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The War Memorial in Murton, Co. Durham.
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)
The War Memorial for Murton, Co. Durham, stands in a Memorial Gardens about half-way along the main road through the village. These gardens also include a memorial to Sergeant William McNally VC MM & Bar (1894 - 1976) of the Yorkshire Regiment. Photos of the names on the Murton War Memorial, and of Sergeant McNally's Memorial, are shown below the names of men of the Yorkshire Regiment found on the Memorial.
Of the 221 names for the First World War on the memorial, 31 are for men who served in the Yorkshire Regiment. Details are as below.
Serjeant Joseph Barker. 21141. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Ponteland, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Hazelrigg.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Elaine Miller (<emiller@sky.com>) of the Murton Heritage Centre provides
the following information on Serjeant Barker;-
"Joseph Barker is a Murton man. His casualty details say that he lived
in Hazelrigg, but I don't know where they got that from. He was born in Ponteland
in 1894, lived in the workhouse in 1901 with his mother and 3 siblings and
by 1911 was living with his mothers brother in Murton. His register of effects
show payments to his aunt Elizabeth Barker as his uncle was also at war (A.S.C.).
It looks like they didn't have any children."
Private Joseph Blakelock, 13615. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died at home 5 August 1916.
Born Murton (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried in MURTON (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD.
Private William Blakey, 16570. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas Blakey, of 36, Albion St., Murton Colliery, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Murton Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Thomas Bland, 16236. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Isabella Bland, of 54, Viceroy St., Seaham Harbour, Co.
Durham. Killed 9 July 1916. Aged 39.
Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private William James Bond, 18092. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died of wounds 10 August 1915.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
Serjeant John Brown, 15712. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Job and Isabel Brown, of 3, North St., Murton Colliery, Durham.
Killed 15 December 1915. Aged 36.
Born East Murton, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery (Durham).
Buried BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private John Bunting, 17777. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Mary A. Bunting, of 2 Back, North Terrace, Seaham Harbour,
Co. Durham. Killed 7 August 1916. Aged 33.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Lance Corporal George Burt, 18282. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Lizzie Myers (formerly Burt), of 5, Railway St., Murton
Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 13 September 1916. Aged 38.
Born Longton (Staffs), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Serjeant John Henry Cairns, 22238. 1st Garrison Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 9232 Durham L I. Husband of J. S. Cairns, of
Haswell, Durham. Died 28 October 1918.
Born Brandon (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Brandon.
Commemorated KARACHI 1914-1918 WAR MEMORIAL.
Private Robson College MM, 12785. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 29 October 1918.
Born West Boldon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried TEZZE BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Shown on the memorial as "Colledge". The CWGC does not show his
Military Medal, but this is shown on the Medal Roll Index card and in SDGW.
A photograph of Robson College shows him wearing the stripes of a Lance Corporal.)
Private William Conlon, 13667. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Isabella Conlon, of 18, John St., Seaham Harbour,
Co. Durham. Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 37.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Easington Colliery.
Buried FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND.
Private Isaac Cook, 14546. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Richard and Susan Cook, of 33, Pilgrim St., Murton Colliery,
Co. Durham. Killed 16 June 1916. Aged 26.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton.
Buried POINT 110 NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT.
Private William Cook, 234460. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Born Murton Colliery (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Private John Early, 12809. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 27 September 1917.
Born West Cornforth, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Thomas Graham. 16305, 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Isabella Williams (formerly Graham), of 12, Model St.,
Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 34.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Lance Serjeant John Hunt. 18588. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and J. M. Hunt, of 25, Silver St., Murton Colliery,
Co. Durham. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 24.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Lance Serjeant Robert Jackson, MM, 19313. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Mentioned in Despatches. Killed 22 September 1917.
Born Wheatley Hill (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery
(Durham).
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
(MIlitary Medal not shown in CWGC database, but is shown in the Medal Rolls
Index card and in the Green Howards Gazette database).
Serjeant Matthew Kelly. 11058. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Ruth Kelly, of 16, William St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 32.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Private Francis Laws, 19389. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 October 1915.
Born Murton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Private Isaac Laws, 51150. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire
Regiment, formerly 14857 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Hannah Laws,
of 18, North St., Murton, Co. Durham. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 26.
Born Murton Colliery (Co. Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private George Mather. 12877. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Ryhope (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Grangetown.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Private Samuel Gilroy Naylor. 11284. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Murton (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Private Robert Wilson Pow. 10925. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 22 August 1915.
Born Murton (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton (Sunderland).
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Private Thomas Richardson. 18091. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of George and Hannah Richardson (nee Robson), of Murton, Co.
Durham; husband of Hannah Anderson (formerly Richardson), of 18 Back, South
Railway St., Seaham Harbour, Durham. Died 1 July 1916. Aged 23.
Born Shotton Colliery (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
(Biographical notes have been provided by Bill Richardson
(<wpr3145@gmail.com>), a descendant of Thomas Richardson.)
Private John Robson. 14593. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private Thomas Scott. 20459. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
(Listed in SDGW as being "killed at Gallipoli", - obviously an error)
Private Alf Sharp, 14215. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 7 October 1916.
Born Murton (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Sapper William Simpson. 175474. 258th Field Coy. Royal
Engineers. Formerly the Yorkshire Regiment (Depot?). Son of William and Mary
Simpson, of South Shields.
Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton.
Buried CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
Private William Suggitt, MM, 12662. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Hannah Suggitt, of 10, Hesledon Terrace, Water
Works, Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 8 October 1916. Aged 22.
Born Wheatley Hill, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Private John Thompson. 20461. 12th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Maurice Dale Thompson and Maria Thompson, of The School House,
Murton, Co. Durham. Died 12 April 1918. Aged 23.
Born Kelloe (Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 4, Ploegsteert Memorial.
Private James Webster, 19509. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment, attached 176th Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers. Husband of Elizabeth
Jane Webster, of 2, Fatten Pastures, Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 17
December 1915. Aged 29.
Born South Hetton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried GORRE BRITISH AND INDIAN CEMETERY.
Private Joseph White, 11636. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs Mary White of 6, Durham Place, Murton Colliery, Co. Durham.
Killed 23 November 1915.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Seaham, Resided Murton Colliery.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
(SDGW gives No as 11630, and date of death as 25 November 1915).
First World War Commemorations on the Murton War Memorial. SElect one of
the images below for a larger sized image which opens in a new window.
Photos : Edward Nicholl
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Names "A" - "E" on the Murton
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Names "E" - "R" on the Murton War Memorial |
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Sergeant William McNally, VC, MM*
Sergeant McNally's Memorial beside the Murton War Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Beside the main memorial to Sergeant William McNally, VC (in
the centre of the above photo) a specially commissioned paving stone has been
placed on the left of the memorial. This paving stone was unveiled on 27 October
2018 on the 100th anniversary of William McNally's award of the Victoria Cross.
To the right of the main memorial is a plaque bearing a biography of William
McNally.
Photos of these individual components of the McNally Memorial are shown below.
Select on eof the images for a larger sized image which opens in a new window.
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Photos : Edward Nicholl
Why
the Stones Were Commissioned
The
Action in Which William McNally Won the VC
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Private Thomas Richardson. 18091.
The following biographical notes have been provided by Bill Richardson (<wpr3145@gmail.com>), a descendant of Thomas Richardson;-
The parents of Thomas Richardson were Goerge William Richardson (born in Usworth in 1860) and Hannah (nee Robson) (born in Quarrington Hill in 1865).
Thomas was born in the 3rd quarter of 1894.
From census records, his birthplace was Shotten Colliery.
In 1901, the family were living at 6 South Crescent, Cold Hesledon. Thomas
is shown with three sisters (Ann, Isabella, Margaret). He had two brothers
(Robert and baby George). Another sister Mary Ann was not with the family
and a baby sister,
Elizabeth, was born late in 1901.
On 30th June 1907, Thomas's father died. The family lived at 8 Hesledon Terrace,
Cold Heseldon.
The burial took place on 3rd July 1907 at Murton Holy Trinity.
As was normal in those days, Thomas's mother remarried. She married Robert Cook, who was some years older, in 1909.
The 1911 census, shows Robert and Hannah Cook with five of her children (Thomas,
Isabella, Maggie, George and Lizzie) living at 6 St Andrews Terrace.
By 1911, the eldest daughter, Mary Ann, was married to John Jobling. The second
daughter Annie was also married. Her husband was George Hunter and, as well
as two children, Annie's brother Robert was a lodger.
In 1913, Thomas got married at Murton Holy Trinity.
The record shows the date as 20 Dec 1913 Thomas Richardson (bachelor, miner),
age 20, of Dalton-le-Dale, son of George Richardson (miner) married Hannah
Miller (spinster), age 19, of Dalton-le-Dale, daughter of Moses Miller (miner)
Witnesses: Samuel Charleton, Ellen Jennings
On 16th August 1914, thanks to his wife, Thomas became a father. Baby Hannah
was born at 11 d'Arcy Place. Exactly two weeks later,
Hannah was baptised in the church where her parents had been married.
War broke out and Thomas joined the Yorkshire Regiment.
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