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The Long Room, Chilton Moor

9th Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment

Joseph Moody (1891-1952)

Lumley miner who was one of three brothers who served in the Durham Light Infantry

Roland Valentine Whisker (1897-1921)

Stanley coal miner served as a corporal in the Durham Light Infantry

Samuel Whisker (1893-1929)

Stanley coal miner served as a corporal in the Durham Light Infantry

Samuel Whisker (1893-1929)

Stanley coal miner served as a corporal in the Durham Light Infantry

John Edward Greenwell (1895-1918)

Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force died in a seaplane accident who is buried in Stanley New Cemetery

John “Jack” Carr (1894-1916)

Stanhope steelworker commemorated by an oak tree at Wolsingham Grammar School

Joseph Thompson Maddison (1897-1918)

Frosterley man served in the Machine Gun Corps commemorated by an oak tree at Wolsingham Grammar School

Henry "Harry" Langstaff (1896-1918)

Weardale man served in the DLI commemorated by an oak tree at Wolsingham Grammar School

Andrew Northcote (1890-1969)

Spennymoor man who was blinded in both eyes following a gunshot wound to his face

Andrew Northcote (1890-1969)

Spennymoor man who was blinded in both eyes following a gunshot wound to his face

Frederick “Fred” Walton (1890-1969)

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


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