 aged 73 at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
74. robert wILLIAM pattinson
Lance Corporal Pattinson (18490) of 8th Battalion Border Regiment died of wounds on 16th June 1917 aged 20.
He is buried in grave III C7 of Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France.
He had been hit in the stomach by a piece of shell on 13th June
He was the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Pattinson of 70 Duke Street, and was born at Chester-le-Street.
He had worked at Moresby Colliery, but joined with the “Pals” in 1914. He had been wounded twice, and was treated at Edinburgh. He played for the St. James C of E Boys School Football Team.
75. john pearson
Private Pearson (30107) of 1st Battalion Border Regiment died on 21st May 1917 aged 21.
He is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial, France.
He lived at 17 Victoria Road, the son of Daniel William Pearson. His brother, Gilbert, served in the Black Watch Regiment (number 265331) and brother Frank served in the Border Regiment. He had apprenticed at Whittles as an ironmonger. There are photographs of the three brothers in the “Whitehaven News” of 30th September 1915.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
76. thomas pickvance
Lance Corporal Pickvance (42065) of 11th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry died on 30th September 1918.
He is buried in grave I F 12 of the Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France.
Of the over 1,500 graves and commemorations here, very many are concentrations from a number of smaller local cemeteries and battlefield graves.
He was a Lancashire weaver but his wife and children were living at Key Place, Nicholson Lane, Whitehaven at the time of his death (refer page 4 Whitehaven News of 17th October 1918).
77. joseph rae
Private Rae (47251) of 1st/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) died on 1st November 1918 aged 32.
He is buried in grave 37 of Famars Communal Cemetery Extension, France. This is 3km south of Valenciennes, there are over 40 men buried here.
He was the son of Joseph and Fanny Rae of Parton, and the husband of Georgina Rae (nee Carling) of 69 Duke Street, Whitehaven. He had previously been SE/30740 with the Army Veterinary Corps. The marriage had been at St. James on 2nd April 1907 when Joseph was a warehouseman.
78. james PATERSON rankin
Private Rankin (24653) of 11th Battalion Border Regiment died on 12th January 1917 aged 32. He was killed by an enemy shell while in the fire trench, and survived (unconscious) for about 14 hours before his death. On the 15th January he was buried in the local village Cemetery.
He is now interred in grave E2 at the Courcelles-en-Bois Communal Cemetery Extension 13km north of Albert, France where 115 war casualties are buried.
He was a child of William and Jane Wilson Rankin and was baptised on 22nd June 1884 when his father is cited as an accountant. His father was manager of the Knockmurton Mines, Lamplugh by the time of James’ death and died at the family home of Cockan, Lamplugh on 19th August 1911 aged 64 (born at Kilsyth, Stirlingshire). After William’s death his mother moved to ‘The Cottage’, Lamplugh where she died on 19th November 1925 aged 80.
His younger brother, Archibald Paterson, also died at The Cottage on 20th March 1946 aged 58 (bap. 4th March 1888), as did his wife Florence Hannah on 24th November 1970 aged 73. His eldest sister, Jessie Wilson, died on 10th June 1954 aged 79, the second sister Lily Paterson died on 15th May 1955 aged 77, and the third sister, Jane, died on 20th May 1899 aged 18. In December 1885 there was another brother John who lived for 3 days from the 14th to the 17th. His parent’s marriage and the birth of the two older sisters seems to have been in Scotland. At the 1881 census there was another male child (William) aged 8, and another daughters (Maggie aged 4 ) plus a 16 year old servant Agnes Twiname. The 1891 census has the same family make up, except no servant and the father’s occupation is now clarified as Accountant at Iron Ore Mine. By 1901 only Lily and Archibald are still at home.
James had served his time with J. Whittle of Whitehaven, then continued to work with them after completion of his apprenticeship. He was educated at Lamplugh Council School, then Ghyll Bank School, Whitehaven. He sang in the Lamplugh Choir.
The extended Rankin family lived at Kilsyth where one of their trades was cabinet making. The choice of trade of James is therefore not surprising. At the 1901 census it appears that James was staying with one of his cabinet making family in Kilsyth.
He is also commemorated on Lamplugh War Memorial, also on one of three family gravestones in Lamplugh Churchyard.
79. james reed
Private Reed (11601) of D Company 6th Battalion Border Regiment died on 9th August 1915 aged 29.
He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial Panels 119 to 125/222/223.
He was the third son of John Bell and Jane Reed and lived at 3 Watkins Buildings, Newtown. His mother was a widower by 1911 so it looks as if his father was killed in the 1910 Wellington Pit disaster.
He is also on the St. Begh’s Memorial.
80. william henry reid
Private Reid (9492) of 1st Battalion Border Regiment died on 1st July 1916 aged 27.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He was the 4th of seven children of Thomas and Eliza Reid, and in 1901 lived at 6 Little Scotland, Whitehaven. His parents were both Irish, the three older children were born at Lamplugh and William was born at St. Bees.
He was born at in the “Times” wounded list of 10th June 1915 at Gallipoli. He was already in the Army in 1911 when he was based at Burma and the Andaman Islands.
He is also on the St. Begh’s Memorial.
81. william edward richardson
Gunner Richardson (40871) of the 1st Brigade Canadian Field Artillery died on 16th August 1917, aged 24. He is buried in Grave IV E14 of the Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery (British Extension), which is 20km north of Arras, France. There are 803 men buried here.
He lived at 80 Morris Avenue, Fernie, Kootenay district of British Columbia, Canada- the son of William Edward and Mary Alice. His father died on 21st June 1939, at the age of 72 having emigrated to Canada, from Whitehaven, in 1903. It seems that he left to the Klondike goldfields, and his wife followed him in 1905, on board the Parisian from Liverpool, arriving on 22nd September 1905 at Montreal. His father had arrived on the same vessel at the same port on 5th September 1903. According to the 1911 Canadian Census there was another brother, George, 2 years older than William, and a sister Josephine who was 2 years younger than Leonard (also killed in the war, see St. James Memorial). In 1911 they were living at 8 Jeffrey Avenue, Fernie. Mary was 8 years older than William senior, who was listed as a coalminer then. In Whitehaven the family had lived at James Pit.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
82. leslie john cyril robertson
Lance Corporal Robertson (14411), of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards died on 6th March 1917, of his wounds, at the No 10 General Hospital, at Rouen (removed there from the no 34 Clearing Station). He had received gunshot wounds in the back and thigh. He was 21.
He is buried in grave O VII I 6 of the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs J W Robertson of 40 Roper Street, and had assisted in his father’s printing and stationery business. He enlisted in December 1914. His older brother Percy W served with the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry C squadron and broke his leg in action in early 1917.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
83. john roDgers
Private Rodgers (241363) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 23rd March 1918 aged 36. (The memorial incorrectly spells his name as Rogers, and the CWGC wrongly state his age as 39).
He is commemorated on Memorial 6 of the Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery German Extension-one of the 12 of the 126 soldiers buried here whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
He was the son of Bernard and Susannah Rodgers of Queen Street.
In 1901 the family lived at 1 Gale Court and he was a fisherman. When he enlisted on 12th January 1916 he lived at 1 Nails Court, Queen Street, was still a fisherman and had been in the Naval Reserve for 5 years. By then his mother (father was deceased) lived at 7 Nails Court (this was a ginnel between 145 and 147 Queen Street). He had been posted to France on 4th November 1916.
He is also on the St. Begh’s memorial.
84. george rule
Sergeant Rule (27945) of 1st Battalion Border Regiment died on 27th January 1917 aged 20, probably in the same action as Private Scurr (number 86 below).
He is remembered on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, France. He was finally declared dead at Christmas 1917, having been missing since January.
He was one of four sons of William and Ruth Rule of 14 Carter Lane, and had been a bogey hand at William Pit. His brother, Lance Sergeant Robert Rule served with the Border Regiment.
His brothers and sisters were Robert, Agnes, Tom, Elizabeth, Henrietta, Ruth and Isaac.
George Rule was a member of the Whitehaven YMCA Bible Class and of the United Methodist Church, Catherine Street. His name was added to both their Rolls of Honour (now lost).
His brother, Robert, served with the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Border Regiment, as service number 240255 (formerly 1676), and became a Lance Sergeant. He won the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The DCM was awarded “for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Gauck Wood, northern France, on September 10th, `1918. During an overwhelming counter attack he rallied his men, although wounded himself, he led forward a bombing attack, which, thanks to his energetic leadership broke up the enemy and forced them to retire”. He was presented with both medals, plus a bar to his Military Medal and the Mons Star, plus a gold watch and chain from the town, at a special ceremony by the Mayor, Alderman Musgrave, on August 13th 1919. He died at Mill Road Municipal Hospital, Liverpool on 30th April 1939, aged 43, from a stroke while working as a warehouseman and living at 36, Rockhouse Street, Liverpool. He was buried on 3rd May 1939 in grave 86NCY at Wavertree Holy Trinity Churchyard.
85. john robert scott
Lance Corporal Scott (1410) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment died on 4th August 1916 aged 25.
He was buried in grave 1J18 at Preston Quarter Cemetery from Dulcie Acute Hospital, Chorlton-cum-Medlock on 9th August 1916.
He was married on 10th November 1913 at St. Nicholas’ Church to Selena Helena (nee Burns, later Higgs of 37 Helen Street, Workington) and his parents were William and Maria Scott latterly of 57 Milnrow Road, Shaw, Lancashire. In 1891 they were living at Selby Terrace, Hensingham and in 1901 they were living at 23 Newtown, Whitehaven, where William was a joiner. In 1911 John Robert was a sheepman at Low Hall, Hensingham.
He was living at 7 Schoolhouse Lane when he enlisted.
Selena’s 2nd marriage was to Benjamin Higgs in 1919 in the Cockermouth registration area.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
86. thomas caddy scurr
Private Scurr (12001) of 1st Battalion Border Regiment died on 27th January 1917 aged 20.
He is remembered on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He was the son of George and Sarah Jane Scurr of 14 Plumblands Lane, and had worked on the Linotype staff of “The Whitehaven News”. There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the 1st March 1917 edition. He had previously been wounded in September 1915 and July 1916.
87. robert henry skinner
Private Skinner (14662) 2nd Border Regiment enlisted on 5th September 1914 at the age of 20 years and 3 days. He was sent to France on 24th September 1915, and was injured in the head and back on 27th April 1916. He was initially treated at 30 Casualty Clearing Station but was later transferred to the 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples where he died at 1015 on 28th May 1916, aged 21.
He is buried in grave V D12A at the Etaples Military Cemetery, France. There are 10,771 Great War casualties buried here, 119 WW2 men, 662 other (mainly German) casualties from WW2 and 5 non World War military burials. It is the largest CWGC cemetery in France. The CWGC state that he was 8th Battalion.
He lived at 34 Duke Street. He had two brothers who also served in the war.
He is also on the St. James and Presbyterian (now URC) Church Memorials.
88. james sloan
This is thought to be AB 4331of HMS Superb 17 Roper Street, but no more details are known as he is not on the CWGC lists as a casualty. The only action HMS Superb saw in the war was at the Battle of Jutland from which she emerged unscathed.
He was born at Millom in 1883, but in 1911 was living with his parents-in-law (Nelson & Elizabeth Little) at 17 Roper Street and was a Coal Miner.
There is a photograph of him on page 8 of the Whitehaven News dated 22nd June 1916 with his Whitehaven shipmates-Wilkinson Batty and J Spedding.
89. james spark
The identity of this casualty is not known due to insufficient information in the surviving records. It may be John James Spark DCM born at Harriston, Aspatria but by 1911 living at Pontycymmer, Glamorgan, Wales. He was 14640 of the 5th SW Borderer died 8/5/1918, the son of Robert & Selina Emma Spark. However he has no traceable links to Whitehaven.
90. thomas w stewartson
Lance Corporal Stewartson (13557) of 8th Battalion Border Regiment died on 5th October 1916 aged 27.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial- his grave having been lost in the course of the war.
He was the son of Mr Tom and Mrs Margaret Stewartson of 5 Addison Street. For the eleven years before enlisting he had been a sawyer at Jackson’s Timber yard, had been a member of the Borough Brass Band and a member of the Rocket Brigade.
His nephew, John, died on 20th October 1916, in the 4th Kings Liverpool.
Thomas had been baptised on 21st July 1889 at Holy Trinity.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
91. thomas ANSON stockdale
Sapper Stockdale (216654) of Signalling Sub Section of 108th A.F.A. Brigade, Signalling Sub Section Royal Engineers died of wounds at No. 56 Casualty Clearing Station on 28th March 1918 aged 36.
He is buried in grave II G10 at Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme, France.
At the 1901 census he was an apprentice Monumental Mason to Mr T. Preston of 1 Sea View, Bootle, Cumberland. He was baptised at St. James, Whitehaven on 25th February 1883 and married Lizzie Simpson in the Bootle Registration District in the March quarter of 1914. He was the son of Joseph and Mary Stockdale whom lived at Peter Street when he was born. In 1908 his parents lived at 27 Bedford Street, Hensingham, but in 1911 at 3 Preston Street.
When he enlisted in December 1915 he was a Sculptor at Woodend Nurseries, Hensingham, but his wife was living at 19 Lowther Street with their daughter Mary (born 8th August 1915). He had a brother, Joseph Henry living at 9 Nelson Terrace, Prospect, Whitehaven, two sisters at 10 Hensingham Road and a third at 6 Bedford Street, Hensingham. He received a Testimonial on joining up from the Muncaster Estate.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1Y140 of Preston Quarter Cemetery. His father (a Carter) had died on 8th January 1911 aged 62, his mother on 15th August 1908 aged 60, and a brother, John Joseph, on 6th January 1881 aged 2 years and 3 months. His brother was buried in grave 4M208
He is also on Hensingham Village Memorial.
92. joseph swailes
Private Swailes (204344) of 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers died on 13th May 1918 aged 19.
He is buried in grave VII C 11 of the Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. This is between Amiens and Arras. There are 1,133 men buried here- mainly between August 1916 and March 1917 from the 9th and 49th Casualty Clearing Station.
He was the son of James and Rebecca Swailes of 87 George Street.
He is also commemorated on the family gravestone 1J2 14 at Preston Quarter Cemetery.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
93. joseph telford
Lance Sergeant Telford (9237) of 2nd Battalion Border Regiment died on 1st July 1916 aged 26.
He is commemorated on the Pier and Faces 6A/7C of the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He was the son of John and Annie Isobel Telford (nee Jardan) of Peter Street, and the husband of Mary Evelyn Telford (nee Reay) of 2 Basket House, who he had married at St. Nicholas on 22nd July 1915. His only daughter, Mary Isobel was born on 19th April 1916 and baptised on 21st May 1916, so it is unlikely that they ever met.
At the 1911 census he was already in the Military as he is recorded at Martinique Barracks, Alton, Hampshire.
There is a photograph of him in the “News” of 27th July 1916.
94. john thompson
Private Thompson (S/9673) of 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders died of wounds on 22nd April 1916 aged 18.
He is buried in Grave XXI B18 of Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. There are 4,621 burials here- over 3,000 of whom are concentrated from elsewhere. In 1933 all gravestones were removed, as salts on the soil were causing them to deteriorate. All names are instead commemorated on a screen wall.
He lived at 8 Mark Lane. His father, also John, had predeceased him in December 1901 aged 46, and his mother Sarah Ann had remarried a John Sanderson in 1903. Before enlisting, on the night of the bombardment of Whitehaven, he had been a farm servant with Mr Miller of Wigton, in 1911 he was a Pit top labourer. Before his father’s death the family had lived at the Granary Yard.
He is also on the St. James’ Memorial.
95. william thompson
Private Thompson (264) died on 22nd August 1919 as a civilian.
He had served with the 5th Battalion Border Regiment as a Territorial from 8th April 1908. He had attended camps at Conway (1909), Barrow (1910), Dolphinholme (1911), Skipton (1912) and Barrow in 1913. He was then posted to France in October 1914 where he served until 24th June 1915. He was then admitted to hospital with Pyrexia and Bronchial Cattarah, but then sent to Bagthorpe Military Hospital, England where he was found to have Articular Rheumatism and was discharged.
When he joined up he was living at 12 Michael Street, Whitehaven and was a saddler at 15 Roper Street.
In the December quarter of 1913 he married a Mary Stewart. He died at Newton Cottage, Gosforth and was buried on 24th August at Gosforth Churchyard. He left his entire wealth of £263 to his wife.
He is also on the St. James Memorial (number 154).
96. thomas todhunter
Ship’s Steward Assistant (M/10842) of the Royal Naval Vessel HMS Broke (II) died on 19th December 1916 aged 23. He had joined the Navy in 1914 and served in the North Sea for about five months. He was then taken ill with a “form of paralysis of the cerebral spine” on 1st August 1915 and was in the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, Portsmouth for a year and five months before the illness proved fatal.
The vessel was named after Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke (1776 to 1841), most famous for capturing the USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812. She was built for the Chilean Navy in 1914, but not delivered to them until 1920.
Before joining up on 18th December 1914 Thomas had been a shorthand clerk with Howson, Dickinson & Company of Whitehaven.
He was buried on 26th December 1916 in grave 1J2 34 of Preston Quarter Cemetery, Whitehaven. The CWGC incorrectly state that he is buried in grave 1J2 35.
He was the son of George and Jane Todhunter of 11 Catherine Street.
97. edward turner
The identity of this casualty is not known.
98. daniel hanvey tyson
Private Tyson (GS/76729) of the 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers died of wounds on 14th July 1918 aged 19. A shell burst near him causing severe injuries, he died soon afterwards.
He is buried in grave IV F11 of the La Clytte Military Cemetery (8km west of Ypres) where 1,082 men are buried. La Clytte was Brigade Headquarters. He was moved here after the war as he was originally given a battlefield burial.
He was the son of George E and Hannah S Tyson of 28 Scotch Street. He had formerly been Tr/10/68697 of 106th T.R. He had worked for Messrs J.G. Oldfield, shipbrokers of Whitehaven before joining up in April 1917.
He is also on the Holy Trinity Memorial.
99. john tyson
Private Tyson (18142) of 2nd/5th Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment died on 28th September 1918.
He is buried in grave IV D34 of Hernes Hill British Cemetery, France.
100. albert wilkinson
Gunner Wilkinson (258695) of B Battery 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery died on 5th September 1918.
He is commemorated on Panels 3 and 4 of the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France. This is 10km SE of Arras and commemorates 9,850 men with no known grave who fell between 8th August 1918 and the Armistice in the Advance to Victory.
He lived at 21 New Street, Whitehaven.
101. william wilkinson
Gunner Wilkinson (116226) of D Battery 91 Brigade Royal Field Artillery died on 24th April 1918 aged 22.
He is buried in Grave 38 of the Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery, France 10km east of Amiens where there are 42 burials.
He was living in a small dug out he had made for himself as the rule was that as few men as possible should be in a dug out to avoid heavy casualties. At around 0430 the enemy opened up a hurricane bombardment with our guns vigorously replying. A shell with a sensitive fuse landed close to the opening of his dug out, he sat up, a splinter caught him in the head and he died instantly. His body was buried the following day when the fighting ceased.
He was the son of William and Frances Alice Wilkinson of 50 Duke Street. He was educated at Holy Trinity School, a member of the YMCA and a regular attender at the St. Nicholas Young Men’s Bible Class.
He then took up farm work at Mr J. Brown of Chapel House, Hensingham before enlisting in November 1915. He lived at 11 Albert Terrace.
He is also on the St. James & Holy Trinity Memorials, and is further commemorated on the Oddfellows Society Roll of Honour.
102. allan stanley wilson
2nd Lieutenant Wilson (no service number because he was an Officer) of 5th Battalion Border Regiment, but attached to the Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) died on 12th July 1917 aged 21.
He is buried in grave VII A22 of the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
He was the eldest son of Allan Watson and Violet Gwendoline Wilson of 82 Lowther Street. His father was a dentist.
He is also on the St. James Memorial.
103. thomas wilson
The identity of this casualty is not known. He is also on the Methodist Memorial.
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