War memorials, North Yorkshire
War Memorials Elsewhere, -
Norton (Stockton-on-Tees),
St. Mary's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire

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The Memorial Stone Tablet in St. Mary's Church, Norton
The Memorial Stone Tablet in St. Mary's Church, Norton
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

The memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church, Norton, is a stone tablet in which are carved the names of those who fell in the First World War. The Plaque is located behind the font, under the West window. There are three columns of names. Carved into the plaque under each column of names is another name, - clearly "late additions".
The names on the memorial plaque are;-

Thomas Allinson
James Frank Atkinson
Richard Atkinson
William Beeton
Wilfred M Booth
Robert Henry Brand
James Cartmell Brown
John William Brown
Norman A Burnett
William T Cheeseworth
Harrison T Crosby
A B Lifford Crosby
Timothy H S Crosby
Edward Cross
George Oliver Cross
Ernest William Cryer
Robert Cubley
Arthur C Cussons
William Davies
William Denton
Harry C Dickinson
Frederick T Dietz
Donald Sturat Donkin
John Norman Dowse
Francis Inwood Dring
Alexander English
John Edward English
John Rowe Fewster
Edward Fletcher
Ernest W Forster
Thomas Percival Guthe
Robert Hall
Richard Harrison
George Norman Hedley
John Joseph Humble
Herbert Jefferies
John Edward Johnson
George Kidd
John William Kidd
Mark Kirby
Thomas Gordon Kirby
Joseph Henry Kirk
Johnson Lax
John A Littlefair
Arthur Lonsdale
John William Lowes
Alexander McInteer
George R McKenzie
Rupert Moore
Percival W Murray
William Orr
Charles C Osborne
Harold Pearson
Alfred Pearson
Bertie H Phillips
Harold Pickard
Thomas A Pierson
George G Porter
Thomas A Proud
John Ramsey
Walter Redding
George W Ridley
Albert V Robinson
Benjamin Carr Robson
James Russell
Francis S Scott
Harry Sharman
Jabez William Sharp
Bert H Silversides
John Robert Skelton
William Smart
Albert Edward Smith
Alfred G H Smith
Walter Victor Smith
Fred Snaith
Andrew Snowdon
George Blair Snowdon
John W Southall
William Taylor
Arthur Thorpe
Sidney C Tingle
Frederick O Trechmann
Charles S Vane-Tempest
Andrew ventress
Benjamin E Walker
Robert Hunton Walton
George Wilkinson
John T Wilkinson
Harold A Winspear
William A Wright
William H Bain Horace D R Kirby Ronald A Temperton

Private Wilfred Milburn Booth, 60488, of the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Dorothy Davison, of 24, Metcalfe St., Norton. Died on 15 September 1919. Aged 22.
(CWGC record puts age at death as 24. However, Wilfred Milburn Booth's birth was registered in Stockton in Q1 1897, putting his age at death as 22.)
Buried in NORTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, TEESIDE, Durham.
(2nd Battalion was on service in Southern Ireland at the time. Possibly Wilfred Booth died in Ireland and his body was brought home for burial).

Private Norman Archibald Burnett. 3/7776. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Samuel B. and Carrie C. Burnett, of Norton-on-Tees, Co. Durham. Died of Wounds 28 November 1918. Aged 21.
Buried MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT.
Born West Hartlepool, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Norton (Stockton).

Private Horace Dodsworth Robinson Kirby. 60367. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Rose Kirby, of 13, Lightfoot Grove, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 13 October 1918. Aged 21.
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN.
Born Norton (Durham), Enlisted Darlington, Resided Redcar.


Private Mark Kirby. 26689. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Eleanor Kirby, of 2, William Terrace, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 4 September 1917. Aged 30.
Buried ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Born Norton (Durham), Enlisted Stockton, Resided Norton (Stockton-on-Tees).

Private Thomas Gordon Kirby. 3246. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Enlisted Redcar.

Private John A Littlefair. 8092. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Louisa Kittlewell (formerly Littlefair), of 35, Spencer St., Middlesbrough, and the late John Littlefair. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 26.
Commemorated Panel 12, Le Touret Memorial.
Born Thornaby (Stockton), Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees, Resided Stockton.


Private Alfred Pearson. 203180. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward Pearson, of 2, Dorlcote Place, Norton-on-Tees, Stockton. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Commemorated Bay 5, Arras Memorial.
Born Stockton-on-Tees, Enlisted Stockton, Resided Norton.

Private Walter Redding. 1768. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 September 1916.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
Born Norton (Stockton-on-Tees), Enlsited Scarborough, Resided Norton-on-Tees.

Private Benjamin Edward Walker, 250696. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 28412 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Maria Walker, of 17, The Furnaces, Norton; husband of Emily Vesty Davison (formerly Walker), of 1, The Furnaces, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees. Killed 26 October 1917. Aged 32.
Commemorated Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Enlisted Stockton-on-Tees. Resided Norton-on-Tees.



St. Mary's Church, Norton (Photo : Edward Nicholl)
St. Mary's Church, Norton
(Photo : Edward Nicholl)

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