Witton Gilbert

War Memorial

Witton Gilbert, Co. Durham

[Cross on village green. Visited 4 July 1999]

WITTON GILBERT WAR MEMORIAL
ROLL OF HONOUR
OF LOCAL HEROES WHO DIED
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
DURING THE GREAT WAR
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
LORD GRANT THEM EVERLASTING REST

1914
PTE.  GEORGE MOODY  8TH  D.L.I.
1915
PTE.  GILBERT HODGSON ROBSON  8TH  D.L.I.
1916
PTE.  JOSEPH ARMSTRONG  2ND  E.Y.
PTE.  JOSEPH BEARDMORE  6TH  E.Y.
PTE.  CUTHBERT CARR  15TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  MATTHEW CUMMING  18TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  THOMAS GUY  27TH  N.F.
PTE.  CHARLES JOSEPH GRAHAM  5TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  THOMAS JAMES GOODWIN  2ND  D.L.I.
PTE.  HERBERT GILL  13TH  D.L.I.
LCE.CPL.  GEORGE JACKSON  2ND  D.L.I.
BOMB.  RICHARD LISGO  8TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  ROGER PARKIN  20TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  GIBSON SNAITH  13TH  D.L.I.
SERGT.  ROBERT YULE  19TH  D.L.I.
1917
SERGT.  ARTHUR ERNEST CLARK  2ND  D.L.I.
PTE.  GEORGE CRAGGS  1ST  WORCESTER
STOKER  THOMAS DAVISON  H.M.S. SUPERB
PTE.  ARTHUR EDMUNDSON  6TH  BORD.
PTE.  ERNEST HUNTER  9TH  W.Y.
PTE.  TOM ALLANSON HARDY  10TH  N.F.
PTE.  ROBERT KNOWLSON  8TH  Y.
LCE.CPL.OWEN WILLIAM MAULE  25TH  N.F.
PTE.  JACOB MARTIN  14TH  K.O.Y.L.I.
PTE.  ALEXANDER LOGAN McDONALD  8TH  E.Y.
GUNNER  WILLIAM THIRKELL PRATT  5TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  JOHN JAMES SMEATHAM  6TH  YORKS
PTE.  ALBERT MOYES WALKER  19TH  Y.
1918
PTE.  THOMAS BROWN  3RD  N.F.
LIEUT.  WILLIAM HENRY BROWN  18TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  JOHN GODFREY  15TH  D.L.I
PTE.  GEORGE JOHNSON  16TH  CHES.
LCE.CPL.  THOMAS GLADSTONE MARTINDALE  14TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  CHARLES METCALFE  20TH  D.L.I.
GUNNER  SIMPSON TURNBULL PARKIN  R.G.A.
PTE.  GEORGE ROE  2ND  D.L.I.
PTE.  JOHN ROE  A.S.C.
PTE.  GEORGE CUTHBERT RAINE  18TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  JOHN WALTON  15TH  D.L.I.
PTE.  FREDERICK WARDMAN  R.G.A.
1919
PTE.  WILLIAM WISE  8TH  D.L.I.
1920
PTE.  HENRY OVERTON?  ...  YORKS.
PTE.  ROBERT WILKINSON  ...  ...  D.L.I.

1939 - 1945

BRAMFITT, E.
BURDON, J.W.
CARROLL, J.
DENTON, T.W.
FARNSWORTH, R.
KELSAY, G.
PLANK, G.W.
REYNOLDS, J.
SWINTON, T.
WATERSON, J.W.

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

[Lych gate at Witton Gilbert St Michael has two heart shaped brass memorials.]

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR SON
CHARLES JOSEPH GRAHAM
Pte. 15th D.L.I.
Who Died at Etaples 30th Oct. 1916
DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS
FATHER & MOTHER
SISTERS & BROTHERS-IN-LAW

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
OUR DEAR SONS
Pte. Roger Parkin, 20th D.L.I.
Gnr. Simpson Parkin, R.G.A.
DEEPLY MOURNED BY
THEIR FATHER & MOTHER
BROTHER & SISTER

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