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The Thornley War Memorial
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There are two Thornley War Memorials in County Durham. One Thornley is just South of Tow Law, the other Thornley is close to Wheatley Hill and Peterlee. The War Memorial on this page is found in the second village.
Thornley was the pit village for Thornley Colliery. The colliery was opened in 1835 and closed in 1970. Following the First World War, the community erected a memorial plaque in the newly-built Miner’s Welfare Hall: the plaque listed the names of 133 men, all of whom had worked in Thornley Colliery, who died in the conflict. It was unveiled in 1925, but in 1944 the Hall burnt down.
Following the Second World War the free-standing memorial wall was built on the village green, commemorating all those local service personnel who had died in the First and Second World Wars.
The names commemorated are on stone plaques, with the names incised in black lettering.
150 names are commemorated for those who lost their lives in the First World War (134 on the original plaque and 16 on an addendum plaque). 32 names are commemorated for those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
12 soldiers who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
Private John Anderson. 39073. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 31 March 1917.
Born Trimdon (Durham), Enlisted Ferryhill, Resided Thornley.
Buried VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT.
Private Thomas Ball, 16667. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of the late William Isaiah and Elizabeth Ball; husband of Annie
Maria Ball, of 7, Vine St., Thornley, Co. Durham. Killed 7 June 1917. Aged
33.
Born Mold, Enlisted Durham, Resided Thornley.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Thomas Brady. 22244. 1st Garrison Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 11277 D L I. Died 10 July 1918.
Born Edinburgh, Enlisted Deaf Hill (Co Durham), Resided Thornley (Co. Durham).
Buried RAWALPINDI WAR CEMETERY.
Commemorated on the DELHI MEMORIAL GATE.
Lance Corporal James Burnett. 14980. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 September 1915.
Born Trimdon, Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Thornley.
Commemorated on Panels 44 and 45, LOOS MEMORIAL.
Private Charles Albert Claytor, 23506. 10th Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 4 October 1917.
Born Wingate (Durham), Enlisted Deaf Hill, Resided Thornley (Durham).
Commemorated on Panels 52 to 54 aqnd 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
(Shown as "C A Chaytor" on the memorial.)
Private Albert William Dove. 17766. 9th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 6 October 1916.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Wheatley Hill (Durham).
Commemorated Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Tom Hall. 13686. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John Thomas and Eliza Hall, of 9, South St., Thornley, Co. Durham.
Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 19.
Born Thornley (Wheatley Hill, Durham), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Thornley.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private Robert Harbron. 11614. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth M. Harbron. Died 10 August 1915. Aged 26.
Born East Hartlepool, Enlisted Wheatley Hill, Resided Thornley (Co. Durham).
Commemorated on Panel 55 to 58, HELLES MEMORIAL.
Serjeant Jude Henry Lamb. 21092. 7th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of Joseph Lamb, of "Heather View," Garden Terrace,
Thornley, Co. Durham. Killed 8 February 1917. Aged 20.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Wareham, Resided Thornley Colliery.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3A & 3D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Private John McLoughlin. 18216. 10th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 11 April 1917.
Born Sherburn Hill (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Thornley.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Joseph Thompson, 16329. 11th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of John and Ann Thompson. Died at home 26 February 1916. Aged
42.
Born Greencroft (West Stanley - Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Thornley
(Durham).
Buried RUGELY CEMETERY.
Corporal John George Wright, DCM, 11052. 6th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Margaret Jane Wright, of 62, Dragoon Villa,
West Sherburn; husband of Annie Carr (formerly Wright), of 6, Lore St., New
Durham, Durham. Killed 28 September 1916. Aged 29.
Born Thornley (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Thornley.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
The
main plaque for First World War Commemorations on the Thornley War Memorial
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Panel for First World War Commemorations on the Thornley War Memorial
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Thornley War Memorial
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