Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves Updated 02 June 2021 15:03
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Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves updated 02 June 2021 15:03 Welcome to Alnwick Cemetery The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s first ever War Graves Week A Week to Remember 21st – 28th May 2021 A Week to Shine a Light on the work and the people who keep remembrance of our war dead alive. The South Road Cemetery opened in 1856, its beauty is enhanced by the many mature trees that have been planted here. There are wonderful examples of family grave stones and Victorian monuments remembering loved ones. Alnwick Town Council owns and manages the cemetery, being supported by the residents of Alnwick . In the United Kingdom the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the CWWGC, has 300,000 graves in 13,000 locations which are to be found in parish churchyards and cemeteries. Alnwick Cemetery is one of these locations where thirty six casualties of war are buried in individual graves, two of whom are non-commonwealth soldiers from Poland. This cemetery has a higher number than most of war graves. You will find them scattered around the grounds with the majority marked by an official CWWGC gravestone. Families of the casualties were able to choose this memorial or to have a private memorial or mention their loved one on a family stone. A large group of the CWWG headstones are off the main driveway opposite the tap and to the far right in Section 31 B and Section 26 nearby and below. Research & Collation by Trish Jones and Colin Watson 1 Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves updated 02 June 2021 15:03 War Graves Week - Alnwick Cemetery - The Commemorated Sergeant ALLISON James 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Sierzant BABICKI Stanislaw 9. Komp. Zaop. Polish Army WW2 Private BELL Thomas 621st MY Coy. Army Service Corps WW1 Ordinary Seaman BELL Thomas Frederick HMS Drake, Royal Navy WW2 Guardsman BURNETT Elias 1st Bn Coldstream Guards WW1 Private CROSBY Tho. Stephenson 2nd/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Private DAVIES Herbert Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) WW1 Air Mechanic 1st Class DAVISON Jno Hutchinson 11th Irish Wing RAF WW1 Gunner DUNN John Robert Royal Artillery A A Brigade WW2 Private ELLIOTT John Hilton 7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Lance Corporal ELVIDGE Alfred 1st Bn. Duke of Wellington's, W.Riding Rgt. WW2 Private FIFE John 2nd/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Lance Corporal FRANCIS Hugh Raymond Durham Light Infantry Engineer WW2 Rifleman HANNAH Charles 9th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) WW2 Aircraftman 2nd Class HARDY Alan RAF Volunteer Reserve WW2 Private HYNES James H 8th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Private LAVIOLETTE Mike 87th Bn. Canadian Infantry WW1 Lance Sergeant LEE Frederick Joseph 611 Field Sqn. Royal Engineers WW2 Gunner LEE Joseph 2nd/3rd Siege Artillery Reserve Bde. WW1 Private LIDDELL Jack Adams Royal Army Medical Corps 8th Coy. WW1 Flight Sergeant LILLICO Charles William 78 Sqdn, RAF Volunteer Reserve WW2 Private OAKES A (John William) 14th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. WW1 Private PATON William Kennedy Depot Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Private ROBSON Thomas 3rd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Captain ROPNER Cuthb’t Maurice King's Own Scottish Borderers WW2 Lance Corporal SCOTT John 3rd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Gunner SHEARER Francis William 102 (Northumb. Hussars) AA/AT Regt. WW2 Corporal SIMM Denis RAF WW2 Lance Corporal STRAFFEN Thomas 3rd Bn. E Yorkshire Regt WW1 Lieutenant STRAUGHAN Tho’s Arthur Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Private THOMPSON Bartholomew 3rd Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers WW1 Gunner THOMPSON Cecil 149 Bty, 27 Lt A A Regt. Royal Artillery WW2 Podorucznik WIERZBOWSKI Zdzislaw 3 Dyon.Poc.Pnc Polish Army WW2 Sergeant WILKINSON George RAF Volunteer Reserve WW2 Sapper WOLSTENHOLME John ALF 1 Forestry Coy. Royal Australian Eng. WW2 Flight Sergeant WOOD William Eric 131 Sqdn. RAF VR WW2 ANGUS John, Geo., Thos WW1 2nd Lieutenant COMMON Henry Alder King’s Own Scottish Borderers WW1 Private DAVISON George William 21st Canadian Expeditionary Force WW2 Gunner ELLIOTT James William 102 Northumberland Hussars Anti Tank WW2 Private FORSTER Joseph N’land Fusiliers 3rd Tyneside Scottish WW2 Private HUDSON George 7th Battalion Black Watch Royal Highlanders WW2 Reverend MARSHALL George Herb’t Chaplain to the armed forces WW1 Private MOLE Joseph Northumberland Fusiliers WW2 Fusilier MORTON Ronald 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers WW2 Second Lieutenant SIMPSON John P.N. 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers WW2 Navigator STOREY John 61 Squadron, RAF Bomber Command WW2 These notes have been compiled as accurately as possible. We wish to thank Ian Hopper, Superintendent, for his help and Janet Pidworth from Alnwick Town Council. Research & Collation by Trish Jones and Colin Watson 2 Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves updated 02 June 2021 15:03 Name Gnr Name Gnr Name Gnr ALLISON James 435 FIFE J 1084 PATON William 1149 ANGUS Thomas - FORSTER Joseph - ROBSON T 392 BABICKI Stanislaw 597 FRANCIS Hugh Raymond 3 ROPNER Cuth’t Maurice 61 BELL Thomas 1157 HANNAH Charles 1 SCOTT John 452 BELL Thomas Frederick 70 HARDY Alan 1070 SHEARER Francis W’m 903 BURNETT E 1181 HUDSON George - SIMM Denis 635 COMMON Henry Alder - HYNES J H 452 SIMPSON JPN - CROSBY Thomas Steph’n 1200 LAVIOLETTE M 448 STOREY John - DAVIES Herbert 429 LEE Frederick Joseph 596 STRAFFEN T 1082 DAVISON George Wm - LEE Joseph 454 STRAUGHAN Thos Art’r 303 DAVISON John Hutch’n 638 LIDDELL Jack Adams 444 THOMPSON Barth’mew 489 DUNN John Robert 642 LILLICO Charles William 767 THOMPSON Cecil 694 ELLIOTT James William - MARSHALL Rev George - WIERZBOWSKI Zdzislaw 595 ELLIOTT John Hilton 1118 MOLE Joseph - WILKINSON George 2 ELVIDGE Alfred 742 MORTON Robert - WOLSTENHOLME John 1 OAKES A 1143 WOOD William Eric 691 ALLISON James Top 435 A U WW1 P-3244 James Allison d.23-9-1915 @75 Annie Allison wo.James d.13-6-1934 @84 James Allison 2so.above d.30-3-1917 @31 315383 Sergeant 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers In Loving Memory of JAMES, the dearly beloved husband of ANNIE ALLISON who died Sept.23.1915, aged 75 years. Also of Sergt JAMES ALLISON 7th N.F. their second son and dearly beloved husband of MARY ALLISON who died at the Royal Infirmary Newcastle March 30.1917 aged 31 years from wounds received in action in France April 1915. Also of the above ANNIE ALLISON who died June 13.1934 aged 84 years, Research & Collation by Trish Jones and Colin Watson 3 Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves updated 02 June 2021 15:03 Son of James and Annie Allison, husband of Mary Allison, of Denwick, Alnwick, James was born in 1886 Alnwick, married to Mary, lived at 13 Market Street and worked as a stone mason on the railway before joining the Northumberland Fusiliers Expeditionary force on 8th September 1914. Sergeant Allison previously No.2217 left for France in April 1915 and on 27th April at the Battle of St Julien sustained a gunshot wound to the head. He was treated in the field and transferred to a base hospital at Rouen. He was returned to England in June 1915 to a military and VAD in York for further treatment. A portion of his skull was removed and he was treated at several hospitals for this injury. Despite this in November 1916 he was transferred to light duties with 21st Battalion and 35th Battalion, driving trains in Newcastle. By March 1917 he was experiencing severe pain and after being admitted to Newcastle Infirmary where he died of a brain abscess caused by shrapnel. He was buried with full military honours attended by a large number of mourners and military personnel. He received the 1914 -1915 Star, British War medal and Victory Medal. BABICKI Stanislaw Top 597 33A RCU WW2 P-3234 Stanislaw Babicki d.13-9-1947 @59 Sierzant 9. Komp. Zaop Polish Army Sierzant Stanislaw Babicki, born in 1888 in Poland, was a Sergeant in Polish Army. Research & Collation by Trish Jones and Colin Watson 4 Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland War Graves updated 02 June 2021 15:03 After the fall of France in 1940 Serg Stanislaw most probably was mobilized to Scotland along with 20,000 to 30,000 Polish troops . There was a great fear that the coast line of Great Britain was unprotected against Germany invasion. The 1st Polish Armoured Divisions, known as "The Black Devils", duties were to build coastal defences and guard the coastline against attack. Stanislaw is recorded as being with the 9 Komp Zaop in 1946 at the end of the war. This was a Polish resettlement camp at Brunton Airfield Chathill and Supply Company. After the war many Polish military personnel chose not to return to Poland and were resettle. The government as a way of thanking them for their contribution allowed them to keep their National Identity hence the grave stone inscription is in Polish. He died at Little Mill Station Howick. This was originally a private train station for the Grey family but had closed in 1941. BELL Thomas Top 1157 C C WW1 P-3149 Thomas Bell d.13-1-1916 M2/149214 Private 621st M.T. Coy. Army Service Corps Thomas Bell was born in Horsham Sussex in 1884 and enlisted in London where he had been previously employed as a motor mechanic in 1911. Before this he had been a footman so may have acquired experience whilst working at a large house. He probably held the rank of Sergeant due to his being a mechanic. Whilst stationed at Alnwick he had taken on his own initiative and without orders an ambulance to drive to a social event on the 12th January 1916. He crashed the motor ambulance into a wall, was thrown clear but sustained fractures to the thighs, jaw and skull. The other occupant survived to give evidence at an inquest that ruled the crash was due to reckless driving and Thomas being intoxicated.