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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Seaham, Co. Durham |
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One
of the Panels of Commemorative Poppies on Terrace Green, Seaham
Photo : Edward Nicholl
Until recently, the main War Memorial for Seaham (Co. Durham)
was a Cenotaph located on Terrace Green. The Cenotaph carried no commemorative
names.
Terrace Green is a small park, overlooking Seham Harbour.
Soon after the 100th Anniversary of the start of the First World War, a sculpture
popularly known as "Tommy" was erected on Terrace Green, facing
the Cenotaph. The sculpture is officially named 1101 (or Eleven-O-One), referring
to the first minute of peace as the Armistice came into force at 11am on 11
November 1918.
Recently (ca. 2018) a unique War Memorial has been created on Terrace Green,
Seaham. This memorial consists of a fence that overlooks the harbour. The
fence has a number of "panels" in it, each one of which has 23 metallic
commemorative poppies (see the photos above and below). Each poppy bears the
name (including rank, number, regiment,and date of death) of a person associated
with Seaham who lost their life in both of the Word Wars, and subsequent conflicts.
730 such poppies commemorated those who lost their lives in the First World War.
82 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
A spreadsheet can be downloaded which provides the names of all those commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War. No data was obtained for the Second World War and subsequent conflict commemorations.
Lance Corporal William Roxby Anderson, 10956. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 19 January 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Robert Armstrong. 11719. 7th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of George and Mary Armstrong, of Dawdon, Seaham Harbour,
Co. Durham. Killed 27 November 1915. Aged 24.
Born Nettlesworth (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Buried BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal William Laverick Ather. 33994. 13th
Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Mary Ather; husband of
Martha Jane Ather, of 25, Alfred St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 1
February 1918. Aged 25.
Born Langley Moor (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Buried MORY ABBEY MILITARY CEMETERY, MORY.
(Incorrectly shown as "W L Asher" on the Seaham War Memorial.
Private Samuel Bailey, 11648. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Henry and Dorothy Bailey, of 4, Stavordale St., Dawdon Colliery,
Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 22.
Born Station Town (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon (Durham).
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Barker. 14120. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private George Barker, 18366. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Jane Barker, of New Seaham
Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 12 December 1915. Aged 39.
Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
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 George Brammer, 17830. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Harriet Brammer, of 8, Slavordale St., Dawdon,
Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 19 January 1918. Aged 25.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Dawdon Colliery (Durham).
Buried ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Michael James Breeze. 17726. 8th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of M. E. Breeze, of 10, Back South Railway
St., Seaham Harbour. Killed 8 August 1916. Aged 36.
Born Yarmouth, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
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.
Private George Edward Burnett. 16911. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 21 August 1915.
Born Castletown (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Sapper Daniel Burney. 82257. 174th Tunnelling Coy Royal
Engineers, formerly 14991 Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Burney
of 48 Ilchester Street, Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Durham. Died at home
18 December 1917.
Born Whitehaven (Cumberland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour (Co. Durham).
Buried SEAHAM CEMETERY.
Private Foster Clennell. 13882. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph and Emma Clennell, of 11, Hill Crescent, Aged Miners
Homes, Dawdon, Co. Durham. Killed 13 May 1917. Aged 19.
Born Silksworth (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Dawdon.
Buried CANADIAN CEMETERY No.2, NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST.
(The CWGC incorrectly shows him as "Fred Clennell". Foster Clennell's
brother was Fred Clennell.
Private Fred Clennell, 21235, 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Killed 14 July 1916. Aged 20.
The 1901 Census also shows that Foster was the 9th of 12 children born to
Joseph and Emma. Fred was the 11th child born to Joseph and Emma.)
Private Norman Cole. 19388. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
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 Michael Cook, 18565. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 September 1915.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided New Seaham.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Bond Cooper, 14174. 2nd Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Laws Cooper and Dorothy Cooper, of Seaham
Harbour, Co. Durham; husband of Caroline Charlotte Stanton (formerly Cooper),
of Brookfield House, Havelock St., Aylesbury. Killed 5 January 1918. Aged
24.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Private James Cowley, 14788. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. M. Cowley, of 14, Clara St., New Seaham, Co. Durham,
and the late Michael Cowley. Killed on 11 August 1915. Aged 21.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
(SDGW gives Christian name as "Joseph").
Private William Alexander Dodds. 16902. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 September 1915.
Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Newcastle.
Buried ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY CEMETERY AND WAR MEMORIAL.
(Can find no record to link him with Seaham).
Lance Corporal John Douglass. 22810. 8th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Rhoda Bosanquet Douglass. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL 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.
(Can find no record to link him with Seaham).
Lance Corporal James Edwards. 14525. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Murton, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Panels 44 & 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Sergeant Robert Gallon, 14494. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs Annie Gallon, Husband of Louisa Gallon, of 18 Union Street,
Seaham Harbour, County Durham. Died at home 22 December 1915. Aged 38.
Born North Shields, Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried NETLEY MILITARY HOSPITAL CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Guy, 18016. 5th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Norah Elizabeth Guy, of 8, Maria St., Seaham Harbour,
Co. Durham. Killed 25 May 1918. Aged 30.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.
Private Stanley Harris, 16762. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 July 1915.
Born West Dawdon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West Dawdon (Seaham Harbour).
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER (CUINCHY).
Private John Harrison, 16572. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Harrison, of Seaham Harbour; husband of Mary
Langley (formerly Harrison), of 44, High Hazel Rd., Thorne, Moor Ends, Doncaster.
Died at home 1 February 1917. Aged 27.
Born Hartlepool, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Buried SEAHAM CEMETERY.
Private James William Harrison, 18815. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Ellen Harrison, of Alexandrina St., Seaham
Harbour; husband of Margaret Foster (formerly Harrison), of Hawkin's Rd.,
Murton Colliery, Co. Durham. Died 26 September 1917. Aged 32.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private John William Heads. 203143. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Priscilla Heads, of 3, Marlbrough St., Seaham Harbour, Co.
Durham, and the late Richard Heads. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 19.
Born Seaham Harbour (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private David Hodges, 16105. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Agnes and the late Matthew Hodges, of 8, Cornish St., New
Seaham, Co. Durham. Killed 22 July 1916. Aged 21.
Born New Seaham, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided New Seaham.
Buried AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private John Hutchinson, 17845. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Bishop Wearmouth (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY.
(In the 1911 Census, a John Hutchinson, b. ca. 1883, lived in Dawdon. He was
born in Sunderland (i.e. Bishop Wearmouth) and was married to Elizabeth Hutchinson.
They had 4 children. John Hutchinson was a General Labourer.)
Private Thomas Fleck Jones. 17757. 10th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 November 1915.
Born Bill Quay (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Buried HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Ernest Judson. 19387. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. Dorothy Judson, of 24, Church St., Seaham Harbour. Co.
Durham. Killed 15 September 1916. Aged 20.
Born Seaham Harbour (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
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.
Corporal Thomas Kennedy, 15137. 9th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Annie Kennedy, of 2, Kirsop St., Jesmond
Vale, Newcastle-on-Tyne. KIlled 11 December 1915. Aged 33.
Born Dawdon, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Horden.
Buried BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER.
Private George Kirby, 21153. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Kirby, of 6, William St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham,
and the late Robert Kirby. Died 11 November 1918. Aged 23.
Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
Private Robert Kirtley, 18364. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs. D. Kirtley, of 42, Longnewton St., Dawdon, Seaham Harbour,
Co. Durham. Killed 23 December 1917. Aged 37.
Born Corsey (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Buried ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT.
Private James Knowles, 11702. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 3 July 1916.
Born Trimdon (Hartlepool), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Buried DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC.
Lance Corporal John Bywell Laws, 16759. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. H. Laws, of 41, Staverdale St. West, Dawdon
Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 January 1916. Aged 21.
Born West Dowden (sic) (Seaham Harbour), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided West
Dowden (sic).
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private John Thomas Lister. G/100002. 4th Battalion
Royal Fusiliers, formerly 39204 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 18 September
1918.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne, Resided Seaham Harbour (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 3, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private John Lowery. 45545. 17th Battalion Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, formerly 24938 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Benjamin Lowery,
of 23, Wynyard St., Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 3
March 1918. Aged 19.
Born North Shields (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour (Co. Durham), Resided
Dawdon (Co. Durham).
Buried MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Anthony Lucas. 13619. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Whitehaven (Cumberland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private John James Marrin. 15646. 9th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Sarah Marrin, of 12, John St., Southwick, Sunderland.
Killed 18 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY.
Private John William Martin, 18929. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mrs Alice Martin, of 18, William St., New Seaham, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 July 1916. Aged 28.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William McGee. 16566. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Costigan (formerly McGee), of 6, Quality Row,
Shotton Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 30 November 1915. Aged 29.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Shotton Colliery.
Buried GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY.
Private John Moran, 17776. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 28 January 1917.
Born Ludworth (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Herbert Herman Mordecai. 30727.
1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46488 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 September 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour (Co. Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hebburn.
Buried FLESQUIERES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private James Henry Nesbitt, 45818. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed on 9 October 1917.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Washington.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Henry Lilly Newton. 19390. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 September 1916.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
2nd Lieutenant Lancelot Nicholson. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Matthew and Elizabeth I. Nicholson, of 3, Bath Terrace, Seaham
Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 24.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is provided in Robert Coulson's Biographies
of Yorkshire Regiment Officers;-
"Lancelot Nicholson was a County Durham man born at Seaham Harbour in
1894.
During the Battle of 3rd Ypres, Passchendaele offensive 2nd Lt Nicholson served
with “A” company of the 9th Battalion.
On the afternoon of September 19th 1917 the battalion moved up to assemble
in the area of Stirling Castle and Sanctuary Wood to the east of Ypres.
Zero hour for the attack was set for 5-30 a.m. the next day and the battalion
advanced into Inverness Copse where they faced a hostile artillery barrage
and heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire in the wood. 2nd Lt Lancelot Nicholson
was killed in this action on September 20th 1917 aged 24."
Private Thomas Parker. 18413. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 July 1917.
Born Seaham Harbour (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(SDGW Gives regimental number as 18473).
Serjeant Thomas Edward Pattison. 17840. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 5 November 1916.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private James Ploughman. 15663. 6th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Ploughman, of 3, South Railway St.,
Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 5 November 1915. Aged 22.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Stanley Poole. 11649. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Mary Ellen Poole, of 73, Longnewton
St., Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged
21.
Born Whitehaven, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Henry Ramshaw. 13810. 6th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Anthony Ramshaw, of 37, Swinebank Cottages, Dawdon,
Seaham Harbour; husband of Jane Dagless (formerly Ramshaw), of 1, Mill Garth,
Shiney Row, Philadelphia, Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 22.
Born Metle Bridge (Ferryhill, Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
("Metle Bridge", - SDGW, is correctly "Metal Bridge")
Private Joseph Rawling. 18809. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Robert and Margaret Ann Rawling; husband of Mary
Isabell Purcell (formerly Rawling), of 25, Cornish St., New Seaham, Co. Durham.
Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 41.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Francis Nicholas Reed. 13562. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private William Reed. G/21563.
1st Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), formerly 11726 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 28 September 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 7, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
(William Reed's Service Record survives, from it can be seen that he joined
up on 28th August 1914 only a few weeks after war was declared. He nearly
survived to the end!
He was born in 1882, the son of Emmanuel and Jane Reed and in 1906 he married
Isabella Plows.)
Private Ralph Reveley. 18928. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 26 December 1916.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private John Thomas Ritchie, 15649. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late Thomas and Alice Ritchie; husband of Mary Ann Moreland
(formerly Ritchie), of 14, Hedley St., Milfield, Sunderland. Died at home
20 September 1919. Aged 30.
Buried SEAHAM CEMETERY.
(Shown on the Dawdon Church memorial as "J Ritchie" but the 1911
Census shows J T Ritchie living in Dawdon with his wife Mary Ann, working
as a coal miner, and born ca. 1890.)
Private John Robson. 14593. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Scott. 20459. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1917.
Born Seaham Colliery, Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Listed in SDGW as being "killed at Gallipoli", - obviously an error)
Private James William Simpson, 18951. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late James and Jane Simpson, of Seaham Colliery;
husband of Mary Ann Simpson of 3 Back, Church St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
Killed 11 April 1917. Aged 29.
Born Hetton-le-Hole, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham Colliery.
Buried COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL.
(The CWGC register incorrectly lists his Regimental Number as 18351, - the
correct number is shown on the headstone)
Private John Robert Smiles. 15651. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 20 September 1916.
Born Seaham, Enlisted Seaham.
Buried ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY.
Private Joseph William Smith. 18875. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 11 May 1917.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Lance Corporal Joseph Spence, 14798. 9th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 17 July 1916.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Grangetown (Yorks).
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN.
Lance Corporal Harold Storer. 41601. 9th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32048 11th Res. Cavalry Regt. Husband of
L. E. Storer, of Roker House, Belgrave Terrace, Croft Spa, Darlington. Killed
23 June 1917.
Born Brewood (Staffs), Enlisted Seaham, Resided Seaham Harbour.
Buried DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Serjeant Anthony Stratford. 11624. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of William Stratford, of Kelloe Winning, Trimdon Grange; husband
of Annie Trail (formerly Stratford), of 1, South Plantation, Trimdon Grange,
Co. Durham. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 39.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Deafhill Colliery, Resided Trimdon Grange.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private George Thompson. 12667. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Robert and Rebecca Thompson; husband of Rose Prentice (formerly
Thompson), of 16, Potter St., Jarrow-on-Tyne. Killed 28 September 1915. Aged
26.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Jarrow, Resided Hebburn-on-Tyne.
Commemorated on Panels 44 & 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private James Thompson. 25620. 13th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 23 November 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on the CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
(Can find no record to link him with Seaham).
Private George Vickers. 18594. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 September 1916.
Born Pennsylvania (America), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John Waites. 19314. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waites, of 26, Henry St., Seaham Colliery,
Co. Durham. Killed 28 September 1915. Aged 24.
Born Boldon Close (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Wallace. 16331. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Barbara Wallace, of 37, Hylton Rd., Hartley's Buildings,
Sunderland, and the late Adam Wallace. Killed 11 November 1915. Aged 40.
Born Pallion (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
(Can find no record to link him with Seaham).
Serjeant Joseph Walton, MM. 17632. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham, Resided New Seaham.
Commemorated Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private John William Watson. 14225. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Jane Anne Watson, of The School House, Ryhope, Co.
Durham. Killed 1 July 1916. Aged 30.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Durham, Resided Ryhope.
Buried MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Richardson Watson. 14129. 8th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Richardson Watson, of 4, Mary St., Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham;
and the late Meggie Watson. Killed 10 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private George Wilkinson. 19508. 2nd Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Hetton Downs (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Buried CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Hardy Wilkinson, 14072. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 February 1916.
Born Seaham (Sunderland), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided New Seaham.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
Private Robert Wilkinson. 20255. 7th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1918.
Born Hetton (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon.
Buried FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private John William Williams, 18877. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ann and the late Matthew Williams; husband of Alice
Levitt (formerly Williams), of 5, Wynyard St., Dawdon, Seaham Harbour. Died
at home 6 July 1917. Aged 38.
Born Usworth, Enlisted Seaham Harbour.
Buried SEAHAM CEMETERY.
Private Robert Pickering Willis. 43316.
1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, formerly 14300 the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 18 September 1918.
Born Seaham Harbour (Durham), Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Dawdon (Durham).
Buried BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant John Winn. Yorkshire Regiment, attached
7th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment. Son of the late William and Margaret Ann
Winn. Killed 23 March 1918. Aged 19.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Further information, including a photo and biographical data, on John Winn
can be found on the Old
Barnardians commemorative website.
Private Frederick Wood, 17778. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Seaham Harbour, Enlisted Seaham Harbour, Resided Seaham Colliery.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
One of the Commemorative Poppies on Terrace Green, Seaham
Photo : Edward Nicholl
A
View of the Commemorative Fence overlooking the Harbour on Terrace Green,
Seaham.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The
Cenotaph on Terrace Green, Seaham.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The
Sculpture "Tommy" on Terrace Green, Seaham.
Photo : Edward Nicholl
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