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Sidney Victor Belson (1896-1969)

Served with 2/7th Battalion, and 20th (Wearside) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

John Readman (1889-1960)

160th (Wearside) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Benjamin Chipchase Clayton (1895-1917)

Art teacher from Edmondsley who won the Military Cross

William Henry “Harry” Brown (1895-1916)

Farm worker remembered on the Staindrop memorial

James Burrows (1888-1917)

Staindrop miner served in the 22nd Battalion DLI remembered on the Staindrop memorial

George Sidney Fillingham (1896-1962)

Durham Light Infantry captain

George Sidney Fillingham (1896-1962)

Durham Light Infantry captain

John Moss Ward (1893-1972)

Hartlepool man served with 18th, 21st and 3rd DLI in Egypt, France and India

Frederick “Fred” Walton (1890-1969)

Crook man who commanded the 6th and 18th Battalions Durham Light Infantry

Joseph Kelly (1880-1918)

Wigan born man served with 3rd/9th, 5th and 15th DLI

George Alexander Turner (1895-1960)

Willington man served with 13th DLI

William Thomas Smith (1887-1918)

From Houghton le Spring. Died at home of tuberculosis the day after the Armistice.


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