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War Memorial - Wearhead, Co. Durham, England


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Harold Horwood (Probably)
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Private
16852
abt. 1893 at Shieldon, Durham
23 January 1916
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1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
formerly 25950, 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

Son of Augustus and Mary Harwood,
of 63, Musgrave St., Penrith, Cumberland.
Resided in Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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John William Whann
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Private
1231

15 September 1916

1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France
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Edward Norman English
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Private
22/152
abt. 1893
11 November 1916
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"B" Coy. 22nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France
Son of Thomas and Margaret English,
of Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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Norman Forster
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Lance Serjeant
23628
abt. 1892
03 May 1917
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1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Arras Memorial, France
Son of John Forster,
of Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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Joseph William Rutherford
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Private
205193
abt. 1896
20 September 1917
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12th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rutherford,
of Lane Side, Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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Thomas Ernest Pattinson
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Corporal
202218
abt. 1895
26 September 1917
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2nd/4th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of William and Mary Hannah Pattinson,
of Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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Thomas William Emerson
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Private
241774
abt. 1893
04 April 1918
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10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Arras Memorial, France
Son of Margaret Emerson,
of Wearhead, Co. Durham, and the late Joseph Baty Emerson.
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Joshua Peart
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Serjeant
99073

27 May 1918

50th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Soissons Memorial, France
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Ernest Peart
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Private
67083
abt. 1887
14 October 1918
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29th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Christopher and Elizabeth Peart,
of Westfall, Wearhead, Co. Durham.
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Frederick K. Peart (Probably)
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Private
18/1336
abt. 1895
14 February 1919
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Depot Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Heathery Cleugh Cemetery, Co. Durham, UK
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Peart,
of Bells House, Cornsay Colliery, Co. Durham.
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Robert William Gowland
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Able Seaman
C/JX657117
abt. 1925
29 March 1945
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Royal Navy, H. M. S. "Empire Arquebus"
Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Son of William Edward Gowland, and of Florence Gowland,
of Wearhead, Co. Durham, England.
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John Hewitson
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Thomas Leslie Rutherford
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Sapper
2347572
abt. 1912
03 August 1944
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Royal Engineers
Heathery Cleugh Cemetery, Co. Durham, UK
Husband of Bridget Rutherford,
of Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland.
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Maurice Watson (Probably)
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Marine
PO/X 124306(T)
abt. 1927
15 March 1947
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No. 42 Royal Marines Commando
Stanley Military Cemetery, China (Incl. Hong Kong)
Son of George and Florence May Watson.
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Clarence Emerson Whitfield
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Sergeant (Pilot)
923812
abt. 1920
13 August 1941
21
76 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany
Son of Charles and Annie Whitfield,
of Langenhoe, Essex.
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