The Yorkshire Regiment, Local War Memorials

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Gateshead

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The Gateshead Cenotaph
Photo : Kevin Milburn, North East War Memorials Project

The War Memorial for Gateshead is a cenotaph, located on the Durham Road (A167) at the junction with Prince Consort Road. The cenotaph is opposite St. George's Church.
The cenotaph was designed to include an inner chamber, accessed through a bronze door (originally made of teak), in which was held a Roll of Honour Book. This book has since been removed to the safe keeping of the Gateshead Library, where it may only be viewed by special request.
The Roll of Honour Book has approximately 100 parchment pages, in which the names of those who lost their lives in the First World War have been hand-written in script.
Some 1,557 names are commemorated in this book. The names are shown by Regiment, Name, Rank, and Number.

The North East War Memorials Project has provided a transcription of these names, together with photos of the individual pages of the Roll of Honour Book.
Photos of the Roll of Honour Book, together with further photos of the cenotaph, are shown below.

39 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated in the Gateshead Roll of Honour Book.

Private Squire Allen, 16906. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 30 September 1916.
Born Wakefield, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private William Laurence Baker. 235516. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 4372 Durham L I. Son of William Hunter Baker and Margaret Ewen Baker, of 181, H.S. Edward St., South Shields. Born in Sunderland. Killed 26 September 1918. Aged 20.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Jarrow, Resided South Shields.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Lance Corporal John Michael Bamborough, 23137. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 2 August 1916.
Born Gateshead-on-Tyne, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Shown on the Gateshead War Memorial as being in the Yorkshire Light Infantry.)

Private George Thomas Bishop. 39077. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Ethel Maud Bishop, of 3, St. Aidan's St., Bensham, Gateshead. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 39.
Born Leicester, Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried SUCRERIE CEMETERY, EPINOY.

Private William James Bishop. 34804. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 73411 D L I. Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Bishop, of 37, Chandos St., Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 23.
Born London, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.

Private Charles Cobbold Brown. 34534. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 72838 D L I. Killed 27 March 1918. Aged 32.
Born South Shields, Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE.

Private Robert Brown. 243047.
6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of E. J. Brown, of 30, Forster St., Gateshead. Killed 28 November 1917. Aged 29.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS.

Private Robert Bruce, 38935. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 April 1917.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.

Lance Corporal John Thomas Burns. 16932. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private James Edward Thompson Carr, 42043. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 468 1st T R Battn. Killed 7 June 1917.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Corporal Matthew Casey, 19627. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Robert and Isabella Routh, of 2, Palmer St Gateshead. Killed 29 December 1915. Aged 29.
Born Dublin (Ireland), Enlisted South Shields.
Buried BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(The birth name of this soldier was Matthew ROUTH, though he served as Matthew CASEY. For an explanation, see below.)

Private Edward Clark. 38380. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry and the late Margaret Jane Clark, of 19, Co-operative Crescent, Windynook, Gateshead. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 25.
Born Lanchester (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Esh Winning.
Buried HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Robinson Collin. 42007. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Frances Collin. Killed 2 June 1917. Aged 41.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL).
The 1881 Census confirms that Robinson Collin was the son of Joseph and Frances Collin, living in Gateshead and born in Gateshead. He was born in 1876.
In the 1891 Census he is shown as Robinson Collins (sic), a Blacksmith's Apprentice, living in Gateshead. Born 1876. The wife of Joseph Collin is now shown as Margaret Collin, though.

Private Joseph Collinson. 6783. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Cornsay (Durham), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Ellerton (Nr Scorton)
Commemorated Panel 12, LE TOURET MEMORIAL.

Private John Dellow. 46204. 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly 183101 R E. Son of Thomas and Agnes Dellow, of 35, Victoria Terrace, Low Fell, Gateshead; husband of Eleanor Mary Dellow, of 77, Inskip Terrace, Gateshead. Died 11 April 1918. Aged 18.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "John Dellon" in SDGW).

Private Thomas Marston Douglas, 235410. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.Formerly 8967 Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of David and Mary Elizabeth Douglas, of Gateshead. Killed 18 October 1917. Aged 22.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Durham, Resided Gateshead.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private Robert Hymers Dryden, 38919. 2nd/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 44873 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 54 to 60 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Swinburn Ellison. 38937. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Hannah Jane Ellison, of 36, Keswick St., Gateshead. Native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 17 May 1918. Aged 35.
Born Newcastle-on-Tyne, Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried AVESNES-SUR-HELPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.

Private Cyril Fisher. 39063. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Tom and Martha Fisher, of Bradford, Yorks; husband of Ethel Jane Fisher, of 23, Coburg St., Gateshead. Killed 19 July 1917. Aged 31.
Born Heckmondwike, Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Hartlepool.
Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private Charles Flintoff. 1724. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Caroline King (formerly Flintoff), of 43, Tennyson St., Gateshead. Killed 25 April 1915. Aged 19.
Born Newcastle, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.

Private William Clavering Gallon. 19212. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Ann Gallon, of Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 2 October 1915. Aged 37.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Blyth, Resided Gateshead.
Buried LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY.

Private William Garrett, 44968. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William and Jane Garrett. Died 10 October 1917. Aged 39.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private William Sykes Guffogg. 95288. 12th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 45013 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Albert and Edith Annie Guffogg, of 51, Front St., Tynemouth, Northumberland. Native of Gateshead. Killed 30 June 1918. Aged 22.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Gateshead.
Buried SUCRERIE CEMETERY, ABLAIN-ST. NAZAIRE.

Private Ralph Robinson Hepple, 38923. 2nd/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 44854 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John Hepple, of 78, Lichfield St., Gateshead. and the late Clara Hepple. Killed 19 October 1917. Aged 21.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 54 to 60 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Leonard Holmes, 29554. 1st/4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 46442 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mary Jane Holmes, of 122, Rodsley Avenue, Gateshead, and the late William Holmes. Killed 24 March 1918. Aged 27.
Born New Basford (Notts), Enlisted Jarrow-on-Tyne, Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 27 and 28, POZIERES MEMORIAL.

Private William Charles Littlefair. 49900. 1st/8th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 44748 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 20 November 1917.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead, Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Wilson Makepeace, 39082. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of L. M. Makepeace, of 20, Frank St., Sunderland Rd., Gateshead. Killed 9 April 1917.
Born North Shields, Enlisted Gateshead-on-Tyne.
Buried NEUVILLE-VITASSE ROAD CEMETERY.

Private William Jonas McFadden, 38948. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth McFadden, of 160, St. Cuthbert's Rd., Gateshead, and the late Alexander McFadden. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 19.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Listed as "William George McFadden" in SDGW)

Corporal John William Miller, 16894. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 22 August 1915.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Gateshead.
(SDGW gives Regimental No as 16890)
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.

Private James Morgan, 61366. 4th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Morgan, of 18, Ann St., Gateshead. Died at home 4 July 1916. Aged 20.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Gateshead-on-Tyne.
Buried GATESHEAD EAST CEMETERY.

Private Matthias Ovington. 50853. 2nd/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 45122 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Margaret Ovington, of 2, Morley St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 41.
Born Greenside (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead (Durham), Resided Heaton (Newcastle-on-Tyne).
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.

Private Ferguson Park. 20448. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late William and Mary Park; husband of the late Blanche Park (nee Elliot). Killed 5 October 1917. Aged 33.
Born Beltelvie (Aberdeenshire), Enlisted Newcastle.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Henry Phillips. 63778. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 4 March 1919.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Resided Middlesbrough.
Commemorated ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL, buried Soroka Zavoda Cemetery.

Private Thomas Price, 16676. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 December 1917.
Born Gateshead-on-Tyne, Enlisted Blyth, Resided Gateshead.
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY.
(Shown on the Gateshead War Memorial and in SDGW as being with the East Yorkshire Regiment.)

Private Paul Rogers. 38974. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mark and Ann Rogers, of 50, Hillfield St., Gateshead. Killed 4 October 1918. Aged 26.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on Panel 5, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.

Private William Henry Simpson. 93308. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, formerly 48142 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Alice Simpson, of Murton Colliery, Co. Durham; husband of Mary Ethel Waistell (formerly Simpson), of 21, George Avenue, Holm Hill, Easington Colliery, Co. Durham. Killed 26 September 1918. Aged 33.
Born Thornley, Enlisted Gateshead-on-Tyne, Resided Dunston-on-Tyne.
Buried GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.

Private Arthur Edward Stobart. 48335. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly TR/5/110320 87th T R Battn. Son of Mrs. Agnes Stobart, of 60, Lower Cuthbert St., Gateshead-on-Tyne. Killed 27 May 1918. Aged 19.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Gateshead.
Commemorated on the SOISSONS MEMORIAL.

Private Philip Utterson. 49889. 1st/8th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly 39377 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Ebenezer Utterson, of 3, Cromwell Terrace, Gateshead, and the late Eleanor Blenkinsop Utterson. Killed 20 September 1917. Aged 26.
Born Elswick (Northumberland), Enlisted Gateshead (Durham), Resided Gateshead.
Commemorated Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.

Private Thomas Henry Wilcock. 58483.
21st Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly 60931 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Benjamin and Alice Wilcock, of 25, Saltwell St., Gateshead. Killed 26 October 1918. Aged 19.
Born Gateshead (Durham), Enlisted Gateshead.
Buried CROSS ROADS CEMETERY.

Dedication on the Gateshead Cenotaph Dedication on the Gateshead Cenotaph
Photo : Kevin Milburn, North East War Memorials Project

The Door to the Inner Chamber of the Gateshead Cenotaph
"IN THIS CHAMBER / ARE RECORDED THE / NAMES OF MEN OF / GATESHEAD WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Photo : Kevin Milburn, North East War Memorials Project

The Roll of Honour Book

Title Page of the Roll of Honour Book

Photo : James Pasby, North East War Memorials Project

Photo : Dorothy Hall, North East War Memorials Project

Yorkshire Regiment Names Commemorated in the Gateshead Roll of Honour Book

Photo : Dorothy Hall, North East War Memorials Project

Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has researched the background to the military and ancestral records of " "Matthew Routh" / "Matthew Casey";-

Cpl 19627 Matthew James Routh is shown as Cpl 19627 Matthew Casey in all “official” military records but is described by the CWGC as the son of John Robert & Isabella ROUTH. The record says he died in 1915 aged 29 which means he was born about 1886.
In the Gateshead, Durham, England, War Honours Scrapbook, 1914-1920 he is shown as Private M Routh.

He is known as Cpl 19627 Matthew Casey in all “official” military records but is described by the CWGC as the son of John Robert & Isabella ROUTH. The record says he died in 1915 aged 29 which means he was born about 1886.

The 1891 Census has a Matthew Routh born about 1886 living with his grandparents along with his parents John Robert & Isabella Routh. Free BMD lists Matthew James Routh born in the Dec Qtr 1886 in the Gateshead RD. He is not living with his parents in the 1901 Census but can be found as an inmate in the Roll of the North Eastern Reformatory for Boys at Netherton. I can’t find him in the 1911 Census although John Robert & Isabella Routh can be found. The Register for Soldiers’ Effects for Cpl 19627 Matthew Casey mentions his mother Isabella Routh and sister Polly Routh. Polly is a nickname for Mary and the 1911 Census shows that John Robert & Isabella Routh did have a daughter named Mary.

There can be little doubt that Cpl 19627 Matthew James Routh and Cpl 19627 Matthew Casey are one and the same man, and "Matthew Casey” was an alias. I wonder whether as a result of his “difficult” time as a youth he felt the need to adopt a new identity when enlisting including falsely declaring that he was born in Dublin (even the Irish were taken in listing him, I believe wrongly, in their 1923 Memorial Records) and only after his death was his true family name used in “unofficial” records.

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