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The
First World War Memorial in St. Paul's Church, West Pelton (Co. Durham)
Photo : Dorothy Hall of the North
East War Memorials Project website
The First World War Memorial in St. Paul's Church West Pelton, Co Durham, is a plaque of classical design on a black pattress. The panel is divided into four main columns by Gothic arches at the top of classical columns with figures at the top in the spaces between, and also down the sides. The names commemorated are in a single column in each of the panels in sans serif capitals.
176 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, of whom 3 were soldiers who had served in the Yorkshire Regiment.
A transcription of the names on the memorial is provided on the Imperial War Museum's Register of War Memorials website.
Private George Coe. 34393.
2nd/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), formerly 46548
the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Margaret Coe, of Queen St., Grange
Villa, Co. Durham; husband of Esther Coe, of 8, Urpeth Terrace, High Hold,
Pelton, Co. Durham. Killed 12 September 1918. Aged 25.
Born Backworth (Northumberland), Enlisted Chester-le-Street (Durham).
Commemorated Panel 6, VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL.
Private John Haddon, 18717. 8th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Husband of C. Haddon, of 35, Robert St., Crofton, Blyth, Northumberland.
Died of Wounds 30 September 1916. Aged 34.
Born West Pelton (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring.
Buried ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY.
2nd Lieutenant Francis Leaman Stephenson. Durham Light
Infantry. Formerly 24825 Yorkshire Regiment (Discharged to Commission 27 November
1917).
Died 8 February 1918 in the General Military Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Buried ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, WEST PELTON (Co DURHAM).
St. Paul's Church, West Pelton (Co. Durham)
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