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War Memorial

Alnmouth St John, Northumberland

[Visited 27 May 1999.]

AUGUST 4TH 1914 - NOVEMBER 11TH 1918
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
and in memory of

GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

Lieut. H. Kenyon Temperley
Lt.Col. J.R. Hedley
Capt. Philip I. Walker
2nd Lieut. Philip S. Denton
2nd Lieut. Basil Richardson
Sub Lieut. Donald W. Ramsay
Sgt. Arthur Gray
Sgt. William Straughan
Cpl. Nathaniel C. Neilson
Cpl. Robert Richardson
Cpl. Arthur Marshall

S.B. William Harker
Dvr. Andrew Smith
A.B. Thomas Jefferson
Gnr. Henry Brown
Sapper. Harry Stewart
Pte. Sinclair Robson
Gnr. Robert Stephenson
Pte. Philip Jefferson
Pte. Robert Wood

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF ALNMOUTH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

L/Cpl. DAVID J. FENDER  R. SIGNALS
Sgt. CYRIL FIELD  R.A.F.V.R.
L/Stoker FRANCIS MIDDLEMASS  R.N.
Trooper JOHN G. POTTER
Driver JOHN R. SHELL  R.A.S.C.

Seaman ERNEST STANTON  R.N.
Engr. Officer JOHN A. STRAUCHAN  M.N. 1
Sgt. Pilot J.N.B. TATE  R.A.F.V.R.
Private ALBERT E. WILLIAMS  P.R.
Seaman WILLIAM R. YEARNSHIRE  R.N.

OSBORNE T.H. BLYTHE
JANE GIBB
WILLIAM K.N. HAWKS
MARY ALICE HIRST

MARGARET G. LITTLE
ISABELLA NESBIT
IRENE C. STANTON
MARY STANTON

A brass plate in the church reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
BASIL HUTTON RICHARDSON,
SEC. LIEUT. 8TH BATT. DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY,
WHO DIED THE 31ST MAY 1915
AT BRUDERHAÜS, PADERBORN, WESTPHALIA
FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE 2ND BATTLE OF YPRÉS
ON SUNDAY THE 25TH APRIL 1915.
AGED 19 YEARS.
"HE BEING DEAD, YET SPEAKETH."

An iron plaque reads:

TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. PHILIP SYDNEY DENTON
10TH BATT. A. & S. HIGHLANDERS,
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR,
IN FRANCE AUGUST 1917, AGED 33 YEARS.
"DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI"

Alnmouth Civic Memorial, Northumberland

[On roundabout leading into village. Visited 27 May 1999.]

ERECTED TO THE HONOUR AND THE EVER
SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO SACRIFICED THEMSELVES
TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
SEE THAT YOU CONQUER BY
LIVING AS WE CONQUERED
BY DYING


GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

HENRY BROWN
C.N.F. BROWNE
PHILIP S. DENTON
ARTHUR GRAY
WILLIAM WATSON HARKER
THOMAS JEFFERSON
PHILIP JEFFERSON
ARTHUR MARSHALL
NATHANIEL C. NEILSON
SINCLAIR ROBSON

ROBERT RICHARDSON
BASIL RICHARDSON
DONALD W. RAMSAY
ROBERT STEPHENSON
HARRY STEWART
ANDREW SMITH
WILLIAM STRAUGHAN
H. KENYON TEMPERLEY
PHILIP ILDERTON WALKER
ROBERT WOOD

WILLIAM TWEEDY WOOD

WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

J. DAVID FENDER
CYRIL FIELD
FRANCIS J. MIDDLEMASS
JOHN G. POTTER

JOHN R. SHELL
ERNEST STANTON
JOHN A. STRAUGHAN
J.N.B. TATE

WILLIAM R. YEARNSHAW

ALSO

ALBERT E. WILLIAMS (PALESTINE 1946)

CIVILIANS
ALNMOUTH - 8TH NOVEMBER 1941

JANE GIBB
WILLIAM K.N. HAWKS
MARY ALICE HIRST

MARGARET G. LITTLE
ISABELLA NESBIT
IRENE C. STANTON

MARY STANTON
ALSO
OSBORNE T.H. BLYTHE (LEEDS 1941)

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