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The First World War Roll of Honour in the Royal British Legion Club, Meadowfield
(Co. Durham)
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Photo : Dorothy Hall of the North
East War Memorials Project website
The First World War Roll of Honour in the Royal British Legion
Club in Meadowfield comprises a wooden board with a pointed top, with the
badge of the Royal British Legion.
The memorial commemorates 240 names of those who lost their lives in the First
World War. The names of those commemorated have been transcribed on the website
for the North
East War Memorials Project.
14 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on the memorial.
Private John Arthur Brannan, 18692. 13th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 22 March 1918.
Born Brandon (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Brown. 12523. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment, transferred to (147480) Royal Engineers. Son of the late Edward
and Margaret Brown, of New Brancepeth Colliery, Durham. Died at home 4 January
1921. Aged 31.
Buried BRANDON (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD.
(The medal rolls index card indicates that Edward Brown was a Serjeant. He
enlisted on 2 September 1914, and served overseas. He was wounded in July
1916 and discharged (Silver War Badge) in June 1917. Possible that transfer
to the Royal Engineers was to utilise his experience as a miner. In the 1911
Census he is shown as a Coal Hewer.)
Private George Albert Brown. 201938. 4th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Thomas and Mary Brown of 5, Brandon
Village, Durham. Killed 14 May 1917. Aged 21.
Born Witton Gilbert (Durham), Enlisted Croft-on-Tees, Resided Brandon (Durham).
Buried ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal George Sydney Clarke. 40156.
1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly 28026 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Thomas William and Ada Clarke, of 21, East View, Meadowfield,
Browney Colliery, Durham. Killed 14 July 1918. Aged 23.
Born Malton (Yorks), Enlisted Durham.
Buried COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY.
(L/Cpl G S Clarke is also commemorated on the Browney
Colliery Institiute plaque.)
Private Edward Cummings. 13551. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 January 1917.
Born Langley Moor (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon.
Buried HERSIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Private Thomas Dodds. 15633. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mary Simpson (formerly Dodds), of 27, Frederick St. North,
Meadowfield, Durham, and the late Martin Dodds. Killed 22 August 1915. Aged
22.
Born Brourney (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Elliott. 29950. 10th Battalion East
Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 204898 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 April
1918.
Born Durham, Enlisted Brandon (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on Panel 4, PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Private William Henry Gent. 18112. 7th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Metal Bridge (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Littleburn.
Buried SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private John Wilkinson Gibbon. 12576. 7th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 8 February 1917.
Born Brancepeth (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon Colliery.
Commemorated on Pier and face 3A & 3D THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Although shown as "John Gibbon" in the CWGC and SDGW records, the
1911 Census shows him to have been John Wilkinsson Gibbon, aged 18, born Brancepeth
(Durham), residing 14 Commercial St Brandon Coll (Durham), mother Isabella
Gibbon. Occupation Colliery Labourer.)
Corporal Thomas Hardy, 72933.
30th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 20480 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Military Medal (Belgium). Son of William and Hannah Hardy, of 256,
Angus St., Langley Moor, Durham. Killed 24 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Pittington (Durham), Enlisted Durham.
Commemorated Panel 90 to 93, POZIERES MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Kelly, 15195. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Born Ushaw Moor, Enlisted Durham.
Buried BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY.
Lance Corporal Thomas Richardson. 14040. 5th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary E. Richardson, of Low Barns Farm,
Meadowfield, Durham. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 24.
Born Brandon (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private John Rowan. 17152. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 18 October 1916.
Born Langley Moor, Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided Fencehouses.
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
Private Thomas Ryan. 15627. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Mary Jane Ryan, of 6, South St., Brandon Colliery, Co. Durham.
Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 22.
Born Brandon, Enlisted Durham, Resided Brandon.
Commemorated on Panels 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
(Two of Thomas Ryan's brothers are also commemorated on the Meadowfield RBL
Club memorial, - James and Michael Ryan.)
Private Joseph Thompson, MM. 14445. 9th Battalion the
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Annie Thompson, of 14, West View, Meadowfield,
Durham, and the late Joseph Thompson. Killed 12 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Brandon Colliery, Enlisted Aldershot, Resided Brandon Colliery.
Buried HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY.
The
Royal British Legion Club, Meadowfield (Co. Durham)
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