Notes on names
of Bellringers from the North East of England.
Extracted from a Roll of Honour of Bellringers
in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
by Alan Regin.
Note: The “Tower” is where they rang the bells.
Ainsley, Joseph
Tower: Darlington; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 03/01/1916 Age: 24
Cemetery/Memorial: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery; Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium C27
CWGC Notes: Son of William & Anne Ainsley, Woodside Cottages, Blackwell Lane, Darlington.
Rank and Regiment: Private, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Appleby, Joseph Foster
Tower: Wylam on Tyne; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 18/09/1916 Age: 24
Cemetery/Memorial: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Arbre; Somme, France. IV E 9
CWGC Notes: Son of George Foster Appleby and Annie Appleby; husband of Elizabeth Mary
Waugh (formerly Appleby), Ovington Cottage Lodge, Ovington, Prudhoe Station, Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Brown, John W.
Tower: Morpeth; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 02/09/1918 Age: 39
Cemetery/Memorial: Dury Mill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. I B 20
CWGC Notes: Son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Brown, 3 Fenwick Grove, Morpeth,
Northumberland; husband of Ruby May Brown, 211 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California.
Listed on CWGC site as a Canadian.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Clark, W.J.
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 14/04/1918
Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Ebblingham Military Cemetery; Plot 1 A 26, France, Nord.
CWGC Notes: Son of George & Elizabeth Clark, of Radcliffe Cottages, Bamburgh, Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Coldstream Guards
Eales, Frank
Tower: Consett; Society: Durham & Newcastle .
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 02/03/1919 Age: 24
Cemetery/Memorial: Consett (Benfieldside) Cemetery, Co. Durham, UK. 4 ‘C’ 108
CWGC Notes: Son of William & Isabella Eales of 22 Stephen Street, Consett, Co.Durham
Rank and Regiment: Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade
Eaton, Reginald Samuel
Tower: Jesmond; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 15/11/1917 Reginald Samuel – East Yorks.
Date of death: 15/11/1917 Age: 22
Cemetery/Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 47 to 48 &
163A
CWGC Notes: Son of Elizabeth Mercy Eaton, 41 Forsyth Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle upon
Tyne.
Rank and Regiment: Corporal, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Errington, Albert
Tower: Jesmond; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 03/10/1918 Age: 20
Cemetery/Memorial: Vichte Military Cemetery, Anzegem, West-Vlaanderen, V D 10
CWGC Notes: Son of John and Mary Lizzie Errington, 25 Tavistock Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon
Tyne.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Cheshire Regiment.
Falconer, Robert Whitfield
Tower: Gosforth; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 01/07/1916 Age: 31
Cemetery/Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 10B 11B and 12B
CWGC Notes: Son of James William and Isabella Falconer, 3 Roseworth Terrace, Gosforth,
Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Lieutenant, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Forrest, Wilson
Tower: Durham; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 29/03/1918 Age: 34
Cemetery/Memorial: Bienvillers Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. XV B 5
CWGC Notes: Husband of Sarah Forrest, 15 High Wood View, Durham.
Rank and Regiment: Company Sergeant Major, Durham Light Infantry
Gilmore, William
Tower: West Hartlepool; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 17/04/1918 William – Royal Engineers
Date of death: 17/04/1918 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8 and 162
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Lance Corporal; Royal Engineers
Guthrie, Herbert
Tower: Benwell; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 26/10/1917 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial; Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 1 & 162A.
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Hall, Albert
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service.
Date of death: 27/05/1918 Age: 31
Cemetery/Memorial: Soissons memorial, Aisne, France.
CWGC Notes: Son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Hall, of Bamburgh; Husband of Rebecca Hall of
The Wynding, Bamburgh, Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Sapper, Royal Engineers.
Hall, Philip
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 16/05/1915 Age: 23
Cemetery/Memorial: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Plot L80
CWGC Notes: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Hall. Born at Bamburgh, Northumberland. Listed on
CWGC site as an Australian.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Hetherington, Archibald
Tower: Allendale
Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 19/06/1915 Age: 23
Cemetery/Memorial: Masham (St. Mary) Churchyard, North Yorks, UK. In South West Part.
CWGC Notes: Son of Peter and Jane Hetherington, Cross Keys House, Allendale, Northumberland.
Husband of Emily Hetherington.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Hogg; John Tom (From Soldiers Died CD)
Tower: North Shields; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 30/11/1917 John Tom – London Regiment
Date of death: 30/11/1917 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. Panel 12
CWGC Notes: None recorded
Rank and Regiment: Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)
Hogg, Robert Morrison
Tower: North Shields; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 01/04/1918 Robert Morrison – Durham L.I.
Date of death: 01/04/1918 Age: 31
Cemetery/Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfal VIII B 8
CWGC Notes: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Hogg, of North Shields; husband of Elizabeth Ann Hogg,
19 Rowley Street, Blyth, Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: 2nd Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry
Jobling, Joseph William
Tower: Stranton; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 18/09/1917 Age: 39
Cemetery/Memorial: The Huts Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium VI B 4
CWGC Notes: Husband of Elizabeth Jobling, 68 Wansbeck Gardens, West Hartlepool
Rank and Regiment: Acting Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery
Johnston, George Hindmarsh
Tower: Allendale; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/19 P147. Memorial Service.
Date of death: 30/12/1917. Age: 19
Cemetery/Memorial: Chatby Memorial, Egypt.
CWGC Notes: Son of Jane Ann Johnson, of Glen View House, Allendale, Northumberland, and the
late George Johnson.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Laing, Rev. Alexander Torrance
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 24/07/1916 Age: 27
Cemetery/Memorial: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. Plot: Officers, A 4 10
CWGC Notes: Son of James and Jacobina C.W. Laing, of Mizen Head, Bamburgh, Northumberland.
M.A., Cantab., Deacon in Holy Orders, Native of Burton, Bamburgh.
Rank and Regiment: Captain, Northumberland Fusiliers
There is a plaque to this man’s memory in the church at Bamburgh.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers
Liddle, Alix Oliffe
Tower: Darlington; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 16/12/1914 Age: 25
Cemetery/Memorial: Darlington West Cemetery, Co.Durham, UJ. L 5A 141
CWGC Notes: Son of James and Frances Liddle of Darlington; Husband of Clare Liddle, Sylvan
Grove, Linden Avenue, Darlington.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Durham Light Infantry
Macarthy, McCarthy, Frederick Bensley
Tower: Stranton; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: RW 25/04/1919 Memorial Service
Date of death: 31/03/1918 Age: 30
Cemetery/Memorial: Pozières Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 68 to 72.
CWGC Notes: Son of Christopher and Louisa McCarthy; husband of Martha McCarthy, 72 Suggitt
Street, West Hartlepool.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Durham Light Infantry
McLachlan (Maclachlan?), William
Tower: Sunderland; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/1919 P147 William – King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Date of death: 03/11/1916 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery, Authuile; Somme, France II K 8
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
Mundle, Ernest Ranson
Tower: Jesmond; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 04/05/1915 Age: 35
Cemetery/Memorial: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord); France. II A 170
CWGC Notes: Son of Arthur Mundle, 42 St. George’s Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne; husband of
Annie Mundle, of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Peverell, Frederick
Tower: Bishop Auckland; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 09/10/1918 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 5
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Lance Corporal, Yorkshire Regiment.
Peverall, J.
Tower: Bishop Auckland; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 06/11/1918 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord, France II A 28
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Yorkshire Regiment.
Potter, George Robert (From Soldiers Died CD)
Tower: North Shields; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/19
Memorial Service
Date of death: 06/09/1917 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Balgium. XI C 16
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Richardson, Thomas
Tower: Sunderland; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 11/04/1918 Age: 35
Cemetery/Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK.
CWGC Notes: Son of Francis & Elizabeth Richardson (formerly proud_; 3 Ivanhoe Crsecent,
Sunderland. Born at Sunderland.
Rank and Regiment: 2nd Engineer, Mercantile Marine. “S.S. Myrtle Branch” (Sunderland).
Riseborough, John
Tower: Cramlington; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service, which has his name as Rissborough.
Date of death: 20/07/1916 Age: 34
Cemetery/Memorial: La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France. I C 69
CWGC Notes: Son of Mary Ann Rouse of Cramlington; Husband of E.A. Riseborough, Osborne
Terrace, Cramlington, Northumberland.
Sayer, Cecil Oversley
Tower: Sunderland; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/19 P147 Cecil Oversley Durham LI
Date of death: 07/06/1915 Age: 30
Cemetery/Memorial: Kortrijk (St.Jan) Communal Cemetery; Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. A
67
CWGC Notes: Son of John & Elizabeth Sayer; husband of Ethel C.J. Sayer, “Wynncote”, Oakwood
Lane, Roundhay, Leeds. Born at Kirkby Stephen.
Rank and Regiment: Lieutenant, DLI
Scott, Frank Edward
Tower: Jarrow; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 04/04/1918 Age: 37
Cemetery/Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery; Pas de Calais, France. XXVIII G 3
CWGC Notes: Son of Edward Hawkes Scott and Mary Scott; husband of Lilian Scott, 19 Birch Street,
Jarrow-on-Tyne, native of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Rank and Regiment: 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery
Shorter, Alfred George
Tower: Consett; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 01/07/1916 Age: 27
Cemetery/Memorial: Thiepval Memorial; Somme, France. Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C
CWGC Notes: Son of Eliza Shorter 23 Pemberton Road, Blackhill, Co. Durham, and the late Alfred
John Shorter.
Rank and Regiment: 3nd Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry
Smith, Thomas Henry
Tower: Lanchester; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 01/07/1916 Thomas Henry – London Reg.
Date of death: 01/07/1916 Age: Unknown
Cemetery/Memorial: Thiepval Memorial; Somme, France. Pier & Face 9C and 13C
CWGC Notes: None recorded.
Rank and Regiment: Private, London Regiment (London Scottish).
Stewart, Jack
Tower: Darlington; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 24/05/1915 Jack – Yorkshire Regt.
Date of death: 24/05/1915 Age: 22
Cemetery/Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; Iepe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 33.
CWGC Notes: Son of Henry and Ann J. Stewart, 47 Corporation Road, Darlington.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Yorkshire Regiment.
Summers, William
Tower: Hexham; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 10/09/1918 Age: 20
Cemetery/Memorial: Sucrerie Cemetery, Ablain-St. Nazaire, Pas de Calais, France. IV F 12
CWGC Notes: Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Ann Summers, 36 Kingsgate, Hexham,
Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Tyreman, George William
Tower: Shildon; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 16/04/1918 George William RGA
Date of death: 16/04/1918 Age: 29
Cemetery/Memorial: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. VIII 1 198
CWGC Notes: Husband of S.A. Tyreman, 10 Station Street, New Shildon, Co. Durham.
Rank and Regiment: Bombardier, Royal Garrison Artillery
Wake, Thomas Henry
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 26/04/1915 Age: 25
Cemetery/Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8 and 12.
CWGC Notes: Son of Richard and Mary Wake, of The Gatehouse, Bamburgh Castle,
Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Wake, Wilfred Hereward
Tower: Bamburgh; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/4/19 P147, Memorial Service
Date of death: 26/04/1915;
Age: 20
Cemetery/Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 8 and 12.
CWGC Notes: Son of Richard and Mary Wake, of The Gatehouse, Bamburgh Castle,
Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Wright, Sidney Arthur
Tower: Morpeth; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 27/04/17 P133 Sidney Arthur and Photo
Date of death: 01/03/1917 Age: 34
Cemetery/Memorial: Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. III C 17
CWGC Notes: Husband of Maude Wright of 17 Olympia Hill, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Sergeant, Scots Guards
Webster, William Brantford
Tower: Stranton; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: 25/04/1919 P147 Memorial Service
Date of death: 05/06/1918 Age: 21
Cemetery/Memorial: Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France VII F 1
CWGC Notes: Son of Albert Robert and Mary Colby Webster, Brantford Cottage, West Hartlepool.
Rank and Regiment: Private, Cheshire Regiment.
Wrightson, William
Tower: Wylam on Tyne; Society: Durham & Newcastle
RW Information: None
Date of death: 21/03/1918 Age: 20
Cemetery/Memorial: Pozières Memorial; Somme France. Panel 10 to 13
CWGC Notes: Son of Robert William and Isabella Brown Wrightson, 2 Stephenson Terrace, Wylam,
Northumberland.
Rank and Regiment: Pioneer, Royal Engineers