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War Memorial - Alston, Cumbria, England


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James Bennett
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William J. Little
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Nowell Oxland
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Lieutenant

09 August 1915
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6th Bn. Border Regiment
Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of the Rev. W. Oxland, R. N., and Caroline Amy Oxland,
of 41, Outram Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.
One of the war poets, his poem "Outward Bound" was first published
in The Times in the year of his death.
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Thomas Moore
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Private
2354
08 June 1916
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1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Son of John and Margaret Moore,
of Vicarage Square, Alston, Cumberland.
Born at Nenthead.
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Joseph H. Dow
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James D. Nicholson
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Drummer
17488
03 July 1916
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11th Bn. Border Regiment
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery, France
Son of James and Ruth Nicholson,
of Market Place, Alston, Cumberland,
husband of Alice Nicholson,
of Ivy House, Nenthead, Alston, Cumberland.
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Henry Abbott
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Private
14718
24 July 1916
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8th/Border Regiment
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France
Native of Alston, Cumberland.
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William Turnbull
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John R. Cranston
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Private
311220
04 August 1916
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16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Loos Memorial, France
Son of John George and Mary E. Cranston,
of Alston, Cumberland.
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Joseph Herbert Rutherford
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Private
2211
15 September 1916
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1st/4th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Thiepval Memorial,
Son of Mrs. Jane Rutherford,
of Kate's Lane, Alston, Cumberland.
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Herbert John Jackson
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Private
23304
27 August 1916

8th Border Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson,
of High Annat Walls, Alston, Cumberland.
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Walter Ralph
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Matthew Henry Pickering
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Private
23844
12 October 1916

2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Thiepval Memorial, France
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Stephen Dickinson
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Private
23550
24 October 1916
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1st Bn. Border Regiment
Bancourt British Cemetery, France
Son of Walton and Sarah Dickinson,
of Bridge End, Alston, Cumberland.
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Lloyd M. Thompson
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Second Lieutenant

25 January 1917
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7th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Amara War Cemetery, Iraq
Son of William and Annia Maria Thompson,
of Spring House, Alston, Cumberland.
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Harry J. Virond
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Harold F. Walton
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Walter Davidson
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Private
241313
23 April 1917
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5th Bn. Border Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
Son of the late Mathew and Elizabeth Davidson,
of Alston, Cumberland.
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H. Dacre Dickinson
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Joseph Spottiswood
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Private
32822
12 May 1917

7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
Arras Memorial, France
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Joseph W. Collinson
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Private
32310
16 August 1917
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1st Bn. Border Regiment
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Brother of Lawrence Gill Collinson,
of Town Foot, Alston, Cumberland.
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William Foster Featherstone
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Private
23138
20 August 1917
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11th Bn. Border Regiment
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Son of Mary Jane and the late John Walton Featherstone,
of Cross View, Alston, Cumberland.
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Ernest Wymes
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Private
17418
abt. 1893, Newcastle, Northumberland
04 September 1917
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Died of wounds
Lonsdale (11th/3rd) Battalion The Border Regiment
Adinkerke Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Arthur and Florence Wymes
of Pasture Houses, Garrigill, Alston, Cumberland
Husband of Hannah Wymes, nee Herdman
of Crown Lane, Alston, Cumberland
Resided at High Road, Garrigill near Alston, Cumberland at the time of enlistment.
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Robert Atkinson
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abt. 1892, Alston, Cumberland




Grandson of Eunice Atkinson
of Middle Farm, Alston, Cumberland.
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Roland Walton Stobbart
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Second Lieutenant

06 March 1918
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Royal Flying Corps
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (St. Nicholas) Cemetery, Tyne and Wear
Son of Isaac Whitfield Stobbart and Margaret Stobbart,
of 29, Croydon Rd., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Native of Alston, Cumberland.
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Thomas E. Spark (Probably)
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Private
G/62910
26 April 1918

6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Pozieres Memorial, France
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Andrew Douglas
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John Alan Havelock (Probably)
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Corporal
18/646
17 April 1918

18th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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Frederic A. Millican
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Staff Sergeant
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08 May 1918

Canadian Army Service Corps
Alston Cemetery, Cumbria, England
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William C. Brown
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Thomas Archer
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Private
25333
05 June 1918
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7th Bn. Border Regiment
Auchonvillers Military Cemetery, France
Nephew of Mary Ann Thursby,
of Vicarage Terrace, Alston, Cumberland.
Native of Alston.
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John Douglas
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Thomas E. Ramsay
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John W. Archer (CWGC: John Matthew Archer) (Probably)
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Private
204382
09 April 1917
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22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Roclincourt Valley Cemetery, France
Son of William and Jane Archer,
of Gill House, Alston, Cumberland.
Native of Blaydon-on-Tyne.
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Albert E. Alderson
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Errington Beadle
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Gunner
90187
16 September 1918
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"A" Bty. 285th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France
Son of Mrs Matilda Beadle,
of Townhead, Alston, Cumberland.
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Alfred Robson
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Alice Renwick
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Robert Nixon
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Private
414201
23 March 1918

13th Bn. Canadian Infantry
St. Laurence-in-Thanet Churchyard, Kent, England
Son of Robert Nixon,
of Alston, Cumberland,
husband of Elizabeth Angus (formerly Nixon),
of 96, Southwood Rd., Ramsgate.
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Richard Cuthbert Dickinson (Probably)
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Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner)
525760
Distinguished Flying Medal
13 September 1940
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61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Son of Richard and May Dickinson; husband of Mary Dickinson,
of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
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Reginald Lascelles Spark
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Lance Corporal
T/10688121
22 June 1944
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716 (Airborne) Lt. Coy. Royal Army Service Corps
Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France
Son of Arnold Bardgett Spark and Alice Spark,
of Alston, Cumberland.
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Thomas Alan Armstrong (Probably)
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Pilot Officer (Navigator)
177963
13 September 1944
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Carlisle (Dalston Road) Cemetery, Cumberland
Son of Christopher and Mary Alice Armstrong,
of Kinniside.
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John W. Johnston
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John Reginald Shield (Probably)
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Private
3855063
21 September 1944
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2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Singapore Memorial
Son of John Joseph Shield and of Clara Shield (nee Richardson).
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William H. Dixon
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Ronald Yeaman Tucker
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Sergeant
552711
18 July 1914
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235 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England
Son of Anthony Tucker, and of Jane Elizabeth Tucker,
of Leadgate, Cumberland.
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Ivan Morgan
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Warrant Officer (Pilot)
1316136
24 July 1944
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (West Road) Cemetery
Son of Norman W. Morgan, and of Marie J. Morgan,
of Alston, Cumberland.
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Harold Walker
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Peter John Playfair (Probably)
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Flying Officer
138476
07 August 1943
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142 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Malta Memorial, Floriana, Malta
Son of John W. M. and Florence Mary Playfair,
of Madulsima, Ceylon.
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Thomas W. Richardson
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Leading Aircraftman
1482086
18 May 1946
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Alston Cemetery, Cumbria, England
Son of James Ernest and Charlotte Richardson,
husband of Annie Richardson, of Alston.
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John Ivan Bramwell (Probably)
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Sergeant
1379133
29 October 1941
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148 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Son of Elizabeth Bramwell,
husband of Ermyntrude B. Bramwell,
of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
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