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War Memorials Elsewhere, - Sunderland, - Names "D" |
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The
War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (1)
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The names of those soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment and recorded in the Book of Remembrance for Sunderland, surnames beginning "D", are listed below.
The page numbers in the Sunderland Book of Remembrance in which their names are recorded are shown below.
Private Richard Daglish. 14973. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Thomas and Mary Daglish, of Washington Station; husband of
Annie Daglish, of II, Middlefield Row, Washington Station, Co. Durham. Killed
10 August 1916. Aged 27.
Born Washington (Durham), Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Washington.
Buried QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN.
(Page 277 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Serjeant George Davison. 13016. 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mary Denis Davison, of 12, Hospital Rd., Retford, Notts, and the late
Arthur Davison. Killed 6 November 1918. Aged 25.
Born Ryhope (Sunderland), Enlisted Ryhope.
Buried BETTRECHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(Page 232 or 253 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Ralph Davison. 19160. 7th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 November 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Durham, Resided Craghead (Nr Chester-le-Street).
Buried CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Dixon Day. 260103. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Archibald Sinclair Day and Mary Ann Day, of 12, Westwood St., Sunderland.
Killed 31 July 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Page 72 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private James Delaney. 12656. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
transferred to 95232 Royal Defence Corps. Husband of Jennie Delaney, of 36,
Rutland St., Millfield, Sunderland. Died at home 26 March 1919. Aged 26.
Buried SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY.
From James Delaney's Service Record he was wounded in September 1915 in the
Battle of Loos (Gun Shot Wound left chest). In 1918 he was hospitalised for
159 days after contracting food poisoning..
He is shown as having been a shipyard labourer, residing in Bell Street, Millfield,
Sunderland.
(Page 150 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Devlin. 16740. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
10 July 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried GORDON DUMP CEMETERY.
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John Albert Dick. 7517. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 15 November 1916.
Born West Pelton (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided New Silksworth.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Page 250 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Lance Corporal William Dickson, 78367.
5th Battalion Tank Corps, formerly 38413 the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Christina Dickson, of 28, Abbay St., Southwick,
Sunderland. Killed 20 April 1918. Aged 30.
Born Sunderland (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(Page 272 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Lance Corporal James Dixon. 14772. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 11 July 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Monkwearmouth.
Buried SERRE ROAD CEMETERY NO 2.
Also commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Another example of a body being recovered and identified after the name was
put on a memorial as having no known grave.)
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Alexander Dobson. 13938. 5th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 17 July 1917.
Born Barneston (Durham), Enlisted Washington.
Buried HENINEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(Page 277 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Robert Dodds. 14712. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Brother of J. M. Dodds, of 20, Wharnecliffe St., Sunderland. Killed 14 January
1917. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private John William Donkin. 16309. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Hendon (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Hendon.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Barnard Dorian. 24857. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Bridget Dorian, of 4, Vine St., Sunderland. Killed 7 June
1917. Aged 21.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
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.
(Page 76 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private James Dover. 15571. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
30 September 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private Patrick Dowd. 235348. 9th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment,
formerly 31796 K O Y L I. Killed 17 July 1917.
Born Crook (Durham), Enlisted Washington, Resided Washington Station.
Buried LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY.
(Page 277 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Serjeant John Downing, D C M. 14149. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 2 June 1917.
Born Ryhope, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Ryhope.
Buried CROISSILLES BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 233 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Private William Dowson. 13453. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 July 1916.
Born Westfield (Sunderland), Enlisted Sunderland.
Buried FRICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
(Page 75 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Corporal Richard Doyle, 3/6437. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late Thomas and Jane Doyle. Killed 27 September 1917. Aged 42.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 & 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Corporal Richard Drummond. 15807. 10th Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Mary Margaret Drummond, of 21, Coxons Row, Usworth Colliery. Died
at home 14 October 1915. Aged 22.
Born Southwick (Sunderland), Enlisted Washington.
Buried USWORTH (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD.
(Pages 77 and 261 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Lance Corporal Roger Nichols Duncan. 17834. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Bernard and Elizabeth Duncan; husband of Edith Smail (formerly
Duncan), of 10, Brooke St., Sunderland. Born at Sunderland. Killed 28 November
1917. Aged 24.
Born Pallion (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Southwick-on-Wear.
Buried LOOS (ST. PATRICK'S) CEMETERY.
(Page 73 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
Serjeant James Edward Dwyer. 14825. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 14 May 1917.
Born Thornley, Enlisted Shiney Row, Resided Durham.
Buried VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY.
(Page 289 of the Sunderland Book of Remembrance)
The War Memorial in Sunderland's Mowbray Park (2)
Photo : Edward Nicholl