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Service from 1914. 8th Durham V.A.H., Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. Only record found is a probate record -Died 18/8/1955 at the Garth Highnam Hall, Park Sewing for Hosp. during Nursing Home, Dorking but was of Ethiebeaton, by Dundee, Angusshire. Aarvold Julie Marie (Mrs) Avenue, West Hartlepool the war. Born c1881. Described on the probate records as a single woman. Probate (was at 3 The Grove) to Odd Brian Aarvold and Carl Douglas Aarvold both on the 1911 census at West Hartlepool. Married Carl F Casper 1936 Westminster.

Nurse. Part time. 280 Service from 9/8/14 to 10/15. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Abbot Elizabeth (Mrs) Moor Lane, Whitburn hours served. Unable to find on 1911 census in Whitburn. Service from 15/4/15 to 11/17. 17th Durham V.A. H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. This may be Stephen Hope Abbot. There were Newton Cap, Toronto, Private. Orderly. Part two but only the one born in Butterknowle about 1888 was a boarder in 17 Abbot Stephen Bishop Auckland time. 92 hours served. Gomer Tce., Newton Cap on 1911 census. Died 27/8/1960 at Portrack hospital, Stockton. Parents John Greenwell Hope Abbot & Jane Ann Bowser. Age 18 on engagement. Service from 23/10/17 to 8/5/19 (still serving). 23/10/17 to 4/18 Fusehill Mil. Hosp. Carlisle. 15/5/18 to present Brook Leases, Burnopfield, 1911 Housemember on War Hosp. Shooter’s Hill. 1st North G 27/8/19. Parents Richard and Mary Abbott Elizabeth Rankin census at 20 Lyke Rd., engagement. Nurse on Jane and brother Robert. Born Tanfield 1899. On UK Midwives Roll Burnopfield termination. enrolled 17/4/1924 residence in 1931-Fareham, Hants. On UK & Ireland Nursing Register registered 22/12/1944 & in 1948 was in Wotton-under Edge, Gloucs.

Age 28 when engaged. Service from 2/6/15 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. 29/7/16 to 19/8/16 2nd North. Gen. Hosp. Leeds. 1/11/16 to East House, Fulwell, present (8/5/19). Catterick Camp Military Hospital, Yorkshire. Father Abbs Kathleen Nurse Sunderland William Abbs, farmer, mother Ellen Selina (nee Crump), siblings William, George, Joseph M, Ellen Selina and Alice. Born 1887 Fulwell. Possible marriage George W Shevill, Sunderland 1932. Possible death 24/3/1977 14 Derry Ave., Sunderland.

Vane Terrace, New Service from 2/12/15. 22nd Durham V.A.H., Mission House, New Seaham. Adams Eliza Nurse – general work Seaham Still working in 1919. Unable to trace 1911 in Seaham. C/O Mrs Woods, Printstead Emsworth, Adams Kate Sister – full time Service from 4/18 to 11/18. 17th Durham V.A.H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland Hants. Was c/o 83 Pall Mall.

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Service from 2/15 to 1/19. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Gray Wardmaid and Nursing– Road, Sunderland. Husband James a ship store and oil merchant with Adamson Jane Foster (Mrs) 4 Elms West, Sunderland 20 hours weekly children Ernest, Beatrice, James, Cecil and Jenny. Born 1860 Sunderland – maiden name Taylor. Died 29/1/1945. Married 1882 Sunderland.

The Lawn, Ashbrook Road, Private. Driver. Part Adamson John Service from 4/5/15 to 1919. No good match on 1911 census. Sunderland time. 96 hours worked.

Service from 18/1/17 to present. Sunderland Eastern Division. A house Private. Air Raid and joiner with wife Sarah Elizabeth and son Thomas. Born 1877 Sunderland. Adamson John Thomas Frederick 4 Barnard St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 200 Married Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell in 1901 Sunderland. Died 1958 hours served. Sunderland. Service from 20/1/15 to 29/5/15. 9th Durham V.A.H., Long Room, Chilton Hetton House, Hetton-le- Moor. Father James, G.P. (Glasgow University), mother Jane S. & siblings Adamson Kathleen Jane Commandant. Full time. Hole Elizabeth A, Philip F, Norah P & Herbert I. Born 1873 Hetton. Died 15/7/1960 48 Willes Rd., Leamington Spa.

Service from 4/9/15 to 11/12/15. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Rank - N.M. Nursing. 200 Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Charles Robson Addison, a forman Addison Beatrice St. Mary’s Avenue, Crook hours served. Part time. warehouseman, mother Lavinia Louisa & siblings Sidney & Lucy. Born Willington 1897. Possible marriage to William A Dobson 1919.

Age 30 when engaged. Service from 12/6/15 to 3/10/18. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland from 12/6/15 served. 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln 7/8/16 to 25/9/16. 1st Birmingham War Clarence House, Bishop Nurse. Part time. 110 Addison Laura Hospital 25/9/16 to 3/10/18. 2 Scarlet Efficiency Stripes 11/11/18. Auckland hours served. Mentioned in Despatch 17/4/19. This may be Laura Gertrude born 1884 in Durham. Father Richard, mother Margaret, siblings John, Elizabeth, Meggie, Charles B and Richard A. She was a housemaid at 27 Rowlandson Tce., Sunderland in 1911.

Cook – Part time. 3,600 Service from 1915 to 1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Born Addison Mary Edene Romaldkirk, Darlington hours served 31/1/1873. Died 1971.

Service from 10/6/16 to 12/10/16. 7th Durham V.A.H., Brancepeth Castle. V.A. Nurse – Part time. Father John Thomas, a foreman butcher with the Co-op, mother Mary, Addison Irene (Renee) Lobly View, Meadowfield 224 hours served siblings Thomas Wm., John Percival, Alfred Burnip, Kenneth Crawhall & Edwin Ronald. Born South Shields 17/11/1894.

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Private. Air Raid and Service from 1/2/15 – still serving. This may be Charles William born 1886 10 Greta Terrace, Convoys Sunderland Adie Charles Sunderland. Mother Mary Alice, siblings Thomas, Walter and Septimus. Sunderland Eastern Division – part Married Elizabeth J. Gaudie 1913 Sunderland. time. 360 hours served

Private. Air Raid and 19 Western Hill, Convoys. Sunderland Ailan ?Allan/Allen Frederick Service from 30/5/18 – still serving. Too many to get a safe match. Sunderland Eastern Division. Part time – 50 hours served

Service from 6/3/1918 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Pine 16 Balmoral Gardens, General Service. Part Street, Jarrow. Gone away 10/3/1921. No trace as Nellie but could be Aird Nellie North Shields time. 782 hours served Eleanor Aird daughter of James, Blacksmith in Shipyard & Marjorie. Born 1900 North Shields.

Service 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. 1911 Airey Miss East Raby St., Darlington Sister in Charge census living at 37 Southend Ave., Darlington, a professional nurse. Born London c1885. Can’t read christian name on 1911 census.

Knitting & Sewing Service from 26/4/16 to 1/2/19. Father George, mother Isabella, siblings 15 Kutts Terrace, Eighton Banks Working Margaret, Florence, George and Eleanor. A school teacher. Born Aisbitt Jane Springwell Party. 2 hours Springwell 1890. Married Robert D Rogerson 1919 Chester-le-St. district. fortnightly. ?Died 1953. Service from 6/15 to 12/5/19. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 1886 Sunderland. Father James, a shipbuilder, mother Mary Frances, 6 Humbleton View, Aitchison Kathleen Bulkeley Head Cook – full time siblings Frances Helen, Alice Mary and Sibyl Margaret. Died 6/3/1960 at Sunderland Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope. Last address 66 Chatsworth St., Sunderland.

The Hawthorns, Chester-le- Service 29/5/17 to 1919. A Veterinary Surgeon, born in Dunfermline, Fife Aitken John Private. Driver Street 29/10/1865. Parents David & Agnes Bisset. A single man. Died 1939.

Service from 2/1915 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, St. Bedes House, Nurse. Afternoon nursing Alcock Mary Sunderland. Could be Mary Jane or Mary Ann neither at St. Bede’s House Sunderland duties – 12 hours weekly on 1911 census. Service 9/1918 to 9/4/19. Dilston Hospital. Reserve V.A.D. Only one on 1911 census is at 187 Cleveland Rd., Sunderland. Father Charles Anthony, Alder Doreen Durham Nursing full time a dentist, mother Margaret Alice (Short) and sister Ethel May. Born 1896 Sunderland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 5/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Roker Bath Road, Kitchen helper. 30 hours Alder Margaret (Mrs) Sunderland. This could be Margaret E Alder but she is single and a school Sunderland alternate weeks teacher living at 47 Roker Bath Rd.

Service from 4/11/1915 – still serving. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Alder Margaret Ann (Mrs) 1 Rosslyn Tce., Sunderland Nursing – full time Sunderland. A widow (nee Watt) living with her widowed mother Isobel in 1911. Born Aberdeen about 1867. Died 17/10/1921 Sunderland.

Service from 13/2/16 to 18/10/16. 12th Durham V.A.H., Blackhill. Baptized Alston House, Derwent Nursing. Part time. 336 22/5/1888 Wesleyan Methodist, Shotley Bridge. Parents Anthony Dobson Alderdice Malinda (Lena) View, Medomsley hours served & Margaret. Married 1908 Lanchester District. Maiden name Dobson. Died 25/1/1921 Medomsley.

Red Cross Working Party 57 Commercial St., Alderson Mrs Willington. Garments Service from 14/9/14 to 1919. No Alderson at this address on 1911 census. Willington made at home.

Service from 1/1/16 to present. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Father James Alexander Alderson, a retired licensed victualler Alderson John Bain (Dr.) 77 Dundas St., Sunderland Doctor. Anaesthetist. & mother Elena. Died 18/3/1947. Address then Ashburne Villa, Colliery Road, Ryhope. Married Florence Henrietta Beadnell Sunderland 1918.

The Westlands, Service from 24/5/15 to 30/6/17. St. Gabriel’s V.A.H., Sunderland. Alderson Margaret (Mrs) Rank - N.S. Nursing. Sunderland Certificate returned – gone away 9/5/1921. No trace in Sunderland.

The Westlands, Service from 1/1/18 to 31/12/18. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Aldons Annie (Mrs) Assisting with mending Sunderland Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. No trace in Sunderland.

Service from 12/1918 to 31/1/1919. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, C/o 83 Pall Mall. Other Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Note on card to say that she served at Farnham, address on card – C/o T C York, Holt, Sevenoaks, Stoke-on-Trent, East Budleigh, Winchester, St. Aldridge Beatrice Mary Sister full time Aldridge Esq., Abbotsley, Neots and Bishop Auckland from 19/9/15 to 31/1/19. Father Thomas C St. Neots, Hunts. (father) Aldridge, a farmer, mother Eleanor, siblings Charles, Margery, Muriel, Kathleen and Dora. Born 1890 Gransden, Hunts.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Section Leader. Hospital There is a Thomas Young Alexander at 39 Bewick St., South Shields, a 21 Bewick St., South Orderly & Air raid Alexander Thomas blacksmith, born in South Shields with wife Jane & children Annie, Isabella, Shields service. Part time. 2,000 Jennie, Thomas Young, Sarah & Ernest. Born 1871 South Shields. Died hours served 1950. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 18/3/1915 to 6/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, North View, Toft Hill, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. A coal miner (Stoneman) with wife Mary Bishop Auckland, Rank P/E. Orderly part Atkinson Walter Smith Elizabeth & children Arnold, Eva & Bertram. Born Byker 1869. Married Certificate returned – gone time. 52 hours served. Mary Elizabeth Walker 1894 Auckland District. Died 1947 Blaby District, away 4/10/1921. Leics. Service from 8/1916 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Allan Katherine (Mrs) 5 The Oaks, Sunderland Nurse. 24 hours weekly Sunderland. Husband John, a ship surveyor – no children in 1911. Born Sunderland c1881. Died 28/3/1938. Age when engaged 21. Service from 15/12/1917 – still serving at Rank - House Member. 12/5/1919. 3rd General Hospital France from 15/12/1917. Transferred Allen Jane 12 Grove Tce., Burnopfield Full time. Reserve V.A.D. 17/3/1919 10th General Hospital France. Registered UK & Ireland Nursing Registers 20/2/1925 - cert. 1921-1924 Parish of Bermondsey Infy., London.

63 Warlborough St., Repairing linen. 4 hours Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A.H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Allen Louie (Mrs) Seaham Harbour fortnightly Harbour. Unable to trace in Seaham under Allen/Allan/Louie/Louise

Service from 24/10/1914 to 20/2/1916. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney 47 Waggonway St., Nurse. Part time. 2,496 House, Low Fell, Gateshead. Father Thomas, a coal miner (hewer), mother Allison Isabella (Belle) Wardley Colliery, Pelaw hours served Isabella and siblings Elizabeth, Alice and William. Born Wardley 1890. ?May have married William Witham in 1917.

Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Father James, (a widower in 1911), a Colliery Agent, mother Margaret & siblings 99 Stanhope Road, Nurse. Part time. 4160 Isabella Elizabeth, Edward, married sister Margaret Crosier Stoker, William Allison Evelyn Maude Darlington hours served Richard, John George, James Henry & Amelia. Evelyn is an elementary school teacher. Born Willington 1880. Died 24/10/1965 at 64 Elton Parade, Darlington. Last address – 83 Woodland Rd., Darlington.

Service from 8/10/1916 to 13/12/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., Etherley, Nursing. Part time. 140 Bishop Auckland. Father Thomas, a farmer, mother Mary and brothers Allison Laura Evelyn Thornley Grove, Tow Law hours served George Henry & John T.E. Born Tow Law 9/8/1894. Marriage to Albert J Bond 1919 Weardale. Died 1985.

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Age 40 when engaged. Service from 1/9/1917 to 17/12/1918. 1/9/17 to 15/12/1917 – Norton Hall (Aux) Hospital, Glos. 1/3/1918 transferred Ward maid. Full time. France No. 72 Gen. Hospital. 27/11/1918 to 17/1/1919 No. 2 Gen. Hospital Allison Mary Ann (Mrs) 15 Aldin Grange, Bearpark Reserve V.A.D. France. Husband Thomas, a bricklayers’ labourer at colliery, no children. Born Mary Ann Robson 1876 Thornaby, Yorkshire. Married 1897 Middlesbrough District.

Assistant Cook. General Moreton House, Service from 10/1914 to 1/1917. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Allison Mildred work and cooking 24 Fencehouses Gray Road, Sunderland. 1911 census no Mildred at Fencehouses. hours weekly

Service from 24/4/1918 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Wife Private. Air Raid & Amelia Jane & children Frank Sinclair & William. Drapery & coal agent on 25 Guisboro’ St., Allsop Robert Hall Convoys. Part time. 120 own account at home. Born Sunderland 1874. Married Amelia Jane Sunderland hours served Sinclair 1901 Sunderland. Died 3/7/1938 Sunderland. Last address – 11 Co- operative Tce., Sunderland.

Kitchen help and 20 Park Place West, Service from 3/1917 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Allwork Dorothy housemaid. 24 hours Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace in Sunderland 1911. alternate weeks

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Another card for the same man shows service from 1/10/1914 at the same hospital. He was a Private and an orderly Orderly. Part time. 212 doing 310 hours. Father William Joseph, a blacksmith, mother Sophia (nee Almond Christopher Albert Road, Consett hours served. Also coast Furness), siblings Jane E, John William & Joseph. Christopher was an defence work. engineman at Consett Iron Company. Born Blackhill 1886. Married Isabella Brown 1914. Died 1968. Had a son John born 1923 in Consett. Possible service as Bombardier with Royal Artillery 102465.

Service from 21/3/1915 to 10/1918. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Private. Part time Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Wife Hannah & children William, James, Harry Alton Henry Peter Etherley, Bishop Auckland Orderly. 244 hours & Charles Scales Alton. He was a stationery engineman at a coal mine. served Born Etherley 1875. Married Hannah Scales 1903. Died 23/2/1959. Last address 141 Toft Hill.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged 27. Service from 1/10/1915 to present. Still serving 15/5/1919. 5th North. Gen. Mil. Hos. Leicester. Commended 10/8/1918. Alton Mary Annie Etherley, Bishop Auckland VAD Sister of Henry Peter above & William, Margaret J & Ada. Parents James, engineman, and Ann. Born Etherley 1888. ?Died 1952 Middlesbrough District. Service from 18/3/1915 to 27/9/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Low Etherley, Bishop Nursing. Part time. 350 Alton N Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No ‘N’ but could this be Hannah, wife of Henry Auckland hours served Peter Alton above? Service from 7/1/1917 to 1919. A Master Painter. Wife Laura Jane, 53 Park Road, West children Sarah J, Robertina Winifred, Edna & Robert William. Born Muker, Alton Robert William Section Leader Hartlepool Yorkshire 1868. Died 17/11/1940. Last address – 2a Windsor St., West Hartlepool. Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Nurse. Part time. 1080 Husband Francis Angelo, dental surgeon & children Margaret Joyce & Ambrosoni Florence Annie (Mrs) Uplands Road, Darlington hours served Charles Felix. Born Chester 1875. Married 1896 Hendon – maiden name Deeley. Died 1962 Darlington.

Kitchen helper. Part time. Service 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Not in Darlington Amos Edith Abbyleigh, Darlington 1440 hours served on 1911 census. Sister. Part time. 1909 Service from 1/7/1915-still serving. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace at Anderson Annie St. John’s, Shotley Bridge hours served this address on 1911 census. Work Party No. 1813. 4 Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Lanchester Red Cross Work Depot Anderson Annie (Mrs) Durham Road, Lanchester hours weekly (Durham 86). No trace in Lanchester on 1911 census. Age when engaged 25. Service from 4/4/1918 to 1/1/1919. Catterick Camp Dunns Buildings, West Assistant Cook. Full Military Hospital. Father John William, coal miner underground, mother Anderson Catherine Errington Kyo, Annfield Plain time. Reserve VAD Isabella, siblings William, John E., Margaret, Mark & Robert. Born West Kyo 1892.

G.S.M. Cooking. Part Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Anderson Daisy (Mrs) Vale Street, Sunderland time. 1280 hours served Sunderland. No trace in Sunderland on 1911 census.

Age when engaged 23. Service from 8/4/1918 to 2/8/1919. 1st South. Gen. 22 Mabel Terrace, Ward Maid. Full time. Hosp. Birmingham. Father William, a coal agent & mother Sarah. Born Anderson Eleanor Eliza Hendon, Sunderland Reserve VAD 6/11/1894 Sunderland. Married 1920 Sunderland to John W Ford. Died 1971 Sunderland.

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Service from 17/2/1915 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Private. Air Raid. house painter & wallpaper dealer. Wife Nellie, children Henry Mills 89-91 Chester Road, Anderson Henry Convoys. Part time. 700 Anderson, George Alexander and Florence. Born 1871 Sunderland. Sunderland hours served Married Nellie Gosden 1901 Sunderland. 2nd marriage 1943 Sunderland to Minnie Cummings. Died 5/1/1949 at The Royal Infirmary, Sunderland.

Service from 10/1916 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father William, a solicitor, mother Annie, siblings Winifred 3 The Craiglands, Rank G.S. Part time. 80 Anderson Hilda Eleanor Mary, Reginald, Harold and Conrad. Born 6/11/1889 Sunderland. Baptized Sunderland hours served 27/11/1889 Bishop Wearmouth. Died 23/12/1982 Berwick Grange, 5 Otley Rd., Harrogate.

19 Ravensworth Road, Age when engaged 30. Service from 28/1/1919 – still serving 14/5/1919. Anderson Isabella Birtley Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington. No trace in Birtley on 1911 census.

Service from 23/8/1916 to 28/8/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father William, a Bank Agent, mother Nursing. Part time. Anderson Jennie Fletcher Bank House, Tow Law Margaret, siblings Percy S., Henry S. & Ethel M. Born 1896 Tow Law. Served 60 hours. Marriage to Harold Tate, Commercial Clerk, 1924 Guisborough District. Died 10/4/1940 40 Corporation Rd., Redcar.

Service from 8/1914 to 11/1918. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, st M.O. Assistant Gateshead. 1 Durham Hospital, Coast Defence and Air Raid organisation. 4 Gladstone Terrace, Anderson Robert (Dr.) Commissioner – part Commission – S.J.A.B. St. John Ambulance Brigade. Wife Christina Moffat Gateshead time, when required Anderson & children Jessie E., Agnes Maud, Robert, Thomas Moffat Anderson & Wardlaugh Taylor Anderson. Born 1844 Spott, Haddington, Scotland. Died 6/8/1923.

Age when engaged 24. Service from 6/8/1918 to 7/4/1919. (Another card says 7/2/1919). 5th Southsea General Hospital, Portsmouth. A servant for Mosswood Cottage, Dr. William Beaton, his assistant & 2 nephews who were medical students. Anderson Sarah Jane Nurse Consett Born Stocksfield, Northumberland 1893. In 1901 was in Sleetburn with father John Coats Anderson, a hewer, mother Sarah Elizabeth & siblings John William, Elizabeth Ann, Mary Hannah & Grace.

Anthony Gladys Holmside, Rowlands Gill Full time Cook. 5 weeks Service from 2/1917 to 3/1917. No trace in Rowlands Gill on 1911 census.

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Red Cross Working Party, Rosedale Terrace, Appleby Miss Willington. Making Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace 1911. Willington garments at home

Service from 1/2/1917 to 1/6/1918. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. Father George Walton Appleby, a retired Army Captain, mother Rank - Member. Nursing Drusilla & siblings Henry M, Louisa Constance, Ernest M, Florence M, part time. 298 days. Left Appleby Evelyn Mary 10 Church St., Durham Arthur S., Edith Sarah & Violet Catherine. Born Lutterworth, Leics. in 1887. detachment. Gone away Marriage 3/2/1921 at Holy Trinity, Newington, Southwark to Henry White 15/3/1921. Cutler, age 41, son of Henry Foster Cutler. Died 1971 Gosport, Hampshire Registration District.

Service from 9/1915 – still working. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. Cert. Cook. Part time. George, Dinsdale. No address on 1911 census, only Stockton; it’s a Appleby Florence High Street, Norton 2,000 hours served children’s home & Florence is a Foster Mother. Born 1886 Stockton. ?married to Hedley Robinson 1920 Stockton. Rank - Member. Ward Green Brae, Highfield, Service from 7/1916 – still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. No Appleby Leonard (Mrs) helper. Part time. 361 Eaglescliffe trace 1911 census. hours served

Service from 1/8/1915 to 1/12/1915. 30/12/1915 to 31/3/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Low Fell, Gateshead. 1911 census says Dorton Vicarage, Thame, Thomas Appleton, a Clergyman & wife Harriet Jane have no children but Appleton Elizabeth Mary Nurse full time Oxon Elizabeth is described as their daughter. Born Amble 29/2/1888 & baptized 1/4/1888 to parents Thomas & Elizabeth Jane. In 1891 they have children Charles Reginald & Elizabeth Mary.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Low Fell. Rank - Officer. V.A.D. Awarded M.B.E. Father John William Parish, clergyman, mother Edith Nursing. Part time. 4240 Helen, siblings Ruth & Helen. Born Gateshead 7/10/1891 & baptized Appleton Janet (Mrs) M.B.E. The Hall, Greatham hours served to 10/11/1891 Holy Trinity Parish Church, Gateshead. Married Rev. Charles 10/7/1916 then full time Reginald Appleton 1916 Hartlepool District. Died 20/2/1951 The Rectory, Chester-le-St.

Service from 6/1915 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Appleton Maude Rose Cottage, Osmotherly Commandant. Full time. Eaglescliffe. Mention in Roll of Honourable Services. No trace 1911 census.

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Service from 25/10/1915 to 19/6/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father William, a Clergyman (C of E), Denton Vicarage, Nursing. Part time. 430 Apter Marguerite May mother Amelia Elizabeth & siblings Grace E, Leonard H, William C & Francis Darlington hours served R. Born Denton 5/6/1892. Married Sidney C. Robinson 1918 Darlington District. Died 5/2/1986 age 93, 64 Oakley Rd., Luton.

Age when engaged 39. Service from 26/10/1915 to 6/5/1919. 26/10/1915 to 10/1917 Military Hospital, France. 30/3/1918 to 6/5/1919 Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot. Mentioned in despatch 5/1/1917. Father Archbold Minnie 15 St. Mary’s Tce., Ryton Nurse James, Mechanical Engineer, mother Elizabeth Jane, Margaret Isabell, Nellie, Charles Wm. F., Beatrice, Ada Elizabeth, James Ernest & Henry. Born 1875 Ryton. Died 13/8/1957 at St. Nicholas Hosp., Gosforth. Last address – Winton Hostel, Winlaton.

Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. No trace at this Archer Mrs 3 Lindon Avenue, Stockton Hospital. Part time. 150 address in 1911. hours served The Crossways, Lumley, Nurse. £1.1.0d per Age when engaged 38. Service from 1/7/1918 to 9/7/1919. No trace 1911 Archer Jennie Fencehouses week. census.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. This girl was at 50 Nora St., Sunderland in 1911 but is the only one to fit the bill. Father William, Assistant Supt. Kitchener Street, Archer Jessie Assistant Cook Cemetery, mother Mary Jane, siblings William Eric, George Ernest & Lucy. Sunderland Jessie was a Corporation Clerk. Born 8/4/1891 & baptized 6/5/1891 Bishop Wearmouth. Married George S Hindmarch 1929 Sunderland. Died 14/1/1978 Abbeyfield House, Galgate, Barnard Castle.

Member. Air Raid 64 Zetland Street, Service from 3/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Wife Dorothy. A Crane Driver. Archer John Joseph Station, Darlington. Darlington Baptized 24/12/1882 St. Paul’s Darlington. Mother Hannah. When required.

Service from 21/7/1915 to 12/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth V.A. Nurse. Part time. Castle, Durham. Father Thomas, a brick & tile manufacturer, mother Jane Argument Emily Catherine The Tilery, Willington 336 hours served Ann, siblings Minnie Jane & Fanny Ann. Born 1895 Willington. Died 25/8/1982 2 Rectory Cottages, Brancepeth.

General Service. Part Service from 8/1917 to 11/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Arkle Miss 9 Athol Park, Sunderland time. 72 hours served Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Private. Air Raid and 13 Tavistock Place, Service from 21/9/1916 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. No Armstrong Amos convoys. Part time. 205 Sunderland trace in Sunderland. hours served

Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Catherine Brough (Mrs) 31 Henry Street, Seaham Repairing linen. Part Harbour. Husband John Dobson, a County Court Bailiff, children John C, Armstrong Nee Chilton Harbour time – 4 hours fortnightly Edith C, Robert P, Wilfred B, George S and Thomas C. Born 1873 Seaham Harbour. Married 1895 Easington District. Died 1949.

Service from 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Henry, a Fruiterer, mother Emmaline Ann, a Boarding House Keeper, 23 St. Bede’s Terrace, Cook. 2456 hours siblings Annie Gertrude (see below for her service), Violet May (see below Armstrong Dorothy Evelyn Sunderland served. Part time. for her service), Lily Kathleen (see below for her service) & Harry Huntley. Born 1895 Sunderland. Married William Brown Black, Dental Surgeon, 1920 Sunderland. Died 21/11/1941 342 Heaton Road North, Newcastle.

V.A.D.P. On the wards. Service from 29/10/1917 to 11/3/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Armstrong E.M. (Mrs) King Edward St., Shildon Part time. 300 hours Hall, Ferryhill. No trace in Shildon 1911. served

Service from 4/3/1917 to 21/10/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Armstrong (Sister Elizabeth Fairholme, Bede Burn Nurse. Part time. 160 Street, Jarrow. Father John, a butcher & a J.P., mother Isabella Eleanor, Eleanor Alice Jane below) Road, Jarrow hours served siblings Leah S., Elizabeth Jane, William, John, Christina C.L., Robert and Thomas E. A school teacher & B. Litt. Born Jarrow 1880. Died 4/3/1950.

Served from 2/12/1915 – still working. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, Esther (Mrs) Nee Mission House, New Cook. £26 per ann. Full New Seaham. Father John Wakefield, mother Jane. Daughter Edith. Armstrong Wakefield Seaham time. Caretaker at Mission Hall. A widow by 1911. Born Sunderland 1879. Married 1906 Seaham to Adam Armstrong who died in 1907.

O.M. Special Service Age when engaged 23. Service from 11/12/1917 to 30/4/1919. 2nd West Armstrong Florence Tanfield Lea, Tantobie Member. Paid Nursing General Military Hospital, Manchester. Born 1893. Died 1985. Difficult to rates. Full time pin down.

Service from 8/1916 to 8/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Armstrong (Sister of Dorothy 23 St. Bede’s Terrace, Cook. Part time. 168 Sunderland. Family the same as Dorothy Evelyn Armstrong above. Born Annie Gertrude Evelyn above) Sunderland hours served 1892 Sunderland. Married Henry Dryden 1924 Sunderland. Died 4/11/1952 240 Bentley Rd., Doncaster.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Knitting & sewing. Service from 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919. Living with uncle Edward Storey & Eighton Bank Working Armstrong Isabella Storey 14 West View, Wrekenton aunt Mary Ann at Wrekenton in 1911. Born 1890 Gateshead. Possible Party. 2 hours marriage 1920 Haltwhistle to Francis E Dodd. fortnightly Service from 1/3/1917 to 12/5/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Armstrong (Sister Eleanor Alice Fairholme, Bede Burn Nurse. Part time. 60 Street, Jarrow. Same family as Eleanor Alice above. Born 1878 Jarrow. Elizabeth Jane above) Road, Jarrow hours served Died 5/1/1960 at Harton Hospital, South Shields. Last address – 3 Pine St., Jarrow. Kitchen work and 18 Holmlands Park, Service from 1/1916 to 1/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Armstrong Jane Alice (Mrs) cooking. 24 hours Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace in Sunderland 1911 census. alternate weeks 13 Widdrington Terrace, Sewing and knitting 2 Service from 9/1916 to 3/1919. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. No Armstrong Jenny (Mrs) South Moor hours weekly. trace in South Moor.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 4/5/1916 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. A ship 27 Croft Avenue, Armstrong John Convoys. Part time. 220 plater. Wife Jane, children Elizabeth, Ethel, Winifred & Robert Nixon Sunderland hours served Armstrong. Born Jarrow 1865. Married Jane Potts 1888.

Armstrong (Sister of Dorothy Service from 8/1916 to 8/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, 23 St. Bede’s Terrace, Cook. Part time. Served Evelyn & Annie Gertrude Lily Kathleen Sunderland. Same family as Dorothy Evelyn & Annie Gertrude above. Sunderland 168 hours above.) Born 1899 Sunderland. C/o Mrs Nattrass, Kitchen helper. Part Service from 11/1916 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Armstrong Lilian (Mrs) Dunottar Avenue, time. Served 210 hours Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911. Eaglescliffe Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Harbour. Possibly this lady at 49 Adolphus St., Seaham Harbour with 34 Marlborough St., Repairing Linen. 4 hours Armstrong Margaret Jane (Mrs) husband Thomas, an engineman at a brewery, & children Catherine E, Seaham Harbour fortnightly Mary, Edith, Hannah Maria & Thomas Reed Armstrong. Born 1860 Seaham Harbour. Died 1929. Red Cross worker. Hill House Cottage, Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. No Armstrong Mary (Mrs) Sewing. Part time. Whitburn trace 1911. Served 1650 hours 13 Tavistock Place, Nurse. Part time. Served Service from 2/1916 to 2/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Armstrong Mary (Mrs) Sunderland 2690 hours Sunderland. No trace 1911. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division Saint John Private. Air Raid Duty. Armstrong Robert South Street, South Hetton Ambulance Brigade Durham No. 6 Northern District. Unable to trace at Part time South Hetton in 1911.

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Private. Orderly. Part Service from 1/10/1914 to 1/10/1916. 12th Durham D.R. Hospital. No trace Armstrong Thomas Delves Lane, Consett time. 220 hours served 1911.

Service from 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Same family as Dorothy Evelyn, Annie Gertrude & Lily Kathleen above. Born Armstrong (Sister of Dorothy 23 St. Bede’s Terrace, Cook. Part time. 2456 1893 Sunderland. Married Richard Fitzgerald Woodroofe 1921 Evelyn, Annie Gertrude & Lily Violet May Sunderland hours served Sunderland. Died 13/3/1957 Haversham Court Nursing Home, Ilkley. Last Kathleen above) address – 12 Victoria Drive, Eccleshill, Bradford, a widow. Richard died 20/3/1942. R.N. Nursing part time. Service from 1/2/1916 to 9/5/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Arnold Gladys Rectory, Wolsingham Part time. 1630 hours Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. served Service from 11/1916 to 1/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Belford Terrace, Nursing. Part time. 84 Arnold Mary Gwendoline (Mrs) Sunderland. Certificate returned – not known at this address – 4/10/1921. Sunderland hours served No trace 1911. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Willington Red Cross Working Party. Red Cross Working Party. Husband William, a farm bailiff, children John, Sarah, William, Annie & Arrowsmith Rebecca (Mrs) Burn Farm, Willington Garments made at home. Thomas, Born Newton-Limavady, Ireland about 1847. Maiden name Ostle. Died 1924.

Service from 13/8/1914 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Husband John Kirkley, clerk in Iron Foundry, children Sarah Elizabeth Ellender (Mrs), 4 Dean Road, South Nursing. Part time. 4408 Arrowsmith Elizabeth & Eva. Born Sunderland 1866. Married 16/11/1885 Bishop Nee Richardson Shields hours served Wearmouth. Died 3/12/1938 Charlotte Straker Cottage Hospital, Corbridge. Last address Hazel Hurst, Aydon Road, Corbridge.

Quartermaster. Part Service from 1/1/1916 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Arthur Emily (Mrs) 60 High St. West, Wallsend time. 1512 hours served. Shields. Mentioned in honours. No trace 1911.

Service from 11/1916 – still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. 1911 census says she is single but Red X has her as Mrs. Schoolmistress (Private 2 Clarence Road, Night nurse. Part time. Ascough Elizabeth Ann (Mrs) School). Born Kirkby Malzeard 1866. Baptism 3/3/1866 Kirkby Malzeard. Eaglescliffe 792 hours served Father Christopher, mother Elizabeth, a schoolmistress. Sister Caroline M. Died 1946.

Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham 73 Viceroy St., Seaham Repairing linen. 4 hours Harbour. Husband William Leaves Ash, a plumber with Gas Works Coy., Ash Mary (Mrs) Harbour fortnightly children Jane Ann, Thomas L, Mary & William L. Born Seaham Harbour 1866. Maiden name Davison. Married 1890.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged 28. Service from about 13/7/1916 - still serving Ashley Edith Annie (Mrs) Rectory Row, Sedgefield Cook 16/5/1919. Garwood Military Convalescent Hospital, Ashton in Makerfield. No trace in Sedgefield 1911.

Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. In 1911 living with parents- in- law John & Annie Blenkiron, wife Ada Mary & children Frank Blenkiron, John, Member. Air Raid 78 Westmoreland St., Edwin & Alice. An Engineer Blacksmith at Waggon building, Engineering Ashman Walter James Station, Darlington when Darlington Works. Born Bath, Somerset 1868. Baptized 31/5/1868 Holy Trinity, Bath. required. Parents James & Mary. Married Ada Mary Blenkiron 1895 Darlington. Died 6/11/1950 19 Hazel Ave., Darlington.

26 Cleveland Road, Assistant Cook. Part Service from 30/6/1916 to 31/12/1918. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. Askew Amy Sunderland time. 1911 there is an Amy Lee Askew in Sunderland but not at this address.

26 Cleveland Road, Head Cook. £5.1s 0d Service from 30/6/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Askew Margaret Sunderland pay. Full time. Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. 1911 not at this address. Private. Air Raid and 6 Colchester Tce., Service from 10/6/1915 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Aspinall Robert Convoys. Part time. 520 Sunderland Certificate returned – gone away – 4/10/1921. No trace Sunderland 1911. hours served Private. Air Raid and 10 Tower St. West, Service from 17/2/1915 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. No Asquith William Convoys. Part time. 540 Sunderland trace at this address 1911. hours served

Service from 9/1917 to 10/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. On 1911 census as a 34 year old widow, a hospital nurse. Born 1876 Gateshead. Baptized 30/6/1876 Gateshead. Father George Grace Laidler (Mrs) Nee 16 Beaconsfield Cres., Matron. Pay £8. 6s. 8d. Athey Thomas Marshall, mother Elizabeth Ann. Married 1898 Morpeth District to Marshall Gateshead Full time. George Hedley Athey. George died 1908 Weardale District. Married Inns Frederick Jones 1927 Gateshead District. Died 17/1/1955 at Briarwood, Wagtail Rd., Rothbury. Inns died 11/2/1956.

Work Party 1951 Cleadon. 3.5 years. Husband Henry Ryder Atkinson, Insurance Agent, children Ryder, Amelia, Norman, Martin & Arthur. Born Sunderland 1867, father Martin Fries, Artist from Germany naturalized Atkinson Amelia Pauline (Mrs) Ivy Cottage, Cleadon 30/6/1874. Mother Amelia. Married Henry 1895 Sunderland District. Died 28/8/1963 at Milford House Nursing Home, North End, Durham. Last address The Lodge, 44 Front St., Cleadon.

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19 Brook St., Durham Rd., Age when engaged 23. Service from 5/4/1918 to present (16/5/1919). 3rd Spennymoor. Other Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 5/4/1918. Bristol 30/5/1919. Father Atkinson (Sister Priscilla Assistant Cook. Reserve Catherine address: Tudhoe Grange. Robert Curry, a colliery weigh clerk, mother Edith Priscilla, siblings Priscilla, below) V.A.D. Also c/o Dr Herbert, 36 Margaret, Mabel, Robert, Harold, Hettie, James C. & Ella M. Born c1892 Worple Road, Wimbledon. Spennymoor.

Hon. Sgt. Div. Section Service from 3/1916 to 3/1919. A Bookmaker (dealer). Wife Louisa & Leader. Air Raid Station Atkinson Henry Grahamsley 18 Kells Gardens, Low Fell daughter Kathleen Grahamsley Atkinson. Born Newcastle 1876. Married & Convoy Duty. Part Louisa Shaw 1903 Gateshead. ?Died 1947 Liverpool South District. time 120 hours served.

Service from 1/8/1915 to 23/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Rank N.M. Nursing Auckland. Father Robert Page Atkinson, Shoemaker for Co-operative Atkinson Jane Isabel (Jennie) 105 Dan’s Castle, Tow Law duties. Part time 730 Society, mother Emily, siblings Eva, Charles, Mervyn Alexander, Robert hours served. Page & Doris Antoinette. Born Seaham Harbour 1891. Possible marriage to William W Smith 1917 Weardale District. 2 possible deaths.

Age when engaged 23. Service from 23/9/1916 27/3/1919. Catterick Camp 19 Brook St., Spennymoor. Military 23/9/16. Egypt Military 23/12/1917 to 27/3/1919. HQ Oxford. Atkinson (Sister Catherine Priscilla Address on 1911 census 15 Nurse with pay. Father Robert Curney, a colliery weigh clerk, mother Edith P., siblings above) Brook St. Catherine, Margaret, Mabel, Robert, Harold, Hettie, James C. & Ella M. Born Spennymoor 1890. Private. Air Raid, Coast Atkinson Robert South View, Sacriston Defence. Hours when Service from 1/10/1917 to 12/2/1919. Not at this address in 1911. required.

Member. Hospital Service from 1916 to 1919. Government Badge – ‘V.W.’ awarded. Dressings, bandages & Registered Work Room 1923 Whickham. Father Jonathan Thomas Atkinson Winifred Lilac House, Whickham swabs. Part Time – hours Atkinson, butcher & farmer, mother Isabella, siblings Edith & Olive.Born served 257. Whickham 1892. Possible marriage John S Welsh 1921 Gateshead District.

Service from 1/1918 to 4/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Dinsdale, Middleton St. Ward Helper. Part time. Eaglescliffe. Possibly this is Constance Lilian Atlay, husband Wilfred, 1911 Atlay Lily (Mrs) George Hours served 223. at Mapleton, Great Missenden, born Paddington 1865 & died 1922 Newton Abbot District. Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. A boot & shoe dealer. Wife Ann & children 46 Roker Park Road, Auld John Robertson Rank - Private. Driver. Robertson, Annie, Charles Gibson & Ethelwynn. Born Kilmarnock c1866. Sunderland Died 29/4/1932 Sunderland.

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Service from 1914 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Born Quartermaster. Part 1878 Streatham, Surrey. Married 1899 Lewes District. Died 24/9/1964 at Roundwood, Micheldever, Austin Maud (Mrs) time. 2016 hours Park House Nursing Home, Park Rd., Winchester. Husband Selwyn Percy, Hampshire worked Director of Shipbuilders & son Clive Grantham Austin. 1911 address – Wilton House, Darlington.

Trained Nurse. 21s per Service from 18/3/1916 to 31/12/1917. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Austin Norah (Mrs) The Willows, Sunderland week. Full time. Castle. Not in Sunderland 1911. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard 7 George Street, Blackhill. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband John Henry, Builder, children Albert, Nursing. Part time. 336 Ayton Sarah (Mrs) 1911 census says 5 George John Stanley, Mary Isobel, Elsie Gornall, William Ernest & Gertrude. Born hours worked St. 1876 Newcastle, married 1900 Lanchester District. Maiden name Gornell. Died 1967.

Age when engaged 40. Service from 28/10/1915 to 11/1/1917. No. 2 A.B. Calais. HQ Wards. Born 1875 Ryton. Died 1941 Southwark District. Nursing Sister, Voluntary Babe Lucy Catherine 5 Wallace Tce., Ryton Father Brian, labourer, mother Mary, siblings Patrick, Frank, Mary Jane, Worker John, Brian, Ann, Elizabeth & Ellen. Domestic servant in 1901 at Tanfield. A Nursing Sister in 1911 at 60 & 62 Lambeth Rd., Southwark.

Nurse. Part time. 370 Service from 26/5/1915 to 15/7/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Backhouse Mary Billerly (Mrs) School House, Stanhope hours served Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 1889. Died 1960. Nurse. Part time. 3,500 Service from 16/5/1915 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Badger Annie 3 Kent St., Jarrow hours served St., Jarrow. Unable to trace in 1911 at this address.

Kitchen work & cooking. Service from 1/1916 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Bailes Mrs 4 Salem Hill, Sunderland 24 hours every 2 weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to find at this address in 1911. Private. Air Raid, Coastal Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. No trace at Sacriston on 1911 Bailey George Hunter Street, Sacriston Defence. Hours when census. required. Rank – G.S. Nursing 19 Whitburn Tce., Service from 5/8/1914 to 1/10/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Bailey Mildred duties. Part time – 768 Sunderland Sunderland. Only 1 Mildred on 1911 census at East House, Fulwell. hours worked. Private. Air Raid and Service from 7/2/1918 – still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace Bailey Richard 27 Fowler Tce., Sunderland convoys. Part time 100 1911 census. hours served.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 2/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 19 St. Bede’s Tce., Cook. Worked 4,000 1886 Southwick. Father George Washington Bain, insurance broker, Bain Aine Sunderland hours. Half time. mother Margaret H., siblings George Hardy, Frederick W, Wilbert & Victor. Died 21/3/1919.

Service from 1914 to 1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Low Fell. Member. VAD work. Assistant Teacher. Father Daniel, Assistant Manager Chemical Works, 13 Denmark St., Bain Jessie Cameron Part time – 610 hours mother Elizabeth, siblings Daniel, Elizabeth McBeath Bain, Mary & Gateshead worked. Alexander David Neil. Born 1886 Gateshead. Married John Kinghorn Porteous 1920. Died 17/7/1947 17 Ashfield Grove, Whitley Bay.

Private. Air Raid duties. 13 Collingwood Road, Hours served 85.5. Air Service from 22/12/1915 – still serving. No Arthur W at West Hartlepool in Bainbridge Arthur W West Hartlepool Raid station, West 1911. Hartlepool. GS member Bainbridge Beatrice 49 Morrison Tce., Ferryhill (Stannington). Full time. Service from 31/7/1918. No trace at Ferryhill 1911. Reserve VAD. Air Raid Station, Service from 3/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. No trace in Darlington on 1911 Bainbridge Herbert 10 Ada St., Darlington Darlington. Worked census. when required.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 14/6/1916 to present (19/5/1919). C/o T A Frater Esq., Bilton 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Low Fell, Gateshead. France Mil. Hosp. Barns, Lesbury RSO, Born 1891 Gateshead. Marriage 31/7/1919, St Philip’s, Buckingham Palace Bainbridge Rose Augusta Wilberforce Northumberland. Other Nurse Rd., London to Francis Arthur James Lock, Major Royal Garrison Artillery, address: 15 Balmoral Tce., widower. Death 10/2/1975 1, Larchfield Gough Way, Barton, Cambridge. Gateshead Father John G., Bookeeper & Cashier in Colliery Office, mother Sarah W & brother John. In 1911 was a student teacher in Leeds.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 8th Durham V. A. H. Normanhurst, West Parklands, Grange Road, Cook. 770 hours part Hartlepool. Father John William, Timber Merchant, mother Mary, siblings Baird Mary West Hartlepool. time. John, Emily F, Robert W., Arthur William, Charles Henry, Ernest George, Oscar, Ella Gwendoline & Walter. Born West Hartlepool 1878.

Overman Road, South Sergt. Air Raid Duty. Part Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. St John Ambulance Brigade No. 6 Balko William Hetton time. (Northern) District, South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. No trace 1911.

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Service from 20/11/1914 to 20/11/1915. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Sunderland. ? Born 1873 Sunderland. ? Died 1969 Sunderland. Unable to Rank - N.S. Nursing. Part Ball Florence Westlands, Sunderland find on 1911 census but on 1901 census at 26 General Gordon St., time. Served 482 hours. Sunderland with father Thomas, Earthenware Manufacturer, mother Elizabeth A., siblings Thomas & George.

Service from 19/6/1915 to 7/1916 at 22nd Durham V.A.H., Mission House, New Seaham. Service from 22/5/1917 to 24/10/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Rank - N.M. Nursing. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911 in Bishop 7 Oxford Tce., Bishop Part time. 160 hours Auckland but there is an Annie Ballard at 3 Cornish St., New Seaham, Auckland. Address whilst worked. At New Seaham Ballard Annie (Mrs) husband Charles Robert, Police Constable. Children Daisy, Dolly, Harry at Seaham – Gray Rd., Nurse/General Work. Taylor, Helena Gertrude, Mabel Primrose, Norah Irene, Constance Annie & Bishop Auckland Part time. 1448 hours Violet Mary. Born Dunchurch, Warwickshire 1872 – maiden name served. Osborne. Married 17/4/1893 St. Thomas’, Islington. Died 9/8/1946 at 142 King Cross Rd., Halifax. Last address – 190 Stratford Rd., Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

Jeffrey Hospital, Service from 1/1/1915 to 31/3/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Ballingall Constance (Mrs) Matron. Full time. Sunderland Sunderland. Awarded A.R.R.C. 4/12/1917. No trace 1911 census.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Member. Hospital Ferry Toll Collector for Harbour Board. Wife Jane Elizabeth, children 161 Hyde St., South orderly & Air Raid Ball James George, Isabella, James & Susannah. Born North Shields 1873. Married Shields Service. Part time. Jane Elizabeth Griggs Tynemouth District 1897. Died 15/2/1928 South Worked 2,000 hours. Shields

Service from 20/3/1915 to 8/5/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John, mother Alice, siblings John, Alice, Balmer (Sister of Cecil & Nursing duties. Part Ada Mary Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland Cecily, Charlotte, Cecil, Albert E., Margaret Olive & Florence Edna. School Florence below) time. 72 hours worked. Teacher. Born 1884 Etherley. Married 1923 Auckland District to Thomas M Wilkinson. Died 20/10/1981 24 Eskdale Rd., Sheffield.

Service from 28/3/1915 to 4/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 1888 Etherley. Father John, mother Alice, Balmer (Brother of Ada above Private. Orderly. Part Cecil Arnold S Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland siblings John, Alice, Cecily, Charlotte, Ada Mary , Albert E., Margaret Olive & Florence below) time. 113 hours worked. & Florence Edna. Died 22/1/1966. Buried in St. Cuthbert Churchyard, Etherley.

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Service from 18/3/1915 to 21/5/1915. 17th V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Rank - N.M. Nursing. Balmer (Sister of Ada Mary & Toft Hill, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John, mother Alice, siblings John, Alice, Cecily, Charlotte, Florence Edna Part time. 252 hours Cecil above) Auckland Ada Mary, Cecil, Albert E. & Margaret Olive. Born 1894 Toft Hill. Married worked. 1929 James W. Skelton. Died 1984 Claro District.

Service from 9/1916 to 11/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Father William Pallister Balmer, Manager Engineering Brass Ashville House, Norton, Nurse. Part time. 539 Balmer Kathleen Elizabeth Foundry & mother Fanny Ann. Born Middlesbrough 1872. Baptized Stockton- on-Tees hours worked. Middlesborough 4/12/1872. Died 28/10/1960 38 Kingswood Rd., Shortlands, Kent.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1917. (Second card says 31/12/1918). 20th Durham V.A. H. St Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Born 1896 North Shields. Father Harry, Surgeon, mother Eliza, sister Marguerite Bamber Freida Madeleine 1 Mount Road, Sunderland Nursing. E. On Incoming Passenger list on M.S. ‘Indrapoera’ arriving in Southampton 6/11/1929 from Surabaya, Indonesia; Bank Clerk as occupation. Died 1972 Sunderland.

Cliff House Boarding Nurse. Part time. 2160 Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Banfield Kate House, Kessingland, hours worked. Unable to pin down. Suffolk Royal Hospital, Matron. £4. 4s. 0d per Service from 20/12/1916 to 30/3/1917. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Banks Dora Drumchapel, Glasgow week. Full time. Sunderland. Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father John, Forge Works Manager Iron & Steel Works, mother Amy Mary Gertrude, Banks (Sister Alice Mary Haughton-le-Skerne, Cook. Part time. 4320 siblings Annie Muriel, Charles John, Alice Mary, Sara Marjorie, Elizabeth Amy Dorothy below) Darlington hours worked. Frances, Margaret Gertrude, Ruth, William Henry & John Robert. Born 1896 Haughton. Married 1921 Darlington Charles H Allen. Died 1970 or 1982.

Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father John, Forge Works Manager Iron & Steel Works, mother Amy Mary Gertrude, Banks (Sister Amy Dorothy Haughton-le-Skerne, Cook. Part time. 4320 Alice Mary siblings Annie Muriel, Charles John, Amy Dorothy, Sara Marjorie, Elizabeth above) Darlington hours worked. Frances, Margaret Gertrude, Ruth, William Henry & John Robert. Born 1897 Haughton. Died 23/11/1927 Haughton.

5 Pearson St., Stockton-on- Night Nurse. Part time. Service from 6/1917 to 2/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. No trace Banks Mary Tees 137 hours. 1911.

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Service from 5/8/1914 – still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Assistant Cook. Part 20 Amberley St., Sunderland. Father Matthew, mother Alice & siblings Mabel, Arthur & Barron Alice time. 4992 hours Sunderland Bertha. Elementary School Teacher. Born Ludworth 17/8/1889. Baptized worked. 8/9/1889 Shadforth. Died 26/6/1978 23 Park Ave., Roker.

Nurse. Part time. 10,500 Service from 10/1914 to 1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House Barber Jane (Mrs) 52 Ridley Tce., Felling hours worked. Gateshead. Not in Felling 1911. Member. Hospital Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Grosvenor Road, South orderly and Air Raid This may be John Barbour at 7 Linden Gardens, South Shields, draper & Barbour John Shields service. Part time. 950 clothier, wife Isabaella Jane, children Nance & John Hedley. Born 1874 hours worked. Newcastle. ?Died 1929. 14th Durham V.A. H. Morton House, Fencehouses. No trace 1911 at Morton House, Domestic servant. Barker Barbara Louisa Fencehouses but may be from Brampton – born 1884 Lanercost, died Fencehouses Worked for 2 years. 23/1/1934 Bishop Auckland.

N.M. Nursing. Part time. Service from 6/10/1915 to 8/4/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Barker Dorothy Heighington 280 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911.

Service from 5/6/1917 to 4/2/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone. Awarded 1 stripe. Father Stephen, retired grocer in 1911, mother Jane Pantry. Part time. 2711 Barker Eleanor Mary West View, Heighington Eleanor & siblings Stephen H & Edith H. Born Cockerton 1895. Baptized hours. Holy Trinity, Darlington 11/12/1895. Died 10 Redworth Rd., Heighington 1/4/1965.

Woodside, Westoe, South Private. Driver. Part Barker Gladys (Mrs) Service from 11/8/1917 to 1919. No trace 1911 census. Shields time. 482 hours worked.

Biddick House, Fence Nurse. Worked 30 hours Service from 5/1918 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Barker Margaret Houses alternate weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911 census.

Age when engaged – 37. Service from 11/9/1915 to 15/9/1918. 11/9/1915 to 11/2/1916 Military Hospital, Egypt. 11/2/1916 to 11/8/1917 Royal 4 Moscow Court, London Herbert Hospital Woking. 11/8/1917 to 9/9/1917 King George Military Barker Maud J (At Eaglescliffe was at Nurse. Without pay. Hospital. 7/11/1917 to 7/2/1918 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Devonshire House) Eaglescliffe. 3/4/1918 to 15/9/1918 W.A.A.C. Sick Bay, France. Born 1878 Hendon. Died 1954 Rochford, Essex.

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Service from 1/4/1918. 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Hall, Sunderland. Holly House, Houghton-le- M.O. £8. 10s. 6d. Doctor Barkes Wilfred (Dr.) Born Tynedock, South Shields, 30/5/1887. Married Kathleen Herebert Spring – one visit weekly. Ranken 1923. . Died 13/3/1984. Last address – Howden Dene, Corbridge.

Jeffrey Hospital, G.S. Nursing. Part time. Service from 4/11/1915 to 1/8/1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Barlow Dorothy Sunderland 624 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Service from 7/1915 to 10/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashbourne, 29 Dundas Street, Cook. Part time. 63 Barlow Marjorie (Madge) Sunderland. Father Robert T, Head Teacher Elementary School, mother Sunderland hours worked. Mary, siblings Doris & George. Born Monkwearmouth 1889. Work party no. 1813. 4 Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Lanchester Red X Work Depot. No trace Barnes Annie (Mrs) Durham Road, Lanchester hours weekly. Lanchester 1911 census.

Barnes (?relative of Irene & The White House, G.S.M. Cook. Part time. Service from 6/1916 – still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Elizabeth (Mrs) Rhoda below) Eaglescliffe 996 hours served. Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. G.S.M. Kitchen helper. Barnes (?relative of Elizabeth The White House, Service from 6/1916 – still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Irene Part time. 1302 hours above & Rhoda below) Eaglescliffe Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. worked.

Barnes (?relative of Irene & Kitchen Helper. Part Service from 4/1917 to 7/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Rhoda White House, Eaglescliffe Elizabeth above) time. 469 hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911.

Age when engaged – 31. Service from 31/7/1918 – still serving at 21/5/1919. Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain. Father Richard, a 54 Queen Street, Ryhope, Ward Orderly. With pay. Barrass Hannah Deputy Overman, mother Mary Ann, siblings John , Margaret E., Lilly, Sunderland Full time. Reserve V.A.D. Joseph, Ethel M, William Hewitt, Richard & Robert. Was working in a paper mill in 1911. Born Ryhope 1/3/1886. Died 1976.

15 Burlington Road, N.S. Nursing. Part time. Service from 5/8/1914 to 1/8/1917. 4th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Barrass Lillie Sunderland 2,400 hours worked. Sunderland. Two are a possibility but they are both Lily.

House Member. With Age when engaged – 22. Service from 30/8/1918 – still serving 20/5/1919. Barrett Nellie 22 North St., Murton pay. Reserve V.A.D. Military Hospital, Croydon. Addington Park. No trace in Murton 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Blackhill. Information of missing Previous engagements – coast defence. Father George, mother Mary and prisoners of War. Jane& sister Margaret E. A Certificated Elementary Teacher. Born Barrett Robert Bernard 5 The Avenue, Consett Part time. 640 hours Barnoldswick, Yorkshire 26/11/1887. Baptism 16/3/1902 Dalton in worked. Furness. Married Violet Gargate 1916 Gateshead. Died 12/9/1950 15 The Avenue, Consett. Assistant Cook. Part 20 Amberley St., Service from 5/8/1914 – still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Barron Mabel time. 4992 hours Sunderland Sunderland. Not in Sunderland in 1911. worked. Service from 1/9/1918 – still serving. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Husband Nursing Sister. Part time. John, a clerk at the Ironworks & Collieries, children Thomas Emlyn, Barrow Rachel Hannah(Mrs) 16 Bessemer St., Blackhill 808 hours worked. Constance and George Kenneth. Born Rachel Hannah Williams Blackhill 1877. Married 1897. Died 1940. Service from 2/1915 to 7/1915 & 12/15 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. H. 1 Cottagers Road, Vane House, Seaham Harbour. Husband William, Colliery Lamp Examiner Barry Mary (Mrs) Nurse. Full time. Dawdon, Seaham above ground, children Robert William, Michael, John Pretoria and Mary. Born Sherburn Hill c1875. Died 1921.

Service from 3/4/1917 to 6/11/1917. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Rank – N.S. Duties on Hall. Probably this woman at 26 Lambton St., New Shildon on 1911 census. Bartle Elizabeth (Mrs) Ferrel St., New Shildon wards. Part time. 300 Husband James William, a boilersmith with N.E. Railway Co. & daughter hours worked. Lilian Mary. Born Elizabeth Poll Darlington 1874. Married 1907. Died 15/4/1950 80 Davison Rd., Darlington.

Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Kitchen Help. Part time. George William, Merchant Coal Trade, mother Mary, sisters Gertrude Bartlett Ethel Mary Brentmore, Darlington 1,200 hours worked. Emily & Aline. Born Darlington 1878. Died 13/2/1940 17-18 Vicarage Gate, Kensington. Service from 6/1915 to 12/5/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 26/6/1892 Sunderland. Father George, Shipbuilder, Holm Field, Thornhill Park, Bartram Marion Jessie Nurse. Full time. mother Euphemia Walker Bartram, siblings Robert A & George H. Married Sunderland Frank Dawson 1921 Sunderland. Died 9/6/1972. Buried Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. Private. Air Raid and Service from 15/5//1916 to 31/10/1917. Gone away 22/3/1921. No trace Bastle Abram Heugh Edge, Sacriston Coast Defence. When 1911 census. required. Sacriston. Rank – G.S. Member. Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Bateman Flora Stanhope Road, Darlington Part time. 432 hours 1911 in Darlington. worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Hartleys Buildings, Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Bateman Morton James Assistant M.O. Sunderland Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911 census. Service from 5/8/1914 to 29/4/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – N.S. Nursing. Part Sunderland. Father Matthew George, a Shipyard Timekeeper, mother 5 Grange Crescent, Bates Edith Nora time. 2340 hours Jane, siblings Matthew, Reginald, Mary Ann, George A., William Stanley., Southwick, Sunderland worked. Sydney Herbert, Norman & Jane Armitage Bates. Born West Hartlepool 1888. Died 21/1/1922. Age when engaged – 26. Service from 29/5/1918 to 29/11/1918. No. 2 G.S. Member. Ward Miners’ Homes, Tanfield Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall. Husband John Robert, a miner & Bates Margaret Hannah (Mrs) Orderly. Full time. Lea daughter Margaret H. Born Stanley 1891 maiden name Armstrong. Reserve V.A.D. Married 1910.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 22/4/1918 – still serving 21/5/1919. Military Hospital, Belton Park, Grantham. On 1911 census a domestic 20 Clifford Tce., Clerk. Full time. Reserve Batey Florence (Florrie) servant for her mother &stepfather at 20 Clifford Tce. Born 1894. Crawcrook, Ryton V.A.D. Baptised 31/3/1894 Durham. Parents George and Mary. Father George died in 1896 & mother remarried to Joseph Gainford in 1897.

Age when engaged – 32. Service from 24/5/1916. St. Gabriel’s, V.A. H. Sunderland. 23/4/1917 to present 21/5/1919 Kinmel Camp Military Hospital, Rhyl. In 1911 was a domestic servant at Hendon Hill, Sunderland. 20 The Terrace, Roker or Battell Ada Maud Rank – N.S. Nursing. Born Rotherhithe, London 6/1/ 1885. Father John C., foreman at a timber 20 Roker Tce., Sunderland. yard, mother Elizabeth, siblings Edith E., Sidney J., Albert E., Charlotte B., Vera & Louisa A.V. Died 14/4/1979 Westfields House, Cockerton Green, Darlington.

Rank – member. Duties Service from 1/4/1914 to 1/6/1917. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Glendown Avenue, – nursing, (cooking Durham. Born Durham 14/1/1889. Father Isaac, a Draper, mother Battensby Minnie Durham occasional – 37 days). Elizabeth, siblings William H., Frederick, Arthur D, Lilly & stepbrother Full time. William Henry. Died 1970 Claro District. 11 Abingdon St., Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/8/1915. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. Bayle Elizabeth L (Mrs) Matron. Sunderland Unable to trace 1911 census.

Service from 1/12/1914 to 1/4/1915. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Sunderland. Died 3/3/1956 at The General Hospital, Sunderland. Last Rosslyn Terrace, Rank - Nurse. Duties - address – Wearside House, 15 Thornhill Gardens, Sunderland. Born 1876 Baylor Florence Jemima (Mrs) Sunderland Matron. Full time. Gateshead - maiden name Stone. Registered Nurse 1918. Trained Guy’s Hospital, London. Cert. 1907. Parents William & Jemima, siblings Susan E., Ethel & William N.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Park Place West, Assistant Cook. Part Service from 5/1915 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Beattie Hilda Sunderland time. 24 hours weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911 census.

Rank – Member. 237 Taylor St., South Hospital orderly & air Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Beck William H Shields raid services. Part time. No trace 1911 census. 300 hours worked.

C/o Mr Laws, Fawcett St., Messenger. Part time. Service from 7/1916 to 7/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Beckram Jeffrey (Scout) Sunderland 728 hours worked. Sunderland. Certificate returned – not known – 9/5/1921. Service from 6/1916 to 10/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Linda (also spelt Lynda) Sunderland. Father Maxmilliano, Italian (Naturalized British subject), (Baptized Rosalinda 34 Thornhill Gardens, Cook. Part time. 112 Bergna (Sister of Maria below) Jeweller & Fancy Dealer, mother Carlotta, siblings Carlo, Marie, Carlotta & Carlotta 4/11/1894 St. Sunderland hours worked. Sylvia. Born Sunderland 15/10/1894. Married Alan R Pertwee 1928 Cardiff Mary’s, Sunderland) District. Died 1964 Exeter District. Service from 2/1916 to 6/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Maxmilliano, Italian (Naturalized British subject), 34 Thornhill Gardens, Cook. Part time. 112 Bergna (Sister of Linda above) Maria Margharita Jeweller & Fancy Dealer, mother Carlotta, siblings Carlo, Linda, Carlotta & Sunderland hours worked. Sylvia. Born 10/3/1889 Sunderland. Baptized 31/3/1889 St. Mary’s, Sunderland.

Red Cross Working Party, Rosedale Terrace, Bell Mrs Willington. Garments Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace 1911. Willington made at home.

Work Party No. 1181 Station Road, Easington Bell Annie Elizabeth (Mrs) Easington Colliery. 5 Service from 2/1918 to 1919. Unable to trace on 1911 census. Colliery hours weekly. Service from 17/5/1918 to 1919. Plumber & Sheet Metal Worker. Wife Isabella, daughter Isabella. Born South Shields 20/10/1876. Married 55 Eglesfield Road, South Bell Adam Waugh Rank – Private. Driver. Eleanor Ayton 1901 South Shields. Eleanor died 1902 South Shields. Shields Married Isabella Thompson 1905 South Shields. Died 2/12/1940. Last address – 7 Newbury St., South Shields. Private. Air Raid & 9 Salem Avenue, Service from 22/4/1915 – to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace in Bell Benjamin Convoys. Part time. 425 Sunderland Sunderland 1911. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 8/1016 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father William, Solicitor, mother Annie Oxnard Bell, siblings Edward, Kate 23 St. George’s Square, Cook. Part time. 882 E., William H, Emily A., Charles Alfred, Florence Mary, Annie Oxnard, Bell Edith Spark Sunderland hours worked. Minnie Hedley & Helena Bertha. Born Sunderland 1872. Died 1/4/1954 at 32 Bede Rd., Barnard Castle. Last address – Heath House, John St., Barnard Castle. Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Bell Ellen (Mrs) 3 Bell Terrace, Stanley Service from 9/1917 to 3/1919. No trace at this address in 1911. South Moor.

Service from 7/1918 to 11/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, House maid. Part time. Sunderland. Father Henry, building contractor, mother Mary, siblings Bell Enid Melrose House, Ryhope 100 hours worked. Alfred G., Henry George & John Wilfred. Born 13/1/1900 Ryhope. Married Joseph M Watson 1922 Sunderland. Died 1980 Scarborough District.

Service from 8/1916 – still serving. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father William, Solicitor, mother Annie Oxnard Bell, siblings Bell (Sister of Edith Spark Bell 23 St. George’s Square, Cook. Part time. 882 Florence Mary Edward, Kate E., William H, Emily A., Charles Alfred, Edith Spark, Annie above) Sunderland hours worked. Oxnard, Minnie Hedley & Helena Bertha. Born 1870 Sunderland. Died 12/1/1934 & buried in Grangetown Cemetery. 30 Hollyhurst Road, Service from 1/10/1918 to 13/1/1919. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Bell Hilda Ironing/Laundry. Darlington Darlington. No trace Darlington 1911. Commandant. Charge of Service from 20/10/1915 to 10/5/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Bell Lily (Mrs) The Old Hall, Shildon V.A.D. & linen. Part time. Hall. Honours awarded – 2 stripes. Unable to trace in Shildon 1911. 6172 hours worked.

Service from 22/10/1914 to 6/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, 6 Osborne Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 3020 Low Fell, Gateshead. Probably this lady – father Richard, a tripe preparer, Bell Lydia Gateshead hours worked. mother Mary, siblings Thomas, Nora, Richard & John James. Born 1890 Gateshead. Baptized 6/8/1890 Gateshead. Died 1971 Gateshead.

Nurse. St. John Age when engaged – 37. Service from 28/12/1916 to 12/2/1919. 6 Joicey Square, West Ambulance Brigade, 28/12/1916 to 31/7/1917 Albert Hall, Military Hospital, Nottingham. Bell M.A. (Mrs) Stanley Durham No. 6 (Northern 30/10/1917 to 12/2/1919 Shepherds Bush Hospital. Unable to find her on District) South Moor 1911 at this address.

Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Bell Margaret 3 Bell Terrace, Stanley Service from 9/1917 to 3/1919. No trace in Stanley 1911. South Moor.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 22/4/1917 to 9/5/1917 and 3/12/1917 to 9/1/1918. 16th Tynedale Terrace, Wark-on- Durham V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. With Arthur Mitchinson & wife Margaret, Bell Margaret Eleanor Nurse. Full time. Tyne her grandparents, on 1911 census in Wark. Born Wark 1895. Died 1957 Newcastle District. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 24/6/1916 to 2/1919. Cosham Bell (?same person as below) Mary 24 Blackhills Tce., Horden Nurse. Military Hospital from 24/6/1916. Transfer to Military Hospital Salonica 20/4/1917 to 2/1919. Service from 23/6/1916 to 23/4/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Bell (?same person as above) Mary 1 Cross Row, Felling Low Fell. Cosham. Full time duty for 4.5 years in Salonica. Not known at this address – 21/3/1921.

9 Ocean Road, Kitchen work. Cooking. Service from 12/1916 to 8/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Bell Mary Grangetown, Sunderland 24 hours every 2 weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911.

Bell (?same person as below) Reg Shildon Lodge, Darlington Private. Driver. Service from 11/8/1917 to 1919. No trace 1911.

Conveyed members to Service from 1/1916. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall. No trace Bell Reginald Old Hall, Shildon and from Hospital. 1911. Cook. Part time. 500 Service from 3/10/1915 to 7/6/1917. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Bell Rhoda 5 Rectory Tce., Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. No trace 1911 at this address. 14 West Park Road, South Nurse. Part time. 820 Service from 19/10/1918 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, Bell T (Miss) Shields hours worked. South Shields. No trace 1911. Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton-St-George, 52 Stanley Street, Norton- Nurse. Part time. 7680 Bellars Gertrude (Mrs) Dinsdale. Husband Henry, a coach painter. Born Norton 1881. Married on-Tees hours worked. 1901 – maiden name Lilley. Died 1960. Fenwick Street, Private. Driver. Part Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Mother Annie, siblings Tom, Annie & Mary. Bellew Peter (Mr) Sunderland time. 471 hours worked. A Carter. Born Sunderland 6/12/1891. Died 1969.

Age when engaged - 32. Service from 18/9/1918 to 25/4//1919. General Infirmary, Leeds (Military). Born 1886 Shildon. Died 1962. A servant in 1 Simpson’s Buildings, Bellis Ethel Ann Nurse. 1911 at 7 Whinfell Tce., New Shildon for Dr. Henry Adamson Fielden & Shildon wife. Father Robert, a coal miner (hewer), mother Elizabeth, siblings Jonathan, Eleanor, John, Elizabeth, Nora & Edith.

The School House, Housework. Layworker. Service from 9/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Bellwood Joyce Sunderland Sundays. Sunderland. No trace 1911. 132 Roker Avenue, Rank - N.S. Nursing. Full Service from 5/8/1914 – still serving 1919. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Bennett Margaret A (Mrs) Sunderland time. Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information C/o Rev. Bennett, Cook. Part time. 1120 Service from 1/1916 to 11/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Bennett Maria St. Clair (Mrs) Vicarage, Stranton, West hours worked. Hartlepool. Unable to trace 1911. Hartlepool

Service from 8/1916 to 9/1918. Edmonton hospital. V.A.D. 80 Middx. 20 Front St., Leadgate. Wood Green. Father Henry George Bennett, Lithographic Draughtsman, Rank – G.S. Part time. Bennett (Now Mrs Todd) Olivia Alice Previous address – 41 mother Sophia E., siblings Frederick Stanley, Norman C., Laura Sophia & About 700 hours worked. Spencer Ave., Wood Green Jessie E. Born 5/10/1885 Stoke Newington. Married John R Todd 1921 Edmonton, Middlesex. Died 1974.

Service from 8/11/1915 to 1/2/1919. Husband William, coal miner (hewer) Work Party No. 1181 Station Road, Easington & children John George, Jane Hannah, Margaret Alice, Frederick William, Benson Elizabeth Jane (Mrs) Easington Colliery. 5 Colliery Edith Maud and Joseph. Born Willington 1867. Married 1887 Auckland hours weekly. District – maiden name Lightowler. Died 1928.

Member. Air Raid 16 Wales Street, Service from 31/3/1916 to 1918. Joined H.M.F. 1918. Not in Darlington in Benson Frederick Station, Darlington when Darlington 1911. required.

9 West Street, Sunnybrow, Age 33 when engaged. Service from 6/10/1916 to present (22/5/1919). Willington. Another card Dartford War Hospital, Kent 6/10/1916 to 6/7/1917. Dovercourt Military has her address as 3 Hospital, Essex 8/10/1917 to 16/11/1917. 40 Stationary Hospital, France Bent Mary J Queen Street – service Storekeeper. 16/12/1917 to 18/4/1918. No. 37 U.S.A. Hospital Dartford 8/11/1918 to from 13/9/1915. 16/12/1918. Transferred to War Hospital, Guildford 16/12/1918. Father Storekeeper in Military Peter, coal miner, mother Ann & siblings Thomas & Elizabeth A. Born 1875 Hospital. Full time. Dinnington, Northumberland.

Member. Air Raid Benton Albert E 5 Derby Street, Darlington Station, Darlington when Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. No trace 1911 in Darlington. required.

12 North Tce., Lambton, Rank – V.A.D. Cook. Part Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Chilton Moor. Berry Margaret A (Mrs) Fence Houses time. 441 hours worked. Unable to trace on 1911 census.

Service from 6/1915 to 12/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Father John Thomas, Railway Clerk NER, mother Clara Louisa. Ardmore, Ashville Avenue, Member. Nursing. 1970 Best, nee Williamson Florence Lena (Mrs) Born York 23/9/1892. Baptized 16/11/1892 St. Simon’s, Leeds. Married Eaglescliffe hours worked part time. Robert Best 1918 Stockton District. Died 1/6/1955 Court Ash, Bardsey, Yorks.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Kitchen Maid. Pay – Private Servant. Part Service from 1/1/1917 to 28/2/1919. 7th V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Not at Best Mary Brancepeth Castle time. 3,000 hours Brancepeth on 1911 census. worked. Service from 13/4/1918 to 1919. A Sawyer in a timber yard. Born 65 Adelaide St., South Beverley Robert Henry Private. Driver. 12/2/1894 South Shields. Died 1979 South Shields. Buried Harton Shields Cemetery South Shields. Mother E. McL. Peck Beverley, Laundress. Sister. Nursing duties. Service from 15/4/1918 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. This may be Cicely Rose Cottage, Hamsterley Bewick Cissie (Mrs) Part time. 84 hours Margaret Bewick wife of Thomas C Bewick, Iron Turner N.E. Railway. Nee Colliery worked. Ferguson. Born Darlington 1887. Died 1968. 1 St. Cuthberts Square, Bewick J Service from 3/10/1916. 1st N.G. Newcastle. No ‘J’ at this address in 1911. Blaydon

Nursing Sister. Part time. Bewick Nancy Royal Hotel, Blackhill Service from 1/7/1915 – to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace 1911. 1412 hours served.

Private. Part time. 94 Bewlay C.J. (Mr) 6 Elms West, Sunderland Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. No trace 1911. hours worked. Housemaid. Part time. Service from 5/1918 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Bewlay Phyllis 2 Gray Road, Sunderland 18 hours alternate Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. weeks.

St. Peter’s Vicarage, Assistant Accountant. Service from 9/5/1918 to 15/7/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Bickmore Katherine Bishop Auckland Full time. Pay - £4.3s.4d. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A.D. H. Woodside, Darlington. Husband Rank – G.S.M. Bernard George Dawson Biggs, Bookseller, Painter & Stationer. Born 1857 Anne Isabella (Mrs), Biggs 1 Flora Avenue, Darlington Secretarial Work. Part Darlington. Baptized 4/2/1857 Holy Trinity, Darlington – father John, (Annie) time. 400 hours worked. mother Mary. Married 1895 Darlington. Maiden name Bailey. Died 9/2/1952 Darlington. Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Biggs Lily (Mrs) Poulton Terrace, Stanley Service from 6/1918 to 3/1919. No trace 1911. South Moor. Service from 18/9/1918 to 25/4/1919. Leeds Infirmary. Cook (Domestic) in 1911. Father Robert, coal miner (hewer), mother Elizabeth, siblings 1 Simpsons Buildings, Bellis Ethel Ann Nursing. Jonathan, Eleanor, John, Elizabeth, Nora & Edith. Born 1886 Shildon. Died Shildon 21/3/1962 at General Hospital, Bishop Auckland. Last address – 8 Auckland Tce., Shildon.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 9/1916 to 4/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Council School, Norton, Night Nurse. Part time. Eaglescliffe. Father William, a steam craneman, mother Maria, a school Binder Alice Stockton 200 hours worked. caretaker & sister Mary Elizabeth. Born 1893 Norton. Married Frederick N Dawson 1919 Stockton.

Age when engaged 24. Service from 18/1/1918 to present (23/5/1919). 15/1/1918 to 28/2/1919 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. Alwent House, Redworth Binks Ethel Nurse. 1/5/1919 to present Military Hospital, Cosham. Father John William, an Road, New Shildon Iron Turner, mother Frances A, siblings Arthur, Hilda & Laura. Born Shildon 9/6/1893. Died 1984 Northallerton.

Service from 9/1915 to 5/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. General Service. Part Beresford Park, Husband Alfred Henry, Master Confectioner, children Violet Mary & Binns Eleanor Maud (Mrs) time. 2688 hours Sunderland Wilfred Henry. Born Bishop Wearmouth 26/8/1884 maiden name worked. Hodgson. Married 1903 Sunderland. Died 1972. Nurse. Part time. 126 Service from 12/1917 to 4/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Bird Jinny Varo Terrace, Stockton hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911. C/o Mrs Streatfield, Service from 12/1914 to 2/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Bird Marjorie (Mrs) Nurse. Full time. Ryhope Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. The School House, Service from 1/1915 to 7/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Bird Mary General work. Sundays. Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. 52 The Green, Southwick, Bird Mollie Cooking. Reserve V.A.D. Service from 21/9/1918. Etherley. No trace Sunderland 1911. Sunderland Service from 20/11/1915 to 11/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, 9 Dale Terrace, Nursing. Part time. 1120 Birkbeck Esther Bishop Auckland. Born 1897 North Bedburn. Married Edward Fenton 1920 Roddymoor hours worked. Auckland District. Died 1988. C/o Mrs Lowes, Hill Street Cook. £4. 3s 4d. Full Service from 19/12/1917 to 8/6/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Birkshire Mrs West, Corbridge time. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Service from 23/5/1918 to 12/2/1919. A Deputy Overman (underground). Sergeant. Air Raid & Wife Elizabeth Annie. Born West Rainton 1880. Baptism 1/3/1881. Father Birtley (Brothers John Thomas James Craggs Heugh Edge, Sacriston Coastal Defence. When Thomas, mother Fanny. Married 1907 Annie Corney. Died 9/1/1952 at The & Robert below) required. Sacriston. General Hospital, Chester-le-St. Last address – Lamlash, 24 Plawsworth Rd., Sacriston.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Service from 1/7/1918 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Deputy Overman at coal mine. Wife Mildred & children Gladys Mary & Thomas. Born West Rainton Private. Air Raid & Coast Birtley (Brother James above & 26/2/1883. Baptized 20/3/1883 Durham. Parents Thomas & Fanny. John Thomas 4 Heugh Edge, Sacriston Defence. When Robert below) Married 23/9/1908 Mildred Cowey Sacriston. Pension Record survives for required. service from 26/11/1914 in R.A.M.C. Reg. No. 28322 A/Cpl. Trans. to Army Reserve 16/7/1918. Died 1954.

Section Leader. Air Raid Service from 18/9/1916 to 12/2/1919. Overman below ground. Wife Birtley (Brothers James & John Robert Heugh Edge, Sacriston & Coast Defence when Emily. Baptized 9/7/1876 Durham. Father Thomas, mother Fanny. Died above) required at Sacriston. 1957.

Service from 9/8/1914 to 1/1916. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. An Elementary School Teacher. Born Halifax 1878. Baptized 10 Percy Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 260 Birtwhistle Ruth Ellen 28/12/1879 West Riding. Father James Firth Birtwhistle & mother Mary Whitburn hours worked. Ann. Died 19/2/1941 at Barton House Nursing Home, Yarm Rd., Stockton. Last address – 2 Balmoral Ave., Thornaby-on-Tees.

The Manse, 33 Nurse. Full time. Section Service from 26/5/1915 to present (23/5/1919). 2nd Northern General Washington Village. Was Leader. £26.0.0. pay at Leeds (Military) 26/5/1915 to 26/4/1917. Transferred France No. 5 Bishop Kathleen M at 17 Clarkson Avenue, engagement. Pay at General (Military) 27/4/1917 to present. Mentioned in dispatches Wisbech. termination £30.0.0. 5/3/1917. Gone away 23/3/1921.

Service from 29/4/1918 to 1919. Apprentice to a Travelling Draper. Father 19 Milton Road, West Private. Driver. Part Edward Ridley Black, mother Maria. Born 25/4/1893 Cambridge Place, Black Edward Percy Hartlepool time. 400 hours worked. West Hartlepool. Baptized 24/5/1893 Cambridge Place Wesleyan Methodist, West Hartlepool. Died 1949 Newcastle.

10 Kensington Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 450 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Husband Black Eleanor (Mrs) Darlington hours worked. John, a railway clerk. Born Richmond, Yorkshire 1874. Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Chilton Moor. Possibly this lady – husband Alexander, shifter in coal mine & sons Thomas Rank – V.A.D. Cook. Part Black Susan (Mrs) 9 The Green, Washington William, Alfred & Alexander. Born Carlisle. Born 1875 Carlisle. Married time. 693 hours worked. 1897 Penrith District. Maiden name Susannah Amer. Died 1965 Ipswich District. Service 3.5 years. Could be Jane, husband Noble, Grocer, children Dorothy Cleadon, Near South Registered Working Party & Eva. Living at West Park Rd., Cleadon in 1911. Born South Shields Blackburn Mrs Shields number 1951 Cleadon. 6/2/1870. Married 1891 South Shields to Noble Blackburn. Maiden name – Laidler.

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Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 15/5/1916 to 31/8/1917. Possibly this man – father John, Blackburn Christopher Eliza Street, Sacriston Defence when required. mother Mary, siblings Robert, Thomas & John. A Joiner’s apprentice. Born Sacriston. Chester-le-St. 1896. Baptized 15/4/1896 Chester-le-st. Died 1918.

Durham Chronicle 25/1/1918 – Sister Blackburn of Gilesgate Moor Blackburn Sister awarded the Royal Red Cross for services in Salonica. V.A.D. General duty. 21 North Terrace, Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Chilton Moor. Blackburn Margaret (Mrs) Part time. 378 hours Lambton, Fence Houses Unable to trace in 1911. worked. Rank N.S. Nursing 1 Ashwood Terrace, Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V. A. H Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Blacklock Annie (Mrs) duties. Part time. 3215 Sunderland Unable to trace in 1911. hours worked. Rank – N.M. Duties Flatts Farm, Bishop Service from 8/7/1916 to 21/8/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H The Red House, Blacklock Daisy Nursing. Part time. 460 Auckland Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. hours worked. Flatts Farm, Bishop Nursing. Part time. 310 Service from 2/10/1915 to 14/3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Blacklock F (Mrs) Auckland hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. Service from 11/1915 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Treasurer. Duties – Gray Road, Sunderland. Wife Eliza nee Stubbs married 1894. A Stock & Blackwood James Albert 1 The Grove, Sunderland hospital accounts. Share Broker. Born Norton 11/12/1861. Baptized 5/1/1862 Norton. Casual hours. Parents John & Elizabeth. Died 6/9/1921. Housemaid. Part time. Service from 6/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Can’t find Blackwood Mary Ann (Mrs) 1 The Grove, Sunderland 1176 hours worked. a relationship with the above man.

Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Gone away 21/10/1921. Father Harry Officer Blackwood J.P., mother Isla Jessie, Blackwood (Sister of Nesta Mona Eileen St. Audrey, Gorlestone Nurse. sister Nesta & brother Miles. Born Willett, Somerset 20/9/1894. Baptized below) 4/11/1894 Elworthy Somerset. Died 17/6/1977 Fornham House, Fornham St. Martin, Bury St. Edmunds.

Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Gone away 21/10/1921. Father Harry Officer Blackwood J.P., mother Isla Blackwood (Sister of Mona Jessie, sister Mona & brother Miles. Born 15/8/1898. Baptized 18/9/1898 Isla Nesta St. Audrey, Gorlestone Masseuse. above) Dunsden, Oxfordshire. Married 1922 St. George’s, Hanover Sq., London to James W Rivett-Carnac. Died 22/3/1974 Fornham House, Fornham St. Martin, Suffolk.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1/2/1915 to 1/5/1917. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. Husband George Pattison Blagdon, Currier, children George & Cook. Part time. 86 days Blagdon Ada Toward (Mrs) 2 Pelaw Terrace, Durham Dorothy. Died 21/3/1944 at Percy House Nursing Home, Nevilles Cross. worked. Born Ada Toward Morgan 15/3/1857 Durham. Married 1878 Durham. Died 1944.

Rank -G.S.M. Duties – Service from 6/1918 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Blair Dorothy Bridge End, Yarm kitchen helper. Part No trace 1911. time. 390 hours worked.

Service from either 4/1917 to 7/1918 or 7/1915 to 10/1918. Two different 14 Rosedale Street, Nursing. Part time. 336 Blair Nellie dates given on card. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Unable to Sunderland hours worked. find on 1911 census. Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Allan Terrace, Hylton Physician. Medical Blair Robert (Dr) Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Born Dalkeith c1855. Wife Elizabeth, Road, Sunderland Officer. Daily. daughters Mary & Helen. Service from 1/8/1917 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Husband William Quartermaster. Worked Henry, a Consulting Analyst. Born Cartmel, Lancs. In Ebchester in 1911. Blake Lucy Sarah (Mrs) Scandale Brow, Ambleside for 2 years. Maiden name Hubbersty. Married 1896 Stamford District. Died 8/7/1949 Ambleside.

Member. Air Raid Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. Wife Elizabeth. A Machinist/Turner 37 Vulcan Street, Blakeburn Thomas Station, Darlington. in Iron Foundry. Born Sunderland 1853. Married Elizabeth Bramley 1876 Darlington When required to work. Darlington. Died 1924 Darlington.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Private. Air Raid and Disinfector with Boro Council. Wife Elizabeth, children William, Kate, David 9 Rosedale Street, Bland Thomas Sewell convoys. Part time. 400 H, Margaret, Mary, Thomas Sewell & John. Born Whitburn 1872. Married Sunderland hours worked. Elizabeth Coulson 1894 Sunderland. Died 15/3/1941 at Municipal Hospital, Sunderland. Elswick Road, West Nurse. Part time. 1624 Service from 11/1915 to 3/1917. 8th Durham V.A. H. West Hartlepool. Blenkinsop Dolly Hartlepool hours worked. Unable to trace 1911 census.

Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father James Nurse. Duties – Nursing William, Auctioneer & Jeweller. Mother Mary Elizabeth & siblings John Haughton-le-Skerne, & charge of store 1918. Bloom Dorothy Mary William, Rosa F & George F.H. Born 26/12/1891 Nettleton, Lincs. Baptized Darlington Part time. 3260 hours 30/12/1891 Nettleton. Married James M Barnes 1927 Marylebone. Died worked. 1979 Buckinghamshire.

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Service from 29/5/1917 to 1919. A Shipbroker. Wife Edith Gertrude & daughter Eva Gertrude. Born 15/12/1872 South Shields. Baptized St. Hawthorn Villa, Harton, Sergeant. Driver. Part Blues William Stanley Hilda’s, South Shields. Father Thomas Smith Blues & mother Margaret. South Shields time. 280 hours worked. Married Edith Gertrude Morley 1899 South Shields. Died 18/11/1941 at Hawthorn Villa, Westfield Drive, Gosforth.

Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father William, mother Ada Graeme Blumer & Blumer Catherine Alice 3 Gray Road, Sunderland Nurse. Full time. siblings John, Graeme & Elizabeth Jane. Born Sunderland 1892. Married Archibald Sloan 1920 Sunderland. Died 1951 Saffron Walden, Essex.

Beckenham Avenue, East Rank G.S. Part time. 294 Service from 2/1917 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Blythe Margaret (Mrs) Boldon hours worked. No trace 1911.

Service from 10/2/1917 to 1919. Painter & Decorator. Wife Emma & children Gladys, James William, James Norman & Freda. Born West 51 Hutton Road, West Boanson James William Private. Driver. Hartlepool 1871. Married Emma Kitson 1893 Middlesbrough District. Died Hartlepool 15/5/1942 at Middleton Hall, Middleton St. George. Last address Pangbourne, Park Ave. & 57 Church St. both in West Hartlepool.

Service from 2/1915 to 12/1915 and 7/1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. H. Vane House, Seaham Harbour. Husband Ernest Walter, Clergyman, son Cook. Part time. 600 Bolland Ella Jane (Mrs) Dawdon Vicarage, Seaham William Walter Johnson Bolland. Born Sunderland 1873. Married 1908 hours worked. Gateshead District – maiden name Baily. Died 30/5/1959 Hayton Vicarage, How Mill, Carlisle.

Ward helper. Part time. Service from 10/1917 to 8/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Bolsover Ella (Mrs) The Eyrie, Eaglescliffe 245 hours worked. Eaglescliffe. Born c1889. Died 1934 Stockton District.

Service from 11/1916 to 3/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. Mother Kitchen helper. Part Bolsover Mary Dorothea Highfield, Eaglescliffe Elizabeth & siblings Roland H, Harold Wilson Bolsover, Neville M, Godfrey time. 266 hours worked. & Guy. Born Stockton 1882. Died 7/12/1962 Fairhaven, Goathland, Yorks. Rank N.S. Nurse. Part 20 Queen St. West, Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Bolton Louisa time. 5142 hours Sunderland No trace 1911 census. worked. General helper. Various Service from 10/1914 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Bolton Phyllis (Mrs) 5 Grey Road, Sunderland hours. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911 census.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Wife Louisa Private. Air Raid & & children Louisa, Herbert Lackenby, Marguerite Lackenby, Theophilus L, 50 Queen St. West, Bolton Theophilus Justus Convoys. Part time. 435 Jessie & Charles Lackenby. A Printer from Dublin. Born c1863. Married Sunderland hours worked. Louisa Lackenby 1888 Sunderland. Died 29/12/1934 28 Westbourne Rd., Sunderland. Private. Part time. Air 7 Salem St. South, Service from 8/3/1917 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. May be Bond Albert Raid & Convoys. 175 Sunderland Albert Harry Bond but not at this address in 1911. hours worked.

Assistant Cook. Relief, 10 St. Bede’s Tce., Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Book Dorothy table work and cooking. Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. 36 hours weekly.

84 Grosvenor St., West Nurse. Part time. 4517 Service from 2/1916 to 11/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Booth Kathleen Hartlepool hours worked. Hartlepool. Unable to trace on 1911 census. Harwarden Crescent, Cook. Part time. 252 Service from 10/1916 to 7/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Booth Mrs Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Unable to trace at this address in 1911.

Age when engaged – 30. Service from 23/3/1917 to 12/3/1919. Pay – 40s. Underneath ‘pay’ the card says – The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. Previous engagement under Joint War Committee – Seaham Driver. The Red Cross Hall Hospital. Father James, Printer & Compositor, mother Mary Elizabeth Motor Ambulance Boswell Samuel Charles James Wynyard Park, Stockton (nee Revill), siblings Edith Beatrice, Gladys, Mabel M, Ernest Edward & Ada Department. Part time. Kate. Born 1888 Warwick. Baptized 3/6/1888 St. Paul’s, Warwick. Married 5860 hours worked. 13/11/1915 to Rosa Meier who died in 1938. They had sons Charles Stanley & James Roland. Married Beatrice Walker in 1942 Westminster. Died 1963 Barnet, Hertfordshire.

Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Possibly this man at 26 South Rd., West Hartlepool in 1911 with mother Jane Elizabeth & siblings Isabel, Mary Assistant Commandant. 4 Aldersgate Tce., Park Susanna & James Rutter Bottomley. Other siblings George & Rosa E. A Bottomley John Part time. 3100 hours Road, West Hartlepool house joiner & cabinet maker. Born Middlesborough 1882. Father James. worked. Married Lillian Margaret Boothroyd 5/8/1916 St. Paul’s, Hartlepool. Died 1936 Hartlepool. Service from 3/1/1915 to 11/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Nurse. Part time. 4500 Bouch Margaret 28 Coburg St., Gateshead Low Fell, Gateshead. Father Joseph, a Loco Engine Driver on Railway, hours worked. mother Mary and sister Mary. Born Gateshead 1887. South Road, Bishop Boughton T (Mr) Private. Driver. Service from 20/2/1917 to 1919. Not in Bishop on 1911 census. Auckland

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Member. Hospital Service from 1916 to 1919. Registered Work Room 1923 Whickham. Dressings, Bandages & Boulton Isabella Sinclair ‘Stronsay’, Whickham Government Badge ‘V.W.’ Father Thomas, Consulting Engineer, mother Swabs. Part time. 270 Janet M., siblings Robert S and Francis S. Born Newcastle 1896. hours worked. Pay at engagement 8 gns. Service from 3/4/1917 to 8/11/1917. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone. 51 Caulfield Gardens, Bousfield Agnes A Sister in charge. Full Late Army nurse. Boer War. Medals. Unable to trace on 1911 census in London time. London. Rank – G.S.M. Cooking & Service from 1/1/1917 to date. 5th Durham V.A. H. Born 1895 Houghton-le- Boutflower Audrey Sherburn House, Durham General. Full time. Spring. Died 1968 Scarborough District.

Service from 9/1915 to 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband Jennins Attwooll Bowden, Marine Engine Works Manager, Cook. Part time. 294 Bowden Catherine (Kate) 1 Belford Tce., Sunderland children Edward, William John & Catherine Elizabeth. Born c1858 North hours worked. Berwick. Marriage 1888 Hackney District – maiden name Murray. Gone away 22/3/1921. Died 1922 Walsingham, Norfolk.

Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband Joseph Coulthard Bowen, General Nursing. Part time. 120 Bowen Sarah (Mrs) Harkingdon St., Consett Labourer Urban District Council, children Hannah, Josephine & Margaret. hours worked. Born Greencroft 1876. Marriage 1899 Lanchester District. Maiden name Williams. Died 1958.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 3/10/1916 – still serving 27/5/1919. 1st Northern General, Newcastle 3/10/1916 to 11/11/1918. Ripon Military Hospital 2/12/1918. Father Joseph, a Commercial Traveller for Brewery, 104 Baring Street, South Bower Josephine Nurse mother Augusta Barbarina, siblings Joshua F., George, Tom, Frank, Gordon, Shields Winifred, Charles & Harry. Born 10/2/1891 Leeds. Baptized 29/3/1891 St. Thomas’, Leeds. Died 22/4/1980 The Nicholas Garrow Home For The Blind, Hepscott, Morpeth.

Almoia, Middleton St. Cook. Part time. 960 Service from 6/1917 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Bower Winifred George hours worked. No trace in Middleton 1911. Service from 5/1917 to date. 25th V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father 7 Ashbrooke Tce., Cook. Part time. 1008 Arthur Wawn Bowes, Bank Cashier, mother Elizabeth Mary & sister Muriel. Bowes Elsie May Sunderland hours worked. Born 1896 Sunderland. Died 7/1/1983 109 Queen Alexandra Rd., Sunderland.

65 Sunderland Street, V.A. Nurse. Part time. Service from 6/5/1918 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Bowes Mary Brandon 1852 hours worked. Castle, Durham. The Mary in Brandon is married by 1911. Nurse. Part time. 1080 Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace in Bowey Mary Maude Street, Darlington CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with othershours as long worked. as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Bowey Mary Maude Street, Darlington hours worked. Darlington 1911. Morgenz on Rustenburg, Service from 20/1/1915 to 30/4/1915. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Certificate Bowie Annie Winifred (Mrs) Sister. Worked 1 month. Transvaal, South Africa returned 21/10/1921 – no reason. Born c1881.

Rank – G.S.M. Pay - £1- Service from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26th Durham V.A. H. Benfieldside Bowman Frances West View, Medomsley 12s. Cook. Full time. House, Shotley Bridge. No trace in Medomsley 1911 census.

Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Living on retired means 1911. Born 1866 Darlington. Father John, a Tanner, mother Brynsay, Middleton St. Bowman (Sister Jessie below) Florence Ida Masseuse. Full time. Mary Emmeline, siblings Mary E., Robert Swales, Jessie Elizabeth, George Constance, Fredrick & Nora Gertrude. Died 9/2/1945 Bryn Teg, Middleton One Row.

Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. This could be James Henderson Member. Air Raid & Bowman at 196 Cuthbert St., Hebburn on 1911 census. An Electrical Fitter Coast Defence Duties. Bowman James 94 Glen Street, Hebburn in Electric Works. Father John Blacketter Bowman, Cooper in Lead Works, Part time. When mother Margaret, siblings Jane, Rosanna, Margaret & John Blacketter required. Bowman. Born 1889 Jarrow. Died 10/3/1952 99 Hedgeley Rd, Hebburn.

Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father John, a Tanner, mother Mary Emmeline, siblings Mary E., Robert Swales, Bowman Sister Florence Ida Violet Bank, Middleton St Jessie Elizabeth Masseuse. Full time. Florence Ida, Constance, Fredrick & Nora Gertrude. Born 6/12/1870 above) George Darlington. Baptized 2/3/1895 St. Cuthbert’s, Darlington. Died 1/7/1932 & buried in Darlington West Cemetery. Cook. Part time. 100 Service from 3/1918 to 5/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Bowman Mary Westburn, Sunderland hours worked. Not at this address 1911.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 12/12/1917 to 14/3/1918 or 16/3/1918 (2 cards differ). France No. X1 Stationary Hospital. Father 76 Princes St., Bishop Cook. With pay. Reserve Robert, a Railway Traffic Agent N.E. Railway, mother Phoebe, siblings Bowran Annie Raine Auckland V.A.D. Phoebe May, Robert, Katie, Muriel & Eva Josephine. In 1911 a cookery student. Born New Shildon 16/10/1888 & baptized 7/11/1888 Shildon. Died 28/11/1963 of Horton Hospital, Epsom, Surrey.

Private. Air Raid & 35 Potts Street, Service from 6/1/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace in Boxall George Convoys. Part time. 610 Sunderland Sunderland 1911. hours worked. Rank – N.S. Cooking. 69 Otto Terrace, Service from 5/11/1915 to 3/4/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Boyd Ada Part time. 1330 hours Sunderland Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1/11/1814 to 1/2/1917. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. Resigned from detachment. Father John Thomas, living on Rank – member. Nursing Boyd Emily Sarah 51 Claypath, Durham private means, mother Mary Jane, siblings William, John & Harry Guy. duties. Full time. Born 4/12/1892 Durham. Married Joseph F Bell 1929 Durham. Died 1984 Claro District. Service from 18/7/1916 to 1/7/1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – N.S. Nursing 2 Bishopton Street, Sunderland. Father Edward, a bootmaker, mother Agnes & siblings James Boyle Lily Agnes duties. Part time. 624 Sunderland Edward & Ethel Maud. A school teacher. Born 24/1/1889 Sunderland. hours worked. Died 1969 Sunderland.

Service from 3/12/1914 to 15/3/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John. Born 11/8/1883. Baptized Rank – Officer of Margaret Selina 16/9/1883 Goldsborough, near Knaresborough. Maiden name – Lady Detachment and donor Viscountess C.B.E. Dame of Margaret Selina Lascelles. Married Gustavus William Hamilton-Russell Boyne Hardwick, Sedgefield of hospital. Nursing Grace, Order of St. John of 1906 St. George, Hanover Square, London. Father Henry Ulick, mother duties. Part time. 360 Jerusalem Florence Katherine. Died 1978 Bridgnorth, Shropshire. County Alderman hours worked. for Shropshire in 1941. J.P. for Shropshire in 1942. Graduate of Leeds University in 1951 with an Honorary Doctor of Law.

Kitchen Maid. Private Service from 3/12/1914 to 28/2/1919. 7th V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. May Bradish Bertha Brancepeth Castle servant. Part time. be from 59 Palmerston St., Battersea. Born Battersea 1898. Died 3,000 worked. 27/7/1985 1, The Barton, Kington Langley, Chippenham.

Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Worked at Sacriston. Wife Margaret Private. Air raid and Ann, children Hunter, Lily, Henry Snowball Bradley, Sarah, Ethel & Robert Bradley Robert Scott 9 Elliott Street, Sacriston coast defence. Worked Scott Bradley. Coal Miner below ground. Born East Rainton 27/9/1857. when required. Baptized 18/10/1857 West Rainton father Hunter Bradley & mother Sarah. Married Margaret Ann Snowball 2/2/1890 Shadforth. Died 1938.

Service from 1/3/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Bradley W (Rev.) The Causeway, SunderlandRadiographer Sunderland. No trace in Sunderland in 1911. 235 Bensham Road, Sewing. Worked 2 hours Service from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917. Red Cross Working Party, Gateshead. Bradshaw Elsie Gateshead weekly. No trace Gateshead 1911.

Rank – member. Duties Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. Father Henry, a shoemaker, mother 10 Berwick Street, – Air Raid & Coast Catherine, siblings Bridget, Mary, Joseph, Catherine, Margaret, Elizabeth & Brady John Hebburn Defence. Part time. Patrick. An apprentice joiner in shipbuilding. Born Hebburn 1893. Died Worked when required. 1959.

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Age when engaged – 29. Service from 30/8/1915 to 11/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. St. John’s Auxiliary Nurse. Part time. 440 Braithwaite Janet Uplands, Bishop Auckland Hospital, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham until June 1917. Wicklow Lodge hours worked. Auxiliary Hospital, Melton Mowbray, 18/9/1917 to 31/12/1917. Tidworth Military Hospital 2/3/1918 to 11/1918. Not in Bishop 1911 census.

Cook. Part time. 336 Service from 6/1915 to 10/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Braithwaite May (Mrs) Oakleigh, Eaglescliffe hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911.

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 20/9/1916 to 20/4/1919. Queens Mechanic. Motor Medal for Boar War. Worked in Boulogne previously. Motor Engineer. Department. Pay on Born Middlesbrough 1882. Father Henry, mother Jane Ann. Married Hilda Braithwaite John James ‘Newlands’, Ryhope engagement – 1s per May Pattison 1911. Children Hilda Mary, Donald Francis Pattison & John hour. Pay on termination Matthew Allen. Initiated into Freemasons Palatine Lodge, Sunderland 1s 5 1/2 d. 12/4/1917. Died 20/11/1945 Ryhope, Sunderland.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Private. Air Raid & Cabinetmaker. Wife Katherine, children William Hunt, Percy, Kate & Bramley William James 32 Rose Street, Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 370 Dorothy. Born Newcastle 1873. Parents John Hunt & Isabella. Died hours worked. 29/1/1959 12 Grange Rd., Newcastle. Married Catherine Ann Thompson 1896 Sunderland. ?Died 1959. Service from 1/11/1914 to date. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Cook. Part time. 192 Durham. Born Durham 1864. Mother Susanna, brother William H Bramwell Edith Mary Pimlico, Durham hours worked. Bramwell, schoolmaster Bow School in 1891. Died 1/11/1959 5 Lansdowne Rd., Tunbridge Wells. Service from 2/6/1918 to 11/5/1919. St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital Rank – N.S. Nursing 6 Kensington Tce., Newcastle. 12th Durham V.A. H. Blackhill (Richard ‘Oakleigh’, 64 Nuns Moor duties. Part time. 430 Murray Hospital) – 1 month. Father William, a Wholesale Grocery Bramwell Gertrude Road, Newcastle hours worked. Air Raid Commercial Traveller, mother Mary J, sisters Florence Louise & Evelyn duties 36 hours worked. Maud. Born 26/2/1893 Newcastle. Married 1920 Newcastle Matthew J Dodd. Died 1970. Age when engaged – 28. Service from 8/7/1918 to date (28/5/1919). Manchester 2nd Western General (military). Housemaid in 1911. Born 195 Cleveland Road, Nurse. With pay. Branagan/Brannigan Mary Theresa 1887 Sunderland. Father James, a Cement Miller, mother Mary, siblings Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. Sarah Jane, Terence, Celena & Wilhelmina. Died 1958 Braintree, Essex District. Private. Air Raid & Service from 9/3/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Birth 1876 Branch Thomas James 30 Thelma St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 690 Staindrop. Died 1952. Widower in 1911. Labourer/Mason. Father Joseph, hours worked. mother Mary, siblings William, George & Sarah A.

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Age when engaged – 30. Service from 14/11/1917 to 30/4/1919. (Two cards – the other says 23/10/1917 to 21/5/1919). Rusehill War Hospital, Carlisle 14/11/1917 to 31/5/1918. 4th Northern General Hospital 7 Louisa Terrace, West Nurse. With pay. 14/6/1918 to 30/4/1919. Lincoln hospital is also mentioned but no dates. Brass Edith Stanley Reserve V.A.D. Father William Telford Brass, coal miner underground, Deputy, mother Agnes, siblings Thomas, Frederick, Alfred, Annie, Edmund, Christina May, Margaret, Ernest & Hannah E. Born Lanchester. Married 1932 Lanchester Joseph Parkin. Died 1968.

Visiting Surgeon when th required. Made 176 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12 Durham V.A. H. (Richard Murray), Blackhill. Born Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 3/7/1866. Father Bratton William (Dr.) Parliament St., Consett visits. 2nd card says he Hugh, mother Mary McElroy. Died 6/10/1923 Milltown, Seskanore, was Medical Officer from Tyrone. 1/10/1914 to 1/10/1916.

Service from 31/7/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 16 Dundas Street, Rank – N.S. Nursing Sunderland. Schoolmistress. Born 1880 Monkwearmouth. Father James, Brazil Nora Monkwearmouth, duties. Part time. 4717 grocer, mother Isabella & siblings James, Clare, Ernest & Edward Jules. Sunderland hours worked. Died 2/3/1950 General Hospital, Sunderland. Final address 18 Appley Tce., Roker. Private. Air Raid duty. Central Police Station, Hours when required. Service to 1919. St. John Ambulance Brigade. South Shields Police South Shields. Home Turned out on air raid Division (Durham). Police Constable. Wife Sarah & children John & Stanley. Brew John Thomas address – 9 Court duty all during the war in Born Barrow in Furness 1878. Parents James & Elizabeth. Married Sarah Buildings, West Keppel St., addition to his tours of Raybould 1901 Barrow. Died 1931 South Shields. South Shields duty as a member of the Police Force.

Red Cross working party. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Brewis Mrs Rosedale, Willington Garments made at home. Unable to trace on 1911 census.

Service from 15/10/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank N.S. Nursing Sunderland. School Teacher. Father William Henry, a Marine Engineer, 1 Mulgrave Street, Brewis Emma duties. Part time. 936 mother Anna, siblings Anne, Elizabeth Ada, Mary Ellen, William Henry, Sunderland hours worked. Mabel & Alfred George. Born 15/12/1883 Monkwearmouth. Died 1970 Sunderland.

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Service from 7/9/1915 to 1919. Awarded British War Medal & Victory Medal . Motor Engineer. Father John Clarance, Master Butcher, mother Assistant Commandant. 29 Larne Terrace, Elizabeth, siblings Mabel, James Ernest & Harold. Born Sunderland Brewis Wilfred Armstrong Part time. 724 hours Sunderland 8/9/1891. Baptized 4/10/1891 St. Peter’s, Bishopwearmouth. Married served. Constance Adelaide Carr 1919 Sunderland. Died 29/9/1936. Last address – Lyndore, Linden Grove, West Hartlepool.

Private. Driver. Part 51 Hawarden Crescent, Brewster M (Miss) time. 1500 hours Service from 7/5/1916 to 1919. Unable to trace 1911. Sunderland worked. Sutton Hall, Heston, Service from 9/1917 to 3/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Bridger E (Mrs) Sister. Full time. Hounslow, Middlesex Auckland. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Dental Surgeon. Father George Henry , Ethelbert House, Victoria Bridges Ernest Bartlett Private. Driver. mother Harriet & brother Arthur. Wife Ruth & daughter Evelyn Beth. Born Road, West Hartlepool 1877 Whitby. Married 1909 Croydon. Died 14/7/1921 West Hartlepool.

Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. No Briggs Mrs Commercial St., WillingtonGarments made at home. trace in 1911. Rank – N.M. Nursing Service from 7/8/1915 to 28/12/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Briggs Daisy Hartwell House, Stanhope duties. Part time. 550 Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked. Service from 8/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Head Housemaid. Duties Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Robert Scott, Merchant, mother Elizabeth, Moorlands, Ryhope Rd., Briggs Eleanor Scott – Supt. Housemaids. Full siblings Sarah E, Susan Beatrice, William & Leonard Scott. Born 1872 Sunderland time. Sunderland. Died 13/12/1953 Royal Infirmary, New Durham Rd., Sunderland. Age when engaged – 24. Service from 24/6/1916 to 24/1/1919. 1st 7 East Avenue, Coundon, Birmingham War Hospital. School Teacher. Father George, coal miner, Briggs Sarah Jane (Jenny) Nurse. With pay. Bishop Auckland mother Margaret & sister Lillian. Born Coundon Grange 9/11/1891. Died 1977 Sunderland.

Service from 8/1918 to 2/1919. (Discrepancy – back of card says August 1914 as start date). 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Briggs (Sister of Eleanor Scott Moorlands, Ryhope Rd., Housemaid & Secretary. Susan Beatrice Sunderland. Father Robert Scott, Merchant, mother Elizabeth, siblings Briggs above) Sunderland Full time. Sarah E, Eleanor Scott, William & Leonard Scott. Born 1873 Sunderland. Died 13/3/1960 Moorlands, Ryhope Rd., Sunderland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Assistant Works Manager at Railway Plant Works. Wife Ada. Baptized 9/9/1882 St. Paul’s, Darlington. Parents Rank – Member. Air Raid 31 Woodland Tce., George & Hannah Maria. Married Ada Hall 1907 Darlington. Ada died Brigham Percy William Station, Darlington. Darlington 1911 Darlington. Remarried to Maude Isabel Watson 1920 Darlington. Died Hours when required. 4/4/1953 Darlington Memorial Hospital. Last address – 17 Westlands Rd., Darlington. Service from 15/5/1916 to 31/10/1917. Sacriston. Bricklayer – coke ovens. Private. Air Raid & Coast Born Feering, Essex 1852. A widower in 1911. Wife Mary Jane, children Bright John Blackett Street, Sacriston Defence. Hours when Annie, Emily, John Martin, William, Alice, James Ernest, Lucy & Elizabeth required. Hannah. Died 1932.

Rank – House member. Age when engaged – 22. Service from 20/5/1918 to date (28/5/1919). Back With pay. Duties – Ward of card says service started on 17/10/1918. Etherley and 74 General 34 Surtees St., Bishop maid. Reserve V.A.D. At Military Hospital, France. 2nd card says service from 22/5/1918 to Auckland. 2nd address - 4 Brine Lily Etherley - Rank – G.S. th Woodbine Grove, South 22/9/1918 at 17 Durham V.A. Hospital, The Red House, Etherley. Father Pay at engagement - Shields Alfred Edward, Postman, mother Harriet & children Jessie, Florence, £1.13s.4d. General George, Edward, Edith & Ralph. Born South Shields 1895. Baptized Service. Full time. 3/3/1897 St. Michael’s, South Westoe.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A house & Private. Air Raid & ship painter born 1871 Sunderland, died 1941 Sunderland. Wife Mary Briton James 32 Sans St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 400 Emma & sons William, Richard & James. James joined Northumberland hours worked. Fusiliers – medal card on Ancestry. William joined 19th DLI – service record survives.

Rank – Private. Duties – Service from 1/10/1914 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Palmerston Buildings., Orderly. Part time. Also Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Wife Mary Ann & children John William & Eva Brittle Thomas Consett mobilised for coast Isabel. A Locomotive Crane Driver. Born Felling 1872. Married Mary Ann defences. Rodgerson 1894 Lanchester District. Died 1961.

Service from 7/7/1915 to 1/8/1918. A General Draper. Wife Jane Stenner Assistant Commandant. Seaholme, Westoe, South Brock & children Gladys S., Elsie May & Madge. Born 1868 Exbourne, Brock William John Part time. 1200 hours Shields Devon. Married Jane Stenner Watts 22/8/1893 Carhampton, Somerset. worked. Father Moses Brock, draper. Died 12/2/1947 South Shields.

Sewing. 4 years for Red Service from 1914 to 1918. Working Party. East Boldon & Cleadon. Brockhill Mary Elizabeth (Mrs) Struan Tce., East Boldon Cross. 100 hours for St. Husband Joseph Henry, Draper, children James Edwin. Born 1868 Mary Johns. Elizabeth Barkess Newcastle. Married 1895. Died 1925.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Husband William George, an Incorporated Accountant. Born Crewe 1872 Emma Cleveland Lodge, G.S. Member. Part time. Brocklehurst Emma Elizabeth (Mrs) Elizabeth Crook. Married 1895 Nantwich District. Died 28/11/1958 132 Darlington 1620 hours worked. Chesterfield Rd., St. Andrews, Bristol. Last address – 47 Devonshire Rd., Westbury Park, Bristol. Age when engaged - 30. Service from 19/10/1915. Still serving 28/5/1919. The Gardens, Burn Hall, Military Hospital, France. Father Malcolm, a gardener, mother Helen Brodie Isabella Nurse. With pay. Croxdale Blackie & siblings Helen & George. Born Galashiels 3/5/1885. Died 1967 St. Pancras, London District.

Service from 26/5/1915 to 10/5/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Awarded 3 stripes. This could be Adelaide Helen born in Quartermaster. Full France about 1864 who died 16/3/1945 Ealing. In 1911 she was at Ripley Broomhead Adelaide Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill time. 17296 hours House, Bexhill-on-Sea, a visitor, companion secretary. Also there was worked. William Nicholas Eden, age 11, a scholar, from Windlestone. Last address – 11 Grange Park, Ealing, Middlesex. Probate to a solicitor and Sir Timothy Eden, baronet. Burial date 20/3/1945 Ealing & Old Brentford Cemetery.

V.A. Nurse. Part time. Service from 10/3/1916 to 21/6/1917. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Brothers Ellen Quarry Hill, Brancepeth 904 hours worked. Castle. Unable to get a good match 1911.

Private Servant. Pantry Service from 1/6/1915 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Brotherston Jean Brancepeth Castle Maid. Full time. Castle. Unable to get a good match 1911.

Age when engaged -25. Service from 1/7/1916 to 30/4/1917. 2nd West General Military Hospital, Manchester. A Draper’s Assistant. Father Brown Alice 48 Harrass Bank, Birtley Nurse. With pay. Thomas William, a Colliery Joiner, mother Elizabeth, siblings Lizzie, Jane, Polly & John William. Born Birtley 1889. Died 1949. Cook. Part time. 500 Service from 19/11/1914 to 1/2/1917. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Brown Alice 5 West Lawn, Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Too many & none at West Lawn. Robert Street, Shield Row, Service from 9/1917 to 3/1919. South Moor. Too many & none at this Brown Annie Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Stanley address 1911. Service from 1/10/1914 to 1/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Private. Orderly. Part Brown (Brother of George 3 Berry Edge Road, Murray Hospital, Blackhill. A Stationary Engineman. Mother Ann, siblings Charles S time. Also for Coast below) Consett Eleanor S., Sarah, Ann E., Gerald, Elizabeth, Isabel & George. Born Consett defence. 1878. Died 1932.

Garments made at home. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. On front of card – Note: make certificate Brown E A The Surgery, Willington Red Cross working party, out to Mrs R.E.Brown. Unable to trace in Willington 1911. Willington.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age in 1918 – 29. Service from 4/11/18. Still serving 29/5/19. With pay. Brown Ellen 29 Western Hill, Durham Ward Orderly U.S.A. Hospital Tottenham St. Anne’s. Trans. Can. Hosp. Buxton 12/12/18. No trace Durham 1911. Woodlands Road, Charge of linen room. Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Not at this Brown Florence Darlington Full time. address in 1911.

Orderly. Part time. 310 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Brown (Brother of Charles S 3 Berry Edge Road, George hours. Also engaged on Murray Hospital, Blackhill. A Patternmaker. Mother Ann, siblings Eleanor above) Consett coast defences. S., Sarah, Ann E., Gerald, Elizabeth, Isabel &Charles S. Born Consett 1887.

Section Leader. Air Raid Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. A Steel Dresser. Wife Elizabeth 21 Wales Street, Brown George William Station, Darlington. Part Jane. Born Blaydon 6/3/1875. Married 1897 Darlington to Eliza Jane Darlington time when required. Yates.

Service from 10/1914 to 9/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Robert Alfred, Chartered Accountant, Brown Gladys 1 West Lawn, Sunderland Nurse. Full time. mother Ada Mary & sister Ada Winifred. Born Sunderland 17/10/1891 & baptized 18/11/1891 Bishop Wearmouth. Married John W West 1922 Sunderland. Died 1960 Southport District, Lancs.

Service from 24/10/1914 to 21/12/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Nurse. Part time. 2496 House, Low Fell. Possibly at 14 Stowell Tce., Heworth in 1911. Wife of Brown Isabella (Mrs) Stoneleigh, Heworth hours worked. William Albert, a Stone Quarry Manager. Daughter Doris Evelyn. Born Newbottle 1882. Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 27/8/1915 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Brown Kathleen Fulwell House, Sunderland Nursing. Part time. 2700 Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911. hours worked. Nurse. Part time. 907 Service from 16/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Brown Lillian 9 Albert Road, Jarrow hours. Jarrow. Not at this address in 1911.

Age 22 when engaged. Service from 5/9/1916 to 9/9/1918. 5/9/1916 to Hill Road, The Warren, 5/10/1917 – Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury. 23/11/1917 to 16/3/1918 Brown Louisa (Mrs) Nurse. Radlett, Herts. Eaglescliffe Auxiliary Hospital, Durham. 29/4/1918 to 9/9/1918 Bannow Red Cross Hospital, St. Leonards- on- Sea.

Sewing. Red Cross Service from 1/1917 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. No Brown Margaret (Mrs) Adolphus Tce., Whitburn worker. Part time. 420 trace 1911. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information C/o Mrs Nichol, Tower Trained Nurse. £4.8s.0d Served from 31/5/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Brown Margaret C Farm, Rochester, Victoria, Monthly. Full time. Street, Jarrow. Australia

Garments made at home. Brown Margaret Jane 10 Lydia Street, Willington Red Cross Working Party, Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace 1911. Willington.

3 Derwent Terrace, V.A.D. General Duties. Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Brown Martha (Mrs) Washington Station, Part time. 1176 hours Chilton Moor. Husband Henry, a Coal Miner/Hewer & children Hilda Annie Durham worked. & Walter Dixon Brown. Born Skelton, Yorks. 1872.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. Possibly Nancy Hedley Brown. Father Frank, a Chartered Nurse. Part time. 2688 Brown Nancy The Priory, Norton Accountant, mother Charlotte, siblings Ellen Ewbank, Alice Charlotte, Born hours worked. Eaglescliffe 19/4/1891. Married Esmond T Willans 1930 Stockton District. Died 1971. Private. Air Raid & Service from 10/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Wife Ethel Brown Ralph Blackbird 1 Pallion Road, Sunderland convoys. Part time. 670 Mary, children George Martin Wigham Brown & James. A General hours served. Labourer. Born Shields 1877. Died 1958 Sunderland.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. A Rank – member. Shipwright. Wife Eleanor Stobart Brown & children Robert, George Henry, Hospital orderly. Air Raid Brown Robert Storey 1 EskdaleSt., South Shields Arnold, Eleanor, Henry Swann & Hannah Arnott Brown. Born South Shields service. Part time. 300 1876. Baptized 8/8/1876 Westoe, parents George & Hannah. Married hours worked. Eleanor Stobart Arnott 1898 South Shields. Died 1940 South Shields.

Service from 6/9/1916 to 10/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Gordon Bank, Ramshaw, Private. Orderly. Part Auckland. Small landholder & unemployed coal miner. Children Mary, Brown Thomas Evenwood time. 116 hours worked. Martha H & Arthur. Born Evenwood 1856. Baptized 2/12/1856 Cockfield, parents Robert & Elizabeth. 38 Lansdowne Road, West Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Commission Agent (turf). Wife Ellen & Brown (Son William below) William Private. Driver. Hartlepool children Thomas D. H., William, Isabelle & James E. Born York c1869

38 Lansdowne Road, West Rank - Q.M. Sergt. Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Father William, mother Ellen, siblings Brown (Father William above) William (Junior) Hartlepool Duties - Driver. Thomas, Isabelle & James E. Born c1895 West Hartlepool.

Brown-Logie (?relative of Ethel 57 Shakespeare Road, Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Florence Nurse. Full time. below – may be sister-in-law) Hanwell, London W7 Can’t trace her.

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Rank at engagement – Service from 4/1915. Still serving 28/5/1919. Auxiliary Military VAD Nurse. Rank at Hospital, Southall. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. 1 service Brown-Logie (Possible sister-in- 57 Shakespeare Road, termination – Ethel Gertrude (Mrs) bar. Husband Joseph, a Presbyterian Minister. Born South Shields 1879. law of Florence above) Hanwell, London W7 Quartermaster, Married 1909 South Shields – maiden name Nicholson. Died 1969 Middlesex 30. Part time. Bournemouth District. 3776 hours worked.

Service from 15/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Nurse. Part time. 887 Street, Jarrow. School Mistress. Mother Elizabeth. Born Jarrow 1876. Browne Hessie Mary 111 Albert Road, Jarrow hours worked. Married John Peacock 1931 South Shields. Died 13/4/1942 R.V.I. Newcastle. Last address – 12 Victoria Tce., Jarrow.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 20/8/1918 to 20/3/1919. 1st Northern General Military Hospital, Newcastle. Father Thomas, coal 8 Lord St., New Silksworth, Nurse. With pay. Browne Norah Gertrude miner, mother Rose, siblings Mary E., Margaret, George, Rose, Catherine, Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. Hilda, Ada, Eva & John. Born 7/9/1898 Tunstall. Married 1922 Stockton District to Edwin Wilkinson. Died 1993. Service from 11/1914 to 7/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, The School House, Bruce Miss Housemaid. Sundays. Sunderland. This could be Isabella Bruce, an Assistant School Teacher in Sunderland 1911. Born Horncliffe, Northumberland 1880.

Rank – member. Air Raid Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. In 1911 an apprentice Ship Plater. Bruce David 11 Coquet Street, Hebburn & Coast Defence duties. Father William, Bricklayer, mother Elizabeth & siblings Ethel, Catherine, Part time when required. Henrietta, Mary, Elizabeth & Wilhemina. Born Hebburn 1892. Died 1937.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 3/5/1919 to 18/4/1919. 1st Bruce Elsie 26 Croft Terrace, Jarrow Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. Northern General, Newcastle. No trace at this address in 1911. Sister. Pay - £1.1s per Service from 10/1915 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West V.A. Hospital, West week. Duties – Sister in Hartlepool. Born 1872 Rotherham. UK & Ireland Nursing Registers – Brunt Emily Ada Hartlepool charge day or night. Full trained at Royal Hospital, Sheffield – Cert. 1901. UK Midwives Roll – time. Enrolled 21/2/1910. Private. Air Raid duties. 11 Rydall Street, West Service from 20/10/1915 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. Brunt William Part time. 50.5 hours Hartlepool Unable to trace on 1911 census. worked. Rank – N.S. Nursing Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Bryant E.A. Miss Hylton, Durham duties. Part time. 5068 Sunderland. No trace in Hylton 1911. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 3/1916 to 8/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. Father Robert Willis, Director Shipbuilder, mother Sarah The Cottage, Greatham, Nurse. Part time. 2436 Brydon Alice Olga Benson & siblings William A., Robert S., John, Eva G., Nora, Mary, Stockton hours worked. Archibald, Edward Cheetham & Esther. Born 1893 Hartlepool. Died 8/1/1956 Queen Anne House, Hartburn. Service from 2/1915 to 12/1915 and 7/1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. 2 Alfred Street East, Nurse. Part time. 1288 H. Vane House, Dawdon, Seaham Harbour. Father George William, a Coal Brydon Amy Seaham Harbour hours worked. Trimmer. Born 16/8/1896 Sunderland. Married Richard Witten 1925. Died 1983 Sunderland. Service from 6/1917 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband Charles, a Marine Consulting Engineer. Born 22/9/1876 & Cook. Part time. 250 baptized 25/10/1876 Southwick, father John, mother Elizabeth. Married Bryers Annie (Mrs) 20 Roker Park Road, Roker hours worked. 1911 Sunderland – maiden name Crown. Died 10/2/1960 at 246 Coombe Lane, Wimbledon. Last address – 10 Oakwood Rd., Wimbledon, London S.W.20. Work Party Reg. No. Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Husband Thomas, Medical Practitioner. 1813. Occasional work. Buckham Eleanor Annie (Mrs) Linden Lodge, Lanchester Born 1875 Lanchester. Married 1908 Lanchester – maiden name Walton. Lanchester Red Cross Died 22/12/1931 at 6 Osborne Rd., Newcastle. Depot.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Rank – Q/M. Hospital An agent for paints, colours etc. Born 22/10/1849 South Shields. Baptized 5 Winterbottom St., South orderly & Air Raid Buckland James Walter 22/11/1849 St. Hilda’s, South Shields. Father James Nathaniel, a Brewer, Shields Service. Part time. 2000 mother Sarah Sophia & siblings Frances Edward, Alfred Hubert, Robert hours worked. Swinburne, Maria Ellinnora & Henry Birket. Died 1932 South Shields.

Corporal. Air Raid & Service from 19/3/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Certificate 11 Kimberley St., Buckle Charles Convoys. Part time. 410 returned – gone away – 9/5/1921. Two in Sunderland 1911 & neither at Sunderland hours worked. this address.

Service from 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Jeremiah, coal salesman, mother Emily Mary. A Confectioner at home. Nurse. Part time. 530 Bulch Minnie 68 Church Street, Shildon Baptized 24/2/1890 New Connection Methodist Church, Shildon. Married hours worked. 1946 Alfred A Jeffries. Died 9/11/1963 at 2 Gladstone Villas, Ferryhill. Last address - 4 Dent St., Shildon.

Service from 1/1916 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Kitchen work & cooking. Bulmer Mrs 3 Gray Road, Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. Lots of women of that name but none at that 24 hours every 3 weeks. address in 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank - G.S.M. Linen Langholm Crescent, Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Bulmer Gertrude (Mrs) room. Part time. 360 Darlington 1911 Darlington. hours worked.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Chilton Moor. Father Charles Honeycomb Bunt, Secretary Co-operative 6 Frederick Tce., Easington Nurse. Part time. 100 Store, mother Elizabeth Jane & siblings Sarah, William, Ezekiel, Caroline, Bunt Cordelia Lane, Hetton-le-Hole hours. Ethel, Charles H., Florence & James H. Born 1884 Hetton. Married 1920 Houghton District to Thomas W Robson. Died 25/4/1952 Glenroyd, Hetton Rd., Houghton-le-Spring.

Nursing and in charge of Service from 1914 to 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. St. Veda’s, Cleveland Ave., the linen room. Part Father John Walter, Head Postmaster, mother Harriette Jane & sister Edith Burchby Florence Kathleen Mary Darlington time. 1134 hours M. Born 2/6/1886. Baptized 1/8/1886 South Acton. Died 27/12/1973 28 worked. Eastcliff Ave., Clacton.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Burchby Mary (Mrs) Fairhaven, Darlington Mender in linen room. get a good match 1911. Service from 8/11/1915 to 1919. Husband James, a loco engine driver in a 5 hours weekly. Work 17 Second St. South, colliery, children Walter, Elizabeth, Amy, Elleanor, Edward, Rowland Burdess Isabella (Mrs) Party No. 1181, Easington Colliery Oswald & William Hepplewhite. Born Thornley 1871. Married 1897 – Easington Colliery. maiden name Hepplewhite. Died 1948. Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Rank – N.S. Duties – Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Husband Joseph, engineer & daughter Burdes Annie (Mrs) 6 Ormonde St., Sunderland nursing. Part time. 50 Vera. Born 1875 Sunderland. Married 1899 – maiden name Reed. Died hours worked. 1936 Sunderland. The Poplars, 1 Front St., Burdon Edith (Mrs) Work Party. 3.5 years. Regt. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. Died 3/6/1953. Husband Robert. Cleadon, Sunderland

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 19/1/1918 to 1/7/1919. Catterick Camp. Father William, Secretary Marine Engineer Association, mother 17 Brinkburn Tce., South Clerk with pay. Reserve Alice Mary, siblings Henrietta, Alice Mary, William, Eleanor & Ernest Burdon Ethel Maud Shields V.A.D. Frederick. Born 1894 South Shields. Baptized 3/1/1895 Westoe. There is a marriage for this name in Ontario, Canada & she is on a Canada Ocean Arrivals form from 1919-1924.

Regd. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. Husband John, a butcher & son Henry. Burdon Frances Ann (Mrs) Cleadon Work Party. 3.5 years. Born Rothbury 1879. Married 1907 South Shields District. Maiden name – Orpeth. Died 4 Oakleigh Gardens, Cleadon 2/10/1960.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Regd. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. Born Whitburn 1858. Father John, Burdon Jane Ivy Cottage, Cleadon Work Party. 3.5 years. farmer & local preacher, mother Elizabeth & siblings John, Henry, Ann Elizabeth & Robert. Died 1948.

Service from 17/11/1914 to 18/8/1915. 15th Durham V.A. H. Drill Hall, Castle Eden. Service from 6/1916 to 9/1916. 20th Durham V.A. Hospital, Commandant. Full time. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband Rowland, living on private means, Burdon Mary Arundell (Mrs) The Castle, Castle Eden Nurse. Part time. 120 children Frances Mary & Lettice. Born Marylebone, London, 1866. Parents hours worked. Wyndham & Cicely. Maiden name Slade. Married 1887 St. George Hanover Square District, London. Died 20/2/1930 Durham.

Service from 10/1917 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Certificate returned 9/5/1921. There is a Muriel Ida Verena Burdon at 43 General Service. Part Ormonde St., Sunderland in 1911. Father Henry, a Marine Engineer, Burdon Muriel Old Terrace, Sunderland time. 434 hours worked. mother Caroline & siblings Elsie Irene & Norman Henry. Born 6/9/1896 Sunderland & baptized 23/9/1896 Bishop Wearmouth. Married 1925 to Frederick Job. Died 1990 Greenwich District.

Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. Born 29/4/1887 York. Father James Rank – member. Air Raid Collingham Burfield, yardman on railway, mother Emma, siblings James 9 Eastbourne Road, Burfield John Collingham Station, Darlington. Collingham & Florence. Was a cycle fitter in a motor garage in 1911. Darlington Hours when required. Married Winifred Phillips 1918 Darlington. Died 1975 Darlington. Interred Darlington West Cemetery with Winifred who died in 1987.

Quartermaster. Part Service from 23/11/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Burkett Dorothy East Boldon time. 936 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace East Boldon 1911.

Service from 6/11/1915 to 21/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – Gale Cottage, Bishop House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Henry Gale, Land Agent, mother Burkitt Ethel Nursing. Part time. 370 Auckland Maria, siblings William, Mary & Harold. Born Middlesbrough 1878. Died hours worked. 2/5/1951 Woodcliff Ave., Milton, Weston-super-Mare.

Service from 1915. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone. Wife Eleanor & children Thomas, Jane A, Frederick J, Elizabeth A, Eleanor, Georgina, Estate Carpenter. Well Cottages, Marion, Annie & Grace Annie. Born Bishop Auckland 1859. Baptized Burlinson Joseph Worked in hospital and Windlestone, Ferryhill 10/7/1859 St. Andrew’s, Bishop Auckland. Parents Thomas William & Jane odd jobs for men. Ann. Married Eleanor Younger 1878 Auckland District. Died 1932 Auckland District.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Derwent Dene, Shotley Sister. Part time. 126 Service from 7/7/1915 to 31/7/1915. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace Burnett Mary Elizabeth Bridge hours worked. Shotley in 1911. Corporal. Air Raid & Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A ship plate 32 Westburn Tce., Burnett Peter Convoys. Part time. 600 caulker. Wife Elizabeth & daughter Lilian Mary Waugh. Born Sunderland Sunderland hours worked. 1883. Married 1907. Died 1951 Cheshire. Service from 4/8/1914 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. A Crane Section Leader. Duties – 6 Bengal St., West man at Marine Engine Works (C.M. Engine Works). Wife Alice Jane. Born Burnup Thomas Henry Air Raid. Part time.107.5 Hartlepool 1872 West Hartlepool. Married Alice Jane Hodgson 1898 Hartlepool. Died hours worked. 1953 West Hartlepool. Service from 1/1918 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Henry, Fish & Game Dealer, mother Ellen Jane, siblings Linda, Lilly, Burnham (Sister of Lavinia 3 Ashbrooke Mount, Cook. Part time. 630 Harry, Wilfred Walker, Lavinia, Norman Oliver, Roger, Bennett & Cyril Irene Doris below) Sunderland hours worked. Reginald. Born 17/2/1896 Sunderland. Baptized 18/3/1896 Bishop Wearmouth. Married George A Cotton 1920 Sunderland. Died 1969 Sunderland. Service from 9/1916 to 1/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Henry, Fish & Game Dealer, mother Ellen Jane, siblings Burnham (Sister of Doris 3 Ashbrooke Mount, Cook. Part time. 210 Lavinia Linda, Lilly, Harry, Wilfred Walker, Irene Doris, Norman Oliver, Roger, above) Sunderland hours worked. Bennett & Cyril Reginald. Born 1887 Sunderland. Married Thomas H Kelsall 1919 Sunderland. Service from 10/1916 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband John Thomas Burnop Junior, a Cashier. Born 14 Park Parade, Roker, Cook. Part time. 726 Burnop Louie (Mrs), (Louise) Bradford 1884. Married 7/7/1909 St. Simon’s, Leeds – maiden name Sunderland hours worked. Whiteley. Died 4/5/1958 17 Roker Park Tce., Sunderland. John Thomas became a Shipping Company Director. Westmoreland St., Nurse. Part time. 726 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Born Burnside Annie (Mrs) Darlington hours worked. 10/1/1888. Died 1973 Darlington. Rank – Member. Air Raid 54 Westmoreland St., Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. There are 2 Luke Burnsides in Burnside Luke Station Darlington. Darlington Darlington neither at this address. Hours when required.

Sister. Part time. 2796 Service from 1/7/1915 to date. 16th V.A. H. Shotley House, Shotley Bridge. Burnskill (?Brunskill) Mary 46 Thomas Street, Blackhill hours worked. No trace 1911. Private. Air Raid & 17 Tunstall Tce., Service from 9/3/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace at Burrell John Convoys. Part time. 470 Sunderland this address in 1911. hours worked. Nurse. Part time. 431 Service from 10/2/1918 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Burrows Mercy H 191 Albert Road, Jarrow hours worked. Street, Jarrow. No trace 1911. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Rank – member. Air Raid 18 Henry Street, Burton Henry Station, Darlington. Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. No trace 1911 at this address. Darlington Hours when required.

Service from 1/1918 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. Father Joshua Hodgson, a House Furnisher, mother Carrie, 81 Hutton Avenue, West General Service. Part siblings Charles & Dorothy. Born 14/5/1894 West Hartlepool. Baptized Burton May Hartlepool time. 672 hours worked. 7/6/1894 St. Paul’s, Hartlepool. Married Arthur Oswald Elcoat 27/10/1928 Hartlepool. Residence Stranton, Durham. Died 3/12/1983 Hartlepool. Last address 81 Hutton Ave., Hartlepool.

Service from 8/6/1917 to 13/8/1917 at Seaton V.A. H. Also worked at Rank – Trained. Paid. Burton Nellie No address given ?Devon Ashlawn Rugby, Moor Park, Preston, Mill Dam, South Shields and Watford Full time. Herts. No trace 1911 census.. V.A. Nurse. Part time. Service from 19/12/1915 to 5/5/1918. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Bushell Alice Quarry Hill, Brancepeth 2896 hours worked. Castle. No trace 1911. Cook. Private Servant. Service from 1/5/1915 to 28/2/1919. 7th V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. No Butcher Anne Brancepeth Castle Part time. 5,000 hours trace 1911. worked. Service from 4/11/1914 to date. Schools Caretaker. Wife Sarah Selina & Private. Air Raid duties. children Eva, George William, Sydney, Norman, Emily, Annie & Oswald Church Square Schools, Part time. 98.5 hours Butcher George William (Sen.) Vernon. Born 1872. Baptized 11/8/1872 Bishop Auckland. Parents Job & West Hartlepool worked. Air Raid Station, Elizabeth. Married Sarah Selina Brecknell 1893 Hartlepool. Died 1952 West Hartlepool. West Hartlepool.

Rank – member. Air Raid Service from 11/10/1915 to 12/2/1919. In 1911 at 14 McIntyre St., 79 Victoria Road East, & Coast Defence Duties. Hebburn; this could be the same man. Father William, a boilermaker in Butcher John Hebburn Part time. Hours when chemical manufacturers, mother Hannah & siblings William, James, required. Fredrick & Robert. In 1911 an apprentice ship plater. Born 1893 Hebburn.

Service in the holidays only. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Certificate returned – 9/5/1921-not known. In 1911 was a Girls’ High School, Bishop Pantry Maid. Duties – Principal at the school as was her mother Eugenie & sisters Beatrix C. & Butler Gertrude Elsie Auckland (Westholme serving food. Kathleen F. Father George Edward, a Chartered Accountant. Other sister College) Irene M. Born Clapham 1884. Baptized 31/10/1884 St. John the Evangelist, Clapham.

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Cook. Duties nursing & Service form 10/1914 to 1/1919. 1st V.A. H. Whinney House, Low Fell. cooking. Part time from Mentioned in despatches. Husband Hophni, a night watchman & lodge 10/1914 to 7/1917. Full keeper at chemical works, children Charles, Mary, Alma Jane, Robert, Bye Jane Alma (Mrs) 2 Friars Goose, Felling time from 7/1917 to Joseph & Hophni Octavian, Born Gateshead 1854. Christened Jane Alma 1/1919. 3605 hours Belden 12/11/1854 St. Nicholas, Newcastle. Parents Charles & Elizabeth. worked. Married 1874 Gateshead District. Died 1939 South Shields District.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Private. Air Raid & Timekeeper at an Iron & Brass Foundry. Wife Emma Jane. Born Byers William 31 Close St., Sunderland Convoy duties. Part Sunderland 1876. Baptized 9/7/1876 Houghton. Parents William & Mary time. 510 hours worked. Swan. Married Emma Jane Stainthorpe 1902 Sunderland. Died 1966.

Private. Air Raid duties. Service from 17/5/1916 to date. A Joiner. Born Tipton, Staffordshire 12 Cornwall St., West Part time. 94 hours Bywater William Henry 28/6/1885. Baptized 8/10/1890 St. Martin’s, Tipton. Parents Amos & Ann Hartlepool worked. Air Raid Station, Maria. Died 1947 West Hartlepool. West Hartlepool

Service from 2/12/1915 to date. Mission House, New Seaham. Father Nurse. General Work. Joseph, a coal miner/Stoneman, mother Ellen & siblings Ada, Henry, Caddow Dorothy Ellen Byfrow Tce., New Seaham Part time. 2688 hours Thomas & Joseph. Born 1893 New Seaham. Married William Baxter 1920. worked. Died 17/5/1964 Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone. Last address 104 Surrenden Rd., Folkestone. Service from 3/1916 to 5/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 1874 Wiltshire. Died 10/2/1958 Whinmill Brae, 20 Murrayfield Drive, Cadell Agnes Morison Trained Sister. Full time. Coltbridge Gardens, Edinburgh. Buried Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh. Father Edinburgh George, mother Mary Amelia Morison Cadell. Enrolled on Midwives Roll 23/3/1905 Edinburgh.

Service from 1/11/1914 to 1/10/1915. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Rank – member. Duties Durham. Mrs Cady was awarded a certificate acknowledging her service Cady Bessie (Mrs) Brandon – nursing. Occasional by the Durham Voluntary Aid Organisation. This was turned into a hours. 96 hours worked. postcard a photo of which is in Michael Richardson’s book ‘Durham City New Discoveries’ page 74. Unable to trace 1911 Brandon.

Service from 5/1/1916 to 7/8/1916. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Rank – N.S. Duties – 9 Osborne St., New Ferryhill. Husband John William, a locomotive stoker N.E.R. Company & Cail Rose Heaner (Mrs) wards. Part time. 72 Shildon daughter Margaretta. Born New Shildon 1/1/1884. Married 1904 Auckland hours worked. District. Maiden name Angus. Died 1980 Sudbury, Suffolk District.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 7/10/1916 to 9/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Private. Duties – Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Mary Ethel & Caile George William Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland Orderly. Part time. 52 daughter Elizabeth H. Born Etherley 1878. Married 1905 Auckland District hours worked. Mary Ethel Armstrong. Died 16/1/1946 Ann Villa, 144 Toft Hill, Bishop Auckalnd.

Service from 3/1918 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Cook. Part time. 336 Possibly this woman – in 1911 at 280 Street Bridge, Royton, married to Cairns Lena (Mrs) (Helena) Toward Tce., Sunderland hours worked. Oliver, a cotton spinner. Born Chadderton, Lancs 1871, maiden name Stott. Buried 26/2/1934 Chadderton St. Matthew.

Service from 1915 to 1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Wife Elsie Katharine & son Douglas Yuille Caldwell. Born Medical Officer. Hours Caldwell George Yuille (Dr) Meadow House, Crook Kilmarnock, Ayrshire c1880. Married Elsie Katharine Lake 1908 Devon. when required. Married Ellinor Walton 1920 Auckland District. Died Uplands Crook 4/5/1946. North Back Lane, Newbottle. Later Age when engaged – 25. Service from 16/4/1918 to 17/5/1919. Catterick addresses – The Rank – House member. Callagan Mary Camp 16/4/1918 to 19/11/1918. Ripon Military Hospital 7/12/1918 to Sanatorium, Killingbeck, Clerk. Reserve V.A.D. 18/4/1919. Unable to trace on 1911 census. Nr. Leeds and 28 South Farm, Ryhope Village

Service from 13/4/1915 to 24/4/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – Hedleyhope Colliery, Tow House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband William, Coal Mine Surveyor Calland Alice Ethel M. (Mrs) Nursing. Part time. 70 Law underground, daughter Norah. Married 1910 Lanchester District – maiden hours worked. name Young. Born 1886 Crook. Died 1977 Ampthill, Beds.

Service from 10/6/1916 to 31/7/1918. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Willington House, V.A. Nurse. Part time. Calvert Elizabeth (Mrs) Castle. No trace 1911 in Willington unless this is the same person as Willington 1136 hours worked. below.

Garments made at home. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Husband Thomas William, a Gardener, 50 Low Willington, Calvert (Daughter Rose below) Elizabeth Ann (Mrs) Red Cross Working Party, children David William, Arthur & Rose. Born Gedney, Lincs. 1868. Maiden Willington Willington. name Taylor. Died 1940.

Garments made at home. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Father Thomas William, a Gardener, Calvert (Mother Elizabeth Ann 50 Low Willington, Rose Red Cross Working Party, mother Elizabeth Ann & siblings David & Arthur. Born 8/11/1901 above) Willington Willington. Willington. Married Isaac Prince 1923. Died 1983.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 6/1918 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Crescent House, Dinsdale. Father Duncan Alexander, Physician & Surgeon, mother Cecilia Cook. Part time. 480 Cameron Isabel Alexandrina Barrington Crescent, Isabella, siblings Henrietta Cecilia, Alexander Duncan & Kenneth hours worked. Stockton Mackenzie. Born 1899 Llantrisant, Glamorganshire. Married Donald Kerr 1930 Stockton.

Service from 1/10/1914 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Colliery Heapkeeper. Wife Mary Annie, Cameron Peter 14 Park Road, Consett Commandant. Full time. children Thomas Herbert & Robert Hornsby. Born 1870 Blackhill. Baptized 7/4/1871 Primitive Methodist, Shotley Bridge. Parents Peter & Ellen Esther. Married 1893 Mary Annie Hornsby. Died 24/2/1946.

Service of 1 year. 15th Durham V.A. H. Castle Eden. Husband Charles, a General Servant. Full Contractor’s Labourer in building trade, children Mary A., John, Charles, Cameron Sarah (Mrs) The Tillings, Castle Eden time. Elizabeth, Sarah, Thomas & Margaret. Born 1869 Spennymoor. Maiden name Hoyland. Married 1889 Sunderland.

Rank – member. Duties – Hospital dressings, Service from 1916 to 1918. Registered Work Room 1923 Whickham. Campbell Allison Fern Cottage, Whickham swabs and bandages. Unable to find in Whickham 1911. Part time. 96 hours worked. Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 12 Dundas St., Sunderland. Son Angus. Born c1863 Plockton, Ross-shire, Scotland. Wife Campbell Angus (Dr) Monkwearmouth, Medical service. Margaret Jeffrey nee Woodward married 1898 Sunderland. Died 1947 Sunderland Sunderland. Nurse. Part time. 3240 Age when engaged – 24. Service from 1915 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Tower Road, hours worked in Campbell Beatrice May Woodside, Darlington. Service from 1/1/1918 to 29/11/1918. Napsbury Darlington Darlington. Nurse in Military Hospital, St. Albans. No trace Darlington 1911. Napsbury Service from 14/3/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Rank – G.S. Duties - Campbell (Sister Gertrude Avondale, South View, Street, Jarrow. Father Samuel Kaye, a Ship Plater, mother Margaret & Ethel general Service. Part below) Jarrow sister Gertrude. Born Jarrow 1885. Married 1927 South Shields District to time. 596 hours worked. George H.D.Holgate.

Service from 15/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Avondale, South View, Nurse. Part time. 2201 Campbell (Sister Ethel above) Gertrude Street, Jarrow. Father Samuel Kaye, a Ship Plater, mother Margaret & Jarrow hours worked. sister Ethel. Born 1888 Jarrow. Died 3/8/1949 at 18 Victoria Tce., Jarrow.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information 18 Havelock Tce., Joiner. Part time. 56 Service from 6/1915 to 9/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Campbell Thomas Sunderland hours. Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911. Sewing. 2 hours weekly. 54 Westbourne Ave., Cant Mrs Red Cross Working Part, Service from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917. Not on 1911 census at this address. Gateshead Gateshead.

Quartermaster rank on engagement in Service from 2/5/1915 to 7/1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Wardmaid in Darlington. Father Ernest Lyttleton, a hotel proprietor, mother Millicent & Ffrwddgrech, Goring-on- Owen Doris Kathleen (Mrs) Red Cross Hospital, brother Norman. Maiden name Mitchelmore. Born Cardiff 1886. Married Thames Guildford. Part time. Carew Blackburn Owen 9/1/1908 All Saints, Marylebone. Died 1962 Intermittent service. 653 Weston-Super-Mare District. hours worked.

Kitchen helper. Part Service from 6/1915 to 2/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Carmichael Doris Marton in Cleveland time. 500 hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911.

Rank – member. Air Raid Carnegie Alexander 18¼ Walter Street, Jarrow & Coast Defence duties. Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. Unable to trace 1911 census. Part time when required.

Sewing. 2.5 hours per Service from 28/9/1914 to 10/8/1916. Lumley Work Party. Unable to trace Carr Elizabeth (Mrs) Herons Row, Lumley week. 1911 census. Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Carr Elizabeth (Mrs) 5 Derby Road, Stanley Service from 2/1918 to 3/1919. Unable to trace 1911 census. South Moor.

Nurse. 10 days at Morpeth. Assistant Cook Service from 2/1915 to 10/1916. 6th Northumberland V.A. H. Borough Hall, Carr Evelyn 49 South Street, Durham at V.A. Hospital, Shotley Morpeth. Unable to trace 1911 census. Bridge from 1/7/1918 to 31/12/1918 – 5 months.

Sister. Part time. 1226 Service from 1/6/1916 to date. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Carr Hattie 23 Dixon Street, Blackhill hours worked. Shotley Bridge. No trace 1911 census.

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Age when engaged – 21. Service from 7/2/1918 to 31/10/1918. 2nd Northern General Hospital. Father John Thomas, Tailor & Sub-Postmaster, mother Mary Jane & siblings Ethel, Mary, Thomas & John. Born Heathery Cleugh 9/12/1898. Married 24/12/1918 All Saints, Leeds to Willie Watson, Carr Jennie Rutherford Cowshill, Wearhead Nurse. With pay. Sergeant 6th West Yorks. Reserve. Trained in Royal Infirmary, Greenock and applied to have her preliminary examination at Glasgow on 2/6/1925. Died 2/5/1965 at Southampton – final address 71 Viewpark Drive, Burnside, Rutherglen. Other name - Berry.

Rank at engagement – 11 Eden Terrace, Service from 16/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Chilton Moor. Carr Margaret (Mrs) V.A.D. Cook. Part time. Washington No trace 1911 census. 1176 hours worked.

Rank at engagement – Service from 30/11/1915 to 15/3/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Carr Mary (Mrs) 5 Woolley Terrace, Stanley N.M. Nursing. Part time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911 census. 190 hours worked.

Service from 8/9/1916 to 20/9/1916. 15th Northumberland V.A. H. Brinkburn. 2/1915 to 10/1916 6th Northumberland V.A. Hospital, Morpeth. Rank at engagement – 1 month R.V.I. Newcastle. In 1911 at Long Framlington Vicarage with Carr Monica Mary 49 South Street, Durham V.A.D. Nurse. Part time. father Charles Blackett Carr, Clergyman, mother Christiana Alicia & siblings 96 hours worked. Evelyn Frances, Oswald, Brenda Elizabeth, Christiana Ruth & another female child born in 1901. Born Morpeth 1891. Baptized 6/2/1891 Morpeth. Died at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading 7/7/1961. Last address – Black Barn, 39 London Rd., Wokingham, Berkshire.

Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Section Leader. General Chilton Moor. Husband Robert, a Colliery Joiner, children John & Mary Ann 3 Gill Crescent, Fence Carr Susannah (Mrs) duties. Part time. 420 Harland. Born 21/8/1872 Chester-le-St. Baptized 15/9/1872 Chester-le-St. Houses hours worked. Father Thomas Harland, mother Mary Ann. Married 1902 Chester-le-St. Died 1935 Sunderland District.

Service from 1/1915 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Henry Hawkshaw, a Traffic Superintendent Carrick (Sisters Eileen & Elsie The School House, General work. Sundays. Doris for railway company, mother Ellen, siblings Henry Ernest, Elsie & Eileen. below) Sunderland Lay worker. Born Leeds 7/7/1901. Baptized 17/12/1901 St. George’s, Leeds. Died 22/6/1976 – address 3 High St., Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Somerset.

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Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Carrick (Sister of Doris above & 2 St. Bede’s Park, Housemaid. Sunday Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Henry Hawkshaw, a Traffic Superintendent Eileen Elsie below) Sunderland relief. 3 hours weekly. for railway company, mother Ellen, siblings Henry Ernest, Elsie & Doris. Born 22/1/1896 Middlesbrough. Died 1980 Swindon District.

Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Relief Housemaid. Carrick (Sister of Doris & Eileen 2 St. Bede’s Park, Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Henry Hawkshaw, a Traffic Superintendent Elsie Sundays. 3 hours above) Sunderland for railway company, mother Ellen, siblings Henry Ernest, Doris & Eileen. weekly. Born 9/9/1894 Middlesbrough. Died 1985 Newbury, Berkshire.

Service from 1/3/1917 to date. Mulgrave Castle Auxiliary Military Hospital, Staff Nurse. £30 p.a. Full Whitby. Previous engagement – V.A. D, Middlesex XIV, St. John’s Relief time. At Harrow – Nurse Hospital, The Butts, Harrow on the Hill for six months. UK & Ireland Carrington Caroline Mary Chipstead House, Birtley Full time from 8/1916 to Nursing Registers – registered 21/9/1923 London. Cert. 1909-1911 Harrow 1/1917 at £28 p.a. Cottage Hospital. Address at that time – Lulworth, Fairlight Rd., Hythe, Kent. Conniscliffe Road, Quartermaster. Full Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Carruthers Edith Mary (Mrs) Darlington time. find at this address in 1911. Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Rank – member. Builder, Shop Fitter & Undertaker. Born 1870 Shotton. Wife Clara Jane, 44 Winchester Street, Hospital orderly and Air Carruthers James children William Arthur, Clara, Cecil Robert, Sydney James & Harold South Shields Raids services. Part time. Lawrence. Married Clara Jane Wood 1896 South Shields. Died 31/3/1955 300 hours worked. 102 St. Mary’s Ave., South Shields. Service from 1/1918 to 11/1918. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Rank – Red Cross Carruthers (Sister Mary & 14 Adolphus Terrace, Father James, Stationery Engine Driver at Whitburn Colliery, mother Mary Margaret Worker. Sewing. 320 mother Mary Jane below) Whitburn Jane & siblings Anna, Mary & William Gibson. Born Whitburn 1894. Died hours worked part time. 12/1918 South Shields District.

Service from 1/1918 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Father Carruthers (Sister Margaret Red Cross worker. James, Stationery Engine Driver at Whitburn Colliery, mother Mary Jane & 14 Adolphus Terrace, above & mother Mary Jane Mary Sewing. Part time. 320 siblings Anna, Margaret & William Gibson. Born 25/4/1892 Gateshead. Whitburn below) hours worked. Baptized 15/5/1892 Venerable Bede, Gateshead. Married George Cunningham 1927 South Shields. Died 1976 Sunderland District.

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Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Died Rank - Red Cross worker. 1951 Sunderland District. Husband James, Stationery Engine Driver at Carruthers (Daughters 14 Adolphus Terrace, Mary Jane Sewing. Part time. 1650 Whitburn Colliery, children Anna, Margaret, Mary & William Gibson. Born Margaret & Mary above) Whitburn hours worked. 1862 Lowick, Northumberland. Baptized Morpeth 13/4/1862 father Barnabas, mother Jane. Married 1888. Maiden name Gibson. Died 1951.

Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916 at 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard nursing. Part time. 912 th Carruthers Olive Adelaide 27 Green Street, Consett hours worked. Nursing Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Service from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26 th Durham V.A. Hospital, Benfieldside House, Shotley Bridge. Birth part time at 12 Durham 14/7/1896. Died 31/3/1974 Consett. 368 hours worked.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 24/11/1916 to 15/4/1919. Queen Mary’s Hospital, Whalley. Father Henry, mother Jane, siblings Elizabeth 13 Whitehouse Lane, Carse Jane Nurse. Alice, Thomas Atkinson, Henry, Walter Charles, Albert Edward, Emily, Elsie Ushaw Moor Annie, Robert & James. A Domestic in 1911. Born 27/5/1892 Durham. Married Joseph Smith 9/1919. Died 1983 Leicester District.

Age when engaged – 38. Service from 17/4/1918. Still serving 11/6/1919. 73rd General Hospital France. General Service Hospital for V.A.D. members, Nottingham Place. 1911 Lady’s Maid for Mary Wood Buckle, wife of Arthur Ernest Buckle, Army Major, at 2 Hanover Tce., Whitby. Born 1878 Barnard 42 Horse Market, Barnard Carter Alice Eleanor Waitress. Castle. Baptized 3/5/1878 Parochial Chapelry, Barnard Castle. Father Castle George, Ale & Porter Dealer & Surveyor, mother Mabel & siblings John E., Henry Harding, Ada Orchard, George Fred, Amy Ann, Mabel Emmaline, Margaret Ethel & twins Florence May & Eva Gertrude. Died 14/9/1958 3 Wood St., Barnard Castle.

Service from 11/7/1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Service terminated due to ill health. Certificated Teacher. Father Ralph Carter (Sisters Hilda & May 5 Murton Street, Nursing. Part time. 1962 John Frederick, Clerk of Works, mother Margaret, siblings Isabella Dora below) Sunderland hours worked. Wealand, Maggie F., Mary Annie, Elizabeth, Ralph J.F., May, Hannah, Hilda, William & Thomas Walker. Born 1878 Sunderland. Died 21/6/1950 Sunderland. Last address – Snaisgill, 45 Barnes View, Sunderland.

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Service from 10/1914 to 12/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 6 Park Place West, Nurse (afternoons). 27 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Husband William, Chief Constable. Born 1852 Carter Grace Ann (Mrs) Sunderland hours weekly. Sunderland. Married 1892 Sunderland – maiden name Stevenson. Died 7/12/1926 at Mowbray House Nursing Home Sunderland.

Service from 11/7/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – N.S. Nursing Sunderland. Certificated Teacher. Father Ralph John Frederick, Clerk of Carter (Sisters Dora above & 5 Murton Street, Hilda duties. Part time. 2690 Works, mother Margaret, siblings Isabella Wealand, Maggie F., Mary May below) Sunderland hours worked. Annie, Elizabeth, Ralph J.F., May, Hannah, Dora, William & Thomas Walker. Born 1886 Sunderland. Married Abraham Clarke 1918 Sunderland.

Rank – N.S. Duties – on Service from 13/10/1917 to 2/11/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Carter Margaret (Mrs) Howlish View, Coundon wards. Part time. 1080 Hall, Ferryhill. No trace 1911. hours worked.

Hon. Treasurer. 5 hours The Rowans, Easington Service from 8/11/1915 to 1919. Could be this woman – father Andrew & Carter Mary Isabella weekly. Work Party No. Colliery brother Andrew. Born Seaham 1877. 1181 Easington Colliery.

26 Sanderson Road, Rank – G.S. Pay £6. 10s. Service from 5/11/1916 to 1/2/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Carter Maud Jesmond 4½d. Full time Secretary. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911.

Service from 11/7/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – G.S. Nursing Sunderland. Father Ralph John Frederick, Clerk of Works, mother Carter (Sisters Dora & Hilda 5 Murton Street, May duties. Part time. 2714 Margaret, siblings Isabella Wealand, Maggie F., Mary Annie, Elizabeth, above) Sunderland hours worked. Ralph J.F., Hilda, Hannah, Dora, William & Thomas Walker. Certificated Teacher. Born 1882 Sunderland. ?Died Leeds 1963.

Service from 8/1914 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Lady Supt. Stores. Part Hartlepool. Father James Carver, Consulting Marine Engineer & Surveyor, 19 South Road, West Clarke Dora Minnie Carver time. 3,375 hours mother Minnie, siblings James Carver, Peter Watkin, Albert B. & Lily. Born Hartlepool worked. 24/2/1883 Hartlepool. Baptized 9/7/1886 St. Oswald’s, Hebburn. Died 4/12/1926 Hartlepool.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Rank – N.S. Nursing 5 Ewesley Road, Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Born c1857 Durham. Father John Castle Annie (Mrs) duties. Part time. 50 Sunderland Gillespie Thompson. Married ?Garbutt. Married John Philpott Castle at hours worked. Turnham Green 1/6/1898. Died 8/9/1929 92 Ewesley Rd., Sunderland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Duties – repairing linen. 40 Viceroy St., Seaham Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Cattermole Charlotte (Mrs) Part time. 4 hours Harbour Harbour. Unable to find on 1911 census in Seaham. fortnightly.

Service from 7/7/1915 to 4/12/1915. 27th Durham V.A. H. Benfieldside House, Shotley Bridge. Castle Hospital, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire. Register of Nurses for 1946 – at 23 King’s Rd., Harrogate, admitted to the list Rank – Sister. Pay - £4. 24/3/1944, Cert. 1912 at the General Infirmary, Leeds. On UK Cattle Eleanor Little Ouseburn, Yorkshire 4s monthly. Trained Physiotherapy & Masseuse Registers 1895 to 1980. Baptized 6/4/1878 nurse. Full time. Hovingham. Parents Timothy and Hannah. Died 18/8/1954 at Duchy House Clinic Harrogate. Last address – Kingsway Nursing Home, 23 King Rd., Harrogate.

Service from 10/1918 to 4/1919. Age when engaged – 16. Balkan Convoy. Newcastle Road, Cross Father Austin, Colliery Plate Layer, mother Margaret, siblings Mary M., Caulfield Thomas Alfred Rank – chauffeur. Gate Moor, Durham Austin, Monica, Ellen, Joseph & Mildred Clara. Born 1902 Crossgate Moor. Married 1932 Durham to Bessie Bell. Died 1963.

Service from 23/6/1917 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Caulfield (?relative of 99 Hudson Street, Tyne Nurse. Part time. 860 K.A. Shields. Unable to say who this was. There was no-one at that address Margaret below) Dock hours worked. with these initials in 1911.

Service from 23/6/1917 to 31/3/1919. Head Teacher. Father John, a Night 99 Hudson Street, Tyne Part time. 860 hours Watchman at a chemical manufacturers, mother Mary, siblings John, Caulfield (?relative above) Margaret Dock worked. Thomas, Mary, Anne, Julia Ellen, Catherine & Patrick. Born West Boldon 1875. Died 22/11/1921 451 Stanhope Rd., South Shields.

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 15/5/1918 to present (11/6/1919). 33 Richmond Street, Cavanagh Nora Cook. Bovington Camp Military Hospital, Dorset. Born c1884. There are 2 on the Gateshead 1911 census neither in Gateshead.

Nurse at Newcastle. Rank – Member. Hospital Service from 23/10/1916 to 24/4/1919. 1st Northern General Hospital, Dressings, bandages & Newcastle. Government Badge ‘V.W.’ Living with grandparents John, a Cawthorne Margaret Windy Hill, Swalwell swabs. Part time. 96 Coal Miner/Shifter at Marley Hill Colliery, & grandmother Margaret. Born hours worked. 1892 Windy Hill. Registered Work Room 1923 Whickham.

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Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. This may be Elizabeth Rose Challoner wife of Assistant Cook. Part William Henry Challoner, retired Lt. Col. & J.P. Married him 1910 Challoner Rose (Mrs) Warden Law, Ryhope time. 26 hours per week. Sunderland District. Previous marriage to Chisnall Hamerton at Houghton 1891– daughter Dorothy. Born 1868 Houghton-le-Spring – maiden name Gregson. Died 20/5/1947 East Herrington.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Gowanlea, Chester Road, Commandant. Duties – Sunderland. Previous engagements – S.J.W.S.B. Wife Jeanie, children Chalmers James (Dr) Sunderland M.O. Mary S & James N.M. Born Cummertrees, Dumfries c1869. Died 1929 Sunderland. Service from 9/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 1 Claremont Tce., Gray Road, Sunderland. This seems to be the daughter of Dr. James above. Chalmers Mary Samson Housework. Sundays. Sunderland Born in Sunderland in 1902 she would have been 15 when she started at the hospital. Age when engaged – 36. Service from 1/12/1916 to 19/7/1917. 2nd Clerk and pantry work. Mary J. (Mrs) Husband 13 Glen Terrace, Chester- London General Hospital, Chelsea. Tyne Garrison Dental Centre, Chambers Full time. With General George le-St Newcastle. Resigned 6/12/1918 owing to health. Received Silver Service pay. Discharge Badge. No trace in Chester-le-St. 1911.

Service from 24/2/1915 to 16/5/1917. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. Father Charles, a Bioscope Operator, mother Esther & sister Esther Isabella. Born 20/5/1898 West Hartlepool. Joined Royal Navy 15/5/1917. Private. Part time. 54½ 15/5/1917 to 27/8/1917 Victory 1. 28/8/1917 to 31/7/1918 Attentive 2. 98 Scarboro’ St., West Chaplin Charles Vivian Harold hours worked. Air Raid 1/8/1918 to 30/9/1918 Glory 1. 1/10/1918 to 8/5/1919 Monitor. 9/5/1919 Hartlepool duties. to 22/7/1919 Victory 1. Ordinary Seaman. A Shunter for London & North Eastern Railway at King’s Cross Station as at 31/10/1939 – £2.15s pay. Married Olive May Uttley 31/7/1922 Hartlepool. Died 6/1978 North Cleveland District.

Service from 1/8/1917 to 15/8/1917. 17th Northumberland V.A. H. Callaly Chapman (Sister Marion Castle, Whittingham. Assistant School Teacher. Father Joseph Alex, Annie Durham Rd., Lanchester Nurse. Full time. below) Manager Coal Mine, mother Elizabeth, sisters Elsie & Marion. Born 1889 Lanchester. Baptized 2/1/1890 Wesleyan Methodist Shotley Bridge.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Air Raid Station, Darlington. Rank – member. Duties Platelayer, N.E.R. Born Darlington. Baptized 4/7/1883 St. Paul’s, 70 Brunton Street, Chapman Fred – Air Raid Station when Darlington. Parents John Hartley & Jane Ann. Married Isabel Cheetham Darlington required. 1910 Darlington. Died 3/2/1964 Darlington. Last address – 72 Easson Rd., Darlington.

Rank – N.S. Nursing Service from 5/4/1915 to 6/12/1916. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 78 Cleveland Road, Chapman Gladys duties. Part time. 1862 Sunderland. Father Thomas W., mother Hannah Jane & siblings George, Sunderland hours worked. John, Herbert, Edward & Percy. Born 18/2/1891 Sunderland.

Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Oakwood House, 13 Kitchen helper. 28 hours Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Henry, Provision Merchant, mother Jennie, Chapman Gladys Oakwood Street, alternate weeks. siblings Vera & John Pattison. Born Sunderland 1896. ?married Alfred B.P. Sunderland Bell 1928 Sunderland & died 1959 Sunderland.

Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Father Thomas, Rate Collector, mother Mary, siblings Chapman (Sister Mary M Nurse. Part time. 2496 Josephine Blanche Fairholme, Heworth John Robson, Margaret Hannah, Jane A., Mary M., Joseph W. & Amy. below) hours worked. Elementary School Teacher. Born Heworth 1878. Died 8/9/1922 at Moorlands Private Hospital, Enfield Rd., Gosforth.

Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Lanchester Red Cross Depot (Durham 86). Work Party No. 1813. 4 Father Joseph Alex, Manager Coal Mine, mother Elizabeth, sisters Elsie & Chapman (Sister Annie above) Marian Durham Road, Lanchester hours weekly. Annie. Born Lanchester 1896. Baptized 30/4/1896 Wesleyan Methodist, Shotley Bridge. Died 1958. Age when engaged – 26. Service from 3/1/1917 to 10/8/1918. Born 1890 South Shields. Father Henry, Chartered Accountant, mother Dora, siblings Seacroft, Westoe, South Ethel, Henry, Robert, Hilda, George, Alan Edward, Dora E., Lawrence, Chapman Marion Dorothy Nurse. V.A.D. With pay. Shields. Frederick & Charles. 17th General Hospital, Egypt. Died 10/8/1918 age 27. Cemetery Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. Grave reference 76. Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Chapman (Sister Josephine Nurse. Part time. 2496 House, Gateshead. Father Thomas, Rate Collector, mother Mary, siblings Mary M Fairholme, Heworth Blanche above) hours worked. John Robson, Margaret Hannah, Jane A., Josephine Blanche, Joseph W. & Amy. Born 1876 Heworth.

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Service from 10/11/1915 to 20/12/1918. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle, Durham. Dressmaker at home. Father John William, Coal Miner, mother Annie Isabella, siblings Robert W. & Watson. Born 17/6/1890 Hunwick, baptized 14/7/1890 Bishop Auckland. Married 12/2/1919 in Rough Lea Terrace, V.A. Nurse. Part time. Chapman Norma Primitive Methodist Church, Hunwick to George William Mowat, Warrant Hunwick, Willington 5192 hours worked. Officer Class 2. They had Elva Marjorie born 1921 & Verna June born 1924. George died in Papua, New Guinea 30/12/1942. Norma died 23/9/1966 Geelong West, Victoria, Australia. Detailed info. Australian details from Ancestry Mowat Family tree.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Foreman Joiner with Buildings & Joinery Works. Wife Mary Ellen & children Thomas Private. Duties – Air 53 Nora Street, Russell, Mary Ellen, Margaret Florence & Bertha. Born Toronto, Durham Chapman Thomas Leithead Raid, Convoys. Part time. Sunderland 1870. Married Mary Ellen Walton 1897 Weardale. Died 4/11/1939 at 570 hours worked. Municipal Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 49 Devonshire St., Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 18/10/1915 to the present With pay. No rank given (12/6/1919). Croydon Military then transferred to France 28/8/1917 – 4 Railway Tce., Victoria but V.A.D card and that Military. School Teacher. Father Thomas, Railway Engine Driver, mother Chapman Victoria Annie Garesfield, Rowlands Gill department for Elizabeth, siblings Andrew Moir, Thomas William, Margaret Elizabeth & references. Mary Helen. Born 1881 Victoria Garesfield. Died 11/9/1948 Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Last address – 13 Orchard Rd., Rowlands Gill.

Rank – N.S. Nursing. Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Charlesworth Elsie (Mrs) Salem Street, Sunderland Part time. 5284 hours Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. worked.

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 13/12/1917 to 16/7/1918. Military Hospital, Ripon. Father John, farmer’s son, mother Elizabeth Adelaide, Charlton Bertha 9 Kayll Road, Sunderland Cook. With pay. siblings Christopher, Thomas, Betsy, Anne, Mary L., Gertrude Blanche & Sarah. Born 10/1/1895 Sunderland. Died 1991 Sheffield District.

Rank – member. Hospital Dressings, Service from 1916 to 1919. Registered Work Room 1923, Whickham. Charlton Cecilia (Mrs) Sunniside, Swalwell bandages & swabs. Part Government Badge ‘V.W.’ awarded. Not in Swalwell 1911 census. time. 213 hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Trained sister. Pay - £1 Service from 1/1916 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Charlton Ellen (Mrs) ?Kilmous, Eaglescliffe per week for 1 year. Full Eaglescliffe. Honours awarded – mention. Not in Eaglescliffe 1911. time. Charlton (may be the same Mrs Eaglescliffe Sister in Charge. Service from 1915 to 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. lady as above) 43 Marsden Road, Westoe, Age when engaged – 21. Service from 12/12/1917 to 31/1/1919. Catterick Charlton Florence Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. South Shields Camp, Yorkshire. Not in South Shields 1911. The Snows, Green Road, Sister. Part time. 1869 Service from 1/7/1915 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace 1911. Charlton Maisie Shotley Bridge hours worked. Also searched under ‘May’. Age when engaged – 22. Service from 29/4/1918. Deal R.N. Hospital. 6 Derwent Gardens, Low Clerk with pay. Reserve 29/4/1918. Trans. France Military Hospital 16/5/1919. Father George, Charlton Ruth Fell, Gateshead V.A.D. School Attendance Officer, mother Grace, siblings Dora & Lucy. Born 1895 Newcastle. Died 1952.

Orderly. Also for coastal Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Chass John Steel St., Consett defence. Part time. 212 Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Consett 1911. hours worked.

Service from 3/11/1914 to 1919. No location given but V.A.D. 75 on card. Not at that address but could be this man – a Clerk & Warehouseman for sailmakers. Father Robert, shoemaker, mother Jane Margaret, siblings 42 Crowtree Road, Orderly. Part time. 1712 Chaytor Robert Robert, Annie, Margaret, Miriam, William & Arthur. Born 9/12/1890 Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Baptized 7/1/1891 Bishop Wearmouth. Married Mirigaram Franciosi 7/10/1914 St. Mary’s, Sunderland. Died 1951 Sunderland. Died 21/2/1951 34 Stockton Rd., Sunderland.

Service from 18/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Private. Air Raid & 60 Lawrence St., Blacksmith’s Striker. Father William Harburn, a Tailor, mother Rebecca, Cheeseborough Tom Convoys duties. Part Sunderland siblings Frances Mary, Joseph William, John Graham, Jennie, Lizzie & Elena time. 450 hours worked. Annie. Born Sunderland 1889. Died 1965 Rotherham.

Kitchen helper. 24 hours Service from 5/1915 to 10/1915. 3rd Durham V.A.D. H. Hammerton House, Cherry Muriel Ryhope Hall alternate weeks. 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Ryhope 1911. Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Swinburne Road, Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Cheshire Edith (Mrs) Cook. Part time. 1044 Eaglescliffe No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. hours worked. Service from 8/1916 to 1/1917. Salonika is on the back of the card as is Chilton Sarah Elizabeth ‘Field House’, Blaydon Rank – N.S. Scot.Wom.Hosp. No trace Blaydon 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband Walter, Colliery Labourer, children Nursing. Part time. 56 Alice Mary, Mary Jane, Frederick, Elizabeth Annie & James W. Born Chinnery Elizabeth (Mrs) (Eliza) Church View, Lanchester hours worked. Durleigh, Essex. Born 1854 Maldon District. Maiden name – Stripling. Married Walter 18/10/1873 Lanchester – father William Stripling. Died 1924 Lanchester. Service for 3½ years. Regt. Work Party Cleadon. Mother Margaret, Chisholm Edith Mary Cleadon siblings William Turnbull, Thomas & William. Born 1878 Sunderland. Died 1953 Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 16/5/1917 to 16/6/1918. 5th Northern General Hospital. North Evington War Hospital. Father Hugh Chisholm Margaret Ann 16 Sowerby St., Sacriston Nurse. With pay. Scott, a Coal Miner below ground, mother Sarah Hannah, siblings Esther, Elizabeth & Eleanor. Born 1892 Witton Gilbert.

Arthur St., Ampthill, Trained Nurse. £4.4s.0d Service from 1/3/1916 to 31/5/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Chittleburgh Lorna (Mrs) Bedford monthly. Full time. Street, Jarrow. No trace at all.

Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Chilton Moor. Rank -V.A.D. General Possibly this lady – husband Joseph, Deputy in a coal mine, children Eliza, Chivers Sarah (Mrs) Eden Terrace, Washington duties. Part time. 252 Richardson, Mary, John Edward & Elsie. Born Quarrington Hill 1876. hours worked. Married Joseph 2/9/1893 Newbottle. Maiden name Roxby, father John. Died 1965.

Age when engaged – 36. Service from 3/11/1917 – still serving 12/6/1919. No. 3 General Hospital, France. Husband Ernest James, Manager of Monk Hesleden, Castle Cook. With pay. Reserve Brewer’s wine & spirit department in wine & spirit trade, children Chiverton Daisy Matilda (Mrs) Eden V.A.D. Frederick James & Ernest Leonard. Born Sandown, Isle of Wight 1879. Married 1899 Hartlepool District. Maiden name Hubbert. Died 18/12/1934 11 Ranelagh Rd., Paddington.

18 George Street, Tanfield Christopher Lily (Mrs) Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Service 9/1917 to 3/1919. South Moor. Not in Tanfield 1911 census. Lea

Service from 1914 to 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Thomas, C of E Clergyman, mother Alice Mary, siblings Ruth The Vicarage, Cleasby, Nurse. Part time. 1012 Churchyard Ida Beatrice Elizabeth Eleanor, Harold, Thomas, Charles Bertram & Francis Edward. Born Darlington hours worked. Grantham 1887. Died 10/1/1945 The Vicarage, Sunk Island, Yorkshire. Cemetery – Holy Trinity Churchyard, Sunk Island, East Riding.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 18/3/1915 to 15/1/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Three Lane Ends, Escomb, House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Domestic Gardener & Groom. Wife Clark (Son John below) Amos Transport of Orderlies. Bishop Auckland Mary Hannah, children Albert Edward & John. Born Maunby Yorkshire 1870. ? Died 1946 Camberwell. Service from 9/1916 to 6/1917. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. No Clark Annie Oxhill, Stanley Sewing. 2 hours weekly. trace 1911 census.

Service from 18/2/1918 to 3/7/1918. Honours awarded – Certificate B.R.X. Volunteer. Estimated Husband James Henry Havelock J.P., a marine engine building 346 hours worked. manufacturer, daughter Evelyn Mary. Born Poplar, London. Baptized Clark Evelyn Isabel (Mrs) Redhill, Whitburn Home worker. C.W. 13/1/1869 St. Matthias, Poplar, father John William Marsh, mother Rooms. Garments made Clementine Isabel. Married 1890 Mutford, Suffolk District. Died 49, miscellaneous 30. 21/6/1930. Cemetery St. Margaret’s Churchyard, Lowestoft.

C/o Dr. Whitby/Whilley or Age when engaged – 34. Service from 26/5/1917 to 26/6/1917. 1st Clark Edith Margaret Whitley, Hesleden, Castle Assistant Cook. Southern General, Birmingham. No trace 1911 Castle Eden area. Eden

Rank - Member. Cooking 11 Dunottar Ave, Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Clark Elizabeth duties. Part time. 1552 Eaglescliffe No trace Eaglescliffe 1911 census. hours worked.

11 Chester Crescent, Orderly. Part time. 2817 Service from 3/11/1914 to 1919. Only reference to location is Durham Clark F.G. (Mrs) Sunderland hours worked. V.A.D. 75. No trace 1911.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915 as full time Nurse & Cook for 3 Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915 and 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th months and 200 hours Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Chilton Moor. Husband John George, Coal 36 Britannia Terrace, part time. Service Clark Hannah (Mrs) Miner/Hewer, children Robert Davey & Sidney Lewis. Born Newbottle. Fence Houses 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916 Married John George 1902 Houghton-le-Spring District. Maiden name as Section Leader. Davey. Born c1880 Newbottle. Died 1922 Houghton District. Inspector of Stores. Part time. 1722 hours worked.

Service from 29/3/1915 to 6/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Private. Orderly. Part Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Amos, Domestic Gardener/Groom, Clark (Father Amos above) John Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland time. 76 hours worked. mother Mary Hannah, brother Albert Edward. Colliery Company Clerk. Born c1894 Newby Wiske.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Cook. Cooking & Sewing. Service from 28/2/1917 to 16/6/1918. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Clark M Elizabeth (Mrs) 43 York St., Jarrow Part time. 300 hours Jarrow. No trace Jarrow 1911. worked.

Service from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917. Red Cross Working Party, Gateshead. Elementary School Teacher. Father William, Railway Carriage Examiner N.E.R. Railway Co., mother Margaret, siblings Elizabeth, William Parker & Clark Ursula 15 Lincoln St., Gateshead Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Thomas John. Plus step sister Annie Isabella Parker. Born 1877 East Ridley, Northumberland. Baptized 18/2/1877 Bywell St. Peter, Northumberland. Died 22/4/1944 13 Harewood Rd., North Gosforth.

Merton, Chase Ridings, Dispenser. Part time. Service from 1915 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No Clarke Jessie Enfield, Middlesex 1248 hours worked. trace 1911. Service from 9/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Stephen Hardcastle Clarke, Solicitor, Clarke (Mother Paula & father mother Paula, siblings Margaret Patricia Hardcastle, Charles Nicholas Swift, Lucy Theodosia Merioneth 7 Woodside, Sunderland Housework. Sundays. Stephen below) Ralph Christopher Gooding & Venetia Dolores Love. Born 1903 Sunderland. Died 24/2/1993 Maywood, Huntercombe Lane, South Taplow, Berks.

Service from 10/1914 to 12/1915. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Husband Stephen Hardcastle Clarke, Solicitor, Housemaid/nurse. 24 Clarke (Daughter Lucy above & children Lucy Theodosia Merioneth, Margaret Patricia Hardcastle, Charles Paula (Mrs) 7 Woodside, Sunderland hours weekly every 3 0r husband Stephen below) Nicholas Swift, Ralph Christopher Gooding & Venetia Dolores Love. Born 4 weeks. 1879 Plymouth. Married 1902 Tavistock, Devon – maiden name Freeman. Died 21/5/1959 Coombe Bury, 65 Banstead Rd., Ewell, Surrey.

Service from 10/1914 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Solicitor. Wife Paula, children Lucy Theodosia Merioneth, Margaret Patricia Hardcastle, Charles Nicholas Swift, Ralph Christopher Gooding & Venetia Dolores Love. Born 19/5/1865 Barr, Staffs. Rank – Carpenter. Duties Baptized 11/6/1865 Aldridge, Stafford – father Frederick Fuhrmann Clarke, Clarke (Wife Paula & daughter – all odd carpentering Stephen Hardcastle 7 Woodside, Sunderland gent, mother Lucy Annette. Matric. Trinity College, Oxford 11/10/1884 age Lucy above) works. In his leisure 19 from Westminster School. B.A. 1888, M.A. 1891. Honours – 3 classical hours. mods 86, 4 classics 88. Married Paula Freeman 1902 Tavistock, Devon. Died 26/8/1928 at 7 Woodside, Sunderland. Solicitor in Lichfield St., Walsall in 1902. At 25 John St., Sunderland (firm Trewhitt, Clarke & Robson) in 1914

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Service from 20/10/1915 to 5/9/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red 24 Frances Street, Mount Nursing. Part time. 850 Clarkson Elizabeth Jane House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Dressmaker. Father Cherry, Miner, Pleasant, Stanley, Crook hours worked. siblings William & John. Born 1887 Crook. Died 1945.

Cook. Took charge of Claremont Villa, East cooking and kitchen Service from 2/1915 to 9/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Clarkson Mary Boldon evening duty. Part time. Gray Road, Sunderland. Not on 1911 census at this address. 28 hours weekly.

Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Father Edwin, in 1911 Grease Claremont Villa, East Section Leader. Part Manufacturer & Tar Macadam & Asphalt, mother Margaret, siblings Clarkson Roland Boldon time. 120 hours worked. Georgina F., Catherine J., Edwin J., Margaret R., Phillip, George & Isabella. A Surveyor with Jarrow District Council. Born 3/9/1884 East Boldon.

Service from 26/4/1915 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 29 Chester Terrace, Nursing. Part time. 2496 Sunderland. Clerk in a flour mill. Father Charles, mother Jane, siblings Clayton (Sister Ethel below) Amelia Sunderland hours worked. Jane, Isabella, Robert, Jessie, Elizabeth Ann, Mary & Ethel. Born 1893 Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 26/4/1915 to 4/1/1919. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland from 26/4/1915. 3rd Southern General 29 Chester Terrace, Clayton (Sister Amelia above) Ethel Nurse. Oxford 1/6/1916. Transferred to Egypt 30/11/1917 to 4/1/1919. School Sunderland Teacher. Father Charles, mother Jane, siblings Jane, Isabella, Robert, Jessie, Elizabeth Ann, Mary & Amelia. Born 27/4/1892 Sunderland. Died 1972 Worth Valley, Yorkshire.

Rank – Member. Duties – Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. Mention in Clayton Hannah Homefield, Eaglescliffe Nursing. 3569 hours Roll of Hon. Services. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. worked. Part time.

Sister. Part time. 2004 Service from 1/6/1916 to date. Shotley Bridge V.A. H. Born 1870. Died Clear Ada Annie (Mrs) 35 West View, Medomsely hours worked. 1941.

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Age when engaged – 21. Service from 1/7/1915 to 1/8/1916 at 19th 3 Richmond Terrace, Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill then until 26/5/1919 at Q. Coronation, Bishop Rank N.S. and Duties – Mary’s Military Hospital, Whalley. Father John Joseph, Coal Miner/Hewer, Auckland. An earlier card Pantry at Windlestone. mother Jane Ann & siblings Jane, John, Elizabeth Ann Denton & Joseph. Cleasby Esther has her address as: Nurse. With pay at Born Shildon 8/12/1897. Baptized 26/12/1897 Shildon. Married Thomas C Edward St., Bishop Whalley. Bennett 1930 Auckland District. Died 22/2/1984 95 Durham Rd., Bishop Auckland. Auckland. The Red Cross card says she was 21 when engaged but I cannot find another one to fit.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 15/8/1918. Still serving 13/6/1919. Haston R.N. 15/8/1918 to 9/1918. Southwark Military 18/10/1918. Father 6 VictoriaStreet, Bishop Assistant Cook. With Cleminson Doris Mary Michael, mother Mary, siblings Percy, Charlie, & Frank. Born Bishop Auckland pay. Reserve V.A.D. Auckland 31/3/1897. Baptised 27/12/1897 Bishop Auckland. Died 1972 Bournemouth District.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 1st Durham V.A. H.Whinney House, Gateshead. Also service from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917 sewing 2 hours weekly. Red Rank – Member. Duties Cross Working Party, Gateshead. Teac her. Living at this address with 21 Regent Terrace, Clemitson Florence Mabel – Nursing. Part time. grandfather Richard Norman, aunt Elizabeth Ann Norman & brother Gateshead 2500 hours worked. Richard Norman Clemitson. Father William Oliver, mother Mary I. Born 1889 Gateshead. Married James A.R. Mann 1920 Gateshead. Died 14/2/1963 35 Kingswood Rd., London S.W.19.

Service from 7/1916 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Chemist & Druggist in Kelly’s 1902. Wife Priscilla, children Florence Lilian, William Gladstone & Robert. Born 1870 Crook. Baptized Chemist, 7 Market Place, Clemitson Joseph William Dispenser. 18/9/1870 Primitive Methodist Chapel, Crook. Parents Robert & Ann. Crook Married Priscilla Crawford 1894 Bridlington. Died 26/10/1939 Ailsa House, Dawson St., Crook. Son William WW1 service – 5th & 6th D.L.I. 205188 Pte., Discharged Z Class. War Medal & Victory Medal. Service Record survives.

Rank – Member. Duties 8 St. Hilda’s Terrace, South – Hospital Orderly & Air Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Clews Thomas Shields Raid Services. Part time. Not in South Shields in 1911. 300 hours worked.

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Age when engaged – 19. Service from 14/10/1918 to 19/3/1919. Military Laburnam Terrace, East Ward Maid and Reserve Clinton Rebecca Etherington Hospital, North Staffs. Infirmary 14/10/1918 to 2/1919. 28/2/1919 to Boldon V.A.D. 19/3/1919 Military Hospital, Stannington. Born 1900 Boldon.

Garments made at home. Coates Miss 52 High Street, Willington Red Cross Working Party, Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Not known 4/8/1921. Willington.

Service from 7/2/1918 to 21/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth V.A. Nurse. Nursing Castle. Father Nicholas Henry, Draper, mother Elizabeth, sister May. Born Clyde House, Bishop duties. Part time. 2632 Coates Alice Mary 14/10/1888, baptized 18/12/1888 Bishop Auckland. Married 1919 Bishop Auckland hours worked. Special Auckland Francis E.M. Ferens. Died 5/1/1958 40 Cleveland Ave., Probationer. Darlington.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 21/9/1918 to 11/4/1919. There are two cards for this lady. The second says she served from 17/10/1918 to 31/3/1919 as a nurse with pay at 2nd Western General (Military). Nursing in 4 Benson Street, Chester- France. Born 1891 Chester-le-St. Father William Henry, Colliery Coke Coates Florence Emily Reserve V.A. D. le-St. Drawer above ground, mother Laura, siblings Laura Amelia, Maud Eveline, William, George Ellis, James Percival, Laura Leslie & Benjamin Mollett. In 1911 was an unemployed domestic servant. Born 23/9/1891 Witton Gilbert. Married 1920 Chester-le-St. to William W Harris. Died 1972.

Rank – member. Duties Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. 11 Lorne Terrace, Stockton- Coates (Sister Mabel below) Frances Elizabeth – Cook. Part time. 1540 Father Walton, Draper/Dealer, mother Emily, sister Mabel. Born Stockton on-Tees hours worked. 1889. ?Married ‘Stone’ 1919 Axbridge, Somerset.

Service from 3/4/1917 to 30/11/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 19 Roker Park Road, Sunderland. Husband Wilfred, Bookseller, children Isabel Margery, Coates Isabella (Mrs) Matron. Full time. Sunderland Winifred Elsie & Wilfred Brian. Born Tanfield 1863. Married 11/7/1891 Newcastle. Father Thomas Armstrong.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 16/11/1916 to 23/5/1919. M.H. 63 Commercial St., V.A.D. 2nd card says – Clipstone Camp 18/11/1916. Trans. M.H. Colchester 8/3/1917. Left Willington. Two cards and Rank S.S.P. Pay £20. Coates Ida 31/8/1917. Holborn M.H. Mitcham 28/10/1917. Left 23/5/1919. Father two addresses – 2nd card Nursing member full William, Coke Drawer, mother Esther, siblings Margaret E., Sarah J., Mabel, Shildhill Hall, Pelton Fell. time. William, Edith & Emily. Born Willington 1892.

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Rank – Member. Duties Service from 6/1915 to 9/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Coates (Sister Frances 11 Lorne Terrace, Stockton- Mabel – Cook. Part time. 1366 Eaglescliffe. Father Walton, Draper/Dealer, mother Emily, sister Frances Elizabeth above) on-Tees hours worked. Elizabeth. Born Stockton 1891. Died 15/8/1957 at 72 Yarm Rd., Stockton.

Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Paradise Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 890 William, Plumber, Glazier & Gasfitter, mother Elizabeth Ann, sister Alice. Coates Martha Darlington hours worked. Martha worked for her father as a Clerk. Born 1885 Darlington. Baptized 8/11/1885 Holy Trinity, Darlington.

Coates (Possibly this is the C/o Mrs Spurrier, Nursing. Part time. 360 Service from 1010/1915 to 24/7/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red same person as below - see M (Miss) Heighington Hall, hours worked. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. note on 1911 census below) Darlington

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 4/3/1917 or 14/3/1917 (both dates on card) to 2/5/1919. 2nd card says service from 16/11/1916 to 19/5/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone and 2nd Western General, Manchester. Coates Maude Evelyn 74 Simpson Street, ShildonNurse on wards. In 1911 was a servant for Horatio Spurrier, Vicar of Shildon & Hony. Canon of Durham and wife Eleanor Maria Spurrier. Father William, a Railway Coal Depot man, mother Mary Jane, siblings Frances U., Clara B. & Arthur F.W. Born 9/2/1891 Shildon. Baptized 3/3/1891 Shildon.

Service from 19/4/1915 to 3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Mary Hannah, Private. Orderly. Part Coatman John New Hunwick children Hannah Jane, John William, Sarah Elizabeth, Mary & George time. 52 hours served. Henry. Born Coxhoe 1854. Married Mary Hannah Pletts 1873 Auckland District. Died 1/6/1933 5 Helmington Tce., Hunwick.

Service from 6/1917 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. 4 Beresford Park, Cook. Part time. 504 Father George, Secretary Steamship Insurance Associates, mother Kate, Coatsworth Kate Sunderland hours worked. siblings George Stanley & Henry C. Born 1877 Sunderland. Died 29/9/1951 Gray Cottage, Ryhope Rd., Sunderland.

Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney 23 Park Mansions, Cochrane Beatrice Nurse. Full time. House, Gateshead. Certificate returned – gone away – 9/5/1921. Unable Knightsbridge to trace 1911 at this address.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 2/1916 to 5/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband William James, Land Agent & Surveyor. Born Eliza 15 Thornhill Terrace, Nursing. Part time. 400 Cochrane Eliza Maria (Ella) (Mrs) Maria Chastney 1878 Lynn, Norfolk. Married 1905 King’s Lynn. Died Sunderland hours. 22/5/1962 at Clarksons Hospital, Wisbech. Last address - 12 Exton s Place, King’s Lynn. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 19/4/1918 to 1/5/1919. 2nd card th 3 New Comer St., Dean says service from 1/12/1917 to 27/8/1919. 14 General France. Father Cockburn Ethel Clerk. Reserve V.A.D. Bank, Ferryhill Mark, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Elizabeth Jane, siblings Alfred, William, Mark, Lily, Edith, Beatrice & Elizabeth. Born 1893 Mount Pleasant, Durham. Nurse with pay. Another Service from 13/12/1917 to 17/7/1919. 13/12/1917 to 2/8/1918 59 144 Pauls Road, Jarrow Cockburn Henrietta card says Cook and General Hospital, France. 18/11/1918 to 17/7/1919 4th Northern Military ?142 Reserve V.A.D. Hospital, Lincoln. No trace in Jarrow 1911.

Service from 6/1915 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Harbour. Commercial Clerk, Colliery. Wife Mary Hindmarch & son William 4 Bath Terrace, Seaham Assistant Secretary when Cockburn William Braithwaite Russell. Born 1881 Sunderland. Baptism 2/6/1881 Houghton, parents Harbour required. William & Florence Newton. Married 1908 Mary Hindmarch Thompson. Died 29/8/1929 1 North Rd., Seaham Harbour.

Age when engaged – 33. Service from 26/10/1915 to present. Military Hospital, Egypt 26/10/1915. Trans. to Kinmel Park Military, Rhyl V.A.D.Nurse. Queen Station House, Middleton 28/8/1916. Trans. to Military Hospital Whalley 3/8/1917. Father Rayson, Cockton Amy Florence Alexandra’s Imperial St. George, Darlington Station Master, mother Kate, siblings Katie Selina. Born 20/7/1882 Military Nursing Service. Haltwhistle. Baptized 26/7/1882 Lambley, Northumberland. Received 1914 -1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal.

6 Ravenswoth Terrace, Service from 4/4/1916 to 29/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Codling Jennie Nurse. Half time. Low Fell Gateshead. Difficult to trace 1911.

10 Fleet St., Cockton Hill, Age when engaged – 34. Service from 23/4/1917 to 24/5/1917. Second Coe Mary Ethel (Mrs) Nurse. Bishop Auckland card says 15/6/1917. 5th Northern General, Leicester. No trace 1911. Rank – N. S. Duties – Princes St., Bishop Service from 11/11/1916 to 30/1/1917. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Coe Mary (Mrs) Wards. Part time. 1080 Auckland Hall, Ferryhill. No trace Bishop 1911. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 3/1915 to 8/1918 at Felixstowe, Stonehouse Gloucester, Sister. In charge of Hoole Bank Chester, Whitchurch Salop and Seaham Hall Seaham Durham. 29 Ilsley Road, Erdington, Colburn Ann Ellen wards. Pay - £64 p.a. Service from 27/7/1918 to 2/10/1918 at the V.A. H. Whytegates, Stratford Birmingham Full time. on Avon. Mentioned for services August 12th 1918. No trace Birmingham 1911. Nurse. Part time. 336 Service from 6/1916 to 9/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H, Ashburne, Cole Edith M 13 Argyle Sq., Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. Service from 17/5/1916. Steel Dresser at foundry. Wife Florrie, son Member. Air Raid Donald. Born 1885 Darlington. Baptized 16/8/1885 St. Paul’s, Darlington. Coley Robert Alfred 5 Wales Street, Darlington Station, Darlington when Father Alfred Joseph, mother Ann Jane. Married Florrie Cundall required. 26/12/1908 St. Matthias, Burley, Yorks. Deceased 26/6/1918. Certificate sent to next of kin.

Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Beamish, West Pelton. Rank - V.A.D. Duties - Chilton Moor. Husband Thomas Davison, Coal Miner/Hewer, children Colledge (Daughter Margaret Dorothy (Mrs) Address 1911 – 18 Chapel Cook. Part time. 189 Margaret, Christina Dorothy, Thompson, George, Mary Elizabeth, Isabella, below) Row, New Lambton hours worked. Thomas & Jane Ann. Born New Lambton 1869. Married c1888 maiden name Gowland. Died 1929 Chester-le-St. District.

Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Beamish, West Pelton. Rank – V.A.D. Duties – Colledge (Mother Dorothy Chilton Moor. Father Thomas Davison, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Margaret Address 1911 – 18 Chapel General. Part time. above) Dorothy, siblings Christina Dorothy, Thompson, George, Mary Elizabeth, Row, New Lambton 1008 hours worked. Isabella, Thomas & Jane Ann. Born 1888 New Lambton. Died 1949.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 10/8/1916 to 7/8/1918. 1st South 22 High Street, Eldon Lane, General Military Hospital, Birmingham. Honours – 1 Scarlet Stripe Collin Hannah Nurse. With pay. Bishop Auckland 29/9/1917. Father William, Coal Miner, mother Rachel, siblings Eliza, Elizabeth, Louisa, May & Mary Jane. Born 1893 Byers Green.

Duties – Nursing. Part Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Colling Alice (Mrs) Derwent St., Blackhill time. 416 hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Not in Blackhill 1911. 30 Hedley Terrace, New Rank – N. Member. With Age when engaged – 18. Service from 5/12/1918. Still serving 16/6/1919. Collins Lillian Kyo, Annfield Plain pay. M.H. Catterick Camp. Not at this address in 1911.

Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. 1 Rosslyn Terrace, Part time. 360 hours Husband Henry Augustus, Medical Practitioner. Born 1879 Newcastle Collinson Eveline Mary (Mrs) Stockton worked. District. Baptized 11/2/1879 Morpeth – parents George William & Emily Mary. Married 1905 Tynemouth District – maiden name Thew.

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Age when engaged – 21. Service from 13/5/1918 to 3/6/1919. St. John’s 13 High Street, Hamsteels, Ambulance Brigade. W. Hospital, Bath. Military Hospital, Dewsbury. Collinson Florence Nurse. Quebec, Durham Father George William, Colliery Blacksmith, mother Hannah, brother George. Born 1897 Esh. Died 1943 Wakefield District.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 15/5/1916 to 7/5/1918. Sacriston. Not in Sacriston on 1911 Collinson William Front Street, Sacriston Coastal Defence when census. required. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Red Cross Working Party Widow by 1911. Husband Thomas, Labourer, children Elizabeth, John, 48 Low Willington, Collishaw Isabella (Mrs) – making garments at William & Fred. Born 1868 Willington. Baptized 13/12/1868 Brancepeth. Willington home. Parents Thomas & Christerina. Married 1890 – maiden name Laws. Died 1941. Rank – G.S. Duties – C/o Miss Stobart, Service from 2/8/1917 to 3/5/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Colls L Pantry. Part time. 430 Romaldkirk, Darlington Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Certificate sent 7/1921 – gone away. hours worked. Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Nursing. Part time. 104 Cornforth May 24 Park Road, Consett Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Father Harry, Newsagent & Stationer, mother hours worked. Lizzie, siblings Charlie. Born Consett 1894. Red Cross Working Party Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Compton Margaret (Mrs) 52 Low Willington making garments at Husband Charles, Coachman. Born 1876 Brandon. Married 1909 Auckland home. District – maiden name Adamson. Service from 20/5/1916 to 12/12/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Herbert Frederick, living on own The Poplars, Pucklechurch, means, mother Maria Augusta, siblings Charles Herbert & John William Coney Blanche Augusta Nursing. Full time. Near Bristol George. Born 1/8/1888 Bath. Baptized 15/9/1888 St. Thomas a Becket, Pucklechurch, Glos. Died 1972 Blyth, Suffolk. Buried Southwold Municipal Cemetery, Suffolk.

Service from 17/2/1915. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Born Rank - Comdt. Air Raids 1890 Sunderland. Parents Charles, Mariner, mother Isabella, siblings Cook Charles 1 Crossby Tce., Sunderland & Convoys. Part time. Thomas, Charles, Elizabeth Ann, John, Isabella Annison & William Foster. 1510 hours served. Married Susannah Moore Sunderland 1924. Died 20/9/1935.

Service from 24/10/1914 to 11/11/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Father Thomas, Waterman (Barge), mother Elizabeth 10 Croxdale Terrace, Rank – Cook. Part time. Cook (Sister Charlotte below) Dorothy Ann Ann, siblings Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Charlotte, Edward F., Robert C. & Annie. Pelaw 2200 hours worked. Born 1868 Heworth. Baptized 17/1/1869 Heworth. Died 26/9/1942 Glen Mhor, Heworth.

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Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Cook (Sister Dorothy Ann 10 Croxdale Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 2496 House, Gateshead. Elementary School Teacher. Father Thomas, Waterman Charlotte (Lottie) above) Pelaw hours worked. (Barge), mother Elizabeth Ann, siblings Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Dorothy Ann, Edward F., Robert C. & Annie. Born 1878 Heworth. Died 1951 Hull.

Service from 21/5/1917 to 16/7/1918. 2nd N.G. Leeds. Father John Watson, Mining Engineer, mother Margaret Ann, siblings Mary Elizabeth, Binchester Hall, Bishop Cook Mary Elizabeth Nursing. George, Annie Edith, Thomas Charles, Arthur, Susanna Florence, John Auckland Watson & Frederick Albert Victor. Born East Hedley Hope 1878. Baptized 8/12/1878 Wesleyan Methodist chapel, Tow Law.

Rank – Red Cross Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Worker. Sewing. Part Husband Alexander Ridley, Fireman & Boiler Minder at a colliery. Born Cook Sarah (Mrs) Frederick St., Whitburn time. 1650 hours West Rainton 1868. Married 17/11/1887 West Rainton. Maiden name worked. Minns. Died 24/11/1926 11 Adolphus St., Whitburn.

Service from 2/1915 to 12/1915 and 7/1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. 4 Edith Street, Dawdon, Nurse. Part time. 1550 H. Vane House, Seaham Harbour. The only one in Dawdon 1911 was born Cook Sarah (Mrs) Seaham hours worked. in 1837 - ? too old. The other one was born in 1856 in Sunderland but was in Dawdon in 1891.

Service from 2/3/1916 to 25/1/1919. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Cooke L (Mrs) Fulwell Road, Sunderland Clerk. Full time. Sunderland. Certificate sent 7/1921 – returned 4/10/1921 – unknown.

Service from 13/8/1914 to 1/6/1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Father Robert Samuel Brown, Master Grocer, mother Elizabeth, siblings Gertrude Margaret, Ernest Robert & Roland Stanley. Born 1891 South Shields. Baptized 18/10/1891 St. Thomas, Westoe. Married 1917 South Ave., Harton, South Nurse. Part time. 2824 Cooper Ada South Shields to Frederick William Koster. Died 9 Marden Ave., Cullercoats Shields, Durham hours worked. 17/9/1948 – husband an Admiralty Marine Officer. Medal card on Ancestry for her husband in WW1, Sec. Lieut., R.E. in 1917, born 10/6/1883 died 5/1/1973 same address as his wife. A lot of info about him on Ancestry including U.K Mechanical Engineer Records.

13 Richmond Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 522 Service from 8/1917 to 11/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Cooper Florence Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. No trace at this address 1911. 4 Stoddarts Buildings, Duties - G.S.M. Reserve Service from 30/9/1918 to 6/1919. Stannington. No trace at this address Cooper Florence Chester-le-Street V.A.D. 1911.

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Duties – kitchen work & Service from 3/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Cooper H Dorothy 5 Woodside, Sunderland cooking. Part time. 24 Gray Road, Sunderland. Not on 1911 census for Sunderland. hours every other week.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Hospital orderly & air Ship’s Blacksmith at Readheads Shipyard. Wife Mary & son Foster. Born 14 Westoe Parade, South Cooper James raid services. Part time. 6/7/1878 South Shields. Baptized 30/6/1880 St. Hilda’s, South Shields. Shields 300 hours worked. Father James, mother Jane Elizabeth. Married Mary Heron Foster 1905 South Shields.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 16/12/1916 to 14/4/1918. Sacriston. Father Thomas, Colliery Cooper Joseph 42 Durham St, Sacriston Defence. Part time when Labourer on bank, mother Hannah, silbings John James, Annie & Jennie. required. Born 25/4/1899 Sacriston. Baptized 21/5/1899 Sacriston.

Rank – G.S. Duties – Killerby Hall, Cayton, Service from 5/11/1916 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Cooper Norah storeroom & pantry. Full Scarborough House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not on 1911 census in Cayton. time.

Age when engaged – 32. Character – excellent. Service from 1/11/1914 to 12/10/1918 with 6 months away from work in 1915. Another card says she served from 1/4/1914. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. Left to go to Brigade Hospital, Trouville. War Service Badge. Father Vincent Rank – V.A.D. Full time. King Cooper, Clergyman, mother Alice Elizabeth, siblings Vincent Morse, Cooper Theodora 16 South Bailey, Durham Nursing. Quentin Miles, Carilef Miles & George Milne. Born 6/12/1885 Durham. Married John A Story Woodbridge, Suffolk. Died 9/10/1980 Gwynedd. Last address – Glan Dwr Glyn Garth, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd. Medal cards for Carilef & George, Pension Record for Quentin & Naval Record for Vincent in Ancestry.

Service from 6/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Wife Borough Road, Annie, children Thomas Edgar & Hilda Fowler. Born 5/8/1877 Sunderland. Cooper Thomas William Sunderland. Home address Hairdresser. Baptized 2/9/1877 St. Hilda’s, South Shields. Parents Thomas & Katharine – 2 Percy Tce., Sunderland Alice. ?married Annie Elliott 1900 Guisborough District. Died 11/1/1946. Son Thomas Edgar was a Flight Lt. in R.A.F.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 24/9/1916 to 28/2/1919. Coote Elizabeth Conway (Mrs) 7 Osborne Terrace, Shildon Nurse. With pay. 24/9/1916 M.H. Malta. 10/11/1917 to 28/2/1919 at M.H. Aldershot. Not in Shildon 1911.

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Service from 5/1918 to 27/1/1919. Castleton House V.A.D. H. Castleton, Rochdale. This may be Mary Isabella & the man below may be her husband Cook. Part time. 144 Corbett Isabella (Mrs) 5 Graham St., Sacriston John William but they are not at either of these addresses in 1911. John hours per month. William died at 4 Crossways, Sacriston 1/6/1960 and his widow was Mary Isabella. Mary died 19/10/1961 at Dryburn.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Corbett John W Gregson St., Sacriston Defence. When Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. See above notes. required.

Rank - Sister. Duties – 62 Bewick Road, Service from 25/12/1914 to 6/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Corbitt Gertrude Assistant Quartermaster. Gateshead Gateshead. Honours awarded – A.R.R.C. Not at this address in 1911. Full time.

Service from 6/1915 to 12/5/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, 1 Ashbrook Tce., Treasurer. When Sunderland. Wholesale grocer with his father Francis in 1901. Mother Corder James Watson Sunderland required. Edith, siblings Alice May, Edith F., Jessie & Ruth. Born Sunderland 1867. Died 1953 Bridgwater, Somerset. Service from 4/9/1917. Still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Quartermaster. Part 30 Rosslyn Terrace, Sunderland. Father Thomas, Quarry Agent, mother Margaret, siblings John Cordner Phoebe Anne time. 2670 hours Sunderland Joseph, James, Thomas & George W. Born Penshaw 1865. Died 1953 worked. Leicester.

Service from 22/10/1914 to 11/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Father Joseph Titus, Domestic Plumber, mother Mary, siblings 7 Regent Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 5012 Corking Ethel Mackay Robert E., James William, Bella, Joseph Titus & Thomas Laidler. Born Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead 25/2/1885. Baptized 6/4/1885 Holy Trinity, Gateshead. Died 7/9/1958 21 Saltwell View, Gateshead.

Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Father Charles, mother Private. Air Raid & Coast Isabella, siblings William W., Mary A., Blanche, Dorothy E. & Florence M. Cornell Harry 22 Victoria St., Sacriston Defence. When Born 1898 Tow Law. Married 1919 Lanchester District to Evelyn Dover. required. Harry & Evelyn are on the 1930 U.S. Federal Census.

Age when engaged – 24. Another card says service from 1/1916 at 24th Nurse. Part time at Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. Service from 26/9/1916 Hatfield House, Hartburn Corner Ella (Eleanor) Dinsdale – 684 hours (another card says 24/9/1916) to 15/3/1919. Military Hospital, Malta. Lane, Stockton worked. Father James William, Cashier, mother Mary H., siblings Effie & Percy. Born Hornby, Yorks., 1893. Died 1935 Yorks.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Trained Sister. Full time. Victoria Road, West Service from 8/1914 to 1/1915. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Corner Jenny Voluntary Help for 6 Hartlepool Hartlepool. Unable to trace in Hartlepool 1911 census. months. Nursing. Part time. 104 Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Cornforth May Part Road, Consett hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace 1911 Consett. Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 18/9/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Born 1883. Married Alice Corrigan Dennis John Street, Sacriston Defence. When G. Jordan 1914 Chester-le-St. District. Died 1942. required. Service from 19/1/1915 to 21/7/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine 41 Randolph Street, Nurse. Part time. 783 Corrighan Elizabeth Street, Jarrow. School Teacher. Mother Grace, brother Henry. Born c1885 Jarrow hours worked. Jarrow. Died 1936 South Shields.

Service from 9/8/1914 to 19/10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Wife Christina. Born Blackburn 1864. Baptized 12/10/1864 St. Rank – M.O. Duties – Peter’s, Blackburn. Father William Giles, mother Lucy. Married 23/8/1898 Cort John Giles Denison (Dr) Daisy Cottage, Whitburn Medical Duties. Part St. Peter’s, Blackburn to Christina Aspden. Died 1946 Battle, Sussex. time. 120 hours worked. L.R.C.P. London 1887, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1887 (Char. Cross) – 1890 9 Princes St., Blackburn. Med. Off. & Pub. Vacc. No. 2 Div., Blackburn Union – 25 King St., Blackburn. Daisy Cottage, 1910.

Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 15/7/1915 to 18/10/1916 at 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard nursing. Part time. 712 Murray Hospital, Blackhill. 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26th Durham V.A. H. 7 West Row, Leadgate hours worked. Full time Benfieldside House, Shotley Bridge. Father William, Coal Hewer, mother Costello Catherine/Kate th (may be West Street) nursing duties at 12 Margaret Bradley, siblings Mary, William, John, Dan, James, Thomas, Durham V.A. Hospital, Margaret, Charles, Augustine, Anne (died), Joe and Anne. Factory worker. Blackhill. Baptized 28/2/1892 Pontop. Died 1951.

Service from 6/1915. Still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Rank – member. Cook. Eaglescliffe. Born Salford, Lancs 1874. Mother Jane Walker King. Married Cotes Emma Ash Brae, Eaglescliffe Part time. 2797 hours 1887 Hartlepool to Emma’s stepfather William John Dobson, half brothers worked. & sisters Thomas M., William Anthony, Isabel Mary & John Paxton.

Rank - Nurse. Duties – Service from 10/1914 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, nursing and kitchen 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Born Helen Osborne 1884 Barnsley. Married Cothay (Same person as Rowlandson Terrace, Helen (Mrs) helper. 4 months part Frank Hernaman Cothay 1916 Sunderland. Died 17/8/1949 156 below) Sunderland time. 6 hours once Chatsworth Court, Pembroke Rd., Kensington, London. Frank , born 1884 weekly. Sunderland, enrolled in Navy 8/1/1915 Act. Eng. Lieut. Com.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Kitchen help and Cothay (Same person as Service from 5/1915 to 12/1915. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Helen 5 Vale Brook, Sunderland cooking. 24 hours every above) Gray Road, Sunderland. 2 weeks. Service from 5/1917. Still serving. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Ashbrooke Terrace, Cook. Part time. 1008 Sunderland. Father Edward Albert, Bank Manager, mother Clara Lavinia, Cotton Amy Lavinia Sunderland hours worked. siblings Joseph Preston & George Arnold. Born Sunderland 1891. Died 1940 Sunderland.

Service from 8/1914 to 4/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. Husband Samuel Twentyman, Stock Broker, son Samuel Nurse and commandant Geoffrey. Born 1870 West Hartlepool – maiden name Casebourne. Aldersyde, West for 1 year 8 months full Coulson Ada Lucy (Mrs) Baptized 13/4/1870 Christ Church, West Hartlepool – parents Charles Hartlepool time. 2079 hours Townshand & Eliza Jane. Married 1902 Hartlepool. Died 17/2/1941 West worked as a volunteer. Hartlepool. Samuel died 27/1/1961 & son Samuel G. died 11/9/1960 – all in plot in West Cemetery, Darlington.

Service from 10/1914 to 11/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Thomas A.B., a Barman, mother Jane Hill House, Cook. Duties – cooking & Annie, children Thomas L., James Rea, Jane Ross, Alexander M., Teresa A., Coulson Agnes Annie Monkwearmouth, kitchen work. 24 hours William Norman, Joseph Leighton & George Aloysius. Factory Hand at a Sunderland every 3 weeks. jam factory.Born 6/12/1886 Sunderland. Married Walter McDonald 1918 Sunderland. Died 1974 Sunderland.

Rank – A/N. Duties – Service from 1/11/1914. Still serving. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Coulson Gertrude M Shamrock House, Durham nursing. Full time. Durham. War Service Badge. Not in Durham on 1911 census.

Rank – A/N. Duties – Service from 1/11/1914. Still serving. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Coulson Nancy Shamrock House, Durham nursing. Full time. Durham. War Service Badge. Not in Durham on 1911 census.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 1/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Private. Orderly. Part Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Coal Miner/Hewer, wife Sarah Isabella Coulter Joseph William Watling Street, Leadgate time. 56 hours worked. Middlemiss & daughter Elspeth May. Born Leadgate c1885. Married 1909 Lanchester District. Wife’s maiden name Iley. Died 1965.

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Pearson Hall, 186 Beverley Rank on engagement - Character – very good. Service from 6/9/1916 to 12/3/1919. (Another card St., Toronto, Canada. V.A.D. Rank on says 14/3/1919). 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Previously Other address on card – termination – V.A.D. spent one year in kitchen at Woodside. Also time in Egypt in the Invalid Coulthard Jean Thomson Edgecombe Widford Lodge, Invalid Diet Cook (J.C.). Kitchens. British War Medal & Victory Medal. Born 1888 Barnstaple. Chelmsford, Essex. Other Pay at termination – 10s Kindergarten Mistress of Mother’s Private School. Mother Emma E, address – May Cottage, per week. Principal of Private School. Croifal, North Devon.

108 Brodrick Street, South Ward Orderly. With pay. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 20/4/1918. Still serving 17/6/1919. Cousins Emma (Mrs) Shields Reserve V.A.D. France (Military). Not in South Shields 1911.

Service from 17/5/1918 to 1919. Father Robert, Ship Repairer, mother Grosvenor Road, South Cowan Malcolm Colquhoun Private. Driver. Elizabeth, sister Dorothy. Born 1899 South Shields. Baptized 7/7/1899 Shields South Shields. Died 23/3/1950 44 Oakfield Rd., Gosforth.

Kitchen work and 17 Salem Hill (s), Service from 11/1916 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Cowell Mrs cooking. 24 hours every Sunderland (Could be 77) Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. 3 weeks.

Rank – G.S. General Vane House, Dawdon, Service from 9/1915 to 12/1915. 13th Durham V.A. H. Vane House, Seaham Cowell Gertrude (Mrs) Service Member. Part Seaham Harbour Harbour. No trace this address 1911. time. 336 hours worked.

Character – satisfactory. Service from 3/12/1914 (elsewhere on card date is 14/11/1914) to 6/5/1915. Another card for service 31/7/1915 to 20/11/1915 with No. 7 Red Cross Hospital, Etaples. Previous engagement Vane House, Seaham Cowell Marie Edith Sister. – No. 1 Ambulance Train B.E.F. 1915 Star. Father Richard, Financial Agent, Harbour mother Margaret R., siblings William R., Richard E., Elizabeth M. & Clarence A. Born 1885 Sunderland. Married Arthur Haslam 1917 Stockton. Died 7/6/1963 The Close, Burcot, Clifton Hampden, Oxon.

Rank at engagement – Member. Nurse and Service from 6/1915. Still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. Roll of Cowell Mary (Mrs) ?Munston, Eaglescliffe Cook. Part time. 2850 Hon. Service. No trace 1911 census Eaglescliffe. hours worked. Service from 7/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 36 Wandsworth Road, Sister. Pay £5-9s-8d. Full Cowell May 1888 Monkton, Durham. UK & Ireland Nursing Registers – Registered Heaton, Newcastle time. 18/5/1923. Cert. 1910 -1913 Newcastle Union Hosp. Rosedale Cottages, Nurse. Part time. 4320 Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Cowing Edith (Mrs) Darlington hours worked. trace on 1911 census at Darlington.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 35. Service from 5/10/1915 to present (20/6/1919). No. 8 General Hospital, Boulogne, France. Another card for service from Nurse. Part time in 1914 to 1915 at 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Mentioned in 91 Stanhope Road, Cowper Florence Darlington – 1568 hours nd Darlington Despatch 25/5/1918. RRC 2 Class 3/6/1919. Father Edwin, Dental worked. Surgeon, mother Mary, siblings Ben F., Ethelwyn, Frank Moore & Ronald Spencer. Born 1879 Darlington. Died 4/7/1963 105 Cleveland Ave., Darlington. Service from 15/11/1918. Still serving. 5th Durham V.A. H. Was Sister in Tr. Nurse & Masseuse. Cowper Margaret (Mrs) Hallgarth Street, Durham charge, Dinsdale V.A. Hospital 1918 for 6 months. Occasional work 1916 to Pay - £6. Full time 1917. Gone away 4/8/1921.

Service from 5/5/1914 to 11/1/1916 (another part of the card says he was still serving). 4th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Father John H., Cox (Sister in law Margaret 1 Featherstone St., Roker, Burdon (Dr) M.O. Secretary of Sunderland Gas Company, mother Jane, siblings John H., Ethel below) Sunderland M., Alfred, Frank S., Ida M. & Norman S. Born 1865 Sunderland. Died 14/12/1950 at 1 Featherstone St., Roker.

Service from 11/1916 to 3/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Sunderland. Certificate returned – gone away – 7/9/1921. Husband Cox Brother-in-law Burdon 5 Rowlandson Tce., Housemaid. Part time. Norman Simpson, Secretary of Sunderland Gas Company & son Geoffrey Margaret Heaton (Mrs) above) Sunderland 18 hours weekly. John Burdon. Born Newport, Essex 1881. Married Margaret Heaton Waterhouse 1909 Saffron Walden District, Essex. Died 12/8/1956 Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. Last address – Moorfields, Cotherstone.

Cox Mary (Mrs) 36 Palmer Street, Stanley Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Served from 2/1918 to 3/1919. South Moor. No trace Stanley 1911.

Rank – Member. Air Raid 16 Harrison Terrace, Cox Thomas W Station Darlington. Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. No trace 1911 census. Darlington When required.

Whitburn Road, Cleadon, Nurse. Part time. 100 Service from 9/8/1914 to 10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Coxon Elizabeth (Mrs) Sunderland hours worked. Shields. Gone away 4/8/1921. Service from 30/4/1917 to 1919. Manager of Licensed Houses. Wife 11 Grange Avenue, Corporal. Driver. Part Coxon Joseph (Josh) Martha. Born Hetton-le-Hole 1874. Married Martha Holmes 1903 Harton, South Shields time. 400 hours worked. Houghton-le-Spring District. Died 25/8/1931 at Houghton-le-Spring.

12 William Street, South Sewing. 2 hours per Service from 9/1916 to 3/1919. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. No Coyle Ellen Moor week. trace 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Oak House, Severn Side South, Bewdley, Worcs. Age when engaged – 32. Service from 10/7/1918 to 15/4/1919. Another Another address on one of card says service from 20/10/1917 to 12/4/1919. 1st Northern General Rank – N.M. Nursing Craddock Kate three cards is 10 West th duties. Full time. Newcastle 20/10/1917 to 22/5/1918. 17 Durham V.A. H.The Red House, Avenue, Gosforth – at this Etherley, Bishop Auckland from 9/6/1918 to 12/4/1919. Born Bewdley, address in 1911 as a Worcs. 1884. Died 1943 Northampton District. Housemaid Private. Air Raid & 58 Devonshire St., Service from 17/2/1915. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Two in Crager Thomas Convoys. 550 hours Sunderland Sunderland 1911 & neither at this address. worked part time. Trained Nurse. £1-1s-0d Age when engaged – 28. Service from 27/4/1918 to 3/2/1919. Not in Craggs Grace 2 Anns Terrace, Darlington per week. Darlington 1911. Service from 1/1/1916 to 3/3/1917. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Snows Green Road, Full time kitchen maid. Crago Annie Shotley Bridge. Certificate returned – not known at Shotley Bridge Shotley Bridge £1-8s-0d monthly. 9/5/1921. Age when engaged – 20. Service from 5/4/1918 to 9/12/1919. 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield 5/4/1918 to 9/6/1919. 2nd Southern Cram Hannah Station View, Spennymoor Nurse. General Hospital, Bristol 9/6/1919 to 9/12/1919. Father Richard, Cabinet Maker, siblings Alfred, Mary E., Hannah, Elizabeth Hind, Eva, John Emmerson & Richard. Born 1897 Whitworth. Married Bertram Thompson 1924 Auckland District.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Blackhill. Nursing. Part time. 696 Husband William Gibson, Commercial Traveller (Drapery), children John Crass Sarah Jane (Mrs) 9 Clarendon St., Consett hours worked. Gardiner & Albert Edward. Born 1856 Escomb. Married 1877 Lanchester District. Maiden name Gardiner.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 1/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Father William Gibson, Commercial Traveller Crass (Mother Sarah Jane Orderly. Part time. 310 John Gardner Steel St., Consett (Drapery), mother Sarah Jane, brother Albert Edward. Born 16/9/1879 above) hours worked. Annfield Plain. Married 1912 Lanchester District Katherine Thompson. Died 1970 Teesside South District.

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 25/5/1917. Still serving 18/6/1919. 25/5/1917 to 8/2/1919 Auxiliary Hospital New Zealand 1, Brockenhurst. Kingswood House, North Craven Elizabeth Nurse. 15/2/1919 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. 19/3/1919 to present View, Fence Houses Halton R.A.E. Camp Hospital. Father James, Farm Manager, mother Mary, siblings Margaret & Ruby. Born c1894 Long Lee, Cheshire.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919. Eighton Banks Work Party. Husband Knitting & Sewing. 2 Thomas, Colliery Surveyor. Born 1888 Jarrow – maiden name Potts. Crawford Vera Phyllis (Mrs) Wreken Dyke, Wrekenton hours fortnightly. Married 1909 Gateshead District. Died 25/5/1984 Abbeyfield Extra Care House, 40 The Grove, Gosforth.

Service from 17/10/1918 to 31/12/1918. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Shotley Bridge. Born 1/12/1899. Baptized 17/1/1900 St. Peter’s, Ganton Vicarage, Sister. Part time. 510 Frimley, Surrey. Father Edmund Isaac Laroche, Clergyman, mother Isabella Crawhall Helen Cecilia Scarborough hours worked. Duncan, siblings Neil G. & Fritz P. Married 10/9/1930 St. Peter’s, Frimley to Francis Henry Westropp Ross- Lewin. Died 26/9/1980 Surrey 7 Lywood Court, Fordbridge Rd., Ashford, Middx.

Service from 7/8/1915 to 13/11/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John, Cashier Iron Rank – N.M. Nursing Manufacturers, mother Isabella, siblings Francis John, Charles Edward, Crawhall Mary The Square, Stanhope duties. Part time. 160 Thomas Curragh, Judith Maud, John Stanhope & Annie Moore. Born 1883 hours worked. Stanhope. Baptized 8/11/1883 Stanhope. Mother Isabella died 1888 – father married Anne Dixon Moore 1890 Weardale. ? Died 25/2/1931 Newcastle. Commdt. Of V.A.D. 78 Durham. Offr. Of Service from 10/5/1915 to 2/11/1918. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Detachment. Nursing Castle. Born 12/7/1879 Sproxton, Leics. Father Arthur W., Vicar, mother Crawley Cecily Frances (Mrs) Quarry Hill, Brancepeth duties. Part time. 6728 Frances. Married 1902 Romsey District to John Kenneth Crawley. Children hours worked. Also Sybil, Leonard, Eliot & Charles. Died 5/8/1932 – cemetery St. Brandon’s Searcher – wounded/ Churchyard, Brancepeth. missing. The School House, Cook. Duties kitchen & Service from 1/1915 to 7/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Crearer (?Creaser) Miss Sunderland cooking. Sundays. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Husband 11 Craddock Tce., New Nurse. Part time. 700 William, Wood Machinist Wagon Works N.E.R., son John. Born 1870 New Cree Elizabeth Jane (Mrs) Shildon hours worked. Shildon. Married 1891 Darlington District – maiden name Askew. Died 31/5/1955 63 Thorntree Drive, Newcastle.

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Service from 6/1915. Still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. Elementary School Teacher. Father William Edward, mother Eleanor, Eaglescliffe. Address in Rank – Member. Nursing. siblings Lily May, Dorothy Gladys, Audrey Eva & Eleanor Grace. Born Crisp (Sister Lily below) Ethel Daisy 1911 – 19 Gascoyne Rd., Part time. 3998 hours 30/12/1882 Walthamstow. Admitted 26/8/1889 Wilton Rd. School, South Hackney worked. Hackney. Married Edward John Goodall Titterington 17/6/1915 St. John of Jerusalem, South Hackney. Died 1968 Bromley, Greater London.

Service from 6/1915. Still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. th Eaglescliffe. Address in Previously -4 Unit B.R.C.S. Italy. Radiographer May to Nov. 1916. Member. Nursing. 3670 Crisp (sister Ethel above) Lily May 1911 – 19 Gascoyne Rd., Mention Roll of Honourable Service. Elementary School Teacher. Father hours worked. Part time. South Hackney William Edward, mother Eleanor, siblings Ethel Daisy, Dorothy Gladys, Audrey Eva & Eleanor Grace. Born 1886 Hackney. Died 1960 Warminster, Wiltshire.

Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Air Raid Station, Darlington. Parents John Thomas & Hannah. Millwright, Darlington Forge. Wife Emma & children Millicent & John Edwin. Born 1875 Downholme, Richmond, 76 Thornton Street, Rank – Member. When Yorks. Married Emma Robson 1899 Hartlepool. Died 7/10/1963 at 108 Croad William Samuel Darlington required. Yarm Rd., Darlington. Cemetery Darlington West. Served 3 years in Volunteers. Gunner Durham R.G.A. (T). Service No. 5677 served from 5/8/1914 to 31/10/1914. Discharged medically unfit due to accident on his bike before the war. Pension Record survives.

Service from 16/4/1915 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, 196 Bede Burn Road, Nurse. Part time. 300 Jarrow. Confectioner at home on 1911 census. Father Paul, mother Sarah Croft Edith Jarrow hours worked. Ann, siblings John, Elvira Jane, Harriet Ann, Paul, Sarah Ann & Albert E. Born Jarrow 1880.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Sunderland. Previously – S.J.W.S.B. Twice mentioned in despatches. 38 Otto Terrace, Rank - Q/M. Duties – Croft Mary Hannah (Mrs) Husband Ralph, Schoolmaster. Born 2/4/1866 Sunderland. Baptized Sunderland Sec. & Q/M. Full time. 22/4/1866 Bishop Wearmouth. Parents John & Hannah. Married 1891 Sunderland – maiden name Flint. Died 7/5/1948 West View, Gainford.

Private. Duties – Air Raid 15 Grindon Terrace, Service from 30/12/1915. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Crombie John C & Convoys. Part time. Sunderland Unable to trace at this address 1911. 370 hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Duties – Air Raid & Coast 4 Coronation Terrace, Low Service from 29/4/1916 to 10/1917. Gateshead Fell Nursing Div. No trace Crone Ethel M (Mrs) Defence. When Fell 1911. required.

Age when engaged – 26. Service from 24/7/1915 to 1918. 4th Durham V.A. H. Dilston. 5th Nor. Gen. Leicester from 24/7/1915 to 23/8/1916. Father Crooks Alice Nott 28 Garbutt St., Shildon Nurse. Robert, Coal Miner, mother Abilgail Cowburn, siblings Mary Isabella, Eliza & Robert Whitfield. Born Shildon 30/5/1888. Married Sidney Thomas Luther. Died 2/8/1982 Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Photo of Alice in her Nurse’s uniform on Ancestry.

Pay at engagement – 7 Service from 16/2/1918 to 11/5/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone 14 Aubrey Tce., Crooks Lily St. John gns. Sister in charge. Hall, Ferryhill. Previous engagement but no record of it. Certificate Sunderland Full time. returned – gone away – 9/5/1921.

Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Joiner, wife Dorothy, children Thomas, Dorothy Riddle & James. Born Rank – member. South Shields 1866. Married Dorothy Riddle, 1892 South Shields. Died 12 Spohr Ter., South Hospital orderly & air Crosbie Thomas 1944 South Shields. Son Thomas -Sapper Tyne E.E., R.E. (att. 19th AA Coy. Shields raid service. Part time. R.G.A.), reg. no. 465543, attested 21/6/1915, promoted Acting L/Cpl 2000 hours worked. 22.1.1916. Promoted 2nd Cpl 13/5/1916. Trans. to Class W (T) res. for shipbuilding with Palmer S & J Co. Jarrow 20/4/1918

Cook. Part time. 378 Service from 6/1915. Still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Crosby Elizabeth (Mrs) Lightwoods, Eaglescliffe hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911. Service from 3/12/1914 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth House carpenter. Full Castle. Wife Jessie. Children Elizabeth, Eleanor, Joseph, Jessie, Annie, Crosby Joseph Brancepeth Castle time. Mary, & Robert. Born Brancepeth 1865. Married Jessie Slorach 1895. Died 1951.

Searcher. Wounded and missing. Previous Crosland J D (Rev.) 16 Western Hill, Durham Engaged from 1917 to present time. No trace 1911. address – 10 Pole Lane, Failsworth, Manchester.

Rank – N.M. Nursing 18 or 80 Georges Road, Service from 25/2/1918 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Cross Ada duties. Full time. £2-3s- Newcastle House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. 4d pay. 4 Thornhill Park, Service from 6/1915 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Cross Gladys Nurse. Full time. Sunderland Sunderland. Certificate returned – gone away – 9/5/1921.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Halton Avenue, West Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Hartlepool (9/5/1921 cert. Crossby J W Private. Driver. Possibly John William Crosby, Shipowner & wife Elizabeth at ‘Norville’, returned - no such Hutton Avenue, West Hartlepool. Born c1858 Woodbridge, Suffolk. address) Service from 7/1915 to 10/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father John, Shipbuilder, mother Elizabeth, siblings John, Cook. Part time. 200 Harry, James, Jane, Annie, Winifred & Mildred. Born 5/7/1882 Southwick. Crown Florence South Cliffe, Roker hours worked. Baptized 16/8/1882 Southwick. Died 19/7/1960 at 279 Kingsway, Aldrington, Hove, Sussex. Last address – Flat 3, 24 Cathcart Hill, London N.19. Rank – G.S. Duties – Service from 14/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Crowther W S 45 Bede Burn Road, Jarrow dentist. Street, Jarrow. No trace 1911.

Age when engaged – 19. Service from 26/1/1918. Still serving 18/6/1919. France 32nd ?Stat. Hosp 26/1/1918. 54th General Hospital 4/2/1918. M.H. 1 Co-operative Place, Clerk. Storekeeper. Lancaster 10/3/1919 to present. Certificate returned – unknown. Father Cruddas Thirza Beulah Grange Villa With pay. Reserve V.A.D. Joseph, Co-operative Branch Manager, mother Hannah, siblings George, Mary Gladys, Edward & James Riddle. Born 1897 Pelton. Married 1922 Hereford District to George A Ratty. Died 1978 Herford District.

11 Oakwood Street, Ward Maid. Part time. Service from 2/1917 to 7/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Crute Mary Sunderland 140 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Service from 21/4/1918. Still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – N.S. Duties – 16 William Street, Sunderland. Father John, Colliery Labourer, mother Harriet & brother John Cullen Harriet Annie Nursing. Part time. 624 Newcastle Rd., Sunderland Henry. Born Sunderland 9/8/1899. Baptized 3/9/1899 Southwick. Died hours worked. 1935 South Shields. Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Lanchester Red Cross Depot. (Durham Work party No. 1813. 4 86). Husband William, Highway Surveyor, son William Robinson Godfrey Cumming Margaret Jane (Mrs) Prospect Tce., Lanchester hours weekly. Cumming. Born 1864 Allendale Town. Married 1892 Lanchester – maiden name Dixon. Died 1945.

80 Hawarden Terrace, Kitchen work & cooking. Service from 1/1916 to 10/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Cummings Mrs Sunderland 24 hours every 2 weeks. Sunderland. No trace at this address in 1911.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 19/8/1916 to 20/12/1917. 2nd Cummings Ethel Dora (Mrs) 25 Ryde Tce., Catchgate Nurse. With pay. Northern Gen. Hosp. 19/8/1916 to 19/5/1917. M.H. Bagthorpe 26/5/1917 to 20/12/1917. Died 1969 Richmond, Yorks. Nurse. Part time. 280 Service from 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Cummins Margaret Church Street, Shildon hours worked. Shildon 1911. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 31/12/1915 to 18/1/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Elementary Schhol Teacher. Father Rank – N.M. Duties – John, Labourer in leather curriers, mother Mary, siblings Kate Ethel, Annie, Cummins Minnie 47 Gladstone St., Crook nursing. Part time. 150 Elizabeth & Thomas. Born 1883 Crook. Baptized 15/1/1883 Crook. Died hours worked. 5/4/1960 Friarage Hospital, Northallerton. Last address – 38 Ainderby Rd., Romanby, Northallerton. 12 Union Street, Windy Nurse. Part time. 2496 Service from 19/3/1915 to 30/12/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Cunningham Margaret A (Mrs) Nook hours worked. House, Low Fell. No trace 1911.

Part time. 2268 hours Service from 23/6/1917 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South 59 Westoe Parade, South Curling Ada Drury worked. No further Shields. Mother Emily Hancock, siblings Cecil Edwin & Phillis Mary. Born Shields information on card. 1895 South Shields. Married Philip A. Oppenheim 1920 South Shields.

Service from 1916 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Husband Matthew, Coal Agent, children Emily Florence, Bertie Wood, 16 Stanhope Road, Curry Annie (Mrs) Mender in Linen Room. Frederick Garnet, Philip Arthur, Cecil Matthew, Winifred Jane Isabella & Darlington Ruth Annie. Born Spitalfields 1854. Married St. Mary Magdalene, Peckham 2/8/1877. Father George – maiden name Wood.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 19/6/1915 at Mission House, Seaham. Service from 22/5/1916 to 10/3/1919. 2nd North Military Nurse. General Work. 30 William Street, New Hospital, Leeds & Etherley Hall. Father Robert, mother Sarah Jane, siblings Curry Bertha Eva Part time. 1448 hours Seaham Jane A., George A., Henry, Mabel Margaret, Ivy Ellen, Robert, Elizabeth, worked. Dorothy. Born 1891 Chilton Moor. Married 1921 Easington District to Richard G Passmoor. Died 1962 Southwell District, Notts.

Trained nurse. Pay at Age when engaged – 39. Service from 31/8/1915 to 14/3/1919. No 21 Sherburn Station, engagement - £1.1s.0d hospital mentioned. Born 1876 Sherburn. Father William, Engine Curry Elizabeth Durham per week. Pay at Brakesman, mother Charlotte, siblings Elizabeth, William, Robert, Jane L. & termination - £1.4s.10d. Joseph.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 1916 to 1918. Registered Work Room 1923 Whickham. – hospital dressings, Father Lawrence, Insurance Clerk, mother Janie, siblings Laurence & Cuthbert Lesley Front Street, Whickham bandages & swabs. Part Archibald Cunningham. A 19 year old student in 1911. Born 20/8/1891 time. Occasional work. Newcastle. Died 16/9/1975 15 Wellbank Td., Washington, Tyne & Wear.

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Service from 6/1/1916. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Apprentice Boiler Maker in engineering. Father Thomas Anthony, Boiler Private. Air Raid & 31 Osborne St., Maker/Plater engineering, mother Elizabeth Jane, siblings Florence, Alfred, Cutter Anthony Thomas Convoys. Part time. 345 Sunderland Violet, Lancelot George & Margaret Dorothy. The first Lancelot died. Born hours worked. 23/8/1890. Baptized 21/9/1890 Southwick. Married 1915 to Susan M. McRoy Sunderland. Died 1969 Sunderland.

Service from 29/5/1917 to 1919. Wife Margaret Emily. Ship Owner. Born Great Yarmouth 1846. Married Margaret Emily Fowle 3/8/1869 St. Homeside, Westoe, South Cutting George Pearl Private. Driver. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth. Father Elijah Cutting. Granted Certificate of Shields Competency as Mate in Merchant Service 11/1/1868. Master’s Certificate granted 6/1/1871. Died 2/12/1929 South Shields.

Service from 6/1916 to 5/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Matron. Pay at Sunderland. Unknown 4/8/1921.The only reference I can find is one born Dagleish Janet Crag Head, Bournemouth engagement - £4.13s.0d. 1884 & died 1964 Hammersmith or a Dalgleish born Scotland about 1857 & Full time. was a housekeeper in 1901 in Hampshire.

Service from 7/12/1914. Still serving. Weston House Scarborough 570 V.A.D. Nurse. Also Sec. & hours worked. Ashburn Sunderland 252 hours worked. Highfield Malton, 1 New Park Crescent, Quartermaster to V.A.D. 1596 hours worked. Military Hospital, Scarborough 1512 hours worked. Dale Amy Augusta Scarborough Yorks. 80 since All voluntary. Three white service bars. Father Benjamin H., Bank Manager, 30/9/1916. mother Catherine, siblings Jessie, Sydney Thurstan & Helen Marjorie. Born Sheffield 1874. Died 27/2/1947 2 Osborne Park, Scarborough.

Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Colliery under keeper above ground. Wife Margaret Ann, son Thomas. 22 Hawthorne Tce., South Corporal. Air Raid Duty. Dale Lancelot Born South Hetton 1875. Married 1910 Easington District to Margaret Ann Hetton Part time. Plumpton. Died 1943. Father Thomas, mother Elizabeth, siblings Maurice, Thomas, William, John, Elizabeth, Mary Ann & George.

Service from 15/1/1915 to 18/10/1916 as a full time Nurse 12th Durham Rank at engagement on th 13/4/1918 – N.S. Duties V.A. H. Blackhill. Service from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26 Durham V.A. Dales Jane Adelphia Osborne House, Blackhill – Nursing. Part time. Hospital, Benfieldside House, Shotley Bridge. Daughter Jane born 228 hours worked. 18/2/1891. Died 1947. Mother Jane born c1859 died 1938. Could be either.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 6/1916 to 7/1917 part time as a nurse at 8th Durham V.A. H. West Hartlepool. 1995 hours worked. Age when engaged at Sunderland– ‘Sunnyside’, Tunstall Ave., 35. Service from 15/8/1917 (another card says 9/8/1917). Still serving Dalziel Eliza Margaret Nurse. West Hartlepool 20/6/1919. Military Hosp. Sunderland. Mother Grace, siblings Peter, Grace J. & John G. Born Shetland c1881. Married 1920 Hartlepool to John M Ridley.

Service from 8/1914 to 4/1916 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Nurse. With pay in Hartlepool. Age when engaged in 1916 – 23. Service from 1/7/1916. Oswald House, South End, France. Part time in Danby Beatrice (Another card says left for France 4/1916). Still serving 20/6/1919. France Seaton Carew West Hartlepool – 2352 Military Hospital. Born 1893 Hartlepool. Parents Thomas & Amy Blanche. hours worked. Married 26/11/1919 Hartlepool to William Ede Martin.

Age when engaged – 27. Service from 23/10/1918 to 1/3/1919. Waverley Abbey, Farnham (Aldershot Command). Also at Spring Hall, Halifax from 14/9/1917 to 14/4/1918 whole time voluntary. Four months at 23rd Lauriston, Eaglescliffe. Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe taken in odd weeks starting from Other address – Dunottar 11/1915 to 7/1917 voluntary part time kitchen helper. 1008 hours Danby Norah Helen Ave., Eaglescliffe. Other Cook with pay £20. worked. Father John, mother Mary J., siblings Edith A., Thomas A., Mary address – 2 Holmfield Tce., Hullifield., Caroline Hayes, Walter, Charles K., Kathleen Mary, John Robert, Sowerby, Thirsk Elizabeth Payne, George Edwin & Henry Cecil (twins). Born 1888 Norton, Stockton. Died 9/1/1966 at Scotton Banks Hospital, Knaresborough – last address 37 Heath Grove, Harrogate.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Queen St., Witton Park, Service from 10/5/1915 to 2/9/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Dando Olive nursing. Part time. 130 Bishop Auckland Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not in Witton Park on 1911 census. hours worked.

Kitchen duties. Full time. Service from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South 55 Julian Ave., South Daniels Annie M (Mrs) Formerly Quartermaster Shields. Honours awarded – mention. Not on 1911 census at South Shields and worked full time. Shields.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 15/8/1915 to 17/6/1919. Another card says service from 15/8/1918 to 24/3/1919. Denmark Hill Military. Father Robert, Farmer, mother Dorothy, silbings Elizabeth, Dorothy, Nurse. With pay. Darling Grace Hart, near West Hartlepool Robert, Annie, John Snowdon & Mary & half siblings Madge, Jane, Elsie Reserve V.A.D. Richard, John & Kathleen (twins). Born 1892 Hart, Hartlepool. Mother Dorothy (nee Snowdon) died 1900. Father remarried to Margaret Taylor 1901 Hartlepool. Married William Hall 9/1/1924 Hart.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Fernhollow, West Villas, Cook. Part time. 408 Service from 7/1918. Still working. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. Darnborough Annie (Mrs) Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. No trace Stockton 1911. Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 21/3/1916 to 24/6/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Darnell E Unknown night nurse. Full time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Service from 15/4/1917 to 31/1/1919 and 17/11/1917 to 31/11/1918. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Father James, Draper, mother Davidson Alice Steele Fairmoor, Morpeth Nurse. Full time. Angelina Steele Davidson, Milliner, siblings Mary W & Isabella. Baptized 6/4/1896 Morpeth. School House, Shotley Sister. Part time. 714 Service from 1/7/1915 to 31/3/1917. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace on Davidson Annie (Mrs) Bridge hours worked. 1911 census. Service from 1/1/1916 to 30/6/1917. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Rank at engagement – Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Milliner. Father Harry, Wages Clerk 10 Reynoldson St., Davidson Elizabeth N.S. Duties – nursing. Borough Council, mother Elizabeth Ann, siblings Walter, John, Susan & Sunderland Occasional. Flora & Frank. Born 9/10/1890 Sunderland. Baptized 16/11/1890 Bishop Wearmouth.

17 Success Cottages, Fence Age when engaged – 28. Service from 1/9/1918 to present (20/6/1919). Davidson Elizabeth Nurse. With pay. Houses Newcastle Military, Stannington. Not at this address 1911.

15 Tower Street, Nurse. Part time. 1740 Service from 22/10/1914 to 8/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Davidson Ellen (Mrs) Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. Not at this address 1911. Service from 22/10/1914 to 11/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, 12 Saltwell View, Nurse. Part time. 3050 Gateshead. Father Jonathan, a Hatter/Hosier/Outfitter, mother Mary J. & Davidson Jessie Mary Gateshead hours worked. sister Mary. Born 1890 Gateshead. Married 1929 Gateshead to Matthew Keenan. Sewing. 2½ hours per 2 Bells Place, Great Service from 28/9/1914 to 17/12/1918. Husband Robert, Colliery Labourer Davidson Mary Ann (Mrs) week. Lumley Work Lumley, Fence Houses above ground. Born Timsbury, Bristol c1865. Party. 170 Ashley Road, South Davidson R Miss Private. Driver. Service from 17/5/1918 to 1919. Unable to find on 1911 census. Shields Service from 1/7/1915 to 30/7/1915. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Father John Sister. Part time. 354 Joseph, Steel Merchant Mill Roller at Steel Works, mother Mary Jane, Davies Gwendolen East View, Blackhill hours worked. siblings John H., Isaac, David, Emanuel H., Eva & Stanley. Born Lanarkshire, Scotland c 1891. Rank at engagement – Nurse. Duties – Linen Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Davies Jane (Mrs) Stanhope Road, Darlington Room. Part time. 3,000 Darlington 1911. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Nurse. Part time. 252 Service from 5/1917 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Davies Jessie (Mrs) C/o Mrs Crisp, Eaglescliffe hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. Rank at engagement – Service from 25/8/1915 to 20/10/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red N.M. Nursing duties. Davies Mary Hannah Grove Road, Tow Law House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Elementary Teacher. Father John, Coal Part time. 430 hours Hewer, mother May, sister Jane A. Born Crook 1883. worked.

1 Railway Cottages, Laundrymaid. Full time. Service from 7/7/1917 to 19/10/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Davies Rachel Oxbridge Lane, Stockton Pay £2.7s.9½d. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace Stockton 1911.

Service from 8/1917. Still working. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West 117 Stockton Road, West Nurse. Part time. 2012 Davies Rebecca Elizabeth (Reba) Hartlepool. Father Ebenezer, Steel Worker Puddling Furnace, mother Hartlepool hours worked. Mary. Born Hamilton, Ontario, Canada c1891. Age when engaged – 36. Service from 21/8/1916 to 11/9/1918. Another card says service to 20/11/1918 – resigned. 4th Northern General Hospital, 21/8/1916 to 21/9/1916. 2nd Northern General Hospital 17/5/1917 to Davis (Sister Ethel below) Annie Jane Etherley, Burnopfield Nurse. With pay. 17/12/1917. 1st Northern General Hospital 11/2/1918 to 11/9/1918. Father George, Delver in stone quarry, mother Maria, siblings William, George, Robert, Ethel & John Dinsdale. Born Tanfield 1879. Died 1950 Wharfedale. Nurse. With pay. Age when engaged – 38. Service from 29/8/1917. Still serving 20/6/1919. Davis J E (Annie) (Mrs) Deneholme, Dipton Reserve V.A.D. War Hospital, Sunderland. No trace Dipton 1911.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 21/8/1916. Still working 20/6/1919. 4th Northern General Hospital, Lincoln 21/8/1916 to 21/9/1916. 2nd Davis (Sister Annie Jane above) Ethel Etherley, Burnopfield Nurse. Northern General Hospital, Reckitts Park, Leeds 28/6/1917. Father George, Delver in stone quarry, mother Maria, siblings William, George, Robert, Annie Jane& John Dinsdale. Born 1888 Tanfield.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband Thomas B., Commercial Clerk Steel Nursing. Part time. 688 Davies Hannah Wardhaugh (Mrs) 13 Park Road, Consett Works, children Gwendolin & William. Born Blackhill 1865. Married 1888 hours worked. Lanchester District to Hannah W Robson. Died 2/5/1945 at 56 Summerdale, Shotley Bridge – last address 15 Aynsley Tce., Consett.

Nurse. Part time. 3800 Service from 22/10/1914 to 12/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Davis Lily (Mrs) Park View, Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. No trace Gateshead 1911.

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Service from 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919. Eighton Banks Working Party. Born Wrekenton House, Knitting & Sewing. 2 Davis Mary Wrekenton 2/8/1853. Father Robert, Surgeon, mother Jane, siblings Wrekenton hours fortnightly. Robert, Charles, William & Arthur. Died 1947.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 10/12/1915. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Sunderland. Born Sunderland 1889. Father Percy. Married Chater Melville Cook. Part time. 360 Kirton 1927 Gateshead. Died 1/8/1958 St. Catherine’s Hospital, Davison Elise 3 Otto Terrace, Sunderland hours worked. Birkenhead, Cheshire. Last address 29 Grafton Ave., Upton Wirral, Cheshire. Husband Chater was in R.F.A. A/BDR. Reg. No. L/2013 & Sapper R.E. 312771. France 29/11/1915. British War Medal & Victory Medal.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, 12 Kenton Row, Hetton-le- Nurse. Part time. 50 Chilton Moor. Husband Edward, children Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Davison Ellen (Mrs) Hole hours. Martha, Eva. Born Carrville 1860. Married 1876 Houghton-le-Spring District – maiden name Vine. Died 1917 Houghton.

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 31/10/1918 to 10/4/1919. Auxiliary Hospital, Pilkington, St. Helens, Lancs. Father John, Fisherman, mother Ann Harrison, siblings William, Edward F., John T., Elizabeth Ann, Mary Ann H., Davison Eva Agnes 20 Chapel St., Hartlepool Nurse. Hannah Jane, Richard, Wilfred Hood & Oswald. Born 1899 Hartlepool. Married Ernest Henry Harbottle 1926 Scarborough. Died 11/12/1989 90 Orchard House, Brompton, Northallerton.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 22/12/1917 to 19/5/1919. 22/12/1917 to 18/4/1918 at No. 10 Stat. Hospital, France. Trans. 18/4/1918 to 19/5/1919 Havre area, France. Father James, Colliery Winding Engine Man, mother Mary, siblings Isaac (1881-1952), George (1884 – 1943 died in Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada), Edwin (1886- 22 Claremont Place, 1915), Albert (1889-1947), Isabella (1875-1960) & Mary Tunnah. Born Davison Evelyn Norah Clerk. Gateshead 1895 Wingate. According at an Ancestry family tree, Norah was employed as a Nanny by a member of the Egyptian Royal Family c1921 Egypt. She married W Fletcher-Barrett in Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt 3/1922. Died 1977 British Columbia. Brother Edwin died 22/9/1915 France & Flanders, Gunner R.F.A. Reg. No. 66034, grave Chocques Military Cemetery. Victory Medal, British Medal & 15 Star. Arrived in France 13/5/1915.

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Service from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26th Durham V.A. H. Benfieldside Rank at engagement – House, Shotley Bridge. Born Consett. Father William, Ironmonger, mother Davison (Sister Lilian below) Edith Gladys May Linden Villa, Consett N.S. Nursing duties. Part Lilian, siblings Margaret A & Lilian Ethel. Born 1890 Consett. Died time. 228 hours worked. 19/12/1942 33 Aydon Road Estate, Corbridge.

Private. Air Raid and C/o Deptford Yard, Davison John Convoys. Part time. 375 Service from 3/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Sunderland hours worked. Service from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919. 26th Durham V.A. H. Benfieldside Rank at engagement – House, Shotley Bridge. Father William, Ironmonger, mother Lilian, siblings Davison (Sister Gladys above) Lilian Ethel Linden Villa, Consett N.S. Nursing duties. Part Margaret A & Edith Gladys May. Born 1889 Consett. Died Charlotte time. 182 hours worked. Straker Cottage Hospital, Corbridge 29/7/1960 – final address 15 Front St., Corbridge.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 30/5/1918 to 15/4/1919. (Second Station Lane, Leamside, Nurse. With pay. card says 15/5/1919). 1st Northern General Military Hospital, Newcastle. Davison Marion Ruth K Fence Houses Reserve V.A.D. Father Joseph, Publican, mother Margaret Ann, sisters Lilian & Doreen. Born 1897 Jarrow. Died 1929 Kingston, Surrey District.

9 Fenton Terr., Morpeth. ? Ward Orderly. Reserve Service from 25/4/1918 to 31/7/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Davison Mary Helen Fenter Terr. V.A.D. France, Etherley. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to find 1911 at this address.

Age when engaged – 20. Service from 2/9/1918 to 15/3/1919. Stannington, Newcastle. Father Anthony, Ferryman, mother Mary Ann, Davison Rose Neil 5 York Place, Hartlepool Nurse. With pay. siblings James, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Alfred, Ettie, Lance & Florence. Born 1898 Hartlepool. Married 1925 Hartlepool to James S Pilcher. Died 1975 Northallerton District.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 19/5/1915 to present (21/6/1919). 19/5/1919 to 19/6/1916 – 2nd Northern General, Leeds. 10/7/1916 to 9/8/1917 – 1st Southern General Birmingham. 17/9/1917 - Military 69 Church Street, Mount Hospital Colchester. Trans to Officers’ Military Hospital Scarborough Dawes Millicent Nurse. Pleasant, Low Spennymoor 11/11/1918. Trans to Military Hospital, Parkhurst 10/2/1919. Father James Richard, Miner underground, mother Ruth, siblings Mary Elizabeth, George Butler, Thomas William, James Richard. Born Kelloe 1896. Nursing Registers 1898-1968 – 1928 - registered 20/11/1925 – qualifications - cert. 1920, 1923 Royal Free Hosp., London.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank at engagement – Wyke, Brunstead Rd., Service from 3/1/1917 to 15/2/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Dawson A Gertrude N.M. Chauffeur. Full Bournemouth W Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace at this address 1911. time.

Service from 1/3/1917. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Shop Fitter marine engines. Wife Eugenie Mary Anne, children Christopher Private. Air Raid & Mounsey & Eugenie Winifred. Born 1882 Sunderland. Baptized 28/5/1882 Dawson Christopher Mowbray 13 Vale Street, Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 175 Deptford. Married 1907 Eugenie (maiden name Mounsey) Sunderland. hours worked. Died 23/4/1964 General Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 1 Ewing Rd., Sunderland. Eugenie died 1967 Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 31. Service from 29/12/1917 to 6/5/1918. Another card has the dates as 1/1/1918 to 7/5/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 14/7/1886 Douglas, Kansas, USA. Parents Emma 199 Pattison Avenue, Alice Martin & Ransler Harrison Wheeler. Siblings Ruth Estella (1891 - Edith Naomi Wheeler Ottawa and 27 Montague Nurse. Full time. Duties Dawson 1901), Jessie Frances (1892-1975), Frank Crozier (1894-1968), Lucinda (Mrs) St., W.C. and C/o Mrs – Nursing (Surgery). Martin (1897-1969), Ransler Harrison (1900-1953), Alvin Willis (1901-1998) Stobart, Etherley. & Rufus Everett (1902-1903). Married Liionel Montrose Orford Dawson in Ottawa, Kansas 5/7/1915. Son John Donald (1919-1988). Died 24/1/1983 Avon, Hartford, Connecticut U.S.A.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Eppleton Row, Hetton-le- Nurse. Full time. 50 Chilton Moor. Husband Edward, Coal Miner, son Arthur. Born 1874 Dawson Eleanor Atkinson (Mrs) Hole hours worked. Newbottle. Baptized 11/7/1874 Houghton-le-Spring – parents Ambrose & Sarah Ayre. Married 19/8/1899 West Herrington, Durham.

Trained Nurse. Pay at engagement - £1.1s.0d 15 Grange Crescent, Age when engaged – 27. Service from 10/4/1916 to 31/1/1919. Unable to Dawson Ellen per week. Pay at Sunderland trace 1911 census. termination - £1.10s.0d per week. Service from 10/1916 to 7/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Eveline on Red X card & 87 Otto Terrace, Cook. Part time. 280 Sunderland. Father Benjamin, Master Mariner, mother Harriett, siblings Dawson Evelyn on all other records Sunderland hours worked. Arthur B., Walter, Norman, Wilfred L. & Kathleen. Born 1889 Kirton, Boston, Lincs.

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Service from 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919. Eighton Banks Working Party. Father Dawson (Sister Jane (Jennie) Colliery Yard, Springwell, Knitting and Sewing. 2 James, Colliery Overman, mother Hannah Maria, siblings James, Thomas, Florence below) Gateshead hours fortnightly. Jane, John, Lillie, Norman, Stanley, Wilfred & Ethel. Born 1886 Usworth. Died 30/5/1940 15 Regent Tce., Gateshead.

Private. Air Raid & 19 Rosedale St., Service from 17/2/1915. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Not at Dawson Frederick Convoys. Part time. 760 Sunderland this address in 1911. hours worked.

Londonderry St., Dawdon, Nurse. Part time. 1270 Service from 3/1915 to 12/1915 and July 1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. Dawson Jane (Mrs) Seaham hours worked. H. Vane House, Seaham Harbour. Not at this address in 1911.

Service from 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919. Eighton Banks Working Party. Father Dawson (Sister Florence Colliery Yard, Springwell, Knitting & Sewing. 2 James, Colliery Overman, mother Hannah Maria, siblings James, Thomas, Jane (Jennie) above) Gateshead hours fortnightly. Florence, John, Lillie, Norman, Stanley, Wilfred & Ethel. Born 1891 Usworth.

Rank at engagement – Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, 4 Gill Crescent, Fence V.A.D. Duties – General. Chilton Moor. Husband Edward. Born Hull 1880. Married 1908 Chester-le- Dawson Maria (Mrs) Houses Part time. 357 hours St. Maiden name Fields. Died 11/12/1947 at Royal Infirmary, Sunderland. worked. Last address – 19 Gill Crescent North, Fence Houses.

Age when engaged – 29. Service from 1/7/1918 to 31/3/1919. 1st Western 18 Edward Street, New General, Liverpool. Another card says service from 17/6/1918 to Dawson Ruth Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. Brancepeth 16/4/1919 at Dewsbury and 1st W.G. Fazakerley. Not at this address in 1911. Private. Air Raid & Service from 18/9/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Not at this address in Dawson Thomas Coronation St., Sacriston Coastal Defence. When 1911. required.

Rank at engagement – Service from 20/6/1915 to 16/10/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red 15A Kensington Park Road, N.M. Nursing duties. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. This could be Myra Lois Agnes Denny Day Myra L Notting Hill Part time. 135 hours Day born 1871 York, died 30/12/1956 at 4 Birchwood Rd., Tooting Bec, worked. London. Last address – 12 The Grove, Highgate, London.

Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Tramways Manager & Engineer, wife Frances Ann & son Archibald Francis. Born 21/6/1871. Baptized St. 43 Roker Park Road, Dayson Archibald Robert Private. Driver. Peter’s, Leeds 16/8/1871 parents Jonathan Ogden & Elizabeth Dayson. Sunderland Married 6/8/1896 St. Michael’s Headingley, Leeds to Frances Ann Taylor. Died 19/11/1928 Sunderland.

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Age when engaged – 29. Service from 15/8/1917 to 10/11/1919. Mil. Hospital, Sunderland. Father Errington, a Dealer in Oil for lamps, mother Dixon Elizabeth Tyzack St., Edmondsley Nurse. With pay. Elizabeth, siblings Dawson, Diana, Sarah J., Elizabeth, Ann & Robert. Born 1887 Edmondsley. Baptized 27/2/1887 Chester-le-St.

V.A. Nurse. Part time. Service from 27/6/1917 to 29/7/1917. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth De Burgh Mrs Quarry Hill, Brancepeth 264 hours worked. Castle. Unable to trace at this address 1911. Special Probationer. 151 ?181 Read St., South Nurse. Part time. 840 Service from 19/10/1918 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, Deacon Miss Shields hours worked. South Shields. Unable to trace at this address 1911. Service from 10/6/1918 to 16/9/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Sister in charge. Full Hall, Ferryhill. Previous engagements but no record. Born 1859 263 Hagley Rd., Malpas Hortense Louise time. Pay at engagement Wolstanton, Staffs. Parents Sarah Titley & Charles Malpas. Siblings Maude Edgbaston, Birmingham – 8 gns. Mary, Mark Glover, Evelyn Glover & Randolph Noel. Died 1935 Ross, Herefordshire. Trained Nurse. Pay at Age when engaged – 38. Service from 12/4/1917 to 1/12/1918. Second Bow Lane, Durham. Other engagement - £1.1s.0d. card says 15/4/1917 to 28/11/1918. Character – peculiar – meant well. Dempster Agnes address – Samaritan per week. Pay at No. 9 Red Cross Hospital Calais & St. Omer. Hertford British Hospital, Paris House, Durham. termination - £1.4s.10d where she was a Sister. Rank at Termination – V. Worker. Possibly from per week. Scotland. Sister in charge. Full 5 Endsleigh St., Gordon Service from 14/7/1915 to 10/9/1915. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Dening Mary Glenton (Mrs) time. Pay at engagement Sq., London Hall, Ferryhill. Born c1873. Died 1938 Marylebone. – 8 gns. Service from 2/8/1915 to 4/4/1917. Father Thomas, Fruiterer, mother Ada Zillah, siblings Zillah, Thomas Wilfred, Evelyn & Norman. Born 1886 Dent Daisy Main St., Staindrop Rank – T.N. Middlesbrough. In 1911 was a hospital nurse at The Stowe, Whitney, Hereford. May have married Edward Evans 1922 Auckland District & died 1940.

Service from 1/7/1918 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s 231 Cleveland Road, Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Husband Oswald, Secretary. Born 1873 Dent Margaret Alice (Mrs) Assistant Cook. Sunderland Darlington – maiden name Thompson. Married 1903 Sunderland. Died 25/6/1940 35 Arncliffe Rd., Harrogate.

Service from 1/4/1915 to 30/9/1915. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Husband 333 South Cross St., Sister. Part time. 396 John, Coal Miner, children Florence Eva, John & Edith Maud Griffiths. Born Dormer Mary Esther (Mrs) Leadgate hours worked. 1876 Stockton – maiden name Griffiths. Married 1907 Lanchester District. Died 1969 Brentwood, Essex District.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. This could be either father Thomas, Rank – Member. Air Raid Gas Producer in Steel Works, born 1871 Walker, with wife Sarah or son Devlin Thomas 15 Palmer Street, Jarrow & Coast Defence Duties. Thomas, Standing Engineman in Steel Works, born 24/4/1892 Jarrow died Part time when required. 1975 Jarrow. Other children Agnes, James, John, Elizabeth, Catherine & Mary Ellen. Service from 18/3/1915 to 12/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Foreman Mason at Collieries. Wife Alice, Private. Orderly. Part Dewell Walter Littlefair Etherley, Bishop Auckland children Christine & Emily Louise. Born 1874 Crook. Married 1902 time. 180 hours worked. Worksop District to Alice Hamblin. Died 16/3/1952 The Retreat, 16 Park Drive, Sprotborough near Doncaster.

Service from 5/11/1915 to 5/1/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine St., Jarrow. Born Loutolim, Goa, Portuguese India 2/9/1876. Father Joaquim do Rosario Dias & Adelaide Rodrigues Dias. Grant Medical College 15/7/1895. Registration in UK Medical & Dental Students’ Register Civil Med. Officer. Part Dias Pascal Salvador (Dr.) Kent St., Jarrow 17/2/1903. Medical Directory 1910 at 5 McLaren Rd., Edinburgh – M.B., time. Ch.B.Ed. 1907. Assistant School Medical Officer, Town Hall, West St., Gateshead 1914. 1915 Public Health Dept. Gateshead, Asst. M.O.H. & Asst. Sch. Med. Off. Gateshead, late Asst. Med. Off. Gateshead Disp. Applied for Naturalization 19/3/1915. Died Belgaum, Bombay, India 30/6/1936.

Nursing. Part time. 56 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Dickens Dorothy Oakwood Road, Blackhill hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Blackhill 1911. Service from 7/1916. Still serving. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband Frederick Thompson, Marine Engine Manufacturer, Cook. Part time. 2856 daughter Sybil. Born Sunderland 21/12/1867. Baptized 17/1/1868 Bishop Dickinson Loretta Sybil (Mrs) Park House, Sunderland hours worked. Wearmouth, parents Anthony John & Loretta Harriet Moore. Married 1891 Sunderland – maiden name Moore. Died 13/10/1921 at 17 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh.

Service from 6/1915 to 12/5/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father James Clark, Marine Engine Builder, mother Ellen Jane, Dickinson Marjorie The Poplars, Sunderland Nurse. Full time. children John & Stanley. Born 18/1/1897 Sunderland. Married Thomas C Squance 1934 Sunderland. Died 1969 Sunderland. Grangetown Cemetery.

Rank – Red Cross Worker. Sewing. Part Service from 9/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. No Dickenson (?Dickinson) Sarah (Mrs) Adolphus Tce., Whitburn time. 1550 hours trace 1911. worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Nurse. Part time. 50 Service from 11/3/1916 to 20/5/1916. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Dickinson Amy 7 Croft Terrace, Jarrow hours worked. Street, Jarrow. No trace Jarrow 1911.

Service from 1/6/1917. Still serving. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Sister. Part time. 1129 Shotley Bridge. May be this person – father Edward, Coal Miner, Deputy, Dickinson Annie 13 West View, Medomsley hours worked. mother Eleanor, children Mary Jane, John, Francis (died), Francis Davison, Edward, Thomas & Margaret. Born Medomsley 1899.

Dene Bank, St. John’s Tce., Nurse. Part time. 700 Service from 1/3/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Dickinson Lillian Jarrow hours worked. Street, Jarrow. Unable to trace 1911 in Jarrow.

24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. Goods receiving depot for the above hospital. Husband Hubert Francis, Manufacturer’s Part time. 150 hours Agent. Born 1866 Darlington. Baptized 28/3/1866 St. Cuthbert’s, Dickinson Lucy Jane (Mrs) 5 Newby Tce., Stockton worked. Darlington. Married 27/2/1892 St. Hilda’s, Darlington. Father Thomas Bowser Smith, mother Mary. Died 11/4/1923 83 Hartington Road, Stockton. Buried Durham Rd. Cemetery.

Service from 2/1915 to 9/1915 and 7/1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A. H. Vane House, Durham. Hon. Serving Sister, Order of St. John. Further th Dene House, Seaham service from 9/1917 to 12/5/1919 at 25 Durham V.A. Hospital, Ashburne, Dillon Nora Grace Commandant. Full time. Harbour Sunderland. Father Malcolm, Managing Director of Public company (Coal Mining), mother Clara Elizabeth, siblings Cecil M., Malcolm A.M. & Norman M. Born 25/1/1888 Putney, Surrey. Died Parkgate House Nursing Home, Parkgate, South Wirral, Cheshire 11/12/1984.

Service from 7/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Rank at engagement – Father Arthur Trehane, Clerk in Holy Orders, mother Beatrice, siblings Member. Duties – Dingle Mary Caroline The Rectory, Egglescliffe Arthur James, Hugh John & Beatrice Margaret. Born 15/7/1897 Silksworth. Nursing. Part time. 2208 Married 1923 Stockton to Kenneth P Walker. Died 9/3/1977 37 South hours worked. End, Osmotherley. Cemetery St. John the Baptist, Egglescliffe.

Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Wife Wilhelmina, children Nancy, James 14 Avenue Tce., Private. Driver. Part Dippie John John & Daisy. Born c1876 Duns, Berwickshire. Parents Alison & James, Sunderland time. 832 hours worked. siblings Jane & William. Died 1964 Sunderland.

Service from 18/2/1916 to 1/3/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 70 Otto Terrace, Dix Richard Henry (Dr) Duties – surgical. Sunderland. Father Richard Henry, mother Elizabeth Ann, siblings Sarah & Sunderland Beatrice. Born Sunderland 1876. Died 1/9/1944 7 Otto Tce., Sunderland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. In 1911 was Nurse. Part time. 950 Dixon Eleanor Margaret 72 Skinnergate, Darlington assisting in her aunt’s drapery business at Skinnergate. Born 1881 hours worked. Grantham. Service from 6/1915 to 10/1915. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Rank at engagement – 24 Otto Terrace, Sunderland. In 1911 she keeps house for her father John Bell Dixon, Dixon Annie Florence General Service. Part Sunderland widower. Mother Ann E. Born 1875 Sunderland. Died 1946 Richmond time. 96 hours worked. Yorks.

Service from 16/12/1916 to 8/7/1918. Sacriston. Father Thomas Henry, Colliery Engineman above ground, mother Elizabeth Ann & brother Ralph Private. Air Raid & Coast William. Born 21/12/1899. Baptized 28/1/1900 Sacriston. Married Mary H Dixon George Robert Eliza St., Sacriston Defence. When Ledger 1920 Chester-le-St. Died 1966. Joined Navy 22/1/1918, rank – Sto.2 required. on Victory 2 until 20/4/1918 then Hercules 1/5/1918 rank – Sto.2. From 30/8/1918 to 27/2/1919 rank – Sto. 1 then demob.

Nurse. Duties – general Service from 19/6/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, New Dixon (Sister Mary Elizabeth Old Mill Cottages, New Jane Ann work. 4512 hours Seaham. Assistant Teacher Church of England school. Father William, Coal below) Seaham worked. Miner, mother Ann, sister Mary Elizabeth. Born 1883 New Seaham.

Rank at engagement – Member. Hospital 28 Julian Street, South Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Dixon Joseph orderly & Air Raid Shields Too many of that name & none at that address in 1911. Services. Part time. 950 hours worked. Age when engaged – 22. Service from 3/4/1918 to 13/5/1918. 1st Dixon Kathleen Westrope West Terrace, Cornsay Nurse. Northern General, Newcastle. No trace 1911.

Amberley Street, Quartermaster. Part Service from 15/10/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Dixon Lena Sunderland time. 472 hours worked. Sunderland. Not at that address in 1911.

Rank at engagement – Service from 5/9/1915 to 23/5/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, N.M. Duties – Nursing. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Ralph, mother Alice Jane, brother Ralph Dixon Alice Lucy West Road House, Crook Part time. 370 hours Harry. Born 1885 Crook. Baptized 26/7/1885 Crook. Died 4/9/1965 Percy worked. House Nursing Home, Nevilles Cross.

Service from 15/8/1917 to 10/11/1919. Sunderland. Father Errington, Dixon Elizabeth Tyzack St., Edmondsley Dealer in Oil for lamps, mother Elizabeth, siblings Diana, Sarah J., Ann & Robert. Born 1887 Edmondsley. Baptized 27/2/1887 Chester-le-St.

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Age when engaged – 23. Service from 11/7/1918 to 1/5/1919. Another 5 Vane Terrace, New Ward Orderly. Reserve Dixon Margaret card says 26/5/1919. 74th General Hospital, France 11/7/1918. Trans. Seaham V.A.D. Havre Reserve 28/3/1919 to 1/5/1919. No trace Seaham 1911.

Nurse. Duties – general Service from 19/6/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, New Old Mill Cottages, New Dixon (Sister Jane Ann above) Mary Elizabeth work. Part time. 4512 Seaham. Assistant Elementary Teacher at Church of England school. Father Seaham hours worked. William, Coal Miner, mother Ann, sister Jane Ann. Born 1871 New Seaham.

17 Adolphus St. West, Repairing Linen. 4 hours Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Dixon Mary Hannah (Mrs) Seaham Harbour fortnightly. Harbour. No trace Seaham 1911. Bank House, High Street, Sewing. Mending socks Service from 7/1915 to 7/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Dobbs Mrs Sunderland at home. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. Head Cook. Part time. Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Dobson Annie (Mrs) 1 Park Rd., Stockton 5384 hours worked. Dinsdale. No trace Stockton 1911.

Service from 6/1915 to 12/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale. Father William John, Farmer, mother Jane Walker, brothers Thomas King Dobson, Kitchen helper. Part William A. & John Paxton Dobson. Born Newton Bewley 1896. Baptized Dobson (Mother Jane below) Isabel Mary Parkhurst, Eaglescliffe time. 273 hours worked. Wolviston, Durham 27/6/1896. Married Herbert V Taylor 1920 Stockton District. Died 17/12/1990 Three Corners Nursing Home, Greenway Rd., Churston, Brixham, Devon.

Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Reg. Working Party 1952 – Whitburn Red Rank - Red Cross Cross Working Party. Husband George, Master Mariner, daughters Worker. Duties – Dobson Isabella (Mrs) Moor Lane, Whitburn Elizabeth Oswald Dobson, Catherine H. & Isabella Chisholm Dobson. Born Sewing. Part time. 1650 1855 Sunderland – maiden name Chisholm. Married 1877 Sunderland. hours worked. Died 8/8/1936 Clowcroft, East St., Whitburn.

Service from 6/1915 to 5/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Born 5/11/1864 West Hartlepool – maiden name King. Christening 4/1/1865 West Hartlepool, parents Thomas & Mary Ellen. Dobson (Daughter Isabel Cook. Part time. 241 Married 4/8/1887 St. Paul’s. Hartlepool. Husband William John, Farmer, Jane Walker (Mrs) Parkhurst, Eaglescliffe above) hours worked. children Thomas King., William A, Isabel & John Paxton. Died 5/12/1927 Ashbrooke, Eaglescliffe. Burial 7/12/1927 Cemetery St. Peter’s churchyard, Stockton-on-the Forest, Yorks. John Paxton Dobson Reg. No. 1149 1st N.N.R. (R.G.A.). Service Record survives.

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Rank – Nursing Member. Service from 12/7/1916 to 31/7/1917. No information as to where she Pay at engagement - £20. served but the card is stamped War Hospital, Keighley. Father John, Dobson Jane Ann Corbie Farm, Thornley Pay at termination - Farmer, mother Rebecca J., siblings Jacob Doxford, John W., Mary £22.10s. Full time. Elizabeth, Kathleen, Rebecca & Lily Blanch. Dairy work on father’s farm. Duties – Surgical Nursing. Born Thornley 1895

Rank – G.S.M. Kitchen 8 Harewood Tce., Service from 1917 to 1919. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Dobson Mary helper. Part time. 1100 Darlington Certificate returned – gone away – 15/7/1921. No trace Darlington 1911. hours worked.

Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. On the Red X card it looks like ‘T’ but the Dobson T (Mr) Front Street, Littletown Private. Driver. only Dobson in 1911 in Littletown was John Charlton Dobson.

Cook. Part time. 314 Service from 5/1916 to 11/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Dobson Winifred (Mrs) Ashbrook, Eaglescliffe hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace in 1911 at Eaglescliffe. Seaside Lane, Easington 5 hours weekly. Working Service from 8/11/1915 to 6/1918. Card marked – ‘Cert. Retd. Emigrated. Dockerty Annie (Mrs) Colliery Party 1181 Easington 15/7/1921. No trace 1911 Easington. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 7/5/1917. Still serving 27/6/1919. 2nd Northern General Military Hospital, Leeds. 1911 Dressmaker’s Dodd Annie 128 Dans Castle, Tow Law Nurse. With pay. apprentice. Father George E., Cashier at colliery, mother Mary A., siblings Amy & Tamar. Born 1893 Satley. Kitchen maid. Private Service from 3/12/1914 to 1/7/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Dodd Dorothy Brancepeth Castle Servant. Part time. Castle. Certificate returned – gone away 15/7/1921. 3,000 hours worked.

Service from 8/1917 to 11/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Father Adam, Works Manager at Pressed Glass Manufacturers, 15 Richmond Terrace, Nurse. Part time. 522 Dodds Annie Florence mother Isabella, brothers Alfred Ernest & Stanley. Born 7/6/1887 Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. Baptized 29/6/1887 Christ Church, Gateshead. Married Percy Norman Wilkinson 1923 Gateshead.

71 Beaconsfield St., Kitchen work. Reserve Service from 27/2/1918 to 15/4/1919. 1st N.G. Newcastle. Cosham Dodds Eleanor Darlington V.A.D. Military Hospital, Canterbury. No trace 1911.

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Service from 6/1917 to 1919. Working Party No. 1181 Easington Colliery. Husband William Fenwick, Coal Miner/Hewer, children Mary Elizabeth, Bartholomew, Frances May, Florence, Eleanor, Tom, William Fenwick & 22 Seventh St. South, Charles Anthony. Born Felling 1880. Married 14/7/1900 Parish Church, Dodds Eleanor Ann (Mrs) Five hours weekly. Easington Colliery Langley Moor – maiden name Walker. Service Record for husband – Reg. No. 303393 Private 891 Area Employment Company. France 9/1/1915 to 3/11/1918 as a general labourer. Demob. 6/3/1919. Died 16/12/1939 14 Cornwall St., Easington Colliery.

Rank at engagement – Cromwell House, Ventnor Service from 16/5/1917 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Dodds Ethel G.S. Head Pantry. Full Gardens, Monkseaton Bishop Auckland. No trace at this address 1911. time.

Service from 12/8/1914. 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Hall, Sunderland. Father Charles H., General Manager for Dock & Harbour Commissioners at Herrington Hall, Sunderland, mother Frances, siblings Allan Palmer, Nora Ethel, Kate Ida, Dodds Florence Lucas Secretary. Full time. Sunderland Mabel Annie & Constance. Born Ryhope c1866. Died 5/7/1946 Imperial Nursing Home, Harrogate. Last address – 3 Beechwood Crescent, Harrogate. Cemetery – Grangetown.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 3/4/1918 to 24/6/1919. Military Hospital Grimsby 3/4/1918. Trans. Military Hospital, Clipstone Camp Dodds Hilda 1 Bewick Main, Birtley Nurse. With pay. 17/4/1919 at present. Father William, Coal Mine Official, mother Ann, siblings William Dawson, Gladys, Lorna, Tom & Nella. Born Quebec 1896.

Rank at engagement – Service from 3/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Iron Machinist at Railway Loco member. Air Raid Works. Wife Lydia Ann & son Norman. Born 1878 Darlington. Married Dodds John Kirton 8 Aldam St., Darlington Station Darlington. 1904 Darlington Lydia Ann Henderson. Died 28/10/1949 Memorial When required. Hospital, Darlington. Service from 10/1914 to 5/1918. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, 193 Alexandra Road, Nurse. Part time. 7487 Gateshead. Daughter Elizabeth. Maiden name Snowdon. Married 1908 Dodds Mary Lizzie (Mrs) Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead to Robert Andrew Dodds. Born Gateshead 1885. Died 24/12/1956 15 Bude Gardens, Low Fell. C/o Mr Laws, Fawcett St., Messenger. Part time. Service from 11/1916 to 11/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Don Thomas (Scout) Sunderland 728 hours worked. Sunderland. Not in Sunderland 1911.

Service from 9/1915 to 9/1916. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, 8 Richmond Road, Cook. Part time. 684 Donkin Elsie Dinsdale. Father Thomas William, Accountant, mother Elizabeth Ann, Stockton hours worked. siblings Frederick, Arthur, Bernard & Norris. Born Thornaby on Tees 1893.

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Rank at engagement – 90 Rectory Road, Member. Duties – V.A.D. Service from 1914 to 8/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Donnan Mary (Mrs) Gateshead work. Part time. 1100 Gateshead. Not in Gateshead 1911. hours worked.

71 Forster St., Age when engaged – 39. Service from 2/9/1915 to 26/6/1917. Military Donovan Louisa Monkwearmouth, Nurse. Hospital, Malta 2/9/1915 to 10/4/1916. No. 3 General Hospital, France Sunderland 28/6/1916 to 26/6/1917. Not in Sunderland 1911.

Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Service from 9/1916 to 6/1917. Father John, Coal Miner/waste man below 15 Coronation Tce., New Dorman (Sister Annie below) Elizabeth Jane (Jennie) South Moor Nursing ground, mother Elizabeth, siblings George G., Mary Ann, Laura, John Kyo Division S. J. A.B. William& Matthew Heslop. Born 1895 Dipton.

Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Service from 9/1916 to 6/1917. Born 1885 Annfield Plain. Father John, 29 Chester Road, East Dorman (Sister Jennie above) Mary Ann (Annie) South Moor Nursing Coal Miner/waste man below ground, mother Elizabeth, siblings George Stanley Division S.J.A.B. G., Elizabeth Jane, Laura, John William& Matthew H.

Service from 22/10/1914 to 10/1918. 1st Durham V.A. H., Whinney House, Gateshead. Honours awarded – Hon. Assoc. of St. John. Born 23/2/1862 Medical Officer. Part Dougall Andrew (Dr.) Glenpark, Dunston Hutchensontown, Glasgow. Parents Andrew & Margaret Pollock. Baptized time. 450 hours worked. 13/4/1862 London Road United Presbyterian, Glasgow. Married Gateshead 1906 to Eva Mary White. Died 7/3/1934 Dunstan.

8 West Avenue, Harton, Nursing. Part time. 2500 Service from 6/10/1915 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H., Mill Dam, South Doughty Edith South Shields hours worked. Shields. Not at this address 1911. Service from 3/1918 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Kitchen Helper. Part Father William Merryweather, Builder & Contractor, mother Mary Jane, Doughty Helen Orchard Croft, Yarm time. 490 hours worked. siblings Elsie, Harry, Dorothy & Jeannie. Born Yarm 1/3/1898. Died 1971 Darlington. Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H., The Royalty, Sunderland. Widow in 1911. Husband Alfred Goldsmith, Grocer, children Cook. Part time. 840 Douglas Ada Margaret (Mrs) 3 Otto Terrace, Sunderland George, Alfred Goldsmith & Jessie. Born 1858 Sunderland - maiden name hours worked. Davison. Married 1881 Sunderland. Died 4/5/1936 59 Fairholm Rd., Newcastle.

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Service from 9/1917 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H., Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. Father Edwin Albert, Clergyman, mother Edith, siblings Elsie, Ida, The Vicarage, High Street, Nurse. Part time. 732 Douglas Edith Gladys Constance, Donald & Freda. Born Tinnevelly, India 4/2/1893. There is a lot Stockton hours worked. on Tinnevelly on the internet. In 1901 was a boarder at a Church Missionaries Children’s Home Limpsfield, Surrey. Died 1971 Surrey.

Rank at engagement – Service from 4/11/1915 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H., Jeffrey Hall, N.S. Nursing duties. Part Douglas Ethel G 61 Sea Road, Sunderland Sunderland. Unable to trace in Sunderland. May be Ethel Carr Douglas time. 5190 hours although the card looks more like a ‘G’. worked.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Cook. Part time. 500 Douglas Jessie 3 Otto Terrace, Sunderland Sunderland. Mother Ada Margaret, siblings George & Alfred Goldsmith. hours worked. Born Sunderland 22/11/1897. Died 1990 Swindon, Wiltshire.

Rank – Nurse. Duties – Service from 2/12/1915 to 2/1917. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, Douglas Mary (Mrs) Hill St., Dawdon general work. Part time. New Seaham. No trace at this address 1911. 840 hours worked.

Service from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917. This may be Margaret but she had Sewing. 2 hours weekly. two spinster sisters, Sarah Jane & Florence May both at this address & Reg. No. 1891 Red Cross Douthwaite Miss 1 Poplar Cres., Gateshead both Elementary Teachers. Father George William, widower & retired Working Party, boiler maker in 1911. Mother Elizabeth. Born 1868 Gateshead. Died 1951 Gateshead. Gateshead. Service from 28/9/1916 to 28/10/1917. Resigned for marriage in 1918 Orderly. General Duties Tendring, Essex to Herbert E Dowding. Maiden name Putnam. Father Graylands, Conniscliffe at 51 Welbeck St., W.1. Dowding Dorothy Morley (Mrs) Thomas, Forgemaster, mother Minnie, siblings Elsie, Gwyn & Marjorie. Road, Darlington Half day shift. 500 hours Baptized 6/3/1895 Holy Trinity, Darlington. Was at Roedean School in worked. 1911. Service from 15/5/1916 to 31/10/1917. Stationary Engine Driver above Private. Air Raid & Coast ground in coal mine. Wife Ann, daughter Margaret. Born 1876 Durham. Downey James William 11 Hunter St., Sacriston Defence. When Married Ann Holmes Chester-le-St. 1899. Died 6/4/1952 Crossgate required. Sacriston. Hospital, Durham. Last address – 10 Mafeking Tce., Sacriston. Burial place Sacriston Cemetery.

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Service from 8/2/1919 to 1/4/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Rank – V.A.D. (P) Duties – Ferryhill. Father William, Coal Hewer, mother Elizabeth, silbings David, Downs (Sister-in-law Nellie wards. Part time. 100 Laura Wosley Crescent, Shildon Harrriet, Mary Edith, John T., Robert, Arthur, Frederick James, George below) hours worked - ?1000 on Henry & Ronald. Born Middridge 3/12/1898. Baptized 11/1/1899 Shildon. card. Died 26/12/1975 10 Albert St., Shildon.

Service from 21/11/1915 to 20/11/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Rank – N.S. Duties – Downs (Sister-in-law Laura Eleanor Hannah (Nellie) 16 Simpson St., New Hall, Ferryhill. Husband David, timber yard labourer for railway company, wards. Part time. 2,000 above) (Mrs) Shildon children Wilson, William, Minnie & Elizabeth. Born Ingleton 1878 – maiden hours worked. name Brownless. Married 1901 Auckland District. Died 1942.

Service from 1/5/1918 to date. 27th Durham V.A. H. Benfieldside House, Oakwood Road, Shotley Sister. Part time. 295 Dowson Lilian Maud Shotley Bridge. Father John Joseph, Grocer, mother Jane. Born 1896 Bridge hours worked. Shotley Bridge. Died 1966 Leeds. Doxford (?relative Kathleen Private. Driver. Part Charles 5 West Lawn, Sunderland Service from 8/10/1915 to 1919. No trace 1911 Sunderland. below) time. 248 hours worked.

Service from 10/1914 to 4/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Rd., Sunderland. Certificate returned – gone away 7/9/1921. Husband Arthur, Director & Works Manager Shipbuilders & Engineers, Asst. with cooking. 24 Doxford Bertha Katharine (Mrs) Greenbank, Hylton children Arthur Denis & Katharine Patricia. Born Sunderland 13/8/1884 – hours weekly. maiden name Featherstonhaugh. Married 1905 Sunderland. Died 16/9/1946 The Grange, Carlton Miniott, Yorks. Cemetery - Bishopwearmouth.

Doxford (?relative Charles Housemaid. Part time. Service from 10/1914 to 7/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Kathleen West Lawn, Sunderland above) 18 hours weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Nurse. Part time. 168 Service from 2/1915 to 4/1915. 13th Durham V.A. H. Vane House, Dawdon, Doxford Margaret (Mrs) Blackhall Rocks hours worked. Seaham Harbour. Certificate returned. Not known 7/7/1921.

Private. Driver. Part Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Certificate returned – gone away – Doxford R (Mr) Grindon Close, Sunderland time. 276 hours worked. 7/9/1921.

The Oaks, Hylton, Private. Driver. Part Service from 8/10/1915 to 1919. Certificate returned – gone away – Doxford William Sunderland time. 121 hours worked. 7/9/1921.

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Rank at engagement – Sister. Pay at engagement - £30 per year. Rank at 42 Mount Stewart, termination – Matron. Service from 1/1/1916 to 1/4/1919. Meols Hall Convalescent Hospital, Draper Alice (Mrs) Dawdon, Seaham Harbour Pay at termination - £65 Southport. Mentioned in despatches. No trace this address 1911. per year. Duties – Pack Store, Book-keeping & Matron’s duties, massage. Full time.

Rank – Member. Nursing Service from 1/11/1914 to 1/8/1916. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Springwell Hall, Durham Draper Ethel Marguerite duties. Part time. 137 Durham. 1911 Nursery Governess for Ritson family, Coal Owners. Born City days worked. Kensington 1879. Died 1933 Kensington.

Service from 2/6/1915 to 20/2/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone 7 Rigby Tce., West Sister in charge. Full Hall, Ferryhill from 2/6/1915 to 14/4/1917, 9/11/1917 to 9/2/1918 and Dring Edith A (Mrs) Hartlepool time. Pay – 7 gns. 30/9/1918 to 20/2/1919. Previously at Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Not at this address 1911.

Rowlandson Tce., Lay worker. Duties – Service from 9/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Drury Freda Sunderland housework on Sundays. Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911.

Nursing. Part time. 630 Service from 27/8/1915 to 1/5/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Dryden Nora 12 Garcia Tce., Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. Rank – G.S. Nursing Ladies Athenaeum Club, Service from 16/5/1917 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Du Cant M.S. (Mrs) duties. Part time. 340 32 Dover St., London W.1. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace. hours worked. Service from 10/1914 to 8/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Nurse. Part time. 2046 Gateshead. Husband Richard, Deputy Overman/Miner, children Albert, Dudding Mary Elizabeth (Mrs) 25 The Avenue, Felling hours worked. Abner, Richard, Mary Elizabeth, Sarah Annie & James Cyril. Born Choppington c1865. Married c1892. Lay worker. Kitchen work Service from 12/1914 to 12/1915. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, and cooking. Part time. Dugdale Enid (Mrs) J2 Wearcourt, Roker 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Only one is Enid Hay Dugdale nee Wake but she 24 hours every 2 or 3 married in 1916. weeks.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 21. Service from 16/5/1917 to 20/4/1919. 4th Northern General. Trans. to Salonika 20/4/1918 to 20/4/1919. Mother Hedworth Lane, Boldon Elizabeth, widow in 1911, siblings Mary Ann, Susan Ellen, Daniel, Catherine, Duggan Edith Nurse. Colliery Jane, Herbert Vincent, Margaret & Bernard. Father Bernard. Born 27/7/1895 Harton. Married 1922 South Shields to Wilfred Hogarth. Died 1997.

Rank – Nurse. General Service from 2/12/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, New Duggan Mary Henry St., New Seaham work. Part time. 3744 Seaham. There’s a Mary Ann & a Mary both at New Seaham in 1911 but hours worked. neither at Henry St. Mary was born c1880 in Ferryhill and died in 1921.

Service from 6/5/1918. Still serving. 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Hall, Cooking duties. Pay at Sunderland. Husband William, a Colliery Waggonwright, children Frank H., 7 Fenton Tce., New Duke Lucy (Mrs) engagement - £2 – 16s – Alfred, William, Elizabeth, Fanny H., John, Frederick & Ernest. Born 1856 Herrington 0d. 10 hours daily. Newcastle. Married 1879 Sunderland District – maiden name Hind. Died 1932 Weardale District.

Service from 17/2/1915. Still serving. Sunderland Eastern Division. Mother Private. Air Raid & Elizabeth, widow & wardrobe dealer in 1911, siblings Margaret, Archibold, Duncan Ernest 51 Sans St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 370 Elizabeth, John, Catherine, Thomas, Charles & Ethel. Father Archibold, a hours worked. general labourer. Born 1893 Sunderland. Died 1965 Sunderland.

Service from 17/5/1915 to 2/1919. 18th Durham V.A. H. Hebburn Hall, Hebburn on Tyne. St. John War Badge awarded. Husband John, Riveter in Duncan Jessie (Mrs) 17 Parliament St., Hebburn Nursing Sister. Full time. Shipyard, children Margaret, John, Lawrence & James E. Born Burra Isle, Shetland c1877. Married 1900 South Shields District – maiden name Sinclair. Died 1956. Age when engaged – 28. Service from 18/9/1918 to 18/10/1918 at 1st 34 Frederick St., Seaham Dunkerton Elizabeth Evelyn (Mrs) Nurse. With pay. Northern General Hospital. 3/11/1918 to 9/12/1918 at War Hospital, Harbour. Sunderland. No trace.

Service from 17/8/1915. Still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Born 11/8/1874 Riccarton, Ayr, Scotland. Parents Alexander 17 Moreland St., Dunlop & Jane Lambie. Died 28/11/1941 Horn Hall, Stanhope. Last address Dunlop William Peden Masseur. Sunderland – 31 Dene Lane, Fulwell. Wife Elizabeth Jane, children Alexander & John. In 1901 was a Professional Footballer in Liverpool. Alexander was a Private in 13th Bn. Middx. Reg. No. 1649. Part Service Record survives.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 10/11/1916 to 2/4/1917. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Rank – N.S. Duties – Hall, Ferryhill. Husband Fred, children Elsie Maud & Robert. Born 1884 Dunn Alice Maud (Mrs) Church St., Shildon wards. Part time. 360 Shildon. Married 1904 Auckland District – maiden name Whitfield. Died hours worked. 24/4/1945 at Oaklands, Bishop Auckland. Last address – 27 Wesley Crescent, Shildon.

Lowthian Road, West Private. Driver. Part Dunn G.J. (Mr) Could be G T Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace at this address 1911. Hartlepool time. 400 hours worked.

Rank – Private. Duties – Newton Cap, Toronto, Service from 4/4/1915 to 3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Dunn Jameson P Orderley. Part time. 68 Bishop Auckland Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. hours worked. Tunstall Avenue, West Rank – Private. Duties – Dunn M (Mr) Service from 5/4/1918 to 1919. No trace this address 1911. Hartlepool Driver.

Service from 2/2/1915 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Rank – N.S. Nursing 10 Rainton Street, Sunderland. Husband William Gordon, a Marine Engineer’s Pattern Maker, Dunn Mary Jane (Mrs) duties. Part time. 5294 Sunderland children Robert Norman & Herbert. Born 1864 Southwick. Married 1888 hours worked. Sunderland – maiden name Watson. Died 1933 Sunderland.

Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Nursing Duties. Part Dunn Mary (Mrs) Derwent St., Blackhill Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Certificate returned – unknown – 7/9/1921. time. 224 hours worked. No trace Blackhill 1911.

Service from 1/3/1915. Still serving. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. Teacher of Singing. Father Herbert Edward, Bank Manager, Cook. Part time. 140 Durand Beatrice Mary Scott 30 Old Elvet, Durham mother Mary Hannah, siblings Constance Cartwright, Percy F., Phyllis hours worked. Durand Durand & Charles Herbert Stewart. Born c1880 Middlesborough. Died 27/3/1939 at Percy House, Neville’s Cross.

V.A. Nurse. Nursing Service from 21/7/1915 to 12/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Durham Mrs Brancepeth duties. Part time. 112 Castle. Unable to trace 1911. hours worked.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. A Chemical Sampler at Chemical – Air Raid & Coast Manufacturers. Wife Jessie. Born Great Ormesby, Norfolk 1879. Baptized Dyble Charles John 12 Dunhope St., Hebburn Defence. Part time when 29/6/1879 Ormesby St. Margaret, Norfolk parents John & Eliza. Married required. Jessie Helen Clark 1903 South Shields. Died 1967 Yarmouth District.

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Service from 7/1915 to 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Another card says service from 2/1916 to 10/1916. This could be Florence Maggie Eades, husband John Gordon, Manager of Pianoforte Cook. Part time. 210 Eades Mrs Otto Tce., Sunderland Warehouse, son John Gordon but not at this address in 1911. Born 1881 hours worked. Warkworth – maiden name Mann. Married 1906 Gateshead District. Died 18/10/1962 at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth. Last address – 11 Sussex Place, Southsea, Hampshire.

Orderley. Part time. 314 hours worked. Previous Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Earth John (Dr) Beverley Tce., Consett engagements – coast Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Consett 1911. defence.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 25/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace Easten Thomas 3 Ethel St., Sunderland convoys. Part time. 300 Sunderland 1911. hours worked. C/o Dr. A.E. Morison, 1st Service from 10/1914 to 2/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Easton Thomas Henry (Doctor) Georges Square, M.O. Twice weekly. Sunderland. Born Stranraer, Scotland c1879. ?Died 1953 Poole, Dorset. Sunderland

Service from 18/9/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Private. Air Raid & Coast Ann, children Henry, Gertrude, James Thomas, Herman, William & Alfred Eccleston James 7 Elliott St., Sacriston Defence. When Lomax. Born Wigan, Lancs. 29/5/1869, baptized 1/8/1869 St. Thomas’, required. Wigan. Married Ann Lomax at St. James’, Wigan 9/6/1894. Father Henry, mother Sarah Ann. ?Died 1958.

Service from 26/5/1915 to date. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Born 9/4/1867 Barrackpore, Calcutta. Father Sir William Grey, K.C.S.I., mother Georgina Chicheley Grey. Married Sir William Eden, 7th Rank – Commandant. th Eden Sybil Frances (Lady) O.B.E. Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Duties – Matron day and Baronet of West Auckland & 5 Bart of Maryland 20/7/1886 St. George’s, night. Full time. Hanover Square. Had 6 children including Elfrida Marjorie, John, Timothy Calvert, Robert Anthony & William Nicholas. Died 17/6/1945 of Park House, Windlestone. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday June 20th at Windlestone Chapel. Photo of her on the web in her uniform.

Service from 7/1917 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Rank – S.S.P. Kitchen Born 1893 Gateshead. Father Thomas, Chief Clerk in Railway Manager’s Edington Kathie Loraine Eaglescliffe helper. 809 hours Office, mother Annie. Died Abbeyfield Extra Care Centre, 40 The Grove, worked. Part time. Gosforth 6/6/1984.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 29. Service from 11/9/1915 to 20/4/1919. Bethnal 4 Oxford Tce., Bishop Egan Leila E. Murray Nurse. Green Military 11/9/1915. Trans. Exeter Military 19/12/1918. No trace Auckland 1911 census.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 15/7/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Baptized 1/10/1889 Durham, parents Rank – R.N. Duties – Thomas & Anne Bainbridge. Married 1917 Weardale to Joseph T Egglestone Florence Hilda (Mrs) Graham St., Stanhope nursing. Part time. 150 Egglestone. Died 3/7/1955 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. Last hours worked. address – Greenbank, Front St., Stanhope. Medal Roll entry for Joseph T Egglestone Private The Royal Scots (Lothian Reg.), Reg. No. 331040, previous units 6th D.L.I. 2274 Pte. France 19/4/1915.

Service from 18/3/1915 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Gardener. Wife Mary Alice, children William Keith Nicholas Nixon Elland & Nina Catherine Abbott Elland. Elland Isaac Etherley, Bishop Auckland Handyman Baptized 17/7/1870 Kendal, parents William & Jane. Married 1896 Darlington to Mary Alice Abbott. Died 26/10/1937 Castle Square, Bishop Auckland.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Father William, sea going Engineer, Ellerington (Sister Mary Assistant Cook. Part Jane Isabella (Jennie) 106 Sorley St., Sunderland mother Mary Eleanor, siblings Mary Eleanor, Hilda Elizabeth, Philip Eleanor below) time. William, John Hector & William Ernest. Born 1893 Sunderland. Married William H Charlton 1922 Sunderland. Died 1972 Sunderland.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1916. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Father William, sea going Engineer, Rank – N.S. Duties – Ellerington (Sister Jane above) Mary Eleanor (Nellie) 106 Sorley St., Sunderland mother Mary Eleanor, siblings Jane Isabella, Hilda Elizabeth, Philip William, nursing. Part time. John Hector & William Ernest. Born Sunderland 1891. Died 1/11/1978 40 Crosslea Ave., Sunderland. C/o Mrs Sheatfield, Service from 10/1914 to 12/1915. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Elliot Annie Nurse. Full time. Ryhope Sunderland. Head Cook. Duties – Service from 8/1914 to 1/1915. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Elliot Bertha (Mrs) 1 Rountley Bank, Perth entire charge of the Gray Road, Sunderland. kitchen. Full time. Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 1/8/1915 to 15/12/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Elliott Annie High St., Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 330 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. There is one in Tow Law but she would hours worked. only be 16 in 1915.

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Red Cross working party, Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Husband Walter, Grocer’s Clerk, children Elizabeth Ann (Annie) Springfield House, Elliott Willington. Garments Peter, Margaret, John Angus, Walter, Dorothy & Agnes. Born Willington (Mrs) Springfield Tce., Willington made at home. 1871. Married 1895 Durham. Maiden name Wright. ?Died 1959.

Nursing. Part time. 488 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Elliott Elizabeth 9 Park Road, Consett hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Consett 1911. 5 hours weekly. Easington House, Elliott Elizabeth J (Mrs) Easington Colliery Service from 8/11/1915 to 1/2/1919. No trace 1911 Easington. Easington Colliery Working Party No. 1181.

Service from 25/7/1015 to 15/8/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Philip was a hotel/pub keeper. Elliott Isabella (Ella) 104 Dan’s Castle, Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 710 Mother Mary Jane, widow in 1911, siblings Jane Ann, Susannah, Thomas hours worked. M., Mary Helena, Margaret, John Joseph & Elizabeth Emma. Born 1882 Wolsingham.

Rank on engagement – Norton House, Norton on Trained. Rank on Age when engaged – 49. Service from 29/5/1918 to 2/6/1919. No trace Elliott Gertrude Tees termination – Nurse. Pay Norton 1911. £1-1s-0d per week.

Service 3 ½ years. Husband James Ormston Elliott, Joiner & Builder, Reg. Work Party No. daughter Mary Ellen & son John George. Baptized 16/3/1841 Billingham. Elliott Jane Ann (Mrs) Broomfield West, Cleadon 1951 Cleadon. Parents Thomas Ramshaw & Mary White. Married 1871 Tynemouth District. Died 1929 South Shields District.

Rank – V.A.D. Duties – Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Elliott (?Sister below) Jenny Pear Tree Place, Lumley General. Part time. Chilton Moor. No trace 1911 census at Lumley. 1008 hours worked. Rank – V.A.D. Duties – Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Elliott (?Sister above) Margaret Pear Tree Place, Lumley. general. Part time. 1176 Chilton Moor. No trace 1911 census at Lumley. hours worked. Rank – V.A.D. Duties – Elliott (?any relation to the 15 Chapel Row, Lambton, Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th V.A. H. Long Room, Chilton Moor Margaret general. Part time. 1302 two above) Fence Houses No trace 1911 Fence Houses. hours worked. Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Kitchen helper. Part Service from 1917. No final date given. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Elliott Peggie Staindrop Road, Darlington time. 1080 hours Darlington. Unable to trace in Darlington 1911. worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Contractor Gas & Water Mains. Wife 9 Melbourne Street, Elliott William Private. Driver. Mary Elizabeth, children Annie Valery, Vera & Joseph. Born West Auckland Bishop Auckland 1860. Married c1901. Died 1948.

Service from 19/6/1915 to 12/1915. Mission House, New Seaham. Previously attached to 12 Durham V.A.D. Another card gives service from 10/1914 to 6/1915 at 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Nurse. General work. At Sunderland. Husband Walter Angus, Solicitor of the Supreme Court, The Bungalow, Seaham Hammerton House was a Ellis Edith (Mrs) children Edith Bethune, Margaret Munro & Mary MacKenzie. Born Bishop Harbour nurse and kitchen duties Wearmouth 1/3/1875. Baptized Bishop Wearmouth 9/4/1875 – parents for 24-30 hours weekly. Matthew William Parrington & Edith Octavia. Married 31/10/1901 Monkwearmouth. Died 16/12/1950 Willowbrook, Ashbrooke Rd., Sunderland.

Argyle Terrace, South Ellis H.S. (Mr) Private. Service from 11/8/1917 to 1919. Card marked ‘gone away 4/8/1921’. Shields Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 6/7/1915 to 22/10/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Ellis Leonara ?Leonora The Elms, Bishop Auckland nursing. Part time. 310 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911 in Bishop. hours worked.

Service from 30/4/1915 to 4/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Certificate returned 4/10/1921 – unknown. Private. Orderly. Part Ellis Mark Woodside, Witton Park Coal Miner – boarding at this address in 1911. Baptized 11/12/1888 time. 52 hours worked. Primitive Methodist, Shotley Bridge. Father Thomas, mother Lydia, sister Harriet & brother Edward. Died 1961.

Nurse. Part time. 7488 Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Ellis Mary S (Mrs) 17 Stuart Tce., Felling hours worked. House, Gateshead. No trace Felling 1911. Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Nursing. Part time. 112 Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Son William. Born 1881 Warden, Ellison Annie Margaret (Mrs) Bays House Ave., Consett hours worked. Northumberland. Married 1904 Lanchester District to Joseph Ellison. Died 1957. Private. Air Raid & Coast Ellison Bertram (Mr) Poplar St., Sacriston Defence. When Service from 16/12/1916 to 5/3/1918. Sacriston. Not in Sacriston 1911. required. Sister. Part time. 1890 Service from 1/6/1916. Still serving. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace 1911 Ellison Eleanor 15 West View, Medomsley hours worked. Medomsley.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Making garments at home. Red Cross Elms Mrs Hunwick Lane, Willington Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace Willington 1911. Working Party, Willington.

Service from 9/3/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Shipyard Private. Air Raid & 46 Roker Avenue, Joiner. Mother Margaret Hodgson Elsdon, widow by 1911. Father George. Elsdon John William Convoys. Part time. 393 Sunderland Siblings Jonathan Sharp, Mary Jane, Eleanor Sharp, Thomasina, Elizabeth & hours worked. George. Born Sunderland 1885. Died 1935 Sunderland.

Service from 5/1917 to 7/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Father Thomas Finch, Caulker in ship building, 32 St. Marks Road, Ward Maid. Part time. Elstob Mary mother Mary Jane, siblings Thomas Henry, Norman, Sidney, Leonard, Sunderland 24 hours per week. Kenneth, Frank & Gordon. Born West Hartlepool 1892. Baptized 19/6/1892 Stranton, Durham. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Shop Assistant in Tobacconists. Father Moses Nursing. Part time. 576 William, mother Mary Elizabeth, School Caretaker, siblings Walter, Flora, Elstrop Lilian Annie (Lily) School House, Blackhill hours worked. Ethel Mary, Herbert & Albert. Born 1889 Caldwell, Yorkshire. Died 29/4/1960 Shotley Bridge Hospital. Last address – 8 Noel Tce., Winlaton Mill, Blaydon.

Service from 15/5/1916 to 5/8/1916. Sacriston. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Hans Major. Written as Private. Air Raid & Coast Margaret Hannah, children Henry Bowman, David Bowman, Eva Embleton Hance Major on 1911 15 Witton Rd., Sacriston Defence. When Wilhelmina & Hance Major. Born Chester-le-St. 1877. Married Margaret census required. Hannah Bowman 1901 Gateshead District. Died 1967.

Working Party No. 1813. Emerson ?Liddie (Mrs) Park House, Witton Gilbert Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. No trace 1911. 4 hours weekly.

Work Party No. 1181 7 Station Road, Easington Emery Mary (Mrs) Easington Colliery. 5 Service from 2/1917 to 1918. No trace at this address 1911. Colliery hours weekly.

Service from 10/1914 to 5/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Husband Edward Barker, Coal Miner/Stone worker, children Nurse. Part time. 2640 Mary Christina, James Lambert Barker, Edward Barker, Dora Annie Barker. Emery Susannah Barker (Mrs) 5 Kenmire St., Felling hours worked. Born 1868 Craghead – maiden name Davison. Married 30/10/1886 Chester-le-St. Father Christopher Davison. Died 2/9/1941 The Aged Miners’ Cottages, New Washington.

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Willington Red Cross Brancepeth Lane, Emmerson Mrs Working Party. Making Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace 1911. Willington garments at home.

Private. Air Raid duties. White Bdge, Whitby St., Service from 22/10/1915 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. No Emmerson George Part time. 81 hours West Hartlepool trace at this address 1911. worked. Trained nurse. Paid £1 - Service from 10/1916 to 8/3/1919. Auxiliary Military Hospital, Richmond. Emmerson Lillie 14 Morris St., Birtley 0s-0d by B.R.C.S. No trace 1911 at this address. Age when engaged – 26. Service from 15/8/1917 to 9/3/1918. Another English Margaret (Mrs) Burn Hills, Blaydon Nurse. With pay. card says service from 9/8/1917. Military Hospital, Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911. Service from 21/4/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. School St., Howden-le- Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Mary, children John Robert, Joseph William, English William Private. Orderly. Wear Norman & Herbert. Born Tow Law 1858. Married 1888 Mary Hannah Hewitson Lanchester District. Died 1940. Matron and Service from 6/1917 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, English Winifred (Mrs) Southcliffe, Roker Commandant. Full time. Sunderland. Unable to trace Roker 1911. No pay. Service from 12/1917 to 10/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, 8 St. Albans St., Hendon, House maid. Part time. Sunderland. Born c1883 Fredrikstad, Norway. Married Johan Engelbert Eriksson Elise Marie (Mrs) Sunderland 264 hours worked. Eriksson (Swedish, Ship’s Cook & Steward – naturalised 26/7/1909) 1909 Sunderland. Maiden name Olsen.

Rank – House Member. Age when engaged – 21. Service from 8/3/1918 to present 30/6/1919. Ward Orderly duties. Born 15/9/1896 South Shields. Baptized 7/10/1896 St. Hilda’s, South Reserve V.A.D. With pay. 39 John Williamson St., Shields. Father Erik, widower in 1911 & a Seamen’s Boarding House keeper Erikson Lily Carolina Australian Harefield South Shields from Sweden, siblings Walter, Ethel Louisa, Elizabeth May, Erik, Grace Military 8/3/1918. Trans. Hannah & Nic Coner. Mother Carolina. Naturalised 7/12/1907 South Sutton Veny Military Shields. 4/2/1919.

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Age when engaged – 25. Service from 2/9/1915 to 10/4/1916. Malta. School Teacher. Father George Henry, Farmer, mother Mary, siblings Lumley Forge, Fence Elizabeth J., Mary Georgina, John Robson, Isabella Ellen & George Ridley. Errington Elizabeth Jane Nurse. With pay. Houses Born Ovingham, Northumberland 1889. Baptized 16/2/1890 Ovingham, Northumberland. Married Herbert Henry McBow Chester-le-St. District 1916. Went to Australia.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 18/2/1918 to 2/5/1919. 2nd Military General Hospital, Manchester. 1 Scarlet stripe 18/3/1919. Father Thomas, Errington Hannah Elizabeth 7 Neale Tce., Tantobie Nurse. With pay. Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Margaret Jane, siblings Jane Spoors, William Thomas, Mary Annie, Edith Ellen, Lily Irene & Winifred Beatrice. Born Annfield Plain 15/11/1892. Died 1985.

Service from 10/1914 to 12/1914 and 3/1917 to 3/1919. 1st Durham V.A. Corporal. Convoy duty H. Whinney House, Low Fell. Blacksmith on N.E.R. Wife Mary Alice, Errington Isaac 73 Inskip Tce., Gateshead and orderly. Part time. children Winifred Annie & Albert William. Born 1878 Whickham. Baptized 114 hours worked. 18/8/1878 Whickham. Parents George & Mary Anne. Married Mary Alice Davies 21/2/1899 St. Edmund’s, Gateshead. Died 1926.

Service from 20/1/1915 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. St. John Badge. 4 St Cuthbert’s Avenue, Rank – Lady Supt. A.R.R.C. Husband Joseph, Commercial Clerk for a coal owner, children Errington Isabella (Mrs) Blackhill Trained nurse. Full time. Alys, George & Cecil. Born 1866 Consett. Married 1896 Lanchester District. Maiden name Bates. Died 1944. Rank – Cook. Duties – 175 Osborne Ave., South Nursing and cooking. Service from 9/8/1914 to 10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Errington Sarah (Mrs) Shields Part time. 120 hours Shields. Several of that name in South Shields but none at this address. worked.

Service from 1/1917 to 7/1917. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Bohemia House, Dinsdale. Father Robert, Baptist Minister, mother Agnes, brothers Albert, Nurse. Part time. 456 Ensoll Miss Lansdowne Ave., Robert & Harold. There are two daughters, Charlotte Agnes (1878 - hours worked. Middlesbrough 11/7/1964) & Grace (1880-28/2/1957), both Assistant Teachers & both born in Darnall, Sheffield.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Art Student. Evans (Mother Lilian Margaret 10 Mount Pleasant, Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Constance May Mother Lilian Margaret, a widow by 1911, Artist & Music Teacher. Brother below) Coniscliffe Rd., Darlington 550 hours worked. Ernest E.G. Evans. Born Montreal, Canada c1888. Died 1982 Darlington.

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Age when engaged – 24. Service from 11/9/1915 to 17/9/1917. Egypt Evans Dorothy 7 West View, Easington Nurse. Military Hospital 11/9/1915 to 10/1916. 3rd Northern General Military Hospital 17/3/1917 to 17/9/1917. No trace Easington 1911.

Service from 7/6/1915 to 6/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Newton Cap, Bishop Private. Orderly. Part Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Miner/waggonway man. Wife Edith Emily, son Evans George Auckland time. 76 hours worked. John Emmerson. Born Toronto, Bishop Auckland 1880. Married 1909 Bishop Auckland to Edith Emily Henderson. Died 1976.

Service from 16/4/1918 to 1919. Aerated Water Manufacturer/Lemonade. 36 Winchester St., South Evans George E Private. Driver. Wife Sarah Jane, children Edgar, Bertie, Laurence & Elsie Mary. Born Shields Portsmouth 1857. Married c1882. Died 1920 South Shields.

Service from 10/10/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Quartermaster. Full Evans Janet (Mrs) John Street, Sunderland Sunderland. Not known at John Street 4/8/1921. Unable to trace in time. Sunderland 1911. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Miner/Hewer. Father Ellis, Waggonwayman in coal mine, mother Margaret Private. Air Raid Duty. Evans John Thomas Morley St., South Hetton Jane, siblings Ellis, David, Edith, Samuel & Albert. Born 25/11/1889. Part time. Married Catherine Bryce 15/3/1914 South Hetton. Died 25/4/1964. Last address – 30 Lawson St., Stockton. Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Artist & Evans (Daughter Constance 10 Mount Pleasant, Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Lilian Margaret (Mrs) Music Teacher. A widow by 1911. Son Ernest E.G. Evans. Born Highgate, May above) Coniscliffe Rd., Darlington 600 hours worked. London c1860. The School House, General work on Service from 1/1915 to 7/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Everett Dorothy Sunderland Sundays. Sunderland. Not on 1911 census in Sunderland. Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Everett Mary (Mrs) 10 The Cedars, SunderlandTreasurer. Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Shop Nurse. Part time. 100 Assistant with Bishop Auckland Co-op Society. Mother Isabella, widow by Ewbank Florence 13 Eldon Tce., New Shildon hours worked. 1911 & siblings Jane Elizabeth, Ann, James, Thomas Robinson & Dorothy Wild Tapper (adopted). Born 1876 New Shildon. Died 1947.

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Service from 9/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Father Thomas Henry, Solicitor, mother Ada Cotton, siblings Ada Mary, Rank S.S.P. Kitchen Faber (Sisters Lorna & Helen 100 High St., Norton, Helen Margaret, Lorna Kathleen, Olive Faber Faber & Alfred Giles. Born Aileen Coppard helper. Part time. 922 below & ?Molly) Stockton Norton 8/12/1896. Baptized 21/3/1897 Norton. Married Martin J hours worked. Morrison Stockton District 1921. Died 1972 Cleveland District. Buried St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery, Faceby, Yorks.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 11/9/1915 to present (1/7/1919). Egypt Military 11/9/1915 to 15/3/1916. Cottesmore Auxiliary Hospital, Haverfordwest 26/9/1916 to 26/12/1916. 3rd Southern General Military, Faber (Sisters Aileen above & 100 High St., Norton, Oxford 16/4/1917. Father Thomas Henry, Solicitor, mother Ada Cotton, Helen Margaret Nurse. With pay. Lorna below, ?Molly) Stockton siblings Ada Mary, Aileen Coppard, Lorna Kathleen, Olive Faber Faber & Alfred Giles. Born 1891 Norton. Married James C Findlay 1932 Paddington, London. Died 14/6/1979 Whorlton Cottage, Swainby, North Yorks.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Father Thomas Henry, Solicitor, mother Ada Cotton, siblings Ada Mary, Faber (Sisters Helen & Aileen 100 High Street, Norton, Nurse. Part time. 2,000 Aileen Coppard, Helen Margaret, Olive Faber Faber & Alfred Giles. Born Lorna Kathleen above & ? Molly) Stockton hours worked. 9/2/1895 Norton. Baptized 26/4/1895 Norton. Married William Preson Wild 5/7/1921 Holy Trinity, Paddington. Died 9/6/1978 Button Hall, Herongate, Brentwood, Essex.

Faber (Could be a sister of the Molly (?Ada Mary or Olive Norton, Stockton. ?at 100 Nurse. Part time. 302 Service from 7/1916 to 12/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, 3 above) Faber) High St. hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace as Molly 1911.

Service from 1/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father William, shipyard worker, mother Margaret, siblings Thomas Irving, 13 Winifred Tce., Fulwell, Kitchen maid. £26 per Fairbairn Nora Ellen Margaret, Mary Isobel & Winifred. Born 23/7/1897, baptized 8/8/1897 St. Sunderland annum. Full time. Cuthbert’s, Monkwearmouth. Married 1919 Sunderland District to George W Rugman. Died 24/7/1985 8 North View, Fulwell.

Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Honours – Government Badge. In 1911 Work party Reg. No. widow, Milliner & Draper. Born Penshaw 29/5/1855. Baptized 24/6/1855 1813. Lanchester Red Fairbank Jane (Mrs) Front St., Lanchester Gateshead. Parents Jeremiah & Isabella. Married 1894 Lanchester. Cross Work Depot. 4 Maiden name Bolam. Husband William, Commerical Clerk. Died hours weekly. 26/10/1946 Lanchester.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1915 to 1916. Also from 14/2/1916 to 3/5/1917 when she Rank – Member. Duties did 2 hours weekly doing sewing at Red Cross Working Party, Gateshead. Fairbridge Anne (Annie) 5 Essex Gardens, Low Fell – V.A.D. work. Part time. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Born 8/12/1888. Died 2,000 hours worked. 1974. Service from 14/10/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Fairer (Daughter Amy & 18 Sydenham Tce., Rank – N.S. Duties – Sunderland. Husband George Hastwell, Assurance Agent, children William Ada Mary (Mrs) husband George below) Sunderland nursing. Full time. Arthur & Amy Isabel. Born c1862 Fighting Cocks, Sunderland. Died 16/4/1940. George died 1919 Sunderland. Age when engaged – 21. Service from 30/10/1914 to date (1/7/1919). 30/10/1914 to 31/10/1917 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Fairer (Mother Ada Mary 18 Sydenham Tce., Rank – N.S. Duties - 15/4/1918 to present Berrington Military Hospital, Shrewsbury. Father above & father George Amy Isabel Sunderland Nurse. George Hastwell, mother Ada Mary, brother William Arthur. Born 1897 Hastwell below) Middlesbrough. Married John Slack 1922 Sunderland. Died 1954 Sunderland.

Service from 25/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Assurance Private. Air Raid & Fairer (Wife Ada Mary & 18 Sydenham Tce., Agent. Wife Ada Mary, children Amy Isabel & William Arthur. Born 1862 George Hastwell Convoys. Part time. 650 daughter Amy Isabel above) Sunderland Kirkby Stephen. Baptized 21/9/1862 Kirkby Stephen. Father Henry, mother hours worked. Isabella. Died 27/12/1919 Sunderland.

Service from 6/1916 to 9/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Joseph, Ships’ Store Merchant, widower in 1911, siblings Margaret 13 St. George’s Square, Cook. Part time. 1134 J., Charles E., Eveline Beatrice. Born 1871 Sunderland. Mother Margaret Fairley Miriam Josephine Sunderland hours worked. A. Died 21/12/1962 at The Home of Compassion, Thames Ditton, Surrey. Last address 30 Palace Rd., East Molesey, Surrey. Buried St. Paul’s, East Molesey, Surrey.

Age when engaged – 26. Service from 17/4/1918 to 30/12/1918. 9 Silksworth Tce., New Fairley Sarah Jane (Mrs) Nurse. 17/4/1918 to 17/11/1918 2nd Northern General Hospital, Leeds. Silksworth, Sunderland 30/11/1918 to 30/12/1918 War Hospital, Sunderland. No trace 1911. 16 Abingdon St., Service from 24/5/1915 to 30/6/1917. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. No Fairs Dorothy Assistant Cook. Sunderland trace Sunderland 1911.

Service from 16/9/1916 to 21/2/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, 36 Richmond St., Rank – N.M. Nursing. Fairs W (Miss) Bishop Auckland. There’s a Winifred Fairs in West Auckland & she’s a Gateshead Full time. boarder in Darlington in 1911 but no connection with Gateshead. Private. Air Raid & Coast Falconer John Woodside, Sacriston Defence. When Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. No trace Sacriston 1911. required. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Age when engaged – 46. Cook with Detachment Lydney, Glos. 8/11/1914 to 25/10/1915. Cook at Princess Christian’s Hospital, Englefield Green 1/1/1916 to 2/3/1916. Assistant in Quartermaster’s Dept. Lydney, Glos. August 1916. Head Cook at Crafts’ School Hospital with Detachment The Divinity House, Cooking and Assistant in 1/11/1916 to 27/2/1917. Assistant Cook on several occasions Lady Falkner Evelyn Violet (Mrs) Durham Quartermaster’s Dept. Lytton’s Hospital. Emergency Cook at Ingress Abbey for 1 week 10/1918. Husband John Meade, Director of Public Companies. Born 20/7/1869 Woolwich. Baptized 20/8/1869 St. Mary Magdalene, Woolwich. Parents John Miller & Mary Cordelia. Married 8/10/1899 Aldford, Cheshire – maiden name Adye. Died 16/1/1940 12 Palace Garden Tce., Kensington.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Rank – Member. Duties Ship Yard Rivetter. Father Robert, Machine Beltman in shipyard, mother 28 Bath Street, South – hospital orderly & air Falp Arthur Watson Catherine, siblings Catherine, Mary J., Robert T., Albert, Edith, Sarah A., Shields raid services. Part time. Emily, Florence & Annie. Born 1887 South Shields. Baptized 11/9/1887 St. 300 hours worked. Michael’s, South Westoe. Died 1935 South Shields.

Kitchen work and Service from 12/1915 to 7/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 163 Cleveland Road, Farmer Marion Joicey cooking. 24 hours every Gray Road, Sunderland. Father William Henry, Railway Trains Inspector, Sunderland 2 or 3 weeks. mother Agnes. Born Cullercoats 1889.

Service from 23/9/1917 to date. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Previous engagement at Armstrong College, Newcastle. 20 Fern Dene Road, Clerk. Duties – packstore Farnie Florence Frances C. (Mrs) Husband Robert Charles, Manager/Grocer, son John Robert. Born Gateshead keeper. Lanchester 1881. Married 1907 Gateshead – maiden name Jobling. Died 15/2/1973. Buried Darlington West Cemetery. Robert died 17/11/1957.

Stratford Terrace, Consett. Nursing. Part time. 496 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Farnsworth Elizabeth ?Strafford hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Unable to trace 1911. Sewing. Whitburn Red Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. More than one in Whitburn but not at this Farrer M (Mrs) Front Street, Whitburn Cross Working Party. address. 920 hours worked.

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Age when engaged – 23. Service from 25/2/1918 to 18/2/1919. 3rd Western General Military, Cardiff 25/2/1918 to 28/9/1918. U.S.A. Dartford Faulks (Another card has Nurse. With pay. Alice Lobley Hill, Bensham Military 14/10/1918 to 11/12/1918. Napsbury Military 11/12/1918 to spelling Fawlks) Reserve V.A.D. 11/1/1919. Chatham R.N. 11/1/1919 to 18/2/1919. Another card has dates 25/2/1918 to 25/2/1919. Certificate returned – unknown.

C/o Dr. McCullagh, Bishop Nursing. 3648 hours Service from 25/9/1915 to 27/8/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Favell Florence (Mrs) Auckland worked. Part time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not in Bishop in 1911.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 29/6/1917 to 12/6/1919. N.Z. Hospital 29/6/1917 to 15/2/1919. M.H. Napsbury 29/3/1919 to Boundary House, Fence 12/6/1919. Another card says from 29/3/1919 to 12/6/1919 at Burnmoor Fawcett Margaret Nurse. With pay. Houses Nursing S.J.A.B. St. Albans Hospital. Father Joseph, Joiner & Cabinet Maker Philadelphia Engine Works, mother Jane, siblings Joseph, Christopher W., Catherine, Thomas & Evelyn. Born 1893 New Herrington.

Rank – G.S. Duties – Service from 13/9/1918 to 24/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Fealouby (Difficult to read the Doris 48 Percy Park, Tynemouth General Service. Full House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace of anything like this name in name) time. 1911 census in Tynemouth. Rank – Member. Duties – Air Raid & Coast Fealy John 56 Station Road, Hebburn Service from 29/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. No trace 1911. Defence. Part time when required.

Service from 9/1915 to 9/1916. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, St. Luke’s Vicarage, Nurse. Part time. 408 Dinsdale. Father Ralph John, Clergyman, mother Dora Elizabeth, siblings Featherstone Evelyn Gertrude Thornaby hours worked. Charles R., Eleanor M & George H. Born 29/9/1893 or 1894 Thornaby, Yorks. Died 2/4/1974 Whitefield, 75 The Green, Thornaby.

Service from 25/3/1918 to 1919. Dispenser of medicine. Wife Ida Mary & 176 York Road, West Featherstone Herbert Liverseed Private. Driver. son Sidney Herbert. Born Moorsholm, Yorks. 1881. Married Ida Mary Hartlepool Jackson Guisborough District 1909. Went to New Zealand.

8 Orchard Road, Rank – Member. Air Raid Service from 3/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Air Raid Station, Darlington. Could be Featherstone William Darlington Station. When required. this man – Blacksmith in Loco. Dept. Railway Co. Born Stockton 1874.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1/1915 to 12/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Husband Edward, retired Glass Manufacturer, 13 Park Place West, Sewing. Mending socks Featherstonhaugh Mary (Mrs) children Edward, Millicent, Harold, Bertha, Jeffrey & Albany. Born Sunderland at home. Sunderland 1848. Married 1874 Sunderland – maiden name Laing. Died 15/6/1941.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Father John, Beer House keeper & Draper, Nursing. Part time. 384 siblings James A., Rose E., Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary, Alice A., John, Agnes Fegan Jane Ann (Annie) Waltons Row, Blackhill hours worked. & Catherine. Born Blackhill 1872. Jane kept house for the family. Mother Alice only appeared on 1881 census but Jane’s father was on census returns as ‘Married’. Died26/5/1961at Leehill Hospital, Lanchester.

Service from 19/6/1915 to date. Mission House, New Seaham. Husband Richard Robert, Priest of the Church of England, daughters Ada Dorothea Fenning Ada (Mrs) The Vicarage, New Seaham Trained Sister. Full time. Catharine & Rosalind Ramey. Born Lound, Suffolk 1868. Married 1902 Norwich District – maiden name Morse. Died 21/2/1957 Whinlatter, Worthing Road, Storrington, Sussex.

Service from 13/9/1915 to 20/3/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Previous engagement – 16th Denham Nurse. Part time. 3230 Fenwick Lizzie Hall (Bessie) The Poplars, Stanhope V.A. H. Father William Hall, Grocer & Draper, mother Annie Marie, siblings hours worked. William, Muriel & John Leslie Featherstone. Born 1894 Stanhope. Baptized 25/3/1894 Stanhope. Died 11/7/1974 Earmoor, Aydon Rd., Corbridge.

Rank – G.S. Duties Service from 30/1/1917 to 30/3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. Hospital, The Red Fenwick Maggie (Mrs) Church St., Wheatley Hill General Service. Full House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband William, Clerk with Co- time. operative Society & daughter Edna. Born Trimdon 1882.

Service from 7/1915 to 10/1915. 25th Durham V.A. Hospital, Ashburne, Sunderland. This may be Ida Marshall Ferens, a Governess for the Stott Cook. Part time. 56 Ferens Ida Carlyon St., Sunderland family, Farmers, in Belsay, Northumberland in 1911. Born 26/8/1890 hours worked. Bishop Wearmouth, baptized 24/9/1890. Father Frederick Joseph, mother Dora Howard. Died 13/6/1981 Milford Nursing Home, Durham.

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Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Mother Cook. Part time. 3240 Hannah Eliza, widow living on private means by 1911, siblings Andrew O., Ferguson Elizabeth Leitch 3 Lorne Tce., Darlington hours worked. William O, Alexander, Mary Houlding, John Edward & George Ernest. Father William, a Hat Manufacturer. Born Darlington 1886.

Cook. Part time. 516 Service from 1/1917 to 12/1918. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. Ferguson Emily 51 Walter St., Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. No trace Stockton 1911. Newlands Grange Cottage, Cook. Catterick Camp Age when engaged – 29. Service from 7/1/1918 to 12/2/1918. Unable to Ferguson Isabel Whittonstall, Ebchester Military Hospital. find 1911 census Ebchester.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Rank – Member. Duties Father Joseph, Tailor/Cutter, mother Jane, siblings Joseph, May & Harold. 27 Woodbine St., South – Hospital Orderly & Air Ferrier James Edward Born 12/5/1888 South Shields. Baptized St. Hilda’s, South Shields Shields Raid services. Part time. 10/6/1888. Married Helen M Cooper 1915 South Shields. Died 1969 300 hours worked. Northumberland West District.

Service from 3/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. Woodworking Machinist. Wife Rank – Member. Air Raid Hannah & son John Thomas. Born Guisborough 1878. Married Hannah Ferrier John Parsons 15 Eskdale St., Darlington Station, Darlington. Bennison 1903 Guisborough. Died 8/5/1951 Darlington. Buried Darlington When required. West Cemetery. Hannah died 1/10/1955.

Service from 19/6/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, New Rank – Nurse. Duties – Seaham. Elementary School Teacher. Father John, Surface Platelayer in Vane Terrace, Seaham Ferry Aline General work. Part time. mine, mother Mary Ann, siblings Margaret Jane, Barbara A., Sarah Hannah, Harbour 3276 hours worked. Mary E. & Robert. Born 1880 New Seaham. Died 16/1/1958 at The General Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 15 Camden Sq., Seaham.

Service from 7/1915 to 10/5/1919. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone. Wife Winifred. Born 8/8/1875 Shildon. Baptized 29/9/1875 Shildon – Rank – Medical Officer. Fielden Henry Adamson (Dr) Enfield Lodge, Shildon parents Samuel & Jane. Married Winifred Waycott 2/10/1909 St. Mary’s, Full time. Bryanston Sq., Westminster. Died 16/5/1948 Fairway, Wellswood Ave., Torquay.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 3/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Electric Light Attendant, Electrical – Air Raid Station, Dept., forge works. Wife Isabel, children Margaret Florence & Frank. Born Fieldsend Herbert 43 Zetland St., Darlington Darlington. When Middleham, Yorks. 1882. Married 1906 Darlington to Isabella Margaret required. Todd. Died 28/12/1955 26 Zetland St., Darlington.

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Rank – V.A. Nurse. Swiss Cottage, North Road, Service from 18/5/1917 to 8/11/1917. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Fillingham Anne (Mrs) Nursing duties. Part Durham Castle. No trace Durham 1911. time. 840 hours worked.

97 Cedars Park, Private. Driver. Part Finlay F.M. (Mr) Service from 8/1/1915 to 1919. Unable to trace Sunderland 1911. Sunderland time. 560 hours worked.

Nurse. With pay. Service from 7/3/1918 to 1/6/1918 1st Northern General Military, Hospital, Reserve V.A.D. Rank at Newcastle. 15/6/1918 to 18/10/1918 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Firth Kathleen Mary The Vicarage, Esh Brancepeth V.A. Nurse, Castle. Father William Wilkinson Dibb, Clerk in Holy Orders, mother Mary part time, worked 672 Helen, brother Rupert. Born 1895 Patricroft, Lancs. Married Robert A hours. Brown 1923 Lanchester District. 5 hours weekly. Work 1 First Street East, Fisher Fannie (Mrs) Party No. 1181 Easington Service from 2/1917 to 2/1919. No trace Easington 1911. Easington Colliery Colliery.

Service from 24/10/1914 to 31/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Nurse. Part time. 2496 House, Gateshead. A servant at Elm Cottage, The Green, Wallsend in 1911. Fittis Ethel 8 Elmfield Terrace, Pelaw hours worked. Born 1886 North Shields. Father Alfred, Joiner, mother Mary, siblings Alfred, Nora, Mary, Edith, Emily, Fredrick & Mabel.

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 3/8/1917 to 19/8/1918. (Another card says 31/8/1918). Uppingham Aux. 3/8/1917 to 11/1917. France 69 Dock Street, Tyne Dock, Cook. With pay. Reserve Military 1/12/1917 to 17/3/1918. Exeter Officers’ Quarters 6/5/1918 to Flannery Molly Eileen Patricia South Shields V.A.D. 19/8/1918 (Assistant Cook). Married 1919 Chelsea to Douglas J. Virtue- Welch. Died 24/2/1956 at St. Anthony’s Hospital, Cheam, Surrey. Last address 56 Sunnymead, Rd., Roehampton, London S.W.15.

Service from 1914. Still working 12/1919. Nursing at 1st Durham V.A. H. Rank – Nursing Member. Whinney House, Gateshead. 26/4/1916 to 1/2/1919 Working Party 2 The Vicarage, Eighton 27/6 per week pay. Part hours fortnightly. Sept. 1919 to date working in Newcastle Provisional Fleetwood Evelyn Myrtle Banks time then full time from Limb Dept. full time. Born 1893 Durham. Father Charles H., Clergyman, Sept. 1919. mother Alice. Married 1922 Chester-le-St. District to Joseph W Shield. Died 14/2/1961 Wileve, 215 Western Way, Darras Hall, Ponteland.

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Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Bootmaker. Widower in 1911. Children Sarah Jane, Catherine Douglas, Rank – Member. Duties Charles William, Jospeh Henry & James. First wife Mary Ann Benny – 24 Broughton Road, South – Hospital Orderly & Air Fleming Charles Dodgin married 17/12/1878 St. Hilda’s, South Shields. Born South Shields Shields Raid Services. Part time. 1/8/1856. Baptized 7/6/1857 St. Hilda’s, South Shields – parents Joseph & 300 hours worked. Margaret. Second wife Fanny Elizabeth Barham married 23/6/1911 St. Hilda’s, South Shields. Died 3/10/1929 24 Broughton Rd., South Shields.

Age when engaged – 19. Service from 26/9/1917 to 8/7/1918. (Another Clerk. Another card says card says 19/7/1918). 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop 10 Woodbine Ave., Fleming Doris Eunice Quartermaster, Full time, Auckland. Father Frederick Henry, Commercial Traveller (Tobacco), Gosforth, Newcastle at £2-3s-5d ½. mother Eunice. Born Headingley, Leeds 1/3/1898. Married Brian B Grant 1922 Newcastle District. Died 1999 Newcastle age 101.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 22/3/1917 to 21/4/1919. Another card has 8/1916 to 23/4/1919 at 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, 100 Bewick Road, Nurse. With pay at £1-8s- nd Fletcher Alice Isabel Gateshead and 2 Western General Military Hospital, Manchester. Two Gateshead 0d per month. Scarlet Stripes 22/4/1919. Father Henry Thomas, Works Foreman, mother Lizzie, siblings Annie, May, Nellie & Harry. Born 20/10/1891 Chester. Baptized 19/7/1894 Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire.

Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Iron & Steel Turner at Railway Loco Rank – Commandant. Co. Wife Mary E., children Elizabeth A & Winifred. Born Wolviston, 29 Westmoreland St., Duties – Air Raid Station, Fletcher Middleton (Mr) Stockton 1873. Baptized 15/6/1873 Wolviston – parents Robert & Darlington Darlington when Elizabeth. Married 1894 Darlington to Mary Elizabeth Johnson. Died 1955 required. Northallerton District. C/o Mrs Laws, Fawcett St., Messenger. Part time. Service from 10/1916 to 12/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Flintoff G (Scout) Sunderland 112 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 7/3/1918 – still serving 2/7/1919. 1st Northern General, Newcastle. Father William, Deputy (Miner), mother 16 Institute Tce., Ouston, Flowers Ann (Annie) Nurse. Margaret Ellen, siblings Ralph, Margaret Jane, Amy, Phyllis & William. Born Birtley Urpeth 28/5/1893. Married Thomas Spedding 1920 Chester-le-St. District. Died 4/6/1977. Cemetery Chester-le-St.

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Service from 7/4/1916 to 12/2/1919. Boot Finisher. Father William, Boot Rank – Member. Duties Maker & Repairer, mother Robinea, children William, John James, Robert, – Air Raid & Coast Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth & Thomas. Born Hebburn 22/2/1896. Apprentice Flynn George 31 Glen Street, Hebburn Defence. Part time. Shipwright with Palmer & Co. Territorials from 22/4/1913 as Driver. When required. Service number 765049. Service from 5/8/1914. Posted No. 1 Depot R.F.A. 1/3/1917. Service terminated 14/5/1917. Pension Record survives.

Rank – V.A.D. Duties – Nursing, Housemaid’s Service from 29/9/1918 to date. Richmond Red Cross Hospital, Yorkshire. Fogg-Elliott Katherine Elvet Hill, Durham work. Part time. 504 Unable to trace on 1911 census. hours worked.

Service form 3/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. Air Raid Station, Darlington. Slinger 23 Roseberry St., Rank – Member. Air Raid in N.E.R. Shops. Wife Gertrude & son Morris Ianson. Married Gertrude Foggin Thomas Darlington Station when required. Watson 1909 Darlington. Born Osmotherley c1883. Died 3/10/1953 Darlington 14 Brinkburn Ave., Darlington. Masseuse. Part time. 912 hours worked. Service from 2/1916 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. 18 Belle Vue Park, Forrest Mildred Volunteer 11 months. Born South Shields 1898. Mother Amelia J. Married George D.M. Abbotts Sunderland Now paid £2.6s per 1922 Sunderland. Died 1959 Bath District, Somerset. month. Service from 9/1916 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Forbes (Sisters Hilda & Eliza Rosina Buchan (Betty 20 The Royalty, Nurse. Part time. 2690 Mother Jennie, Grocer, widow by 1911, siblings Jeannie, Robert R., Margaret & mother Jennie or Lizzie) Sunderland hours worked. Margaret R., Reginald & Hilda Cecilia. Born Aberdeen c1884. Died below) 12/6/1952 1 Belford Rd., Sunderland. Service from 11/1916 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Another card gives dates as 5/6/1916 to 31/1/1919 and 1280 Forbes (Sister Betty above, 20 The Royalty, Cook. Part time. 160 th sister Margaret & mother Hilda Cecilia hours cooking at 11 Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Sunderland. Mother Sunderland hours worked. Jennie below) Jennie, Grocer, widow by 1911, siblings Jeannie, Betty, Robert R., Margaret R. & Reginald. Born 28/5/1889 Sunderland. Died Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope 13/2/1973. Service from 9/1916 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Forbes (Daughters Betty & Rank – G.S. Duties - G.S. 20 The Royalty, Grocer, widow by 1911, children Jeannie, Betty, Robert R., Margaret R., Hilda above & Margaret Jane (Jennie or Jeannie) Part time. 60 hours Sunderland Reginald & Hilda Cecilia. Born Aberdeen, Scotland c1852. Died below) worked. 27/11/1949 1 Belford Rd., Sunderland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 5/6/1916 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, th Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Sunderland. Another card shows service from 2/1919 to date at 25 20 The Royalty, Forbes Margaret Buchan (Madge) Cooking. Part time. Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland as a Cook, part time, 160 hours Sunderland 1330 hours worked. worked. Mother Jennie, Grocer, widow by 1911, siblings Jeannie, Betty, Robert R., Reginald & Hilda Cecilia. Born Sunderland 4/5/1886. Died 1971 Sunderland.

Service from 9/1917 to 9/1918. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, 30 Cranbourne Tce., Cook. Part time. 648 Dinsdale. Father Henry John, Tramway Overlooker, mother Jane, siblings Ford (Mother Jane below) Ethel Stockton hours worked. Agnes, Henry Frear & Thomas. Born 21/5/1890 Shincliffe. Baptized 17/6/2890 Shincliffe. Died 1987 Cleveland District.

Service from 1/1917 to 1/1918. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, 30 Cranbourne Tce., Cook. Part time. 888 Ford (Daughter Ethel above) Jane (Mrs) Dinsdale. Husband Henry John, Tramway Overlooker, children Agnes, Stockton hours worked. Henry Frear, Ethel & Thomas. Born Sunderland 1865. Died 1942.

Service from 3/3/1916. Upholsterer. Father Alfred, mother Isabella, siblings Kate & Emily. Born 19/12/1889 Darlington. Baptized 8/1/1890 St. Rank – Member. Air Raid Paul’s, Darlington. Joined 2nd Northern Field Ambulance R.A.M.C. Ford John Henry 15 Edmund St., Darlington Station, Darlington. 22/4/1909 Discharged 21/7/1911 medically unfit. Married Eliza Johnston When required. Darlington 2/2/1916. Joined R.A.M.C. 24/6/1916. Reg. No. 121709. Called up 9/7/1917. Trans. to Class Z reserve 29/2/1920. Service Record survives. Died 29/11/1988 17 Sutton Close, Mowden Park, Darlington.

18 Belle Vue Park, Masseuse. 3 mornings Service from 28/10/1916. 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Hall, Forest Amelia (Mrs) Sunderland per week. Pay - £1-10s Sunderland. No trace 1911 Sunderland. Service from 29/5/1917 to 1919. Licensed Victualler. Wife Helen Mary, Station Hotel, Easington children William Alexander, Thomas Reginald, Constance Mary & Percival. Forrester William Francis Section Leader. Colliery Born Sunderland c1874. Died 1946. Buried Durham Road Cemetery, Stockton. The School House, Service from 5/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Forman Evelyn Housework. Sundays. Sunderland Sunderland. No trace 1911 Sunderland. Rank – G.S.M. Nursing Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Certificate Forrest Alice (Mrs) Abbey Road, Darlington duties. Part time. 1500 returned 9/5/1921 – gone away. hours worked.

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Nurse. Part time. 50 Service from 24/10/1914 to 20/12/1914. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney Forrest Ethel M Evenwood, Heworth hours worked. House, Gateshead. Certificate returned 4/10/1921 – unknown.

Service from 20/10/1916 to 28/2/1918. 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Newbottle House, Forrest William (Dr) M.O. 1 weekly visit. Hall, Sunderland. Wife Clara, children Edith & Marion. Born South Shields Newbottle 1869. Married Clara Grubb South Shields 1901. Died 1947.

Age when engaged – 39. Service from 15/10/1917 to 5/2/1918. 15/10/1917 to 2/2/1918 Canadian Military Hospital, Eastbourne. 2/2/1918 3 Balmoral Tce., Cook. With pay. Reserve Forshaw Mary to 5/2/1918 Military Hospital, Mount Dore, Bournemouth. Father Thomas, Gateshead V.A.D. retired Chemical Manager in Alkali Works, widower by 1911, siblings Ellen, Born Widnes, Lancs. 1876. Mother Isabella.

Service from 1917 to 12/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. West Hartlepool. Father 18 Stanhope Avenue, West Cook. Part time. 728 William, Swedish Timber Merchant, mother Augusta, brother Erik. Born Forslind Karin Maria Louisa Hartlepool hours worked. West Hartlepool 1/2/1885. Married 1919 Hartlepool to Mr Horsley. Died 18/10/1981 8 Carisbrooke Rd., Hartlepool.

Service from 10/1914 to 1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Cook. 3285 hours Gateshead. Husband Richard Wardle, Blacksmith, children William, Forster Alice (Mrs) 60 Hewitson Tce., Felling worked part time. More Margaret, Robert, Mary, Alice & Annie. Born Blackhill c1871 – maiden hours worked full time. name Bell. Married 1892 Gateshead District. Died 1960.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 14/1/1918 to 27/1/1919. Fleming Field, Nr. Shotton, Nurse. With pay. 14/1/1918 to 17/11/1918 Military Hospital 1st S. General, Birmingham. Forster Edith Annie (Mrs) Via Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. 21/12/1918 to 27/1/1919 Military Hospital, Edenbridge, Carlisle. Unable to trace 1911 in Shotton. Nurse. Part time. 552 Service from 8/1917 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Forster Ella Ferndene, Billingham hours worked. No trace 1911. Sister. With pay. Full Service from 10/2/1917 to 10/9/1917. Claudon 1st Line Hospital. No trace Forster Ethel 33 Palmerston St. Consett time. 1911 Consett. Rank – Private. Air Raid Hertford Hotel, Hill St., Service from 8/3/1917 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Not here in Forster George & Convoys. Part time. Sunderland 1911. 160 hours worked.

Salisbury Place, Forster J.P. (Mr) Sandringham Tce., Bishop Private. Driver. Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. No trace 1911. Auckland CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Forge Master. Wife Ethel, daughter Section Leader. Part 62 Henderson Road, Gladys Mary. Married 1907 Sunderland to Ethel Davis. Born Sunderland Forster John Thomas time. 2170 hours Sunderland 1882. Died 20/4/1945 at The Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway, London worked. N.7. Final address – 5 West Hill, Sunderland.

Rank – Commandant. Sewing & Secretarial Service from 4/1916 to 1919. Working Party East Boldon & Cleadon. Forster Jane Elizabeth (Mrs) The Cottage, East Boldon work. Part time. 260 Honours awarded – Sewing Certificate. Unable to trace in 1911. hours worked. Private. Air Raid & Service from 24/4/1918 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. No trace at Forster Jonathan 6 Salem Tce., Sunderland Convoy. Part time. 100 this address 1911. hours worked.

Service from 1/7/1915 to date. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, 26 St. Cuthberts Tce., Sister. Part time. 2364 Forster Mary Shotley Bridge. Father John Wilkinson, Ironmonger, mother Hannah, Blackhill hours worked. brother Benjamin. Born Shotley Bridge 1894. Died 1963.

Service from 9/7/1916 to 10/1917. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Garden House, The Hall, Nurse. Part time. 210 Forster Phyllis Mary Shields. Father Wilson Abraham, Domestic Gardener, mother Sarah Whitburn hours worked. Helena, siblings Francis Romulus & John Remus. Born 1894 Whitburn.

Service from 13/6/1918 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Father Private. Air Raid & 35 Cirencester St., Thomas Watson, Boiler Shop Plater in Engine Works, mother Anna, siblings Forster William James Convoys. Part time. 100 Sunderland Charles Nicholson & Jospeh Peat. Born Sunderland 17/3/1900. Married hours worked. Ada Barnes 1925 Sunderland. Died 22/1/1975 32 Kayll Rd., Sunderland.

Mount Stewart, Seaham Nurse. Part time. 504 Service from 2/1915 to 7/1915. 13th Durham V.A. H. Vane House, Dawdon, Foster Barbara Harbour hours worked. Seaham Harbour. Not at this address in 1911. 5 Newcastle Road, Cook. Kitchen work and Service from 1/1917 to 7/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Foster Ethel (Mrs) Sunderland. Unknown at cooking. 30 hours Gray Road, Sunderland. this address 4/8/1921. alternate weeks.

Front St., Leadgate. Nursing. Part time. 408 Service from 15/7/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Foster Fanny Unknown at this address hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. 4/8/1921. Clarence Road, Eaglescliffe. If gone away Night Nurse. Part time. Service from 12/1916 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Eaglescliffe. No trace Foster Joan try 9 Sheen Road, 609 hours worked. Eaglescliffe or Eastbourne 1911. Eastbourne.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank – N.M. Nursing Greys Cliff, Durham Chase, Service from 8/1/1916 to 4/12/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Bishop Foster Kate (Mrs) duties. Part time. 870 Bishop Auckland Auckland. Not at this address in 1911. hours worked.

Service from 3/3/1916 to date. Woldingham Military Hospital 3/3/1916. Dartford Military Hospital 1/1917. Reading Military Hospital 3/4/1917. 16 Brunel Street, Father Arthur, Exhaust Engineman at Coke Plant, mother Agnes Annie, Foster Mary Ann Cook. Deanbank, Ferryhill siblings Elena Annie & George Arthur. Born Quebec, Durham 1894. Married Ryland George Kimbrey 1918 Reading. Died 24/6/1961 Jubilee Cottage, Fenwick St., Low Spennymoor.

Rank – N.M. Nursing. Black Rd., Witton Park, Service from 18/3/1915 to 28/10/1915. 17th Durham. V.A. H. Etherley, Foster Mary (Mrs) Part time. 470 hours Etherley, Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911. worked.

White Shaw, Denholme, Rank - G.S. Duties – Service from 8/6/1918 to 31/8/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Foster Phoebe M Nr. Bradford Pantry. Full time. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911.

47 Percy Terrace, Nursing Sister. Part time. Service from 10/2/1918 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Foster Vera Sunderland 672 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace 1911 Sunderland.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 16/1/1917 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Foster William 3 Blackett Street, Sacriston Defence. When Susan, children John, Henry, Arnold, Margaret & Jane. Born Belmont 1868. required. Married Susan Embleton 1895 Chester-le-St. District.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Orderly and also for 23 Knitsley Ave., Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Consett Iron & Steel Works Gas producers Foster William coast defence. Part time. Templetown, Consett Fireman, wife Annie. Born Stanhope 1884. Married Annie Laing 1910 314 hours worked. Lanchester District. Rank – Member. Nurse. Service from 6/1915 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Foster-Smith Dorothy Manor House, Eaglescliffe Part time. 1368 hours Eaglescliffe. No trace Eaglescliffe 1911. worked. Service from 8/1914 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Nurse. Pay since July Hartlepool. Possibly this person – father George, Block & Mast Maker, 23 Elswick Road, West 1918 - £20 per year. Full Fowler Isabella mother Emma, siblings John, Arthur, Jessie, Ella & Gertrude. A domestic Hartlepool time. 5184 hours servant/housemaid for a Stock Broker in 1911. Born 24/2/1885 West voluntary. Hartlepool. Christened 17/3/1885.

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Service from 1/10/1917 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Railway Plate Layer at Private. Air Raid & Coast Oliver’s Buildings, Colliery. Wife Margaret, children Eva Tindale, Joseph William, Ruby & Fowler Robert Defence. When Sacriston Elizabeth. Born 1877 Plawsworth. Married Margaret Emerson Tindale required. 19/6/1901 Sacriston. Father William Christopher Fowler. Died 1961.

Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. May be George James Fox, Shipbuilders’ Clerk at 11 Eastfield St., Sunderland in 1911. Wife Anna, children Lucy, 15 Briery Vale Road, Private. Driver. Part Fox George Mabel & James G. Born 2/1/1871 & baptized 25/1/1871 Bishop Sunderland time. 971 hours worked. Wearmouth. Father Alfred Shaw Fox & mother Lucy Augusta. Married 1903 Sunderland. Age when engaged – 48. Service from 1/9/1917 to 5/10/1917. W.A.A.C. Bramham Park, Boston Unit 2, Wimereux, France. Church Worker. Born London 1869. Father Lane-Fox Marcia Mary Spa, Yorks. Also Dee James Thomas Richard Lane-Fox, mother Lucy Frances Jane St. John- Street, Jarrow Mildmay. Two brothers George Richard (his life story is on Wikipedia) & Edward. Died 16/11/1943 Wetherby. Service from 10/1914 to 7/1917. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Foxall Constance (Mrs) 2 The Cedars, Sunderland Nurse. Full time. Sunderland. Not on 1911 census in Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 44. Service from 7/2/1918 to 24/5/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Born 11/4/1872. Baptized C/o Union of London & 9/5/1872 Holy Trinity, Cowes, Hampshire. Father Colville, mother Mary Nurse. Paid only Frankland Katherine Marian Colville Smiths Bank, Hove, Jay Frankland. Siblings Eleanor, Beatrice & Mary Olive Elsie Colville. British expenses. Full time. Brighton War Medal & Victory Medal awarded British Committee, French Red Cross. Died 17/9/1950 at Bloomfield, Morehampton Rd., Dublin. Last address – 40 Roland Gardens, London S.W.7.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 2/6/1915 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. 24/7/1916 to 1/11/1916 2nd Northern General 10 Rosedale Tce., Fulwell, Franklin Elizabeth Nurse. With pay. Military Hospital, Leeds. 1/11/1916 to date Military Hospital, Catterick Sunderland Camp. Father John, Navy Pensioner & School Attendance Officer County Council, mother Elizabeth & brother John Robert. Born 23/10/1887 Hartlepool. Died 1972 Sunderland.

Nurse. Afternoon Chilton Moor Vicarage, Service from 10/1914 to 9/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Fraser Elsie nursing. Part time. 36 Fence Houses Sunderland. No trace 1911 census. hours weekly.

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Age when engaged – 43. Service from 24/1/1918 to 28/1/1918. 17th Greenbank, Nairn, Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father William, Fraser Mary Jane Nurse. Scotland mother Janet, siblings Margaret & Janet. Born Nairn 1874. Died 17/12/1958. Last address – Mill House, Portskerra, Melvich.

Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 77 Hartington St., Rank – N.S. Nursing Sunderland. Dressmaker. Father Edwin Herbert, Marine Engineer, mother Frazer Annie Monkwearmouth, duties. Part time. 5312 Mary Elizabeth, siblings William Henry, Mary, Edith & John Hunter. Born Sunderland hours worked. 1883 Sunderland. Married Edwin Wilson 1919 Sunderland. Died 1965 Sunderland.

Service from 15/7/1915 to 30/9/1915. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Widow by 1911. Husband Alex. Children Alex, Nursing. Part time. 176 John, Maggie, George, Frederick, Robert, Isabella, William, Beatrice & Frazer Jane Ann (Annie) 13 Cort St., Blackhill hours worked. Thomas. Born Gateshead 1860. Frederick served with Territorials 23rd Provisional Batt. ‘A’ Company D.L.I. No. 1345 – home 5/8/1914 & discharged 29/2/1916.

Service from 15/2/1916 to 25/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Rank – Officer. Duties – Freeman (Sister Mary Ann South Brandon Farm, Castle. Dairy work on father’s farm. Father Richard, Farmer, mother Mary Edith Nursing. Part time. 752 below) Crook Jane, siblings Arthur, Ethel, Louisa, Mary Ann, Lily, Frank & Percy. Born hours worked. Viewley Grange, Framwellgate Moor, Durham 1896.

133 Church St., Kitchen. Duties – ward Age when engaged – 24. Service from 30/5/1918 to date. Still serving Freeman Elizabeth Monkwearmouth orderly. Reserve V.A.D. 3/7/1919. Military Hospital, Grantham. Born 1893 Sunderland.

156 Roker Ave., Cook. Part time. 1200 Service from 12/11/1916 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Freeman Frances Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Two in Sunderland & neither at this address.

Service from 22/8/1915 to 4/3/1917. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Rank – Officer. Nursing South Brandon Farm, Castle. Dairy Work on father’s farm. Father Richard, Farmer, mother Mary Freeman (Sister Edith above) Mary Ann duties. Part time. 1144 Crook Jane, siblings Arthur, Ethel, Louisa, Edith, Lily, Frank & Percy. Born Viewley hours worked. Grange, Framwellgate Moor, Durham 1895.

Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 4th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Lyndhurst, Cleadon, Cook. Part time. 7488 Sunderland. Husband John William, Photographer, daughter Ethel French Ethel (Mrs) Sunderland hours worked. Margaret. Born Sunderland 1876. Married 1901 Sunderland. Maiden name Cogdon. Died 1948.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 13/4/1915 to 27/5/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties - House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father William, Coal Miner/Deputy, French Florence Mary Edith Iron Works Road, Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 440 mother Jane, siblings William Joseph & Albert. Born Tow Law 1897. hours worked. Married John G Kelly Weardale District 1921. Service from 5/8/1914. Still serving. 4th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, French Thomas J Neale Street, Sunderland Honorary Treasurer Sunderland. No trace this address 1911. Sewing. 2½ hours a Service from 28/9/1914 to 17/12/1918. Widow by 1911. Husband Fry Margaret 4 New Chester, Lumley week. Lumley Work Charles. Daughter Margaret Ann. Born Carlisle 1840. Maiden name Berry. Party. Married 1859 Carlisle.

Cook. Duties – cooking & Grange Road, West Service from 1915 to 1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Fryer Florence (Mrs) collecting funds. Part Hartlepool Hartlepool. No trace this address 1911. time. 813 hours worked.

Smelt House, Howden-le- Service from 2/9/1916 to 22/2/1917. Friends Ambulance Unit. Further Fryer Joseph Bigland Orderly. Wear information on the list of Durham Conscientious Objectors.

The School House, Service from 9/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Gaine Alice Housework. Sundays. Sunderland Sunderland. No trace 1911. Rank – Member. Duties - 31 Oxford Road, Thornaby Service from 9/1916 to 7/1918. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Galenby Asa Nurse. Part time. 505 on Tees Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911 census. hours worked.

Service from 2/12/1915. Still working. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission Nurse. Duties – general House, New Seaham. Elementary School Teacher. Father John, Coal Gallagher Cecily (Lily) 12 School St., New Seaham work. Part time. 2688 Miner/Shifter below ground, mother Mary, siblings Patrick, Owen, Mary hours worked. Agnes & Sarah Ellen. Born Seaham c1882. Service from 6/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Furness Gann Dorothy Thornhill Park, Sunderland Rank – Nurse. Full time. Hospital, Harrogate. No trace 1911.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 20/3/1915. 11th Durham V.A. Hospital, The Royalty, Sunderland. Husband George Henry, Congregational Minister, son Johns Common, Tyneholm, Masseuse. Part time. Garcia Alice (Mrs) Arnold. Born Southampton 1872. Married 1894 Southampton. Maiden Sunderland 384 hours worked. name Durkin. George died in Dresden 1904. Widow by 1911 running a nursing home in West Hartlepool.

Service from 29/2/1917 to 1919. Chief Engineer at Colliery. Wife Ada Waldridge Colliery, Gardiner Joseph William Private. Driver. Florence, children Lilian, Elsie, Evelyn, Percy & Muriel. Born Willington Chester-le-St. 1879. Died 1919 – cemetery Ropery Lane, Chester-le-St.

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Garments made at home. Watling Terrace, Gardner Mrs Red Cross Working Party, Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Unable to trace 1911. Willington Willington.

The Westlands, Service from 24/5/1915 to 30/6/1917. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Garnett Elizabeth (Mrs) Cook. Sunderland Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 19 Joannah St., Rank – N.S. Duties – Sunderland. Father Anthony Stewart, Draper, mother Isabella, siblings Garraway Kathleen Marion Sunderland. Gone away Cooking. Part time. Margaret Ann, Frederick Stewart, Dorothy Isabel & Eleanor Auld Wilson. 4/8/1921 1280 hours worked. Born 21/5/1893 Sunderland. Married 1919 Sunderland to Mr. Robson. Died 15/11/1991 Ventress Hall, Trinity Rd., Darlington.

Quartermaster. Part Fulwell, Sunderland. time. 435 hours worked. Service from 15/10/1917. Still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Garrick Hilda Certificate returned 2nd card says 420 hours Sunderland. Difficult to trace 1911. 21/10/1921. Gone away. worked. Rank – G.S.M. Duties – 185 Chester Road, Service from 2/3/1915 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Garrick Nora cooking. Part time. 1280 Sunderland Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. hours worked. G.P. District Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator for Chester-le- Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Wife Annie, children Garson John Hill Ross Edina House, Sacriston St. Board of Guardians. John Ross & Margaret Swainston. Born Edinburgh c1865. Married Annie Air Raid & Coast Swainston 18/6/1900 Sacriston. Died 21/7/1934. Defence. When required.

Service from 2/4/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Alice Hannah, children Annie & Gascoigne Thomas Garthwaite Black Road, Witton Park Private. Orderly. Mildred. Born Witton-le-Wear 1885. Married Alice Hannah Clark 1908 Auckland District. Died 24/3/1951 9 Park Rd., Witton Park.

Service from 25/6/1916 to 26/10/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John, Miner/Stone Man, mother Gash Florence Ena Toronto, Bishop Auckland Nursing. Part time. 140 Betsy, siblings John J, George E, Emma, Arthur Wilson, William E, Minnie hours worked. Lavinia, Harry, Fred & Betsy. Born Bishop Auckland 26/8/1896. Died 1983 Cleveland District.

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Service from 20/3/1915 to 5/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Miner/Driver. Father John, Miner/Hewer, Private. Orderly. Part mother Isabella, siblings Fred, Emily Jane, Herbert & John Thomas. Born Gaskin Alfred Ernest Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland time. 170 hours worked. Toft Hill 6/7/1893. Married Florence Olds 1922 Gateshead. Died 1/2/1958 at Manor House Hospital, Golders Green, London, N.W.11. Last address – 93 Stockton Rd., Darlington.

Rose Villa, Newton Bewley, Near Wolviston. Service from 26/4/1918 to 4/7/1919. 26/4/1918 Kings Lancashire Military Dispenser – Full time. Gasperine Marjorie (Mrs) Address on 2nd card C/o 9 Convalescent Hospital, Blackpool. 10/2/1919 Q.M.A.A.C. Isleworth. Unable Pay – 44s per week. Herbert Ave., Merrion, to trace 1911. Dublin

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 9/4/1918 to the present (5/7/1919). Gauden Louisa 178 Gillow Street, Cornsay Nurse. With pay. 5th Northern General Military Hospital. Born 1883 Stockton. Died 1941.

Private. Orderly. Part Service from 3/5/1916 to 4/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Gay Ronald Etherley, Bishop Auckland time. 60 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace in Etherley 1911.

Service from 6/1915 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 1873 Sunderland. Father Robert H., Shipowner & J.P., widower in Housemaid. Part time. Gayner Emily Sophia Beech Holm, Sunderland 1901, mother Emily, siblings Robert Heycock, Juliet Mary, Francis, John 1288 hours worked. Richard Hensman & Edith. Died 9/7/1953 at 25 Park Place East, Sunderland. Last address – 6 Belford Rd., Sunderland.

Cook. Duties – Kitchen The Cottage, Shotton Hall, Service from 11/1914 to 1/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Geipel Jane work & cooking. 24 Easington Sunderland. No trace 1911. hours alternate weeks.

Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Wellington House, Head Cook. Part time. Harry, Veterinary Surgeon. Stepfather Charles Hill, Veterinary Surgeon, Gelsthorpe Ethel Darlington 3240 hours worked. mother Sarah. Born 1887 Darlington. Baptized 8/4/1887 Holy Trinity, Darlington. Married Kenneth Ollerhead 1927 Darlington.

62 Kelvingrove Street, Trained Nurse. 25/2 per Service from 22/3/1915 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Gemwell (?Gemmell) Ethel (Mrs) Glasgow week. Full time. Castle. Honours awarded – R.R.C. 2nd class. Unable to trace 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 21/7/1915 to 12/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Secondary School Teacher. Father James Edwin, Miner Rank – Officer. V.A. 50 Princess Street, underground, mother Elizabeth Ann, siblings Aaron, John, Polly, Joseph Genner Ruth Nurse. Part time. 336 Littleburn, Langley Moor William, Elizabeth Ann & James Ernest. Born Stanley, Crook 2/4/1892. hours served. Married Ernest H Grocock 1917 Durham District. Died 1978 Newtown, Powys, Wales.

Service from 30/4/1915 to 2/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Rank – Private. Duties – Newton Cap, Toronto, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Could be either father born 20/8/1866 ?Chester Gent William Orderly. Part time. 76 Bishop Auckland with wife Annie, children William, Frederick, Charlotte, Katherine & Annie, hours worked. died 1947. Or son William born Bishop Auckland 13/5/1893, wife Ellen.

Service from 17/5/1915 to 2/1919. 18th Durham V.A. H. Hebburn. Honours awarded – St. John War Badge. Husband William, Packer of Electric Goods, George Jane Ann (Mrs) 13 Victoria Road, Hebburn Nurse. Full time. children Charlotte Ellen, William John, Dennis & Walter. Born Hebburn Quay 1874. Maiden name Howes. Married 1891 South Shields District.

Service from 2/1916 to 7/1918. Honours awarded - V.W. Badge – Voluntary. Home Certificate B.R.X. & S.J. Husband William Scott Gibb, Physician & Surgeon, worker. 109 articles Gibb Florence Mary (Mrs) Moor House, Hartlepool children Margaret Scott, Donald Scott & James Arthur Scott. Born 1877 contributed. Previous Devonport, Devon. Maiden name Nixey. Married 1900 Hartlepool District. war work - C.W. Rooms. Died 16/2/1956 Hartlepool Hospital.

Rank – G.S.M. Kitchen Service from 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Gill Evina Mary Alwent Hall,Winston helper. Part time. 144 Richard, Butcher & Farmer, mother Mary, brother Richard. Born hours worked. Cotherstone 25/1/1889. Died 1972 Darlington District. Service to 1919. Turned out on air-raid duty all during the war in addition Central John Station, South to his tours of duty as a member of the Police Force. Police Constable. Shields. Home address – 1 Private. Air Raid duty Gibb James Bruce Wife Isabella, daughter Agnes Jane May. Born Swinton Berwickshire Mariners Cottages, South when required. 13/6/1870. Father Pringle Gibb, mother Agnes Swanston. Died 1935 Shields South Shields. Private. Air Raid & 21 Sydenham Tce., Service from 17/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Certificate Gibbon C (Mr) Convoys. Part time. 370 Sunderland returned 4/10/1921 – gone away. Unable to trace 1911 Sunderland. hours worked. Pro. Nurse. £15 per annum pay. 10% bonus. 5 Hexham St., Bishop Service from 4/5/1918 to 11/2/1919. West Lancashire. Unable to trace in Gibbon Gladys Sarah Duties – nursing & Auckland Bishop Auckland. ordinary ward work. Full time.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank – N.S. Nursing Service from 5/4/1915 to 2/2/1917. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Gibbons Elizabeth (Mrs) Ashwood St., Sunderland duties. Part time. 2127 Sunderland. Two in Sunderland 1911 neither at this address. hours worked. Service from 8/5/1916 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 29 Rowlandson Tce., Cook. Part time. 500 Sunderland. Father Joseph Milner, House Builder, mother Elizabeth, Gibbons Hilda Sunderland hours worked. siblings Mary E., Thomas B. & Gladys Milner. Born 1894 Sunderland. Died 21/1/1922. Nurse. Part time. 198 Service from 8/5/1916 to 31/3/1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Gibbons Margaret (Mrs) 4 Henry St., Marsden hours worked. Shields. No trace Marsden 1911. Nursing. Part time. 7880 Service from 2/8/1914 to 3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Gibbons Mary (Mrs) Ferry St., Marsden hours worked. Shields. No trace Marsden 1911.

Service from 6/1915 to 12/5/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband George Bennett, Secretary to Sunderland & South 3 Ashbrook Crescent, Quartermaster. Full Shields Water Company, children Selma Katharine, Frances Marjory & Gibbs Edith Frances (Mrs) Sunderland time. Patrick Bennett. Born Sunderland 1870 – maiden name Corder. Married 1900 Newcastle District. Died 8/9/1950 Castle Meadow, Over Stowey near Bridgewater, Somerset.

Rank – Mechanic. Air Raid & Coast Defence Gibbs William 65 Station Road, Hebburn Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. Not at this address in 1911. duties. Part time when required. Making garments at Courville Terrace, Gibson Mrs home. Willington Red Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. No trace 1911 census. Willington Cross Working Party. Age when engaged – 34. Service from 3/4/1916 to 3/5/1917 at Military Hospital, Ripon. Service from 5/4/1915 at 11th Durham V.A. H. The Lindisfarne, 30 The Nurse. Part time. 2691 Gibson Bertha Royalty, Sunderland. Trainee Teacher in 1911. Father Atkinson, Avenue, Sunderland hours worked. Auctioneer, mother Eleanor, siblings Robert, Mildred Martha & Henry. Born 1881 Sunderland. Died 1967. Service from 9/1916 to 3/1919. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. Gibson Dorothy Thomas St., Craghead Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Unable to trace 1911 census.

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Service from 5/1917 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband John Dighton, Bank Cashier. Father George Porteous, Building Society Secretary, mother Dorothy Ann, siblings Edith Mary, William Liddell & Sydney. Born 1884 Sunderland. Married 4/6/1907 at St. George’s Cook. Part time. 2500 Presbyterian Church, Sunderland. Died 1928 Gateshead District. Gibson Elizabeth Liddell (Mrs) 12 Elms West, Sunderland hours worked. Husband’s Service Record – 140903 129 Battery R.F.A. Mobilized 2/5/1916, posted 5/5/1916 Gunner then Lance Bombardier then Bombardier. Served in France 2 years 1 month. Wounded in back & right thigh by bomb exploding from enemy airplane 24/10/1918. 2nd West. Gen. Hosp. Manchester 12/1/1919 & discharged & demob. 26/2/1919.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Rank – G.S.M. Duties – 66 Ormonde St., Sunderland. Husband George William, Ship’s Draughtsman. Born Gibson Emma (Mrs) cooking. Part time. 1330 Sunderland Sunderland 1860. Married 26/12/1885 Bishop Wearmouth. Maiden name hours worked. Pearce. Service from 10/7/1915 to 25/12/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – Member. Duties House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father William Forrest, Gibson Emmeline Grace Howden-le-Wear – Nursing. Part time. Furnisher/Shopkeeper, mother Eleanor, siblings Edith, Joseph, Ellen, Ethel 1130 hours worked. & Ernest, Baptized 25/8/1889 Crook. Sister. Part time. 146 Service from 7/7/1916 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Not at this address Gibson Eunice Donnetta House, Consett hours worked. 1911.

Service from 3/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Darlington Air Raid Station. Possibly Frederick William, father John, Gatekeeper Railway Works, mother Mary 27 Mowden Tce., Rank – Member. Air Raid Gibson Frederick W Elizabeth, siblings Amy Elizabeth, John Thomas, Albert Ernest & Herbert Darlington Station when required. Charles. Born Staindrop 1880. Died 17/12/1941 Municipal Hospital, Yarm Rd., Darlington. Married Henrietta Lilian.

Service from 6/8/1915 to 13/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Rank – Section Leader. Chilton Moor. School Teacher. Father William, a Gardener, mother Gibson Annie Hilda Burnmoor, Fence Houses General duties. Part Margaret Ann, siblings Henry J., Alice & Catherine. Born 1893 Burnmoor. time. 504 hours worked. Died 1964 Claro District.

Age when engaged – 25. Service from 13/12/1916 to 24/4/1919. 1st Gibson Lily 18 Berwick St., Gateshead Nurse. With pay. Northern General Military Hospital, Newcastle. No trace Gateshead 1911.

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V.A.D. Nursing Member. Unpaid. Nursing duties, 14 Shakespeare Tce., Service from 25/3/1915 to 5/1917. St. Michael’s, Brampton. Enrolled Gibson Sarah Ann dressings, ward work, Sunderland March 1911. Passed 6 examinations. Unable to trace in Sunderland 1911. night duty. Part time. 1000 hours worked.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 10/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Bank 2 Brookside Tce., Gibson Wilton Legender Convoys. Part time. 315 Cashier. Wife Emma. Born 1880 Sunderland. Married 1910 Sunderland to Sunderland hours worked. Emma Sparling. Died 1967 Sunderland. Part time. 1020 hours Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Giddens Mary (Mrs) Dixon Terrace, Darlington worked. No details of find at this address in 1911. what work she did.

Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. Darlington Air Raid Station. General Labourer Railway Works. Wife Helena Maud, children Wallace Rank – Member. Air Raid Vivian & Sydney. Born 24/12/1882 Darlington. Baptized 10/1/1883 Gilbert Wallace 19 Edmund St., Darlington Station when required. Darlington. Father Joseph, mother Mary Jane. Married 1905 Darlington to Helena Maud Rogers. Died 25/2/1968 Darlington. Helena died 6/12/1970 & both buried in West Cemetery Darlington.

Rank – N.M. Nursing Service from 3/10/1915 to 3/12/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Gill Winnie Low Beechburn duties. Part time. 150 Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911 at Low Beechburn. hours worked.

Service from 6/1915 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Matthew, Tailor. Mother Mary Anne, widow living on independent Rank – G.S. Part time. Gillies Marion 11 Elms West, Sunderland means 1911, siblings William B., Percy Castle, Reginald W., Evelyn W. & 1000 hours worked. John Norman. Born 7/10/1878 Sunderland. Died 18/2/1947 Sunderland. Cemetery -Bishopwearmouth. Last address 1 Grange Cresc., Sunderland.

Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Gilmore Charlotte Hill Side, Darlington 100 hours worked. Darlington 1911.

17 South View, Sherburn Age when engaged – 24. Service from 12/10/1918 to 26/3/1919. 2nd Gilpin Mary Nurse. Hill Western General Military Manchester. No trace Sherburn 1911.

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Age when engaged – 20. Service from 11/10/1918 to 17/6/1919. No. 1 New Zealand Military 11/10/1918 to 24/1/1919. Sunderland War Military Woodbine House, High Girling Ethel Mary Nurse. With pay. 1/2/1919 to 17/6/1919. Father Rufus, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Anne Hope St., Crook Carter, siblings Frederick George, Audrey, Herbert, John & Emma. Born 1897 Crook. Married 1929 Auckland District to John Coates. Died 1961.

Service from 9/1918 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Castle Hill, Middleton St. Cook. Part time. 252 Dinsdale. Father Thomas H., Iron Rivet Manufacturer – widower in 1911. Gladstone Sadie Mary George hours worked. Mother Maud, brother Thomas. Born 1901 Stockton. Married 1927 Darlington to Herbert Green. Private. Convoy duty. 115 Collingwood Street, Gladstone Thomas Part time. 68 hours Service from 11/1917 to 3/1919. Not at this address 1911. Gateshead worked.

Service from 30/6/1916 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Holmwood, 9 Ettrick Rank – N.S. Duties – Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Father James Gray, Headmaster, mother Glansfield Emma Beatrice Grove, Sunderland Nursing. Emma Elizabeth, siblings Victor Howard, Elsie Maud, Nora Gray & James Roy. Born 7/10/1891 Sunderland. Died 1980 Market Harborough, Leics.

Private. Convoy duty. 25 Windermere St., Glass Andrew Part time. 144 hours Service from 3/1917 to 3/1919. Not at this address 1911. Gateshead worked.

Service from 9/1915 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Harbour. Father Joseph, Coal Miner/Stoneman, mother Hannah Elizabeth, 6 Maria St., New Kitchen maid. Full time. Glass Esther siblings Mary Jane, Thomas Harrison, Elizabeth Ann, Matthew, William Silksworth Pay – 28s per month. Wallace, James, Ethel & May. Born New Seaham 2/9/1889. Married Thomas Miller 1932 Houghton. Died 1973.

Service from 14/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Rank – G.S. Duties – Street, Jarrow. Died 1/1/1927 Newcastle. Last address – High Humbleton, Gloholm William 1 Bede Burn Road, Jarrow Dispenser. When Wooler. Mother Mary Ann, siblings Anne, John , Mary & George. Born required. 1857 Lowick, Northumberland. Farmer.

Trained Sister. Full time. Bethnal Green Military Duties – Dressings, relief Service from 12/1914 to 12/1916. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Glossop Elizabeth Hospital, Cambridge Road, work. Pay – last year. 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. London B.R.C.S. pay.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Trained Sister. Pay – C/o Mrs Sheatfield, Service from 9/1916 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Goggin Evelyn B.R.C.S. Duties – Ryhope Gray Rd., Sunderland. Unable to trace Ryhope 1911. Dressings. Full time.

Service from 19/1/1915 to 6/2/1916. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Nurse. Part time. 780 Gold Kate (Catherine) 1 Humbert St., Jarrow Street, Jarrow. School Teacher. Father John Henry, Grocer, mother Jessie, hours worked. siblings Grace, Harriett, William, Jessie & Mary. Born Jarrow 1890.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Rank – N.S. Duties – Institute, Kayll Rd., Sunderland. Awarded War Service Medal. 135 Cleveland Road, Goldsbrough Emma Margaret Clerical work. Part time. Schoolmistress. Born 1879 Sunderland. Died 7/9/1939 Sunderland. Father Sunderland 50 hours worked. George Redsdale, Locomotive Store Keeper. Mother Margaret, a widow by 1911, siblings George, Harry & Wilfred.

Rank – G.S. Duties – 41 Park St., Castletown, Age when engaged – 21. Service from 7/12/1918. Still serving 8/7/1919. Golightly Elizabeth house parlourmaid. Sunderland Not at this address 1911. Military Hospital, Ripon.

5 hours weekly. Work Seventh St. East, Easington Golightly Mary Ann (Mrs) Party No. 1181 Easington Service from 6/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace 1911. Colliery Colliery. General Service Member. Service from 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Goodall Mary Elton Villas, Darlington Part time. 3240 hours Darlington 1911. worked. Service from 11/1917 to 3/1919. Law Clerk. Father Henry W, Professor of Private. Convoy duty. 11 Beaconsfield Ave., Low Music, widower by 1911. Mother Clara. Born 1877 Newcastle. Married Goodered Herbert William Part time. 104 hours Fell. Gone away 4/8/1921. Maude Crimson 1911 Hexham District. Died 4/10/1944 33 Kew Gardens, worked. Monkseaton. Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 5/8/1914 to 1/3/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Gordon Mary (Mrs) Roker Avenue, Sunderland Nursing. Part time. 4996 Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked.

Mount Road East, Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 24/5/1915 (or 24/5/1916 – both dates on card) to Goulding Gertrude Sunderland Nursing. 31/12/1918. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911.

Service from 2/1916 to 12/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, 13 Henry Street East, Sunderland. Certified Teacher. Father Joseph H, Shipwright, mother Mary Nurse. Part time. 160 Goundry Mary Ann Sunderland. Cert. returned A., siblings Wallace F. & Josephine. Born 1885 Sunderland. Died 5/7/1964 hours worked. 4/10/1921 – gone away. at Memorial Hospital, Darlington. Last address – 7 Rosamond Rd., Bedford.

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Service 1916 to 1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Another card says service from 4/2/1916 to 3/5/1917 doing 2 hours weekly Rank – Member. V.A.D. sewing in Red Cross Working Party Gateshead. Certificated Teacher. 312 Rectory Rd., Gowland Bertha Annie work. Part time. 1410 Father Thomas, Foreman Butcher, mother Bertha Annie, siblings Joseph Gateshead hours worked. William, Edward English, Elizabeth & Irene. Born 26/7/1890 Gateshead. Christening 31/8/1890 St. Cuthbert’s, Gateshead. Married Edmund Boulton 1919 Gateshead. Died 1981 Hull District.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 15/8/1917 to 24/3/1919. Another card says service from 9/8/1917 to 17/5/1919. 15/8/1917 or 9/8/1917 Military Hospital, Sunderland. Trans. 20/3/1918 (another card says transferred on 23/3/1918). Military Hospital, France to 24/3/1919 (other Wellington House, Findon card says 17/5/1919). Born 3/3/1893 Edmonsley. Baptized 26/3/1893 Gowland Jane Strong Nurse. With pay. Hill, Sacriston Durham. Father William, Coal Miner. Mother Annie, widow in 1911, siblings William, James & Norman. British War Medal & Victory Medal awarded – V.A.D. – Q.A.I.M.N.S. service from 20/3/1918 to 24/3/1919. Married John Brewis 1938. Died 5/5/1990 Derwent View Nursing Home, Burnopfield.

Service from 1/5/1915 to date. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Durham. 22 year old student in 1911. Father John George, Builder, Rank – Member. Duties mother Elizabeth Eleanor, siblings Henry & Wilfred George. Born 1888. – cooking & nursing. Gradon Marjorie Lynton House, Durham Baptized 25/5/1888 Wesleyan Methodist, Durham. Married Ralph Part time. Occasional. Thornley 1923 Durham. Died 10/5/1925 at Lynton House, Durham. Last 310 days worked. address – Brockenhurst, Whitburn. In 1925 Ralph was a retired tobacconist.

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 8/1918 to 20/2/1919. Newcastle on 26 Cuthbertson St., Tyne Military Hospital. 2nd card gives service dates as 2/1918 to 7/3/1919 Grafton Violet Trimdon Foundry, Trimdon Nurse. With pay. and duties at Stannington. Reserve V.A.D. Father Thomas, Coal Colliery Miner/Hewer, mother Elizabeth Jane, siblings Jane, Joseph, Thomas & Elizabeth. Born Wingate Station 1898. Died 1925.

Part time. 280 hours Fairfield, Hartburn Lane, Goods receiving Depot for 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Graham Miss worked. A second card Stockton Dinsdale. No trace at this address 1911. states 100 hours worked.

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Age when engaged – 23. Service from 12/6/1915 to 30/9/1915. Bethnal Green Military Hospital. Born 13/4/1895 Witton-le-Wear. Baptized Graham (Sister Esther Helene 26/5/1895 Witton-le- Wear. Father Matthew, Coal Miner/Hewer, widower Aline Drusilla New Houses, Frosterley Clerk. below) in 1911, siblings Lydia & Esther Helene. Mother Esther. Married 1921 Auckland District to George E. Little. Died 5/12/1979 29 Graham House, Edenside Rd., Great Bookham, Surrey.

Sea View Cottage, Ryhope Private. Driver. Part Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Father John, Coachman, mother Alice, Graham Arthur Road, Sunderland. Not time. 2800 hours siblings Winifred, Archibald & adopted son Thomas E. Smurthwaite. Born known here 4/8/1921 worked. 1885 Cliffe Hall, near Piercebridge, Yorkshire. Died 1967.

Miners Cottages, Wheatley Cook. Another card says Age when engaged – 25. Service from 25/5/1918 to 11/1918. Leeds 2nd Graham Cissie Hill Ward Maid. Northern General Military Hospital. Reserve V.A.D. Unable to find 1911.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Hylton House, Oakwood Murray, Blackhill. Husband William, Bar Mill Roller at Consett Iron Graham Elizabeth (Mrs) Nurse. Full time. Rd., Blackhill Company, children Sarah Hannah & William. Married 1894. Maiden name Gray. Born Middlesbrough 1874.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 24/6/1915 to 30/11/1915. Military Hospital, Bethnal Green. Father Matthew, Coal Miner/Hewer, widower in Graham (Sister Aline Drusilla 35 Lincoln St., Leeholme, Esther Helena Nurse. 1911, siblings Lydia & Aline Drusilla. Mother Esther. Born 27/9/1892 above) Bishop Auckland Witton-le-Wear. Baptized 21/10/1892 Bishop Auckland. Hosiery Knitter. Died 1933 Middlesbrough District.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Quartermaster. Full Murray, Blackhill. Father George, Iron Founder, mother Mary, siblings Graham Hannah Maria 9 Belle Vue Tce, Consett time. Margaret Annie & Lilian I. Born 11/5/1885 Leadgate. Baptized 9/6/1885 Wesleyan Methodist, Shotley Bridge. Died 1980 Newcastle District.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Graham James Charlaw Tce., Sacriston Defence. When Lizzie, children John & James. Born Colliery Dyke Northumberland c1866. required.

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Service from 19/7/1915 to 3/1917. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. Dressmaker. Father Thomas James, Joiner, mother Elizabeth, siblings Elizabeth Orphah, William Joseph & Edith Cassandra. Born 1894 Graham (Sister Elizabeth 17 Patterdale Tce., Nurse. Part time. 4,000 Gateshead. Baptized 7/3/1894 Gateshead. Married John Ward Gateshead Jessie Helena Orphah below) Gateshead hours. 1922. Died 1923 Gateshead. Private John Ward, The Royal Scots, of 10 Lilac Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead has been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the Field for bringing in wounded under heavy shell fire (from Gateshead War Honours Scrapbook 1914-1920).

Sewing. 2½ hours a Service from 28/9/1914 to 17/12/1918. Lumley Work Party. Unable to Graham M.E. (Mrs) Morton Grange, Lumley week. find on 1911 census.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. 66 Chester Road, May be the May Graham at 63 Chester Rd., father Peter Foster, Loco Driver Graham May Sunderland. Not known Assistant Cook. for coal company, mother Emma, siblings John Foster, Agnes, Hannah, here 4/8/1921. Peter Foster, Harry & Elsie. Born 1898 Sunderland.

Service from 2/10/1915 to 2/1919. 1st Durham V.A. Hospital, Whinney House, Gateshead. School Teacher. Father Thomas James, Joiner, mother Graham (Sister Jessie Helena 17 Patterdale Tce., Nurse. Part time. 1500 Elizabeth Orphah Elizabeth, siblings Jessie Helena, William Joseph & Edith Cassandra. above) Gateshead hours worked. Baptized 30/10/1889 Christ Church, Gateshead. Died 26/2/1938 Bemersyde, 35 Ashtrees Gardens, Gateshead.

15 Logan Tce., South Private. Air Raid Duties. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Graham William Hetton Part time. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Mentioned Sgt. Air Raid & Convoys. in dispatches. This man was at 12 Neville St., Deptford in 1911 – Plumber & Graham William 15 Neville St., Sunderland Part time. 770 hours Gas Fitter, wife Isabella, children Charles & John. Born Sunderland worked. 28/6/1883. Married Isabella Frances Cranmer 1907 Sunderland. Died 1977 Sunderland.

Service from 18/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine St., Jarrow. Father John, retired Heater at Steel Works, mother Mercy, Nurse. Part time. 909 Grainger (Sister Lillian below) Amelia 65 Croft Tce., Jarrow siblings Eliza, James, William, Samuel, John, Lillian, Sarah Jane, Elizabeth, hours worked. Mabel, George Longman & Edwin. Born 1893 Jarrow. Died 31/7/1976 Holmeside Nursing Home, Westoe Village, South Shields.

The Villa, Middleton St. Cook. Part time. 200 Service from 7/1917 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Grainger Cicely Rosamund (Mrs) George hours worked. Died 26/1/1956.

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Service from 18/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine St., Jarrow. Typist in Electrical Works. Father John, retired Heater at Steel Nurse. Part time. 721 Grainger (Sister Amelia above) Lillian (Lily) 65 Croft Tce., Jarrow Works, mother Mercy, siblings Eliza, James, William, Samuel, John, Amelia, hours worked. Sarah Jane, Elizabeth, Mabel, George Longman & Edwin. Born 1887 Jarrow. Died 1967 South Shields District.

Service from 18/3/1915 to 30/12/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Grant (Husband John William 14 Bridge Row, Escomb, Rank – N.M. Nursing Bishop Auckland. Honours awarded – 1 mention. Husband John William, Alma Jane (Mrs) below) Bishop Auckland duties. Full time. Foreman Mason, son Joseph William. Born 1880 Ushaw Moor Colliery. Married 1900 Durham District – maiden name McNay. Died 1957.

Cooking. Full time. £1- Service from 12/6/1915 to 15/8/1915. Shotley Bridge. V.A. H. Not on 1911 Grant Bertha (Mrs) Wood St., Shotley Bridge 8s monthly. census at this address. Service from 18/3/1915 to 7/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Foreman Mason. Wife Alma Jane, son Joseph William. Born 14 Bridge Row, Escomb, Private. Orderly. Part Grant (Wife Alma Jane above) John William Hunwick 1878. Baptized 16/10/1878 St. Ann’s, Bishop Auckland. Father Bishop Auckland time. 154 hours worked. William, mother Emily. Married 1900 Durham District to Alma Jane McNay. Died 1943.

Service from 7/4/1915 to 1919. Watchmaker/Dealer. Wife Elizabeth Sylverton, Westoe, South Commandant. Part time. Blanche Curry Grant, children Blanche Alicia & James Wadham. Born Grant William Corrie Shields 2200 hours worked. South Shields 1872. Married 1900 South Shields to Elizabeth Blanche Curry Wadham. Died 4/9/1935 The Hall Close, Whitburn.

Service from 7/1916 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West 70 Grange Road, West Nurse. Part time. 4788 Hartlepool. Father Joseph, Supt. Prudential Ass. Co. Ltd., mother Agnes, Graves Florence Mary Hartlepool hours worked. brother John. Born Blyth, Northumberland 1893. Married Thomas Kirtley 1927 Hartlepool. Died 17/9/1966 132 Stockton Rd., West Hartlepool.

Rank – Ward Maid. Service from 19/6/1915 to date. Husband Thomas, underground Elizabeth Ann (Annie) 10 William St., New Duties – Scrubbing & Furnaceman in coal mine, children William, Florence May, Stephen Howard Gray (Mrs) Seaham cleaning. Part time. & Helen Howard. Born 1864 Seaham Harbour – maiden name Howard. 1000 hours worked. Married 1890 Easington District. Service from 19/11/1914 to 31/1/1918. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 9 Holly Tce., Sunderland or Sunderland. Wife Catherine Isabella. Born 21/5/1873 Rhynd, Perthshire. Gray James McLaren (Dr) Assistant M.O. 129 Hylton Rd. Father George, mother Jessie Nicoll. Married 1910 Sunderland to Catherine Isabella Herring. Died 21/9/1927.

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Rank – member. Duties 14 Eastbourne Grove, – Hospital orderly & air Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Gray John South Shields raid services. Part time. No John Gray in South Shields at this address in 1911. 300 hours.

Nurse. Part time. 900 Service from 15/2/1917 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Gray Margaret 176 St. Paul’s Road, Jarrow hours. Street, Jarrow. No trace 1911. 3 Silverdale St., South Sgt. Air Raid Duty. Part Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Gray Thomas Hetton time. Unable to trace 1911. Making garments at Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Green Mrs Low Willington home. Unable to trace 1911. Rank – N.M. Nursing. C/o Miss Lawson, Mona Service from 16/6/1915 to 11/5/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Green Alice Part time. 200 hours Tce., Tynemouth House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Previously at V.A.H. Tynemouth. worked.

Service from 2/1916 to 8/1918. 2nd card says service to 12/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Dressmaker. Father William, 8 Hallgarth Square, Housemaid. 240 hours Green Cissie Marion Estate Foreman, mother Jemima, siblings William, Janet M., Laurence, Monkwearmouth worked. Part time. Elizabeth F.G., Thomas G.M., Margaret & Grace A. Born 1893 Sunderland. Died 1972 Bulmer District, North Yorkshire.

Service from 21/10/1916 to 19/10/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Laundry maid. Full time. Green Ethel 68 Ewbank St., Stockton Bishop Auckland. Father Darrington, mother Annie, siblings Edith Emma, Pay - £2-7s-9 ½d . Alice & Herbert. Born Stockton 1899.

Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 12/8/1916 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Green Ethel May 41 Otto Tce., Sunderland Nursing. Part time. 2691 Sunderland. Father John, Grocery Manager, mother Isabella Elliot, siblings hours worked. Fred Stanley & Arnold John. Born Sunderland 1891.

Malvernbury, Dunottar Mending linen. Part Service from 6/1915 – still serving. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Green Florence (Mrs) Ave., Eaglescliffe time. 362 hours worked. Eaglescliffe. Unable to find in Eaglescliffe 1911 census.

Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall. Widow 3 Charles St., Seaham Repairing linen. 4 hours by 1911, Caretaker Cookery Centre. Husband Thomas Carter., Wood Green Margaret Ann (Mrs) Harbour fortnightly. Sawyer. Daughter Kathleen. Born Seaham 1867. Married 1889 Seaham – maiden name Smith. Died 1946.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 10/1914 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Housework, serving, Sunderland. Maiden name Green. Born 1885 Sunderland. Married 1910 Boulton Phyllis Tindell (Mrs) 5 Gray Rd., Sunderland kitchen & useful work Sunderland. Husband Wilfred Phillips, Colliery Agent & Coal Merchant. when needed. Died 14/2/1950 Boldon Hall, West Boldon.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 4/5/1915 to 4/11/1915. Orderly. Pay – 28s per Commission or Department or County section on card says – France. Green William Deurance Gordon 24 Durham St., Stockton week. Draughtsman. Father William, Commercial Clerk, mother Elizabeth B. Brother Noel Elliott Green. Born 1887 Stockton. Died 1937 Birmingham.

11 Oxford Ave., South Greenacre W (Mr) Private. Driver. Service from 2/5/1918 to 1919. No trace South Shields 1911. Shields

Service from 5/4/1914 or 5/8/1914 – still serving. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Keeps a Registry Office for servants at her home. Husband John Colling, Commercial Clerk, children Hilda Violet, Reginald, Rank at engagement – John Howard, Ada E., Beatrice May, Oswald Percy, Arthur Septimus, Robert Greenhalgh Elizabeth Ada (Mrs) (Lizzie) 4 Derwent St., Sunderland N.S. Nursing. Part time. Ayton, Ernest Edward & Alfred Furness. Born 24/3/1866 Sunderland. 5110 hours worked. Baptized 24/4/1881 Bishop Wearmouth. Parents John & Isabel. Married 1887 Sunderland – maiden name Brown. Died 9/2/1941 The Municipal Hospital, Sunderland.

Cook. Part time. 1000 Service from 1/1916 to 2/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Greenwell Nancie Northcliffe, Roker hours worked. Sunderland. Unable to find at this address 1911. Age when engaged – 45. Service from 3/12/1914 to 31/1/1916. Another Trained nurse. Pay on card says 18/3/1915 to 14/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Olive House, Grove Tce., engagement – 21s per Born 1866 Canterbury - maiden name Randall. On 1911 census at Greenwood Emma (Mrs) Langley Bridge, Langley week. Pay at Workhouse in Durham as a Sick Nurse with first husband Frank (same Moor termination - £1 – 4s – profession) & visiting son William Frank Gallop. Married Frank Gallop 1889 10d per week. Full time. Isle of Wight. Frank died 1914 Durham. Married Benjamin Greenwood 1915 Durham. Rank – N.M. Nursing Victoria Avenue, Bishop Service from 21/6/1915 to 28/3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Gregory Emma duties. Part time. 320 Auckland House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace Bishop in 1911. hours worked.

Service from 1/2/1915 to 1/5/1916. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, Rank at engagement – Durham. Part time student in 1911. Father George, Surveyor for Rural Gregson Elsie Mildred Princes St., Durham member. Nursing. Full District Council, mother Gertrude Alice, brother Frank Leslie. Born time. Crossgate, Durham 1889. Died 1975 Tavistock, Devon District.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information 24 Waverley Tce., Nurse. Part time. 820 Service from 1916 to 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No Gregson Martha (Mrs) Darlington. Not known hours worked. trace 1911 census in Darlington. 4/8/1921 Service from 11/5/1918 to 1919. 1st Northern General, Newcastle. Father 36 Beaconsfield Ave., Low G.S. Member. Reserve George, Solicitor, wife Frances, siblings George Barron, Isabella, Edward, Grey Margaret Fell V.A.D. Frances & Elizabeth Mary. Born Morpeth 1899. Baptized 20/7/1899 St. Robert’s, Morpeth.

Service from 6/1915 to date. Husband George Ernest, Traveller in Timber, children Joseph Maurice, Phyllis Mary, Dorothy Rachel & Kathleen. Born Scotland c1868. Married 1894 Gateshead – maiden name Dalton. Died 16/4/1960. Son Joseph service – R.E. joined 1/10/1915 Pioneer Reg. No. Searcher. Wounded and Grey Rose Gertrude (Mrs) 5 Earl’s Dene, Low Fell 73593 Promoted A/Cpl. Sig. Depot & embarked B.E.F. 5/12/1915. Trans. missing. Base Sigs. B.E.F. 5/9/1916. Apptd. A/Sgt. unpaid. Class Z 18/10/1919. Applied to join the R/E Special Reserve Motor Cyclist Section. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal. Mentioned in the Despatch of Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig 16/3/1919. Supp. London Gazette 9/7/1919.

Clerk at engagement. 4 Warwick Road, South Hospital orderly & air Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Grier George William Shields raid service. Part time. There are two – father & son but neither is living at this address in 1911. 2,000 hours worked.

Age when engaged – 27. Service from 6/6/1916 to 14/3/1919. Another The Croft, Westoe Rd., card says 1/6/1916 to 23/4/1919. 6/6/1916 at 2nd Northern General, Grieves Edith Mary Nurse. South Shields Leeds. Transferred 5/4/1918 to 14/3/1919 Military Hospital, France. No trace 1911 South Shields. Service from 10/1914 to 19/3/1918. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Nurse. Part time. 5450 Gateshead. Husband Thomas, Mine Deputy/Overman. Born Seaham Griffiths Laura (Mrs) 24 Kenmire St., Felling hours worked. Harbour 1866. Married 1888 Easington District – maiden name Readshaw. Died 1942.

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Service from 31/8/1916 to date. 4th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Elementary School Teacher. Father William, widower in 1911, Rank – N.S. Nursing House Joiner, siblings William L., Sarah & Harriet. Mother Jane Ann. Born 52 Dock St. East, Grimstead Jennie duties. Part time. 4632 Sunderland 1885. Baptized 14/6/1885 Monk Wearmouth. ?Married John Sunderland hours worked. Emmerson Dodds 30/4/1919 (Ancestry Family Tree although I’m unable to find a marriage on Ancestry) & died 19/9/1954 at Princess Road Hospital, Ripon Last address 15 Colchester Tce., Sunderland.

Service from 17/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. Darlington Air Raid Station. Rank – member. Air Raid Assisted in Father’s Boot Manufacturers & Dealers business. Born 1886 Grimstone Thomas Lancelot 24 Outram St., Darlington Station. When required. Darlington. Baptized 10/2/1886 Holy Trinity, Darlington. Married Hattie Clarkson 1912 Darlington. Died 29/8/1941 Darlington.

Service from 29/7/1915 to date. Another card states service from Nursing member. Lady 1/9/1911. Occasional nursing Southwood Hospital 1915, 1916 and 1917. 3 Fountain Villa, Station Rd., Supt. Part time. Exact Gripper Effie (Mrs) days Ashfield, Malvern. 17 months Red Cross Depot, Annan. 1918 50 Seaton Carew hours not known but hours V.A.D. Hospital, Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. No trace 1911 estimated at 2,500. Seaton Carew.

Service from 5/4/1917 to date. Maxwellton Red Cross Hospital, Dumfries Fountain Villa, Station Rd., V.A.D. member. Nursing. 5/4/ 1917. St. John’s V.A.D. Hospital, Malvern June 1917. July 1917 to Gripper Joyce Seaton Carew. Gone away Full time. October 1918 Red Cross Hospital, Malvern. 10/1918 Lysaght Hospital, 12/10/1920 Burnham. No trace Seaton Carew 1911.

Service from 25/3/1915 to 9/1918. 17th Durham V.A. Hospital, The Red Escomb, Toronto, Bishop Private. Orderly. Part Gittins Thomas House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not a clear enough address as there at Auckland time. 124 hours worked. least 3 possibles in 1911.

Service from 2/3/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Clerk in a Ropemakers. Mother Jane, widow in 1911, siblings George, John, Mary Private. Air Raid & 2 Ocean Rd. East, Agnes Fraser, Elizabeth J., Adelaide, Lydia & Florence. Father George. Born Groom Arthur Convoys. Part time. 350 Grangetown, Sunderland Grangetown 1887. Died 1958 Sunderland. Married Elizabeth Allen 1921 hours worked. Houghton District. Died 29/7/1958 at the General Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 7 Westholme Tce., Sunderland.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 1/10/1917 to 30/4/1918. Sacriston. Difficult to read the Grossant George Heugh Edge, Sacriston Defence. When surname but no Grossant in Sacriston 1911. required.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 21. Service from 20/7/1917 to present (12/7/1919). 1st Northern General Military, Newcastle. Born 1897 South Shields. Father Alice Adelaide, Otherwise 4 Westoe Tce., South Grubb Nurse. With pay. Robert, mother Mary Elizabeth, siblings Robert, Edward Victor & Florence known as Bridget Shields Mary. Married George W. Ellis 1920 South Shields. Died 25/5/1965 11 Sunniside Tce., Cleadon. 7 Greenfield Tce., Windy Cook. Part time. 2496 Service from 24/10/1914 to 30/5/1915. 1st Durham V.A. H Whinney Gulliver Annie (Mrs) Nook hours worked. House, Gateshead. Not at this address in 1911. Age when engaged – 21. Service from 6/12/1917 to 31/1/1919. 23 Thornhill Park, Gunn Dorothy Isabelle Nurse. Without pay. 6/12/1917 to 28/2/1918 Aux. Hosp. Harrogate. 30/7/1918 to 31/1/1919 Sunderland Aux. Hosp. Harrogate. No trace 1911 census. Service from 2/12/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A. H. Mission House, New Rank - Nurse. Duties – Princess Road, Seaham Seaham. Died 12/11/1962 Clairlea, Randolph Place, South Rd., Wick. Born Gunn or Sutherland Williamina Jessie general work. Part time. Harbour 1882. Buried Old Municipal Cemetery, Wick. Father John Fraser, mother 2688 hours worked. Barbara Fraser.

Brockley Whins, South Quartermaster. Part Service from 1/7/1917 to 31/12/1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Guy Emilia (Mrs) Shields time. 654 hours worked. Sunderland. No trace South Shields 1911.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 4/1917 to date (11/7/1919). 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Guy Mary Fairfield, Stockton – kitchen helper. Part Eaglescliffe. No trace Stockton 1911. time. 642 hours worked.

Service from 15/2/1916 to 25/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Rank – V.A. Nurse. Part Castle. Dressmaker. Father John, Stone Mason on Estate, mother Guyll Jessie Fox’s Row, Brancepeth time. 616 hours worked. Margaret Ann, siblings Mary & Robert. Born Brancepeth 15/3/1881. Died 1970. Hadden Annie (Mrs) Cleadon Work Party for 3½ years. Reg. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. No trace 1911 Cleadon.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 20/3/1915 to 27/9/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, C/o Mrs Hunter, Toft Hill, Hadeier Elsie nursing. Part time. 1830 Bishop Auckland. The only reference to this woman is an Elsie Gertrude Etherley, Bishop Auckland hours worked. Hadeier living in Birmingham in 1930.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Highfield Junction Road, Nurse. Part time. 2600 Hadlow Margaret (Mrs) Dinsdale. This may be the one – husband John Thomas, Test House Stockton hours worked. Manager, Iron & Steel Works, daughter Edna Bruce. Born Hebburn c1887.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 23/4/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Mary Ann & daughter Hannah Hagar John Lane Ends, Hunwick Private. Orderly. Jane. Born Newfield, Bishop Auckland 1868. Married Mary Ann Frost 1890 Auckland District. Died 5/4/1945. Last address – Thornville, West Auckland Rd., Shildon.

Service from 10/1914 to 9/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Born Sybil Clark Thompson 8/3/1887 Sunderland. Rank – Sec. Duties – Baptized 21/12/1887 Southwick. Father Richard Charles, Shipbuilder, Haggie Sybil Clark (Mrs) Seaforth, Sunderland kitchen helper & Sec. 24 mother Dorothy, sister Mildred Clark. Married William Haggie 1911 hours weekly. Chester-le-St. District. Died 28/11/1977 Knayton Lodge, Knayton, Thirsk. Cemetery St. Mary the Virgin, Leake, Yorkshire.

Holmlands Park North, General Service. Part Service from 5/1917 to 9/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Haig Mrs Sunderland time. 50 hours worked. Sunderland. Not in Sunderland on 1911 census.

Nurse. Part time. 500 Service from 19/1/1915 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Haikins Jane (Mrs) Old Church, Jarrow hours worked. St., Jarrow. No trace.

Private. Orderly. Also for coast defence. Part Service from 20/1/1915 to 1/10/1916. Another card states service to Haile John J or T George Street, Consett time. 520 hours worked. 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No Another card says 314 trace in Consett 1911. hours worked.

Service from 1/6/1918 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South 60 Hampden St., South Hails Mary Jane (Mrs) 3 hours weekly. Shields. Husband William, Municipal Storekeeper. Born c1866 Kensington, Shields London. Married 1896 Newcastle. Maiden name Bussey. Service from 1/3/1915 to 12/1918. Dept. for references – Liverpool The Hermitage, Chester-le- Hale Muriel Ward maid. Hospital. Commission/Dept./County – France. No better info. Unable to St. find in Chester-le-St. 1911. 10 Bridge St., Lurgan, Co. Hospital Secretary. Full Service from 1/10/1917 to 15/6/1918. 19th Durham V.A. H. Windlestone Hall David Armagh time. Hall, Ferryhill. Certificate awarded. Rank – N.M. Duties – 1 Ravensworth Tce., Service from 15/4/1917 to 1/12/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hall Edith Nursing. Part time. 110 Bishop Auckland House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked. 169 Wansbeck Road, Nurse. Part time. 1203 Service from 20/2/1915 to 31/3/1919. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Hall Ethel (Mrs) Jarrow hours worked. Street, Jarrow. Not at this address on 1911 census.

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Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H.Woodside, Darlington. Living on Nurse. Part time. 1700 Hall Florence Mary Cockfield private means 1911. Born 1883 Chapel Allerton, Yorks. Baptized hours worked. 25/3/1883 St. Matthews, Chapel Allerton. Parents Thomas & Elizabeth. Sister. Part time. 384 Service from 21/7/1917 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Not at this Hall Florence 18 Durham Road, Blackhill hours worked. address in 1911.

Service from 31/3/1916 to 14/2/1919. Darlington Air Raid Station. Butcher’s Assistant. Father Robert, retired Agricultural Engineer, mother Rank – Member. Air Raid Hall George Robert 64 Duke Street, Darlington Sarah, siblings Edith Ellen, Thomas Herbert, John William, Anne Elizabeth, Station. When required. George Robert, Minnie Malvina, Walter Megginson, Mary Cecilia & Sarah Rebecca. Born Foxholes, Yorks. 1877. Died 1941 Darlington.

Sister. Part time. 276 Service from 22/6/1917 to 6/8/1917. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Hall Hannah (Mrs) John Street, Blackhill hours worked. Shotley Bridge. Not at this address in 1911. Service from 5/7/1915 to 10/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, 31 Newton Cap Bank, Private. Orderly. 76 Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Miner/Hewer. Wife Mary Hannah & son Hall Joseph Bishop Auckland hours worked. Part time. Stanley. Born Bishop Auckland 1885. Married Margaret Hannah Forster 1907 Auckland District. Died 1945.

23 Jubilee Tce., Low Fell. Driver with pay. Pay on Address crossed out – 1 engagement - £1.15s 0d. Age when engaged – 25. Service from 19/12/1916 to 10/3/1919. Previous Hall James William Vincent Tce., Annfield Pay on termination - engagement – Havre. Unable to trace 1911. Plain £2.1s.0d.

Service from 29/4/1916 to 1917. Air Raid Station Darlington. Joined H.M.F. 1917. Father Robert Corner Hall, Steel Dresser, mother Mary Jane, Rank – Member. Air Raid Hall John Robert Simpson 31 Aldam St., Darlington siblings Stephen Albert & Ida Catherine. Born 1898 Darlington. Baptized Station when required. 30/11/1898 St. Paul’s, Darlington. Died 24/10/1965 at The Borough Hospital, Yarm Rd., Darlington. Last address – 7 Jesmond Rd., Darlington.

Service from 10/1916 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Husband Tom, Mining Engineer – Coal Mining, children Alexandra Annie, Housemaid. Part time. Hall Kate Alexandra (Mrs) Leechmere House, Ryhope Donald Comrie, Elizabeth Honor & Kathleen Joyce. Born Yarmouth, 600 hours worked. Norfolk 1869. Maiden name Comrie. Married 1898 Durham District. Died 11/8/1939 221 Grove End Gardens, London N.W.8.

Nursing. Part time. 912 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Hall Lily Palmerston St., Consett hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Consett 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Nursing. Part time. 72 Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Father Michael, School Attendance Officer, Hall Mary Hannah 7 George St., Blackhill hours worked. mother Annie, siblings Michael, Annie & Elizabeth. Born 1885 Blackhill. Died 1978 Sheffield. Service from 13/2/1917 to 1919. A Commercial Traveller chiefly in bottled Private. Driver. Part Hall Robert 34 Ormond St., Sunderland beer, wife Mary Ann. Born Kendal 1868. Married Mary Ann Brewster time. 580 hours worked. Sunderland 1896. Private. Air Raid & 43 Olive St., Sunderland. Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Unable to Hall Thomas A Convoys. Part time. 400 Could be Close St. trace at this address 1911. hours worked. Sister. Part time. 538 Service from 1/7/1915 to 1/3/1916. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. No trace at Hall Vera Wingilla House, Blackhill hours worked. this address 1911. Kitchen helper. Part Piermont Cresc., Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace of Hall Yora time. 3240 hours Darlington anyone with this name. worked. 18 Kingston Tce., Service from 29/2/1917 to 1919. Clerk in a marine iron foundry. Wife Sunderland, Certificate Miriam Dove, children Ernest Hay, Winifred & Louisa. Born 1878 Halliday Thomas Private. Driver. returned 4/10/1921 – Sunderland. Married Miriam Dove Richardson 1902 Sunderland. Died gone away 1955 South Shields.

Service from 20/11/1917. Born 1889 Thornaby-on-Tees. Domestic Servant. Father Jessiah, Riveter. Mother Annie, siblings Joseph, Jessiah, 34 Heslop St., Thornaby on Pantry work (France). Hamer Alice Gwendolyn Randolf, Kenneth, Maud, Arthur, Edmund & Lee. Married Thomas H Riley Tees Reserve V.A.D. 1930 Sheffield. Died 15/12/1965 at the Royal Hospital, Sheffield. Last address – 31 Wheatley Grove, Sheffield.

Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Physician & Surgeon. Wife Jean Barter Brooke, children Hamilton James Cathcart (Dr) 6 Dundas St., Sunderland M.O. Norah Hester & Constance Catherine. Born Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Ireland 10/2/1869. Parents Henry & Hester E. Died 20/6/1947 21 Roker Park Rd., Sunderland. Nurse. Part time. 1008 Service from 1914 to 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No Hamilton Marjorie (Mrs) Marjoriebanks, Darlington hours worked. trace 1911 Darlington. Private. Air Raid & Service from 1/7/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. House 17 Close St., Millfield, Hamilton Robert Joseph Convoys. Part time. 465 Plumber. Mother Mary Ellen, widow in 1911. Siblings John M. & Jane R. Sunderland hours worked. Born 1875 Sunderland. Died 1958.

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Service from 1914 to 1915. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. M.O. Part time. 2000 Hamilton William (Dr) Westoe, South Shields Medical Practitioner. Born Ballymoney, Co. Antrim c1879. Initiated hours worked. 5/10/1908 into John Redhead Lodge Freemasons, South Shields.

Service from 3/12/1914 to 15/3/1919. Another card says service to 21/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Husband Eustace Scott, Hamilton-Russell (Husband – Assistant Commandant. Olive Mary (Hon. Mrs) Stoke Lodge, Ludlow living on private means, daughter Rachel Katharine. Born 1879 London. Eustace below) Full time. Married 1906 St. George, Hanover Square, London – maiden name Wolryche-Whitmore. Died 6/10/1951 Stanmore, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Service from 3/12/1914 to 15/3/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. Honours – O.B.E. & Hon. Ass. Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Wife Hamilton-Russell (Wife Olive Olive Mary, daughter Rachel Katharine. Living on private means. Born Mary above, Sister Florence Eustace Scott (Hon) Stoke Lodge, Ludlow Commandant. Full time. 1878 London. Married 1906 St. George, Hanover Sq., London to Olive Rachel below) Mary Wolryche-Whitmore. Died 3/11/1962 Stanmore, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Service from 10/1914 to 6/1917 and 9/1918 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Born 16/1/1885 Shotts, Zachary Macaulay M.D. Nesfield, Fulwell, Assistant Surgeon. Daily Lanarkshire. Parents Margaret Stirling & John Ross. Married Barbara Hamilton-Ross C.H.B. Sunderland Attendance. Isabella Johnston 12/7/1913. Children John & Barbara Isabel Fair. Died 20/12/1974 Sunderland. Commenced medical studies University of Edinburgh 21/10/1901. M.B., Ch. B.Ed. 1906. At 44 Sea Rd., Fulwell 1914.

Service from 22/5/1916 to 15/3/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Castle. UK Physiotherapy & Masseuse Registers 1895 to 1980 – M. & M.E. Trained Masseuse. (Medical Electricity). Died 23/4/1957 at Stanmore Grove, Bridgnorth. Last Hamilton-Russell (Brother Burwarton Hall, Duties – Massage and Florence Rachel (The Hon.) address – Cleobury Court, Bridgnorth. Father Gustavus, Peer (Viscount Eustace above) Bridgenorth electrical treatment. Full Boyne), D.S., J.P., mother Katharine F., silbings Alice K., Gustavas K., Maud time. H., Constance E., Frederick Gustavus, Arthur , Claud E. & Eustace S. Born 1875 St. George Hanover Square District.

Assistant Cook. Part Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Hammerton Dorothy Warden Law, Ryhope time. 26 hours weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Ryhope 1911.

Cook. Part time. 1512 Service from 9/1915 to 6/1917. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Hammond Hannah Elizabeth 26 Hume St., Stockton hours worked. Dinsdale. No trace Stockton 1911.

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The High School, House & Kitchenmaid. 8 Service from 10/1914 to 12/1914. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, Hammond Margaret Sunderland hours weekly. 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Not at this address 1911.

Nurse. Part time. 4360 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Mentioned Hancock Alice (Mrs) Harewood Hill, Darlington hours worked. in Despatches. No trace Darlington 1911.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 10/6/1915 to 29/2/1917 at 19th Nurse. With pay at st 8 Osborne St., New Birmingham. Part time. Durham V.A. H. Windlestone. 25/3/1917 to 12/4/1918 at 1 Southern Hancock Elizabeth Ellen Shildon 1081 hours worked at General Hospital, Birmingham. Father Thomas, Boilersmith N.E.R. Loco. Windlestone. Dept., mother Mary Ellen, siblings Elizabeth E., Linda M., Wilfred, Janet Gertrude, Hilda & Robina. Born 1892 Witton Park.

Service from 10/1914 to 3/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Nurse. Part time. 4256 Gateshead. Husband Samuel Pethey, Coach Painter with Railway Co., Hann Kate (Mrs) 22 Ann St., Felling hours worked. children Elfrida & Samuel Pethey. Born 1879 Middlesbrough. Married 1900 Gateshead District – maiden name Pickering. Died 1971.

Service from 10/1914 to 2/1916. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Nurse. Part time. 4032 Gateshead. Husband John, Coal Miner/Stoneman, children Samuel Pethey, Hann Mary Jane (Mrs) 31 George St., Felling hours worked. John & George. Married 1901 Gateshead District – maiden name Brown. Born Jarrow c1881. Died 1953. Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Not at this address in Hann Robert Pitfield St., Sacriston Defence. When 1911. required.

Section Leader. Air Raid Hanson Henry 18 Henry St., Jarrow & Coast Defence. Part Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. No trace at this address in 1911. time. When required.

Service from 1914 to 1915. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Home Science Student at London University. Father John George, Stock & Kitchen help. Part time. Harbottle Dorothy Millburn, Darlington Share Broker, mother Mary Cowper, siblings Annie Renwick, Mary, 600 hours worked. Elizabeth & Margaret. Born 14/11/1892 Darlington. Married Harold Napier Oxford District 1935 & died in 1974 Windsor District, Berkshire.

Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Father Kitchen helper. Part Harbron Dorothy Linden Ave, Darlington Charles, Jeweller, mother Mary Ellen. Born 8/3/1899 Darlington. Married time. 540 hours worked. Francis H Awde 1933 Darlington. Died 1971 Darlington.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 33. Service from 11/10/1916 to 28/3/1919. 11.10/1916 to 19/11/1917 2nd Western General Hospital. 21/1/1918 to Melrose Farm Road, Harcombe Elizabeth Rebecca Nurse. With pay. 28/3/1919 M. H. Stourbridge. Born 1883 Stockton. Married George F Stockton Brangwyn 1922 Marlborough, Wiltshire. Died 3/10/1954 8 Gloucester Close, Four Marks, Hampshire. 11 West End Tce., Cook. Part time. 312 Service from 1/1916 to 12/1917. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St Hardcastle Florence Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. Not at this address in 1911. Nurse. With pay. Another card says she School House Ford, South did house work and was Age when engaged – 24. Service from 11/7/1918 to 12/1918. 1st Northern Harding Alice Maud Hylton, Sunderland a Reserve V.A.D. at General Hospital. Born 7/4/1893 Sunderland. Died 1973 Uckfield, Sussex. Newcastle and Sunderland.

Service from 10/2/1918 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Rank – N.S. Duties – 14 Hampden Road, Sunderland. 1911-Student Teacher. Father Charles Francis, Elementary Hardy Alma Nursing. Part time. 672 Sunderland School Teacher, mother Sarah Elizabeth, siblings Ethel, Charles Francis, hours worked. Phyllis & Laurence Cowperthwaite. Born Sunderland 1894.

Rank – N.S. Duties – 36 Stansfield St., Service from 11/9/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Hardy Florence (Mrs) Nursing. Part time. 4840 Sunderland Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked.

C/o R.A. Woods or Wood Age when engaged – 35. Service from 6/12/1916 to 16/3/1919. 1st Hardy Jeannie Alice (Mrs) Esq., New Washington, Nurse. Eastern General Cambridge from 6/12/1916. France 30/4/1917 to Durham 16/3/1919. One Scarlet Stripe 15/7/1918. Unable to trace 1911.

Rank - Amb. Offr. Air Service from 10/1914 to 3/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, 24 Beaconsfield Road, Low Raid Station. Convoy and Gateshead. Manager of dry goods warehouse, wife Isabella & son John C. Hardy John Brunswick Fell Orderly duty. Part time. Born 1864. Baptized 25/9/1864 Kirkland near Penrith. Father Christopher, 170 hours worked. mother Esther. Married Isabella Bell 1893 Alston. Died 1930.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 10/7/1915 to 7/10/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hare Elsie Hannah (Mrs) Uplands, Crook Nursing. Part time. 330 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 14/1/1893. Died 1983. hours worked. Rank – N.M. Duties – Howlish Hall, Bishop Service from 26/10/1915 to 14/3/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hare Greta Nursing. Part time. 420 Auckland House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked. 57 York Road, West Rank – Private. Duties – Hargreaves M (Miss) Service from 15/5/1917 to 1919. Not at this address 1911. Hartlepool Driver. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Railway Clerk. Wife Agnes, children Ethel & Robert Davidson. Born East Rank – Q.M. Air Raid Boldon 31/10/1860. Baptized 13/12/1860 St. Mary’s, Sunderland. Father 5 Belgrave Gardens, Services & hospital Harker Charles Allanson Thomas, mother Anna. Died 10/1/1943 at 15 Ashleigh Grove, Tynemouth. Harton, South Shields orderly. Part time. 2000 rd house worked. Last address – 37 Queensway, Tynemouth. Territorial Force service – 3 Durham R.G.A. Voluntary. Service no. 147. Joined at North Shields 22/5/1908. Gunner to C.S.M. Discharged at his own request.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 5/12/1915 to 25/9/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Harker Elizabeth (Mrs) 4 Francis St., Stanley Nursing. Part time. 760 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace this address 1911. hours worked. 21 Margate St., Silksworth, Nurse. With pay. Age when engaged – 35. Service from 30/8/1917 to 29/9/1919. Military Harker Mary Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. Hospital, Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911. Medical Officer and Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Falstone House, Stanhope Commandant. Part time Wife Amy, children Vyvien Irene & George Frank Geoffrey. Born Whitby Harland George Robert (Dr) Road, West Park, South when required. 2000 1872. Married Amy Bainbridge 1899 Middlesbrough District. Died Shields hours worked. 26/9/1927. Service from 6/1917 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Thackeray House, Nurse. Part time. 1812 Dinsdale. Husband Michael, Speculative House Builder. Born 1864 Harland Mary Jane (Mrs) Southfield Road, hours worked. Stockton. Married 1888 Middlesbrough – maiden name Trusson. Died Middlesbro’ 27/11/1935 291 Marton Rd., Middlesbrough.

9 Lune St., Bleach Green, Age when engaged – 25. Service from 15/10/1915 to 15/11/1916. 2nd Harle Elizabeth Nurse. With pay. Blaydon Northern General Hospital. No trace at this address 1911.

Service from 21/7/1915 to 12/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth 105 Middle St., Browney V.A. Nurse. Part time. Castle. Born 2/11/1882 Spennymoor. School Teacher. Father Joseph, Harle Jessie Colliery 224 hours worked. Colliery Clerk, mother Jane A., siblings Margaret L., Charles, John, Ralph & Mary. Died 1969.

Age when engaged – 30. Service from 23/1/1917 to 9/5/1919. M.H. The Terrace, Chester-le- Cosham from 23/1/1917. Trans. France 22/10/1918 to 9/5/1919. Father Harle Marian Nurse. With pay. Street Frederick, Solicitor, mother Jane, siblings Annie E., Frederick W., James L. & Edith. Born 2/6/1886 Chester-le-St. Baptized Chester-le-St. 27/6/1886.

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Service from 13/8/1916 to 1/9/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 1876 Tow Law. With her grandparents Thomas & Tamar Rank – N.M. Nursing Harle on 1881 & 1891 census. UK & Ireland Nursing Register – registered Harle Tamar 10 Smith St., Tow Law duties. Part time. 140 15/2/1924. Cert. 1918-1921 Holgate Hospital & Broomlands Hospital for hours worked. Children Middlesbrough. In the Register for 1923 & 1925 at Middlesbrough, 1928, 1929 at Newcastle & 1931, 1934 & 1937 at Tow Law.

Nursing. Part time. 344 Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Harley Mary Durham Road, Blackhill hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. No trace Blackhill 1911. Service from 1/11/1915 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Rank – G.S.M. Cooking. Sunderland. Husband Joseph, Motor Engineer. Born c1866 Sunderland. Harper Eleanor Donkin (Mrs) 14 Otto Tce., Sunderland Part time. 1280 hours Died at 5 Argyle St., Sunderland 24/4/1939. Last address – 62 Otto Tce., worked. Durham Rd., Sunderland.

Service from 8/3/1915 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Mentioned in Rank -Sister. Duties – Despatches & St. John Badge. Husband George Octavius, Mining Engineer. Kelvinside, Villa Real, Nurse and Cook. Part Harper Violet Hannah (Mrs) Born Ryton 1886. Maiden name Roxby. Married 1905 Gateshead District. Consett time. 4142 hours Died 3/1/1963 at Shotley Bridge Hospital. Last address – 6 Summerhill, worked. Shotley Bridge. Durham Crematorium burial or cremation place.

Service from 7/4/1916 to 1919. Assistant Manager in Shipbuilding. Wife 12 Eastfield St., Private. Driver. Part Meggie & daughter Lilian Margaret. Born 1879 Sunderland. Married 1906 Harrald Charles Morton Sunderland time. 257 hours worked. Sunderland to Meggie Graham. Initiated into Palatine Lodge, Sunderland 12/9/1918 – Freemasons. Died 19/12/1936 at 87 Ewesley Rd., Sunderland.

Morton House, Fence 14th Durham V.A. H. Morton House, Fence Houses. Served 2 years. Unable Harrigan Annie Domestic Servant. Houses to trace 1911. Morton House, Fence 14th Durham V.A. H. Morton House, Fence Houses. Served 2 years. Unable Harrigan Jane Domestic Servant. Houses to trace 1911. Rank - Nurse. Duties - The Lodge, Croft, Service in 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. No trace Harrild Winifred (Mrs) Secretarial Work. Part Darlington Darlington 1911. time. 270 hours worked.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. The address doesn’t match but – Air Raid & Coast there are two men of this name at 111 William Lane, Hebburn in 1911. Harris Adam 5 Phillip Street, Hebburn Defence. Part time. One born in Jarrow 1888 & died in South Shields in 1934 & one born in When required. Gateshead in 1860.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 5/1916 to 3/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Harris Elsie (Mrs) 16 Ash Street, Southport Nurse. Full time. Sunderland. Unable to trace on 1911 census.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Nurse. Part time. 1612 Harris (Sister Kate below) Margaret Ethel 1 Outram St., Stockton Dinsdale. Teacher of Music. Mother Margaret, siblings Frederick, Louisa hours worked. F., Catherine Sarah, Georgiana M. & Charles E. Born Stockton 1874.

Linden Grove, West Service from 1/1918 to 10/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. West Hartlepool. Hartlepool. Married General Service. Part Harris (Bolton – married name) Ethel Father John Thomas, Shipbuilding Company Secretary, mother Margaret, address – 11 Baron Road, time. 672 hours worked. silbings Mary, William J. & Margaret. Born West Hartlepool 1892. Penarth, Glamorgan

Service from 9/1916 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Nurse. Part time. 636 Dinsdale. Certified Assistant Teacher. Born Stockton 1866. Mother Harris (Sister Ethel above) Catherine Sarah (Kate) 1 Outram St., Stockton hours worked. Margaret, siblings Frederick, Louisa F., Margaret Ethel, Georgiana M. & Charles E. Private. Duties – Air Tankeville St., West Service from 17/5/1916 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. Not at Harris Thomas William Raid. Part time. 60¼ Hartlepool this address in 1911. hours worked.

Service from 9/1916 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Middleton Hall, Middleton M.O. Available in Wife Ellen. 1911 Medical Superintendent of an Asylum. Married Ellen Harris-Liston M.D. Llewellyn St. George emergencies. Rustell 1905 Newton Abbot District. Born Croydon 1864. Died 1/7/1941 Wendacott, Marley Rd., Exmouth, Devonshire.

Cook. Part time. 560 Service from 1914 to 1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Harrison Beatrice Park Hill, West Hartlepool hours worked. Hartlepool. No trace this address 1911.

Service from 8/11/1915 to 1919. Work Party 1181 Easington Colliery. Husband John George Sharp, Coal Miner/Stoneman, children Margaret, 24 Seventh St. South, Mary Jane & George Measor. Born 1883 Stockton – maiden name Measor. Harrison Dorothy Maud (Mrs) 5 hours weekly. Easington Colliery Married 22/10/1904 Hartlepool. Died 1954 Sunderland District. Husband enlisted 30/1/1915 Driver R.F.A. 85591. 3/6/1917 embarked Folkestone for Boulogne. Appointed S/S. Demob. 1/2/1919.

Service from 1/3/1917 to 1/6/1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Harrison E (Mrs) 8 Park Gate, Sunderland Sister. Full time. Sunderland. Unable to trace at this address 1911. Service from 22/8/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Rank – N.M. Duties – Harrison Elizabeth Woolley Colliery, Crook th Nursing. Part time. Bishop Auckland. 5 N.G. Leicester. France. Can’t trace her in Woolley Colliery in 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 18/7/1917 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 24 Park Parade, Roker, Quartermaster. Full Sunderland. Born Sunderland 1881. Father Thomas, Steel & Tool Harrison Ethel Snary Sunderland time. Merchant, mother Margaret, siblings John W., Victor, Percy Snary & Norman. Died 3/2/1964.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 1/1/1916 to date (17/7/1919). 5th Northern General Military Hospital, Leicester. Father Thomas Benjamin, Harrison Florence Reservoir House, Shildon Nurse. With pay. Water Inspector, mother Jane Ann, siblings Vincent, Annie, Gladys Mary, Gertrude Jane & Freda Miriam. Born Blackhill 31/1/1895. Died 1980.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 13/1/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Sawmill 18 Northcote Ave., Harrison George Convoys. Part time. 295 Foreman. Born Sunderland 1878. Mother Isabella, widow, & George lived Sunderland hours worked. with his aunt Jane, also a widow, at this address. Died 1957 Sunderland.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Sign Writer. 120 St. Leonard St., Harrison George Henry Convoys. Part time. 440 Wife Flora Isabel, children Ivor & Violet. Born Easby 1869. Married Flora Sunderland hours worked. Isabel Lamb 1897 Sunderland. Died 1934 Sunderland.

Kitchen Help. 24 hours Service from 10/1915 to 3/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Harrison Edith Gwendoline Sunniside, East Boldon weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. Born 1897 East Boldon.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Although he wasn’t at this address in 1911, this may be John Crighton Harrison, House Private. Air Raid & Painter, wife Frances Mary & children Frances Margaret, John Crighton, Harrison John C 3 Grafton St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 480 Louisa, Edith, Jane & Thomas Stott Harrison. Born 1870 Sunderland. hours worked. Baptized 18/12/1870 St. Peter’s, Monkwearmouth – parents Thomas & Margaret. Married Frances Mary Garr Venerable Bede Church, Monkwearmouth 12/5/1894. Died 1933 Sunderland.

Service from 7/1918. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father 25 Marlborough St., Housemaid. Part time. Harrison Laura Alfred, Master Butcher, mother Emma Eliza, siblings Mary & Alfred George. Seaham Harbour 342 hours worked. Born Seaham 1900. ?Married Robert Watson 1934.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Harrison Lilian (Mrs) Chester Road, Sunderland Cook. Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. Harrison Lily School Tce., South Moor Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Service from 7/1917 to 3/1919. South Moor. No trace 1911.

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Service from 19/9/1915 to 7/1/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Rank – N.M. Duties – Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband Thomas, a joiner with a steel, coke & Shield Hurst, Crawleyside, Harrison Elizabeth (Lizzie) (Mrs) Nursing. Part time. 270 coal company, died 1915 Weardale. Children Frances & George. Born Stanhope hours worked. Stanhope 1856. Married Thomas Harrison 1884 Weardale District – maiden name Dent. Married Charles H Maddison 1918 Weardale.

Rank – G.S.M. Kitchen Service from 6/1916 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Harrison Mabel Woodside, Eaglescliffe helper. Part time. 1346 Not in Eaglescliffe in 1911. hours worked. 26 South Church Road, Age when engaged – 38. Service from 21/5/1917 to 31/5/1918. 2nd Harrison Mary Elizabeth Nurse. Bishop Auckland Northern General Leeds. Not at this address in 1911. Private. Air Raid & 27 Guildford St., Service from 17/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Not on the Harrison Michael Convoys. Part time. 325 Sunderland 1911 census at this address. hours worked.

Seaham Hall, Seaham Housemaid. Paid by Lord Service from 6/1915 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Harrison Rose Harbour Londonderry. Full time. Harbour. No trace at this address 1911.

Service from 3/5/1916 to 1918. Wagon Driller at Railway Works. Mother Rank – Member. Sarah, father Joseph. Born Stockton 1884. Married Emily Alice Swift Harrop Philip 2 Brougham St., Darlington Darlington Air Raid 3/8/1912 St. Cuthbert’s, Darlington. Died 16/10/1948 6 Louisa St., Station when required. Darlington. West Cemetery Darlington. Emily died 13/5/1977.

Harte or Harle E Service from 15/10/1915 to 8/12/1916. 2nd Northern General, Leeds.

Rank – Officer. Duties – Service from 21/7/1915 to 12/10/1916. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Harte Jessie Browney Colliery Nursing. Part time. 224 Castle, Durham. Unable to find at Browney Colliery 1911. hours worked.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 16/11/1918 to date (18/7/1919). 2nd card says service from 17/9/1918. 2nd Southern General Hospital. 36 Eden Tce., Oxhill, Nurse. Without pay. Hartley Winifred Stanmore hospital. Father Thomas, Coal Miner/Stoneman, mother Mary Stanley Reserve V.A.D. Ann, siblings Reginald & Margaret Annie. Born Annfield Plain 1900. ?Married Septimus Robson 1918 Gateshead District.

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Rank at engagement – Age when engaged – 22. Service from 7/5/1918 to 3/10/1919. 5th House member with pay. 28 Lee St., Fulwell, Northern General Hospital. Leicester. Born 1895 Sunderland. Father Hartop Maud Lucy Rank at termination – Sunderland Thomas H., Driller, mother Louisa, siblings Charlotte, Sarah & William J. Member. Assistant in Servant in 1911. kitchen. Reserve V.A.D.

Service from 11/7/1915 to 17/7/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Francis, Coal Miner. Mother Harvey Annie 16 Stanley Tce., Crook Nursing. Part time. 70 Sarah, widow in 1911, siblings William, Francis, Charlotte, Michael hours worked. Matthew & James Benedict. Born 19/2/1886 Crook. Died 1971.

Service from 6/1/1917 to 20/3/1917. 10th Durham V.A. H. Mayfield, Pine Harvey Mary (Mrs) 4 Newton Villas, Hebburn Commandant. Full time. Street, Jarrow. No trace this address 1911. Service from 1/8/1915 to 10/12/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Mary Elizabeth lived at Brydons Houses, Heseltine Mary (Mrs) Sunniside, Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 400 Sunniside & Mary Anna lived at Front St., Sunniside so this could be either hours worked. of them. Duties – Pantry. Full Service from 3/12/1914 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Hattow (Or Hatton) Albert Brancepeth Castle time. Castle. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. O.B.E. – 3/20 crossed out on card and replaced by M.B.E. Mentioned in Honorary Commandant Despatches. Husband Sir Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-Allan 2nd Blackwell Grange, Havelock-Allan Edith Mary (Lady) & Assistant County th Darlington Baronet. He joined the 17 Batt. Lancashire Fusiliers & fought in France Director. where he was wounded in 1916. Born 1872 Mile End Old Town District. Edith Mary Sowerby married in 1903 St. George Hanover Square District. Died 9/1/1935. Member. Darlington Air Service from 29/4/1916 to 14/2/1919. Engineer (Turner). Father John 48 Wolsingham Tce., Haw John Bertram Raid Station when Robert, mother Elizabeth Ann, sister Margaret Ann. Born 1887 Darlington. Darlington required. Died 25/4/1960 at The Golden Cock Hotel, Tubwell Row, Darlington.

Hawdon Mrs Cleadon, Sunderland Work Party. Service 3½ years. Regt. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. Unable to trace.

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Service from 6/1917 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party 1952. Rank – Red Cross Husband Charles William Henry, Organist & Teacher, children William Rose Evangeline (Eva) Hawley North Guards, Whitburn Worker. Sewing. 390 Percival, Florence Ann May & Eva Daisy. Born Yorktown, Surrey 1855. (Mrs) hours worked part time. Married 1884 Bradfield, Berkshire District – maiden name Kent. Died 16/8/1935 32 Elmwood St., Sunderland.

Service from 1/11/1914 to date. 5th Durham V.A. H. 17 North Bailey, The Vicarage, South Durham. War Service Badge. Father James, Clergyman, mother Mary Alice, Haworth Gertrude Emily M Masseuse. Hetton siblings James K.J., Mabel E. & Dorothy S.R. Born Durham 1887. Married Reginald French 1919. Died 1967 Surrey.

Cook. Part time. 126 Service from 5/1916 to 11/1916. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Hawthorne Mary (Mrs) Kilmons, Eaglescliffe hours worked. Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911. Private. Driver. Pay - £4- 23 Park Place West, Hawthornethwaite Lilia Margherita (Mrs) 0s-0d. Part time. 1800 Service from 7/9/1917 to 1919. No trace 1911. Sunderland hours worked. Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A. H. Seaham Hall, Seaham Harbour. No trace at this address 1911 but this could be the family at 25 1 Queen St., Seaham Repairing linen. 4 hours Frederick St., Seaham Harbour, husband George Ralph, Coal Trimmer, Hay Margaret (Mrs) Harbour fortnightly. children Martha, George Ralph, John, John William, Francis & Isabella Dawson. Born 1868 Sunderland – maiden name Veitch. Married 1888 Easington District. Died 1927.

Service from 1914 to 1918. Working Party East Boldon & Cleadon. Bronze Rank – Member. Sewing. medal & sewing certificate. Husband John William, Machine Driller in coal 7 Hamilton Tce., East Hay Mary Eleanora (Mrs) 293 hours worked part mine above ground, sons John William & Archibald. Born Wallsend 1877. Boldon time. Married 1897 Sunderland – maiden name Yeoman. Died 10/7/1952 at Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope. Last address – 3 Bridle Path, East Boldon.

Service from 1/7/1915 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Husband James, Sister. Part time. 1159 Hay Thomason (Mrs) 3 Edith St., Consett Engineman at Steel Works. Born Consett 1868. Married 1898 – maiden hours worked. name Atkinson. Died 12/5/1934. Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. St. Gabriel’s V.A. H. Sunderland. 178 Hylton Rd., Medical Officer. Daily Wife Annie Primrose, daughter Annie Primrose. Born Stirling, Scotland Hay William (Dr) Sunderland hours. c1860. Married c1897. Initiated into Fenwick Lodge of Freemasons 16/12/1898. Died 1937.

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Age when engaged – 39. Service from 23/9/1916 to present (21/7/1919). 23/9/1916 - Catterick Camp Military Hospital. 23/12/1917 to 26/3/1919 Hayden Edith 3 Backfield St., Gateshead Nursing. Military Hospital, Egypt. 1/7/1919 Maudsley Military Hospital, Denmark Hill. No trace Gateshead 1911.

Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H.Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Rank – N.S. Nursing Born 13/7/1886 Sunderland. Book keeper in Dyers & Cleaners. Father Hazleton Florence 23 Cairo St., Sunderland duties. Part time. 5184 Phillip, Master Mariner, mother Jane Haines Hazleton, sisters Jane Ethel & hours worked. Louisa Elizabeth. Died 10/1/1984 St. Mary’s Convent, Ebchester.

4 hours weekly. Work Headford Esmeralda (Mrs) Ford Lane, Lanchester Party No. 1813 – Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. No trace 1911. Lanchester. Service from 28/10/1918 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Born 1866 Whorlton. Died 25/3/1951 Rank – G.S. Pay £5 Percy House, Nevilles Cross. Father Morley Headlam, monthly. Duties – Magistrate/Landowner/Land Agent/ Farmer, mother Louisa K, siblings Headlam Alice Gertrude Four Tower Flats, Whitby Quartermaster. Full Jonathan Emerson Wharton, Maria L., Morley Lewis C., Isabel Maud B., time. Helen Frances., Archibald Macdonald, Edward James, Thomas Emerson, Gerald Erskine & Theodosia Mary T. A lot more info. on the web on this family.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H.Middleton St. George, Laburnums, Raby Rd., Nurse. Part time. 5184 Dinsdale. Born 1872 Stockton. Died 20/7/1926 27 Raby Rd., Stockton. Headlam Eleanor Elizabeth Stockton hours worked. Buried Oxbridge Cemetery, Stockton. Father Wilson B., Jeweller, mother Barbara, siblings William, Margaret, Harriet, Barbara E. & Ethel.

Service from 12/2/1915 to 13/8/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Nursing House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father George, Draper & Grocer, Heads Laura The Limes, Stanhope duties. Part time. 530 mother Jane, siblings Minnie, Nancy & Vera. Born 1883 Stanhope. hours worked. Married John L Thompson 1921. Service from 10/1914 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Nurse. Duties – Hedley (Related to Agnes Vera The Nook, Grindon, Gray Rd., Sunderland. This may be Mary Greta but she would only be 17 in Molly principally theatre. Full & Theodora Brenda below) Sunderland 1914 or there is an older sister Alfreda May or their mother Mary Hannah. time. Don’t know which one was Molly. Sister. Part time. 336 Service from 1/3/1918 to date. 16th Durham V.A. H. Shotley House, Heaviside Martha (Mrs) 1 Berry Edge Rd., Consett hours worked. Shotley Bridge. Not in Consett 1911 census. Nursing & cooking. Full Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Blackhill. Not Heaviside Mary (Mrs) Berry Edge Rd., Consett time. in Consett 1911 census. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Private. Air Raid duties. Service from 15/12/1915 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. 33 Stephen St., West Hebb Thomas Part time. 69 hours Father & son both Thomas at this address – unable to say which this man Hartlepool worked. is.

Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Elementary School Teacher. Father John 4 hours weekly. Work W., a Coal Mine Manager, mother Elizabeth, siblings George, Albion, Ann, Heckels Hannah Mary School House, Burnhope Party Reg. No. 1813. Richard, John, Matthew, Elizabeth Wigham. Born 1870 South Shields. Lanchester. Died 19/10/1960 Coledale Cottage, Braithwaite, near Keswick.

Service from 11/1916 to 1/1918. 3rd Durham V.A. H. Hammerton House, 4 Gray Rd., Sunderland. Father Alfred Octavius, Solicitor, mother Mary Hedley (Related to Molly Hannah, siblings Alfreda May, Luielia Olga, Theodora Brenda, Mary Greta, The Nook, Grindon, Assistant Cook. Kitchen above & Theodora Brenda Agnes Vera Margaret Nora Veriker, Doreen Sheila & Aline Octavia. Born 10/10/1898 Sunderland duties. Alternate weeks. below) Sunderland. Married Charles Doxford 1929 Richmond, Surrey. Died 2/8/1990 Averham Old Rectory Nursing Home, Church Lane, Averham, Notts.

Service from 3/1915 to 2/1919. 3rd Durham V.A. H.Hammerton House, 4 Gray Rd., Sunderland. Father Alfred Octavius, Solicitor, mother Mary Assistant Quartermaster Hedley (Related to Molly & The Nook, Grindon, Hannah, siblings Alfreda May, Luielia Olga, Agnes Vera, Mary Greta, Theodora Brenda & Cook. Part time. 24 Agnes Vera above) Sunderland Margaret Nora Veriker, Doreen Sheila & Aline Octavia. Born 31/1/1896 hours weekly. Sunderland. Married Arthur J Mayhew 1920 Sunderland. Died 1990 Haywards Heath District, West Sussex.

General Service Member. Service from 8/1915 to date. Tardebigge Hospital, Redditch. Husband Norton House, Norton-on- Duties – Stores, bedside Alfred. Born Manchester c1861. Married 1894 Ashton-under-Lyne District Heginbottom Marcia Theresa (Mrs) Tees occupation, music. Full – maiden name Elliott. Died 11/12/1943 Purley Bury Nursing Home, time. Sanderstead, Surrey.

Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. . Father Robert, Chemist, mother Jessie, siblings Sarah Elizabeth Panton, Eleanor Heming (Sister Mary Ann Nurse. Part time. 8640 Annie Robina Lathbury, Cotherstone Frances, Elizabeth P., Jessie Panton, Emily Panton & Mary Ann. Born 1863 below) hours worked. Sunderland. Died 8/8/1951 The Rosemount Nursing Home, Barnard Castle. Last address – 2 Marwood Tce., Cotherstone.

Service from 1916 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Heming (Sister Annie Robina Nurse. Part time. 6480 Father Robert, Chemist, mother Jessie, siblings Sarah Elizabeth Panton, Mary Ann Lathbury, Cotherstone above) hours worked. Eleanor Frances, Elizabeth P., Jessie Panton, Emily Panton & Annie Robina. Born 1855 Sunderland. Died 13/3/1938 Cotherstone.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 1917. 4th Northumberland V.A. H. Dilston Hall, Corbridge. 45 Alfred St., Murton Kitchen Maid. Reserve Hemphill Ella Father Henry, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Dora, sister Dora. Born Murton Colliery V.A.D. 1897.

Service from 2/1916 to date. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Rank – G.S. Part time. 1 Ogle Tce., Southwick, Father William, a widower & retired Shipwright by 1911. Sister Mary Alice. Hemsley Margaret Ethel 300 hours worked. Sunderland Born Southwick 1872. Died 3/3/1947 at St. Margaret’s Home, Hawick, Sundays only. Roxburgh. Last address – Ingleneuk, The Orchard, Corbridge.

Nursing. Part time. 192 Service from 15/7/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Henderson Annie Sherburn Tce., Consett hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Two possibles but neither at this address.

Night Nurse. Part time. Service from 13/1/1916 to 29/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Henderson Cisy 48 Earls Drive, Low Fell 1584 hours worked. Gateshead. No trace 1911.

Henderson E (Mr) Talbot St., West Hartlepool Private. Driver. Service from 11/18/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace at this address 1911.

Service from 9/8/1914 to 1/1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Nursing & sewing. Part 10 Adolphus Tce., Shields. Husband James, Joiner (wagonwright at colliery), children Charles, Henderson Emma (Mrs) time. 1780 hours Whitburn Ellen, Annie, John, Arthur, William & Alice. Born c1869 Whitburn. Died worked. 1933. Service from 24/10/1914 to 30/6/1915. 1/7/1915 to 31/1/1919 Saturday Nurse. Part time. 1248 Henderson Evelyn (Mrs) Croxdale House, Pelaw & Sunday occasional duty. 1st Durham V.A. H. Whinney House, Gateshead. hours worked. Unable to trace in Pelaw 1911. Service from 9/8/1914 to 10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South 18 Adolphus Tce., Nursing & cooking. Part Shields. Widow by 1911 census living at this address with son John Charles Henderson Martha Jane (Mrs) Whitburn time. 220 hours worked. Henderson & her sister Elizabeth & brother-in-law Isaac Henshall. Born Haddington c1876.

Newton Cap, Bishop Private. Orderly. Part Service from 25/3/1915 to 8/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Henderson John Auckland time. 324 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace at this address 1911. Rank – N.S. Nursing. Part 7 Lonsdale Road, Service from 5/8/1914 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Henderson Mary time. 2035 hours Sunderland Sunderland. No trace at this address 1911. worked. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. 16 Catherine St., Husband Luke Wilson, Stationary Engineman, children David, Robert, Henderson Mary Jane (Mrs) Garments made at home. Willington Francis, Sarah Jane & Walter. Born Willington 1857. Married 1886 – maiden name Pearse.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 5/4/1915 to 6/6/1916. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, Henderson Maud Wensley, Yorkshire nursing. Part time. 1248 Sunderland. Unable to find on 1911 census. hours worked.

Newton Cap, Bishop Private. Orderly. Part Service from 25/3/1915 to 1/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Henderson R (Mr) Auckland time. 60 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911 census.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Mechanical Private. Air Raid & Draughtsman in Colliery. Wife Elizabeth, son John Sanderson. Born Kelloe Henderson Thomas 45 Eglinton St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 470 1877. Baptized 6/10/1878 St. Joseph, Patrick & Cuthbert’s, Cornforth. hours worked. Father David, mother Mary. Married Elizabeth Wilkinson 1909 Sunderland. Died 1947 Sunderland.

Service from 12/4/1915 to 30/12/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John Cary Baker, Mining Hendy Ronald Cary Baker Etherley, Bishop Auckland Various duties. Engineer, mother Hilda Gertrude, brother Richard Cary Baker. Born 1901 Etherley. Baptized 22/11/1901 Durham. Died 12/2/1989 Tall Trees, 148 de La Warr Rd., Bexhill, East Sussex. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division St. John Rank – Div. Surg. Part Ambulance Brigade. Medical Practitioner Private & Club Practice. Born Rossvale House, South Henegan Daniel Donald (Dr) time. Duties – Air Raid Athleague, Roscommon, Ireland 1854. Wife Catharine Winifred, children Hetton duty. Mary Kathleen, Daniel Donald, Basil, Philippa & Frances Rosalie. Died 27/6/1920.

Stillroom maid. Private Service from 1/6/1915 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A. H. Brancepeth Henry Alice Brancepeth Castle servant. Full time. Castle. No trace 1911. Age when engaged – 27. Service from 1/2/1918. A second card says 31/1/1918. Still serving 22/7/1919. 1/2/1918 to 25/8/1918 Military The Curatage, Shotton Nurse. With pay. Henshaw Bernhardine Johannah Hospital 3rd W. Gen. Cardiff. 15/10/1918 to present Military Hospital, Bridge, Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. Huddersfield. Born 1890 Sunderland. Father Robert, mother Elizabeth, sister Helda. Died 1950. Nurse. Part time. 908 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. Lincoln Hepburn Elizabeth Heighington hours worked. 12/11/1915. Overseas 31/1/1917. Unable to trace 1911. 5 hours weekly. Work 31 Station Road, Easington Service from 6/1917 to 1919. Gone away 4/8/1921. Unable to trace 1911 Hepburn Jane (Mrs) Party No. 1181 Easington Colliery census. Colliery.

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Age when engaged – 21. Service from 21/11/1916 to 21/12/1917. Sandy Gate House, Marley Another card says 24/12/1917. Prees Heath Camp Hospital. Whitchurch, Heppell Gladys Nurse. With pay. Hill, Swalwell Shropshire. Father Matthew, Colliery Clerk, mother Dora, siblings George W., Mat, Dora, John, Elizabeth, Arthur & Annie. Born Whickham c1894.

Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Part time. 280 hours Herbert Elizabeth (Mrs) 107 Dovecote St., Stockton Dinsdale. Husband Thomas, Steel Smelter. Born Ingleby Greenhow, Yorks. worked. 1862. Married 1898 Stokesley. Maiden name Watson. Died 1950. Part time. 201 hours Service from 5/1916 to 4/1919. Victoria League, 5 Saville Place, Newcastle. Herbert Dora 3 St. Helens Tce., Low Fell worked. Unable to trace on 1911 census.

Newcastle Road, Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Service from 7/1915 to 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Herbert May Sunderland 168 hours worked. Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911.

Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George. Husband Ernest, Works Manager, Stockton Steel Foundry Co. Ltd. Westoe, Yarm Road, Part time. 90 hours Herbst Anna Mary Park (Mrs) Daughter Eva Mary. Born Aberdeen c1875. Married 1898 South Shields – Stockton worked. maiden name Chalmers. Died 26/12/1941 at 81 Westbourne Ave., Kingston- upon-Hull. Last address – 280 Park Ave., Kingston-upon-Hull.

Service from 15/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard 20 West View, Nursing. Part time. 472 Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Mother Marion, widow by 1911, Farmer, Herdman Mary Templetown, Consett hours worked. siblings Jennie & William. Father John. Born Healeyfield 1/9/1898. Married Albert F Kirk 1925. Died 1974.

Service from 30/9/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, 13 Roxburgh St., Sunderland. Dressmaker. Father John, Master Mariner, mother Ann Hern (Sister Mary Gertrude Rank – N.S. Nursing. Full Ann Isabella (Annie) Monkwearmouth Isabella, siblings Mary Gertrude, John & Jennie. Born Monkwearmouth below) time. Sunderland 1886. Baptized 10/1/1886 Monkwearmouth. There is a lady of the same name on the British Columbia, Canada Death Index.

Service from 2/6/1915. Terminated for ill health. 6th Durham V.A. H. 13 Roxburgh St., Rank – N.S. Nursing. Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Elementary School Teacher. Father John, Master Hern (Sister Ann Isabella Mary Gertrude Monkwearmouth, Part time. 416 hours Mariner, mother Ann Isabella, siblings Ann Isabella, John & Jennie. Born above) Sunderland worked. 1887. Baptized 13/11/1887 Monkwearmouth. ?Married Richard Bolton 1919 Sunderland.

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Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Pont Head House, Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband George Patrick, Chief Mechanical Heron Elizabeth (Mrs) Nursing. Full time. Leadgate Engineer in charge in coal mining, children Charles Gilbert, Anna Maria & Mary Alexandra. Born Kintore, Aberdeenshire c1873. Married c1897.

Rank – Member. 70 Baring St., South Hospital orderly & air Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A. H. Mill Dam, South Shields. Herriot James W Shields. Gone away raid services. Part time. No trace 1911 at this address. 4/8/1921 950 hours worked.

Service from 8/11/1915 to 1919. Work Party Reg. No. 1181 Easington Colliery. Husband Joseph George, Colliery Manager, children Joseph 6 Station Road, Easington Hon. Secretary. 5 hours Herriotts Martha (Mrs) William, Lucretia & John. Born Binchester 1874. Baptized 3/9/1874 father Colliery weekly. John mother Barbara. Married 1898 Auckland District. Maiden name Henderson. Died 1935 Easington District.

Age when engaged – 21. Service from 9/2/1918 to 28/2/1919. 3rd 49 North St., Perkinsville, Northern General, Sheffield. Father Daniel Patrick, Colliery Under Herron Mary Nurse. Pelton Manager, mother Catherine, siblings John Gabriel, Thomas Gray, Jane, Janet, Joseph Vincent, Daniel Patrick & Catherine. Born Ouston 1896.

Staby House, West Service from 1914 to date. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Herskind Else Kirstine (Mrs) Sewing for hospital. Hartlepool Hartlepool. Died 5/4/1949 32 Stumperlowe Mansions, Fulwood, Sheffield.

Foggy Furze, West Nurse. Part time. 5768 Service from 1/1915 to 10/1918. 8th Durham V.A. H. Normanhurst, West Herskind Kathleen Hartlepool hours worked. Hartlepool. Born 1894 Hartlepool.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 10/2/1918 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Western General Hospital, Manchester. Honours – 1 scarlet stripe 2/11/1918. Father Robert G., Coal Miner/Hewer. Mother Margaret Ann, Heselton Ada 7 Waverley Tce., Shildon Nurse. widow by 1911, siblings Walter J., Mary Jane, William, Hilda, Annie & Olive. Born Shildon 1893. Married Thomas R Neesham 1920 Auckland District. Died 1957 Ealing, Middlesex.

Service from 21/3/1915 to 11/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Colliery Clerk. Wife Elizabeth Ann, daughter Private. Orderly. Part Heslop Edwin Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland Edna. Born Escomb 8/4/1876. Baptized 15/5/1876 Redmarshall, Durham. time. 328 hours worked. Parents Joshua & Margaret. Married 1898 Durham to Elizabeth Ann Musgrave. Died 1928 Newcastle.

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27 Londonderry St., New Silksworth, Sunderland Nurse. With pay. Age when engaged – 24. Service from 21/9/1918 to 20/4/1919. 2nd Heslop Frances Anne (Mrs) (Another card says New Reserve V.A.D. Western General Hospital. Unable to trace 1911. Seaham).

Service from 11/12/1915 to 12/11/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Assistant in Millinery at Co-op Store. Hetherington Elizabeth (Bessie) East Tce., Roddymoor Nursing. Part time. 420 Father John, Colliery Overman, mother Margaret, siblings Arthur, George, hours worked. Ernest, John Sydney & Parkin. Born 1893 Stanley, Crook. Baptized 15/2/1893 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Willington. Died 1941.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A. H. Middleton St. George, Nurse. Part time. 200 Dinsdale. Married 1913 Stockton – maiden name Morgan. Died 25/1/1963 Hetherington Hannah (Mrs) 40 Grange Ave., Stockton hours worked. Middleton Hall, Middleton St. George. Husband Edward Dixon Hetherington, Newsagent & Bookseller.

Service from 29/5/1918 to 17/9/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Jean, Another card says Cook. Full time. Pay £3- House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Second card says service from 12/1918 Hetherington Halton Shields, Corbridge Jane 6s-8d. Reserve V.A.D. at 21st Durham V.A. H. Herrington Hall, Sunderland. Stannington also mentioned on card. Unable to trace either names on 1911 census.

Age when engaged – 28. Service from 18/5/1915 to 19/3/1919. (Another card says 6/5/1919). 18/5/1915 6th Durham V.A. H. Jeffrey Hall, Hetherington Lily 96 Fulwell Rd., SunderlandNurse. Sunderland. Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich from 11/5/1916. Trans. France 1/6/1918. Two Scarlet Stripes awarded 21/10/1918. The address is an uncle Nathan Welton, aunt Jane & cousin Lena. Born 1887 Sunderland.

9 Summerhill, Shotley Sister. Part time. 823 Service from 1/7/1915 to date. V.A. H. Shotley Bridge. Unable to trace Hetherington Margaret Bridge hours worked. 1911 census. Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 5/11/1915 to 8/10/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hewitson E Throstle Nest, Heighington Nursing. Part time. 860 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace in Heighington 1911. hours worked. Service from 12/11/1916 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 158 Roker Ave., Cook. Part time. 1200 Sunderland. Pastry Cook/Baker. Father John, Timekeeper, mother Mary Hewitson Elizabeth Jane Sunderland hours worked. Ann, siblings Margaret, John Thomas & Joseph. Born Monkwearmouth 1/3/1885. Died 1969 Sunderland. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A. H. Richard Nursing. Part time. 424 Hewitt Annie 52 Sherburn Tce., Consett Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Father Samuel, Iron Moulder, mother Elizabeth, hours worked. brother Thomas. Born Leadgate 1876. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Age when engaged – 31. Service from 31/7/1918 to present (23/7/1919). Ward orderly. Reserve Fargo Military. Paper Mill worker. Father John William, Deputy Overman, Hewitt Hannah Martin 75 Queen St., Ryhope V.A.D. mother Hannah, siblings Joseph M., John Waller, Ruth Waller Barras & Richard Barras. Born 1887 Ryhope.

Clifton Villa, Cockton Hill, Age when engaged – 38. Service from 17/2/1917 to date (24/7/1919). Heys Elizabeth Ann Nurse. With pay. Bishop Auckland Bethnal Green Military Hospital. No trace at this address 1911.

Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Honours – mention Roll of Honourable Services. Medical Practitioner. Wife Annie below, son Cecil Edman St. Clere Hick. Born Nether Witton, Northumberland 1885. Baptized 22/11/1885 Nether Witton – parents Reginald Heber Prowde The Hawthornes, M.O. Pay - £7-10s-0d John St. Clere Hick & Sarah. Married Annie Simons 11/10/1908 St. Giles, Hick (Wife Nancy below) (Dr) Cleveland Tce., Eaglescliffe since 1/1918. Camberwell. Died 4/7/1959 Lyme Regis Hospital, Lyme Regis. Last address – Tre- Lym, View Road, Lyme Regis, Dorset. In UK Medical Register 15/11/1909 – M.R.C.S. Eng. 1909 & L.R.C.P. Lond. 1909. In UK Medical Register at Larkfield, Bracknell, Berks. from 1935 to 1955. In 1959 was registered in Lym Regis.

Age when engaged – 29. Service from 6/1915 to 12/1915 and 10/1917 to 2/1919. 23rd Durham V.A. H. Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Night nurse at Lady D Woods Aux. Hos. 1/1916 to 5/1916. 27/12/1915 to 8/12/1916 Temple Lady Superintendent. Annie (Mrs), Also called The Hawthornes, Newsam Military Hospital, Leeds. Honours – mention in Roll of Honourable Hick (Husband Reginald above) Full time nursing with Nancy Cleveland Tce., Eaglescliffe Services. Husband Reginald above, son Cecil Edman St. Clere Hick. Born pay 12/4/1886 Hagworthingham, Lincs. Married Reginald Heber Prowde Hick 11/10/1908 St. Giles, Camberwell – maiden name Simons. Died 1969 Bridport District, Dorset.

Service from 19/2/1916 to 12/5/1919. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. First registered on the UK Medical Register 5/12/1887 at 1 Borough Rd., Sunderland – M.B., Mast. Surg. 1887, R. Univ. Irel. Registered Hickey (Daughter Kathleen Gerald (Dr) 7 Park Tce., Sunderland M.O. When required. in 1905 at 33 Frederick St., Sunderland. Registered at 7 Park Tce. in 1910 below) until 1930. Born Ireland c1865. Wife Mary Josephine, children Patrick, Kathleen & Gerald Joseph. Died at 9 The Oakes East, Sunderland 12/7/1931. Service from 9/1916. 25th Durham V.A. H. Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Hickey (Father Gerald above) Kathleen 7 Park Tce., Sunderland Nurse. Full time. Gerald, Doctor, mother Mary Josephine, siblings Patrick & Gerald Joseph. Born Sunderland 1894.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Cumberland Tce., Hickman Maria Mary (Mrs) Garments made at home. Husband John, Coal Miner. Born Willington 1873. Married 1893 – maiden Willington name Wheatley. Died 1939. Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Coke Drawer. Wife Fair View House, Hicks William Defence. When Clara, daughter Gladys. Born Witton Gilbert 1885. Married Clara Soar Woodside, Sacriston required. 1909. Died 1968.

Age when engaged – 34. Service from 14/11/1916 to 13/3/1919. Second card says service from 9/11/1916 to 6/5/1919. Brighowgate Military Hospital, Grimsby 14/11/1916. Trans. Military Hospital, France 20/3/1918 25 South Church Lane, High Annie Maud Nurse. to 13/3/1919. Two scarlet stripes awarded 5/3/1919. Certificated School Bishop Auckland Teacher. Father Thomas, Drapery Buyer for Bishop Auckland Co-operative Society, mother Ann. Born Bishop Auckland 1881. Died 10/10/1965 Rosslyn, Byron Ave., Bishop Auckland.

Age when engaged – 26. Service from 8/2/1918 to 7/2/1919. Father Isaac, School House, Sunnybrow, Trained nurse. Pay – 15s- High Ethel Elementary School Teacher, mother Emily, siblings Frank, Leslie & Maurice. Willington 5d per week. Born Crook 22/11/1890. Died 1974 Bromley, Greater London.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 1/4/1916 and 13/1/1918 to 31/12/1918 as Night Supr. 20th Durham V.A. H. St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, 12 Mount Road East, Sunderland. Husband Christopher Webb, Secondary Schoolmaster. Born Hildebrand Anna Mary (Mrs) Matron. Pay - £8-8s. Sunderland Fethard, Tipperary, Ireland 13/7/1867 – maiden name Sayeres. Parents Henry B. Sayers & Lizzie Ryall. Died 9/1/1955 St. Thomas’ Hospital, Foreshore Rd., Scarborough. Last address – 75 Tennyson Ave., Bridlington.

Service from 6/6/1915 to 7/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Baptized 17/7/1859 Thornley near Tow Law. Nursing. Part time. 630 Hildreth Elizabeth Thornley Villa, Tow Law Father John, Grocer & Cartman, mother Mary, siblings George, James, hours worked. Mary, Ann, Jane, John, Barbara, Martha & Emma. Died 1916 but Red Cross has her working until 1917. 1 Crown Building, Age when engaged – 26. Service from 12/6/1916 to 31/5/1919. 5th Hill Margaret Hedworth Lane, Boldon Nurse. Northern General, Leicester and Richmond. Unable to trace at this address Colliery 1911.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 3/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. Father Matthew, mother Annie & Hill Wallace 41 North Road, Darlington – Darlington Air Raid Wallace all work in the family Drapery business. Born Stockton 1885. Died Station, when required. 2/2/1952 at 122 North Rd., Darlington.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 18/3/1915 to 6/11/1917. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – 1 Posy Row, Low Etherley, House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband Ralph, Coal Miner, son Ronald Hillary Sarah Hannah (Mrs) nursing. Part time. 1550 Bishop Auckland Crozier. Born Etherley 1881. Married 1904 Auckland District – maiden hours worked. name Crozier. Died 23/10/1949. Sixth Street East, Service from 6/1917 to 1919. Work Party No. 1181 Easington Colliery. Hillery Elizabeth Ann (Mrs) 5 hours weekly. Easington Colliery Unable to trace Easington 1911 census.

C/o Mrs Stobart, Etherley Rank – N.M. Nursing. Service from 17/5/1915 to 30/1/1916. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hillyard Zoe (Mrs) Lodge, Bishop Auckland Full time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911.

Service from 20/1/1915 to 29/5/1915. 9th Durham V.A. H. Long Room, Chilton Moor. In 1911 working as housekeeper for uncle Richard Hickman, Nurse. Part time. 100 widower & Manager of Grocery Dept. for Co-op. Born East Rainton Hilton Elizabeth York St., Moorsley hours. 16/1/1878. Baptized 10/2/1878 East Rainton. Father William, Coal Miner, widower by 1891, siblings George T & William. Mother Eliza. Died 1945 Sunderland District.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A. H. Woodside, Darlington. In 1911 a student in training college in Oxfordshire. Born 9/6/1892 Bishop Auckland. Hind (Sister Emma Elfrida Nurse. Part time. 180 Eliza Young 8 Albert St., Shildon Baptized 6/7/1892 Auckland St. Andrew. Father Edward, Grocery Manager, below) hours worked. mother Jane, siblings William Proud, Lily Waugh, Edward Burnell, Emma Elfrida, Thomas Matthew, Selina Jane & Florence Edith.

Service from 5/11/1916 to 8/1/1917. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Assistant School Mistress. Father Edward, Grocery Rank – N.S. Duties – Manager, mother Jane, siblings William Proud, Lily Waugh, Edward Burnell, Hind (Sister Eliza Young above) Emma Elfrida 8 Albert St., Shildon wards. Part time. 250 Eliza Young, Thomas Matthew, Selina Jane & Florence Edith. Born Bishop hours worked. Auckland 1887. Baptized 26/6/1887 Auckland St. Andrew. Married James W Smith 6/1921 Auckland.

Service from 16/11/1915 to 28/4/1918. 7th Durham V.A.H., Brancepeth Rank – Officer. Duties – Police Station, Castle. Father Richard William, Police Sergeant, mother Elizabeth Hannah, Hind Ruth Jane Victoria Nursing. Part time. 4168 Meadowfield siblings Norman Wilson & Clive Edmondson. Born Aycliffe 24/3/1897. hours worked. Baptized Aycliffe 13/4/1897. Died 1977 Liverpool.

Rank – A.N. Duties – Service from 5/4/1915 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, Hindle Hilda (Mrs) Blandford St., Sunderland Nursing. Part time. 5296 Sunderland. Unable to find at this address 1911. hours worked. Sewing. 22 pairs of East End Red Cross Working Party, South Shields. Too little information to Hindmarch Mrs South Shields? socks. find in 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Age when engaged – 46. Service from 12/8/1918 to 10/9/1918. 1st South. Kitchen. With pay. Hindmarch Mary (Mrs) 188 Roker Ave, Sunderland Gen. Hos. Mil., Kings Heath, Birmingham. Two possibles on the 1911 Reserve V.A.D. census neither at this address. Nurse. Part time. 1328 Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Not in Hines Mildred Leafield Road, Darlington hours worked. Darlington in 1911. Private. Air Raid & Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Limited 108 Ewesley Road, Hinkley (Brother Percy below) Herbert Edwin convoy duties. Part time. Company Secretary – Laundry. Wife Lena, children Charles & Lewis. Born Sunderland 610 hours worked. Sunderland 1872. Died 26/3/1950.

Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. House Joiner. Wife Susan Margaret, children Winifred, Frederick Taylor & Mary Private. Air Raid & Hinkley (Brother Herbert 58 Queens Cres., Kathleen. Born 4/8/1876 Sunderland. Baptised 30/8/1876 Bishop Percy convoy duties. Part time. above) Sunderland Wearmouth. Parents Charles & Jane. Married Susan Margaret Taylor 1902 385 hours worked. Sunderland. Died 21/6/1960 at The Vicarage, Seaham. Last address – 23 Ettrick Grove, Sunderland.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 3/9/1918 to 28/6/1919. 1st South. 557 Sunderland Road, Gen. Hosp., Birmingham. Dressmaker. Father William, Miner/Deputy Hinshaw Margaret Theodora Gateshead Overman underground, mother Margaret, siblings William, Thomas, Agnes & Mary. Born Ryton 1893. Married Harold Watson 1924 Gateshead.

Service from 10/1918 to date. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Westoe, Yarm Road, Cook. Part time. 168 Herbst Eva Mary Dinsdale. Father Ernest, Works Manager, Stockton Steel Foundry Co. Ltd., Stockton hours worked. mother Anna Mary Park. Born South Shields 1899.

11 Fulwell Road, Kitchen work & cooking Service from 5/1917 to 3/1918. 3rd Durham. V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hird Mrs Sunderland duties. 20 hours weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. Not at this address 1911 census. Sister. Part time. 1683 Service from 1/6/1916 to date. V.A.H., Shotley Bridge. Not at this address Hird Eva 15 Albert Road, Consett hours worked. 1911.

Service from 22/3/1915 to 11/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Black Road, Witton Park, Private. Orderly. Part Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Miner. Wife Margaret Ann, daughter Ethel. Hird James Bishop Auckland time. 84 hours worked. Born Etherley, Durham 1867. Baptized Etherley 2/7/1868 – parents Lancelot & Ophelia. Married Margaret Ann Raw 1882 Auckland District.

Service from 9/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Rank – G.S.M. Cook. Father David Henry, Fellmonger, mother Fanny, siblings Frances Mary, Hird (Sister Mabel below) Laura Walton Riversley, Yarm Part time. 934 hours Mabel, John Coates & Henry Gordon. Born 1877 Yarm. Died 20/4/1960 8 worked. High St., Yarm. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

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Service from 6/1915 to date. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Rank – Member. Duties Honours – mention Roll of Hon. Services. Born 1880 Yarm. Father David Hird (Sister Laura above) Mabel Riversley, Yarm – nursing. Part time. Henry, Fellmonger, mother Fanny, siblings Frances Mary, Laura Walton, 3301 hours worked. John Coates & Henry Gordon. Died 21/4/1966 at Stockton & Thornaby Hospital, Stockton. Last address – 8 High St., Yarm.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 6/1915 to 7/1917. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Hird May Ashville Ave., Eaglescliffe – Nursing. Part time. Eaglescliffe. Unable to trace at this address 1911. 1668 hours worked.

Kitchen helper. 6 hours Service from 1/1917 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hislop Amy (Mrs) The Terrace, Castle Eden weekly. Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace at this address 1911.

Service from 1/1/1917 to date. 5th Durham V.A.H., 17 North Bailey, Durham. Father John Falshaw, Civil & Mechanical Engineer at Iron & Steel Rank – Member. Duties Foundry. Mother Emma, silbings Grace Marie, William Falshaw, Richard Hobson Beatrice 2 South Bailey, Durham – Nursing. Occasional. Neville, James Falshaw, Stanley & Neville (twins). Born 1876 Washington, 240 days worked. Durham. Died 21/1/1965 at Horn Hall Hospital, Stanhope. Last address – Bishop Butlers House, Stanhope.

34 Armstrong Ave., Age when engaged – 22. Service from 7/1/1918 to 28/2/1919. 2nd card Saltwell Road, Bensham. Hodgson Evelyn Maud Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. nd rd Second address – 3 says 2/1/1918 at 2 W.G. Cardiff. 3 West. Gen. Cardiff. Unable to trace Rossvilla, Lobley Hill 1911 census.

Age when engaged – 35. Service from 1/6/1916 to date (26/7/1919). Hodgson Isabella 23 Regent Tce., GatesheadNurse. Bagthorpe Mil. Hosp. Denmark Hill pensions. Unable to trace at this address 1911.

126 Herrington St., Private. Air Raid & Service from 25/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Unable to Hodgson John Sunderland. Unknown Convoy duties. Part trace 1911 at this address. 4/8/1921. time. 420 hours worked.

Rank – N.M. Nursing Service from 1/10/1915 to 15/12/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Hodgson L (Miss) Toronto, Bishop Auckland duties. Part time. 80 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace Toronto 1911. hours worked.

V.A.D. nurse. Pay - £20 Service from 9/1917 to 12/1918. No. 4 War Hospital, Reading. No trace Hodgson Margaret Hannah Hasledene Villa, Haswell per annum. Full time. Haswell 1911.

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Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Born Rank – G.S.M. Kitchen Hurworth Place, Croft 1882. In 1911 was a lady clerk in a food & provision Hodgson Mary Eva South Tce., Croft on Tees helper. Part time. 1100 merchant’s office. Mother Ruth, widow by 1911, sister Elizabeth Barbara. hours worked. Father Thomas, General Dealer. Died 6/4/1956 at Winterton House, Sedgefield. Last address – 8 Oakdene Ave., Darlington.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 13/4/1915 to 24/4/1915. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red Hodgson Mary (Mrs) Shilburn St., Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 70 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace at this address 1911. hours worked.

Newton Cap, Toronto, Private. Orderly. Part Service from 8/4/1915 to 5/1918. 17th Durham V.A. H. The Red House, Hodgson Thomas Bishop Auckland time. 140 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911.

Fallowfield Tce., South Private. Air Raid duties. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Hodgson William Hetton Occasional hours. Unable to trace 1911.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 1/6/1918. 11th Durham V.A. H. The Royalty, 55 Queens Cres., Cook. Part time. 1050 Sunderland. Husband Laurence, Elementary Schoolmaster Certified. Hogarth Emma Robson (Mrs) Sunderland hours worked. Married 1899 Sunderland – maiden name Emma Robson Spencer. Born c1863 Swalwell. Died 1936 Sunderland.

The School House, General work. Sundays. Service from 1/1915 to 7/1918. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hogben Betty Sunderland Lay worker. Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. Rank – G.S. Part time. Service from 6/1916 to 11/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Hogben Frances Cedars Park, Sunderland 140 hours worked. Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband Alfred, Engine Fitter at Iron Works, Hogg (Sister-in-law Selina Nursing. Part time. 120 Christina (Mrs) Thomas St., Blackhill son John Thomas. Born Glenmore, Scotland 19/11/1882. Married 1904 Priscilla below) hours worked. Lanchester District – maiden name Meldrum. Father John. Died 1971 Abingdon, Berkshire. Nurse. Part time. 120 Service from 9/8/1914 to 10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Hogg Laura (Mrs) Lindsay St., Marsden hours worked. Shields. Not at this address on 1911 census.

Service from 25/10/1915 to 6/8/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John Joseph, Labourer at Hogg Mary Ann Heighington, Darlington nursing. Part time. 410 Railway Works, mother Dorothy, siblings Charles William Spencer, Joseph hours worked. Robert Colling, John Francis Hugh & Thomas Henry Harding. Born 1895 Heighington. Baptized 12/1/1896 St. Michael’s, Heighington.

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Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. 3 Marsden Grove, Red Cross worker. Part Hogg Margaret Jane (Mrs) Husband William, House Joiner, son Robert. Born 1868 Whitburn. Married Whitburn time. 820 hours worked. 1893 South Shields District. Maiden name Humphrey. Died 10/9/1950.

Age when engaged – 37. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Murray hospital, Blackhill. Service from 15/8/1916 Brighton Villa, Blackhill. Nurse. Part time nurse to 4/10/1916. Leeds Military hospital. Sick Nurse 1911 census. Born Hogg (Sister-in-law Christina Address whilst at Richard Selina Priscilla at Richard Murray – 1232 Blackhill 1878. Baptized 14/7/1878 Shotley Bridge. Father Thomas, above) Murray – Oakwood Rd., hours worked. mother Sabina. Siblings Mary J., Florence, Alfred, Adelaide & Arthur. Died Blackhill 17/3/1955 at 30 Maureen Tce., Seaham. Last address – 57 Rupert St., Whitburn. Cook. Part time. 1008 Service from 9/1915 to 12/1916. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. Holden Olive (Mrs) 1 Park Rd., Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. Not at this address in 1911. Private. Air Raid & Coast Blackett St., Sacriston. Service from 16/12/1916 to 3/8/1917. Sacriston. Not at this address in Hole Robert Defence. When Unknown 4/8/1921 1911. required. Nurse. Part time. 504 Service from 12/1916 to 8/1917. 13th Durham V.A.H., Vane House, Holley Edith (Mrs) 4 Albert St., Seaham hours worked. Dawdon. Not at this address 1911.

Fernleigh, Nevilles Cross, Clerk. Pay – 27s per Service from 1/5/1918 to 4/3/1919. Trans. to 1st N.G. Hospital, Newcastle. Hollingworth Sybil Durham week. Full time. County Director’s Office, Newcastle. No trace at this address 1911. Arden House, Collins Cook. Part time. 576 Service from 4/1918 to date. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George. Holloway Minnie Avenue. Insufficient hours worked. Unable to trace 1911. address - ?Norton 15 Candlish Tce., Seaham Repairing linen. 4 hours Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A.H., Seaham Hall, Seaham Holly Catherine (Mrs) Harbour fortnightly. Harbour. No trace 1911.

Service from 21/6/1915 to 25/10/1915. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Rank – N.M. Part time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. This could be either the widowed 43 Salisbury Place, Bishop Holman Mary Catherine Duties – nursing. 380 mother or her daughter both with the same name. Mother was born in Auckland hours worked. Liskard, Cornwall and daughter in Bishop in 1887 & baptized 17/4/1887 Auckland St. Andrew, father Alfred Fredrick Andrew. Age when engaged – 34. Service from 26/2/1918 to 26/11/1918. Second C/o Mr Wilson, Mayden Holmes Elizabeth Nurse. With pay. card says service from 26/3/1918. 1st Northern General, Newcastle. No Hall, Lanchester trace at this address in 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Sydney House, The Peth, Durham. Certificate Holmes Julia Sutherby Rank – T.N. Service from 4/12/1914 to 8/1/1916. No trace. returned 5/5/1920 – unknown.

Rank – housemember. Reserve V.A.D. Duties – Age when engaged – 19. Service from 25/5/1918 to 8/3/1919. Spring Hall, Holmes Mary Annie 14 Oak St., Fence Houses parlourmaid. Full time. Halifax Yorks. Auxiliary. No trace 1911 census at this address. Pay - £20 per year.

Service from 8/12/1915 to date. Air raid station, West Hartlepool. Rank – Quartermaster. Schoolmaster. Wife Emma, children Austen Henry & Edna. Born Cornsay 70 Eamont Gardens, West Air Raid duties. Part Holmes Robert Henry Colliery 1875. Married Emma Lowe 1902 Tynemouth District. Died Hartlepool. time. 101½ hours 4/5/1957 at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, Devonshire. Last worked. address – Hills View, Bishopsnympton, Devonshire.

Service from 21/3/1915 to 2/1918. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Groom with Colliery Company. Wife Edith Low Etherley, Bishop Private. Orderly. Part Holmes William Edward Emma, children Norman William, Gertrude Edith & Gladys May. Born Auckland time. 180 hours worked. Alnwick 1876. Married 1899 Alnwick Edith Emma Appleton. Died 25/3/1958 at 26 Evenwood Gate, Evenwood, Bishop Auckland.

Service from 1/1918 to 3/1919. 28th Durham V.A.H., Seaham Hall, Seaham Harbour. Husband Thomas, Banksman with Railway Company, children 1A Laura St., Seaham Repairing linen. 4 hours Hood Mary (Mrs) John, Elizabeth, William, Thomas, Robert Davidson & Walter. Born Leith, Harbour fortnightly. Edinburgh c1861. Married 1880 Sunderland – maiden name Davidson. Died 1942. The Hill, Stroud, Service from 2/1916 to 2/1917. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Hooper Dorothy Nurse. Full time. Gloucestershire Sunderland. No trace 1911 census. Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Hope Miss Commercial St., WillingtonGarments made at home. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 23/5/1918 to 1919. Auctioneer. Wife Susannah, children George Beresford, Edna May, William Norman & Susie. Born Durham Park Road, West 1878. Married 1903 Hartlepool to Susannah Morgan. Susannah died 1913 Hope George Ellis Private. Driver. Hartlepool Auckland District. George remarried to Elizabeth Ann Foster 1921 Newcastle District. Died 23/7/1948 at The Cedars, Westbourne Rd., West Hartlepool.

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Private. Orderly. Part Service from 18/3/1915 to 6/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hope Joseph Black Road, Witton Park time. 52 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911.

C/o Mrs Dewel, Etherley, Rank – G.S. Duties – Service from 9/7/1918 to 15/5/1919. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hope K (Mrs) Bishop Auckland head laundry. Full time. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace Bishop 1911.

12 Granby Row, Rutland Age when engaged – 19. Service from 4/1/1918 to 12/4/1919. 17th Hopkins Kathleen M Rank – pantry. Square, Dublin Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Rank – N.M. Pay £2-3s- Dene House, Ellison Place, Service from 5/1/1918 to 12/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hopkins Pearl 4d. Nursing duties. Full Newcastle Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. time. Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Red Cross worker. Husband Charles Girdlestone, Clergyman, children Dorothy, Charles Hopkinson Elizabeth Laura (Mrs) The Rectory, Whitburn Sewing. Part time. 1650 Edward, Francis, Edmund & Arthur John. Born Monkwearmouth 1855. hours worked. Married 8/4/1885 Monkwearmouth – maiden name Blumer. Died 31/7/1946 17 West Ave., Gosforth. Service from 14/5/1917 to 14/6/1918. 2nd Northern General Hospital, th Rank – N.S. Pay - £20. Beckett St., Leeds. Previous engagement -4 weeks voluntary work at 17 Hopper Edith 56 North St., Bridlington Full time. Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father Harry, Boatman, mother Alice, siblings Florence, Annie & Harold. Born Bridlington c1894. Age when engaged – 28. Service from 15/6/1917 to 15/12/1917. Liverpool 1st West. Gen. Second card says service from 10/1914 to Hopper Maud (Mrs) Thornfield, Sunderland Nurse. Full time. 12/1/1918 at 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Sunderland and 2 years at Liverpool War Hospital. No trace 1911. Service from 5/4/1915 to 15/4/1919. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Rectory, Etherley, Bishop Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Honours – S.J.A. W.S. Badge. Father Harold Auckland. Certificate Rank – N.M. Nursing Raleigh, Clergyman, mother Cecilia Louisa, siblings Dorothy Cecilia, Robert Hopwood Mary Naomi returned 21/10/1921 – duties. Full time. G.H. & Katharine Beatrice. Born Tyldersley, Lancashire 6/7/1882. Baptized gone away. 3/8/1882 St. Mark’s, Worsley, Lancashire. Died 1971 Dartford, Kent District.

Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. Red Cross Working Party. Born 1868 Escomb – maiden name Rigby. Married John Horler 1892 Horler Lucy (Mrs) 1 George Tce., Willington Garments made at home. Durham District. Died 25/12/1950 at 169 Benton Rd., Newcastle. Last address – 10 Dene View, Willington. Daughter Constance Lucy.

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Age when engaged – 25. Service from 15/9/1916 to 23/4/1919. 15/9/1916 to 16/8/1917 Military Hospital, 5th N. Gen. Leicester. 27/8/1917 to 26/7/1918 Military Hospital, 1st Birmingham. 8/9/1918 to 23/4/1919 nd Nurse. With pay. Full Military Hospital, 2 W Gen. Manchester. Second card says service from Horlington Rachel (Mrs) West House, Old Penshaw time. 10/2/1917 and still serving. A nurse on S.S. pay from 10/2/1917 to 30/5/1917 at Leicester, 24/7/1917 to 13/8/1918 Birmingham and 9/9/1918 to date at Manchester. Born 1886 Thornley, Durham (Easington District) – maiden name Gribbon. Married George Horlington 1916 Watford, Hertfordshire. Domestic Servant 1911. Died 1958 Northumberland.

Rank at engagement – Service from 31/7/1918 to 4/11/1918. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone V.A.D. P. Duties – Hall, Ferryhill. Father George Wintersgill, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Mary Horner Mary Evelyn King Edward St., Shildon wards. Part time. 300 Ann, siblings Hannah Tyreman, Jane Elizabeth, Ethel & John. Born hours worked. 17/11/1895 Shildon. Baptized 22/12/1895 Shildon.

Rank – N.S. Duties – 35 Newton Road, Service from 5/4/1915 to 10/1/1918. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, Horner Minnie nursing. Part time. 2690 Urmston, Nr Manchester Sunderland. Unable to trace in 1911. hours worked. Private. Air Raid duties. Service from1 7/5/1916 to date. Air Raid Station, West Hartlepool. Born 27 Pelham St., West Horsfield William Oscar Part time. 71½ hours 1890 West Hartlepool. Plumber at Gasworks. Married Margaret Stoddart Hartlepool worked. 1910 Hartlepool. Died 1972 Harlepool. Age when engaged – 22. Service from 7/12/1917 to date. Still serving Rank – G.S. Duties – 29/7/1919. No. 3 Gen. Hosp. France from 7/12/1917. Trans. No. 1 Can. 15 Richmond Tce., Horsley Ada Baker ward maid and assistant Qrs. 26/3/1919. Trans. 14th Stat. Hosp. 29/3/1919. Served until 8/12/1919 Gateshead kitchen. Reserve V.A.D. – British War Medal & Victory Medal awarded. Unable to trace on Ancestry. Service from 18/3/1915 to 6/7/1915. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Rank – N.M. Duties – 11 High Queen St., Witton Etherley. Father Henry, Coal Miner/Hewer, mother Jane, siblings Alice & Horsley Dorothy Nursing. Part time. 360 Park Henry. Born 30/7/1890 Witton Park. Married Joseph Raisbeck 1925 hours worked. Auckland District. Died 1972.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 29/7/1916 to 16/4/1917. Previous engagements – Boulogne. Coal Miner. Father George, Coal Miner/Hewer, 10 St. Aidans Cresc., mother Elizabeth, siblings John, Ethel, Ada, Robert, Henry, Frederick & Horswill Thomas Alfred Driver. Pay – 35s. Annfield Plain Susan. Born Annfield Plain 31/3/1893. Joined Royal Air Force 25/4/1918 service number 161668. Married Jane A Laverick 1924 Lanchester District. Died 1973 Runcorn, Cheshire District.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Copley Lodge, Nurse. Part time. 4000 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. No trace Hoskins Florence Butterknowle hours worked. 1911 at this address.

Gloucester House, Age when engaged – 26. Service from 3/1/1917 to 23/1/1919. Previous Gloucester Rd., engagements – Boulogne. Character – duty and conduct entirely Middlesborough. Other Driver. Pay – 35s at satisfactory. Journeyman Joiner in 1911. Father William, mother Margaret Hoskins Rupert Duncan addresses – 30 Harrison engagement. 39/6 at Hammond, siblings Clarence, William & Louis. Born 17/6/1890 Darlington. Tce., Darlington, then 79 termination. Baptized 12/7/1890 Darlington. Married Eveline Wilford Hopper 1912 Harford St., Darlington Darlington. Died 23/10/1955 at 75 Bishopton Rd., Middlesbrough. then Middlesborough

Cort St., Blackhill. Gone Assistant Matron/trained Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Houston Marian away 7/8/1921 nurse. Full time. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Born Scotland c1875. Professional Nurse.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 5/11/1917 to present. Still serving 28/7/1919. 5/11/1917 to 6/5/1918 Military Hos. Fusehill, Carlisle. Houlison Emily Renee 15 South Tce., Bedlington Nurse. With pay. 18/5/1918 to present Sunderland Military Hospital. Born 19/6/1896. Married Edward Roll 1919 Morpeth District. Died 1978.

Service from 6/3/1918 to 1919. Father Henry, mother Ann, siblings Mary, Charles & Edward. Wife Flora, children George H, Hall Laing & Ernest. Marine Engineering Machinist. Born Hetton-le-Hole 1876. Married 23 Ravensworth St., Private. Driver. Part Howard George Henry 14/5/1898 Deptford, Durham to Flora Laing. Died 24/10/1959 at the Sunderland time. 120 hours worked. General Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 9 Rainton St., Sunderland. Flora died 1919 Sunderland. Remarried 1920 Birmingham to Lily A Ashford.

Duties – G.S. Part time. Service from 10/1917 to 6/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Howard Nora Otto Tce., Sunderland 224 hours worked. Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911.

Rank – Nurse. Duties – Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Howarth Adelaide (Mrs) Stanhope Road, Darlington Hall Porter. Part time. trace in Darlington 1911. 3000 hours worked.

Service from 29/4/1918 to 1919. Clerk at Brewery. Born Middlesbrough 157 Elwick Road, West 1875. Married Mary Louisa Dale 1902 Middlesbrough. She died 1906 Howcroft Fred Pollock Private. Driver. Hartlepool Stockton District. Married again in 1910 Stockton District to Mary ?. Died 5/2/1936 at 71 Tristram Ave., West Hartlepool.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Paradise, Lumley. Gone Sewing. 2½ hours a Service from 28/9/1914 to 17/12/1918. Lumley Work Party. Unable to Howe Elizabeth away 4/8/1921 week. find at this address in 1911.

Service from 15/5/1916 to 30/9/1917. Sacriston. Coal Miner/Hewer. Wife Private. Air Raid & Coast Bessie, children Lenora May, Samuel, Ernest Henry, George Robert, Lily & Howe (Son Samuel below) George Henry Durham Road, Sacriston Defence. When Leslie. Born Barnstaple, Devonshire 1867. Married Bessie Mumford 1894 required. Lanchester District. Died 1941.

Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Domestic Coachman. Wife Athalinda, Howe (Son Robert Arthur 18 Waterloo Place, Private. Driver. Part John George children Robert Arthur & John George. Born Barnard Castle 1874. Married below) Sunderland time. 748 hours worked. Athalinda Carr 1897 Sunderland. Died 1952 Sunderland.

Service from 17/2/1917 to 1919. Father John George, mother Athalinda & Howe (Father John George 18 Waterloo Place, Private. Driver. Part brother John George. Born Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland 27/8/1900. Robert Arthur above) Sunderland time. 821 hours worked. Joined Royal Air Force 30/7/1918, service number 181232. Died 1967 Sunderland.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Service from 15/5/1916 to 16/9/1916. Sacriston. Father George Henry, Howe (Father George Henry Samuel Durham Road, Sacriston Defence. When mother Bessie, siblings Lenora May, Ernest Henry, George Robert, Lily & above) required. Leslie. Born 1898 Stanley. Died 1927 – Chester-le-St. Cemetery.

Service from 29/5/1917 to 1919. Domestic Coachman. Wife Alice Louise. 14 Elizabeth St., South Born North Shields 29/12/1874. Christened 4/3/1874 Christ Church, Howey John Private. Driver. Shields Tynemouth. Father John, mother Sarah Jane. Married Alice Louise Pridham 1903 Chester-le-St. District. Died 1956 South Shields.

Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Division S.J.A.B. Private. Air Raid Duties. Deputy Overman in coal mine. Wife Sophia, children Robert, James, John Howie (Son William below) John Thomas 12 South St., South Hetton Occasional. D., Alexander, William, Percival & Ruth. Born Trimdon 1866. Married Sophia Dudding 1887 Sunderland. Died 1949.

Howie (Father John Thomas Private. Air Raid duties. Service from 27/11/1916 to 11/11/1918. South Hetton Divison S.J.A.B. William 12 South St., South Hetton above) Occasional. Born 1898 South Hetton. Age when engaged – 24. Service from 19/11/1918 to 23/7/1919. Military Hospital, Boulogne. A second card says service from 30/3/1918 to 4 Hutton St., Chester Road, 22/9/1919 at 1st N.G. Newcastle, Etherley and France. A third card says Howitt Edith Cook. Reserve V.A.D. Sunderland service from 10/6/1918 to 17/9/1918 at 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, on pay £2-3s-4d, Assistant Cook, full time. Unable to trace 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank – N.S. Duties – 4 Hutton St., Sunderland. Service from 5/8/1914 to 1/8/1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Howitt Harriet nursing. Part time. 3210 Unknown 4/8/1921 Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. hours worked. Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Howitt Mary 4 Hutton St., Sunderland nursing. 50 hours Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911. weekly.

Claremont Tce., Kitchenmaid. 24 hours Service from 1/1918 to 1/1919. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hubbersty Dorothy Sunderland alternate weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Claremont Tce., Service from 10/1914 to 1/1918. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hubbersty James (Dr) M.D. M.O. Twice weekly. Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911.

Service from 1916 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Father Joseph, Watch & Clock Repairer 9 Broxbourne Tce., Assistant Cook. Part Hudson Elizabeth (Shopkeeper), mother Mary Elizabeth, siblings William Allison, Joseph, Sunderland time. Laurence & Frederick Whitfield. Born Sunderland 1/11/1892. Baptized 30/11/1892 Bishop Wearmouth.

Sydenham House, Osborne Nurse. Part time. 1248 Service from 9/1915 to 12/1917. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. Hudson Mary Road, Stockton hours worked. George. No trace Stockton 1911. General duties. Part Service from 1/6/1916 to 28/2/1919. 7th Durham V.A.H., Brancepeth Hudspeth Mr Brancepeth Castle time. 3000 hours Castle. Unable to trace 1911. worked. Service from 3/1917 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 107 Hendon Road, Nurse. Part time. 336 Sunderland. School Teacher. Father John, Butcher, mother Ann Elizabeth, Hugall Florence Sunderland hours worked. siblings Ralph Halliday, Mary, John, Ann Elizabeth & Gertrude. Born Sunderland 6/12/1890. Died 1969 Sunderland. Age when engaged – 21. Service from 26/10/1918 to 24/3/1919. Second card says 10/4/1919. Military Hosp. 1st Western General, Liverpool. Father 18 Sussex St., Leeholme, Nurse. With pay. Edward, Valveman at Bye Product & Cokeing Plant, mother Mary, siblings Hughes Annie Coundon Reserve V.A.D. Clara, John George, Edith, Doris, Arthur & Edward. Born Coundon 6/7/1897. Married George A Mullier 1920 Auckland District. Died 1985 Thanet, Kent District.

Private. Orderly. Part Service from 6/9/1916 to 7/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hughes H (Mr) Black Road, Witton Park time. 72 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace Witton Park 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Assistant Cook. Part Jeffrey Hospital, Service from 6/5/1915 to 30/11/1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Hughes M (Mrs) time. 3280 hours Sunderland Sunderland. worked. 10 Wynward St., Seaham Nurse. Part time. 700 Service from 2/1915 to 12/1915. 13th Durham V.A.H., Vane House, Hughes Mary Harbour hours worked. Dawdon, Seaham Harbour. No trace Seaham 1911. 15 Percival St., Pallion, Sunderland. 2nd card says Service from 13/7/1918 to date 29/7/1919. Aux. Hosp. Harefield Kitchen maid. With pay. Hughes Phyllis Lavinia C/o Mrs Marshall, 10 13/7/1918. Trans. Warminster Hosp. Sutton Vennay. Born 1898 Reserve V.A.D. Claremont Tce., Sunderland. Unable to find any more information. Sunderland

Service from 6/8/1917 – still serving. 21st Durham V.A.H., Herrington Hall, Sunderland. Father George William, Farmer, mother Mary Hannah, Cote House Farm, Great Nursing. Pay - £4-4s. Hugill Sarah siblings Harriet, Hannah & George William. Born Broughton 6/4/1896. Busby, Stokesley Full time. Married Joseph A Wood 1921 Stokesley District. Died 23/7/1985 212 Leeds Rd., Windhill, Shipley, West Yorks.

Service from 3/1917 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Father John, Machine Hand in Steam Engine Shop, mother 107 Hendon Road, Nurse. Part time. 336 Mary Ann, siblings Ethel & Wilfred. Born 3/7/1894 Sunderland. Departed Hugill Lily Olive Sunderland hours worked. Southampton with brother Wilfred on S.S. Rotorua for New Zealand on 25/9/1925. Married Arthur Ernest Thornley in Auckland 11/10/1926. They had Audrey Enid, Neville & Henry Basil. Died 31/1/1967 Rotarua.

Service from 2/2/1917 to 10/5/1919. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Hall, Ferryhill. Awarded 1 stripe. Father Thomas, Joiner with N.E.R. Co. Rank – V.A.D. P. Duties - Wagon Dept., mother Esther Ellen, brother Harold. Born Bishop Auckland Hull Elsie 16 Raby Gardens, Shildon Pantry. Part time. 5300 5/8/1889. Baptized 29/8/1889 St. Andrew’s, Bishop Auckland. Married hours worked. 1928 Auckland to Robert Carmichael. Died 14/11/1958 at 59 Westwood Tce., York. Last address – Gorse Cottage, Egglestone.

Rank - Butler. Duties – C/o Sir J Eden, Hull George Asst. Q.M. and waited Service from 1917. 19th Durham V.A. H., Windlestone Hall. Windlestone Hall upon troops.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Service from 11/1916 to 2/1918. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland on the back of the card and 22/8/1918 to 6/1919 at 132 Bethune Rd., Stoke Rank – member. Duties - Amburst Pl. V.A.D. hospital for 18 hours weekly on the front of the card. Hull Grace Marian Newington Parlourmaid Father John William, Window Blind Maker, mother Marian, siblings John Frederick & William Edward. Domestic Science Teacher. Born Hackney 15/7/1887. Died 1969 Worthing, Sussex District.

Nurse. Part time. 584 Service from 20/1/1915 to 17/6/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Hull Margaret 11 Baxton Burn, Blackhill hours worked. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Not at this address in 1911.

Service from 26/6/1915 to 27/10/1915. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Rank – G.S. Duties – House, Etherley. Father Robert William Gibson, Cab Proprietor, mother 24 High Princes St., Bishop Hull Ruby Whitfield general service. Part Mary Jane, siblings William, Robert, John, Tom, Vesta, Zoe, Mary. Born Auckland time. 90 hours worked. 1881 Bishop Auckland. Died 29/7/1951 at Oakwood, Cockfield. Last address – Linden House, Tenters St., Bishop Auckland.

Service from 11/2/1918 to 13/4/1918. 3 months at Coytrahen Park, Cwmllefrith, Narbeth, Hullett Dorothy (Mrs) Night duties. Full time. Tondu, Glam. 3 months at Rosslyn Lodge Hosp., Hampstead and 11 South Wales months at Mill Dam Hospital, South Shields. Unable to trace 1911.

Service from 20/1/1917 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Roker Park Road, Sunderland. Father Frederick, Manager River Wear Commission, mother Humble Gertrude cooking. Part time. 800 Sunderland Henrietta Mary, siblings Alfred Proom, Henrietta Proom & Frederick hours worked. William. Born 1892 Sunderland. Died 30/8/1972 Sunderland.

15 Bramwell St., Age when engaged – 24. Service from 8/4/1918 to 7/5/1918. 1st Sth. Gen. Humby Barbara (Mrs) Nurse. With pay. Sunderland Mil. Hos. Birmingham. No trace 1911. Service from 24/5/1915 to 30/6/1917. St. Gabriel’s V.A.H., Sunderland. Hummel Edith Eversley Road, Sunderland Head Cook. No trace Sunderland 1911. Humpfrey Mrs Cleadon Service for 3½ years. Reg. Work Party 1951 Cleadon. No trace 1911. St. John’s School House, Sister. Part time. 354 Service from 1/7/1915 to 1/12/1915. 16th Durham V.A.H., Shotley House, Humphrey Hilda Shotley Bridge. Gone away hours worked. Shotley Bridge. No trace at this address 1911. 1/8/1921. Red Cross worker. Duties – sewing. 1000 or Service from 6/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Humphry H (Mrs) Marsden Grove, Whitburn 1500 hours worked. Unable to trace in Whitburn in 1911. Numbers difficult to read.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Rank – V.A.D. Duties – 78 Spout Lane, Service from 6/8/1915 to 12/6/1916. 9th Durham V.A.H., Long Room, Hunter Ada General. Part time. Washington, Durham Chilton Moor. Unable to trace 1911. 1134 hours worked.

Cook. Evening duty. 24 Service from 7/1915 to 2/1918. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Hunter Bula (Mrs) Gladdoch, Roker hours alternative weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace 1911. Service from 14/10/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Board of Private. Air Raid & Trade “Tapeholder” in Surveyors Department, wife Elizabeth Candlish, Trinity Church House, Hunter Dobson (Mr) Convoys. Part time. 365 children Elizabeth Candlish, Margaret, Eveline & James Morley. Born Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland 1881. Married Elizabeth Candlish Shaw 1901 Sunderland. Died 1962 Sunderland. Nurse. General nursing. Service from 23/10/1914 to 19/1/1919. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney Hunter Elizabeth 43 Athol St., Dunston Part time. 2836 hours House, Gateshead. Unable to trace 1911. worked. Service from 9/1915 to 7/1918. Work Party Reg. No. 1815. Assistant Teacher. Father George, Domestic Gardener, mother Mary, siblings Edith, 4 or 21 hours weekly. Hunter Elizabeth Kate Bargate, Lanchester May Florence, Mary A., George Carmichael, John William & Thomas Difficult to read. Oswald. Born Greenhead, Carlisle 1888. Baptized 23/12/1888 St. Andrews, Bywell, Northumberland. Sister. Part time. 336 Service from 7/8/1915 to 1/12/1915. 16th Durham V.A.H., Shotley House, Hunter Emily Post Office, Ebchester hours worked. Shotley Bridge. Not at this address in 1911. 7 Villette Road, Cook. Part time. 1200 Service from 12/11/1916 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, Hunter Evelyn Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911. Hunter G.W. (Mr) 7 Bright St., South Shields Private. Driver. Service from 11/8/1917 to 1919. Unable to find at this address in 1911.

Service from 18/5/1917 to 1919. Domestic Coachman. Wife Hannah, Private. Driver. Part children George Matthew, Sarah & Grace Florence. Born Ludworth 1876. Hunter George 7 Fairles St., South Shields time. 50 hours worked. Married Hannah Little 1897 South Shields. Died 13/5/1947 at 47 Brownlow Rd., South Shields.

Rank – Member. Air Raid Service from 3/5/1916 to 14/2/1919. Air Raid Station, Darlington. Unable Hunter John 20 Fairfield St., Darlington Station when required. to trace at this address 1911.

Service from 15/5/1916 to 31/8/1917. Sacriston. Coal Miner (Rollyway Private. Air Raid & Coast man underground). Wife Ellen Ann, children Anthony, Elizabeth & Ellen. Hunter Samuel 8 Charlaw Tce., Sacriston Defence. When Born Kibblesworth 1872. Married Ellen Ann Petty 1894 Chester-le-St. required. District. Died 2/1/1943 at 6 Victor Tce., Auton Style, Bearpark. Sacriston Cemetery.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Coal Miner Private. Air Raid & Coast (Rollywayman underground). Wife Elizabeth, children John R., Beatrice A., Hunter Thomas William 16 Sowerby St., Sacriston Defence. When Novington Marshall & Cecil Whittaker. Born Medomsley 1864. Baptized required. 17/1/1864 Medomsley – parents Robert & Margaret. Married Elizabeth Whittaker 1899 Chester-le-St. District. Died 1942.

Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. A second card says service from st 38 Chester Road, 1/3/1918 to 31/3/1918 as M.O. at 21 Durham V.A.H., Herrington Hall, Hunter William (Dr) Senior M.O. Daily. Sunderland Sunderland, pay £8-2s-9d, 1 weekly visit. Wife Ethel Dixon, children William, Ethel Florence & John Seymour. Born Sunderland 22/7/1870. Baptized 25/9/1870 Bishop Wearmouth. Parents William & Sarah Jane. Died 27/2/1956 at 245 Chester Rd., Sunderland.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 17/6/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Unable to Hunter William 7 Thelma St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 590 find at this address 1911. hours worked.

Private. Orderly. Part Service from 6/9/1916 to 10/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hunter William S Ramshaw, Evenwood time. 54 hours worked. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911. Red Cross Worker. Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. No Huntley Ellen (Mrs) Rupert St., Whitburn Sewing. 1650 hours trace 1911. worked. Age when engaged – 20. Service from 30/9/1918 to 29/1/1919. The Villa, Offerton, Nr. Rank – G.S. Laundress. Hutchinson, Nee Turnbull Amy (Mrs) Wardmaid at U.S. Hospital, Dartford 30/9/1918. Stannington War Hosp. Sunderland Reserve V.A.D. 23/1/1918 to 27/1/1919. No trace Sunderland 1911. Trained nurse. With pay - £1-1s per h. on Age when engaged – 36. Service from 19/10/1915 to 28/2/1919. No trace Hutchinson Anne Holly House, Easington engagement. £1-4s-10d Easington 1911. on termination.

Service from 1914 1o 1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Father Thomas, Foundry Secretary, mother Alice Mary, siblings Ethel, 52 Elton Parade, Nurse. Part time. 3024 Hutchinson Constance Emily Hugh, Leonard Henry, Sidney Grafton, Dorothy Gwendoline, Winifred Darlington hours worked. Maud & Mabel Elizabeth. Born Darlington 1897. Married William A Dorey 1919 Darlington. Died 27/7/1975 Heddon-on-The Wall, Northumberland.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Unable to Hutchinson E. Minnie (Mrs) The Elms, Darlington 250 hours worked. trace at this address 1911.

Service from 23/10/1916 to 16/6/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Elementary School Teacher. Father Rank – N.M. Duties – 30 Clyde Tce., Waldron St., Joseph, widower in 1911. Mother Eleanor. Born Chester-le-Street 1880. Hutchinson Elizabeth nursing. Part time. 70 Bishop Auckland Baptized 5/9/1880 Chester-le-St. Married William G Hillyer 1921 Auckland hours worked. District. Died 22/4/1957 at 5 Peasholm Drive, Scarborough. Burial or Cremation – Chester-le-St. Cemetery.

53 School Tce., South Hutchinson Elsie Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Service from 2/1918 to 3/1919. South Moor. Unable to trace 1911. Moor Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Husband Joseph, Grocer, children Joseph Allen, Geoffrey M., Dorothy M. & Sewing. 1650 hours Hutchinson Emily Catherine (Mrs) Front St., Whitburn George C. Born Gainford 1869. Married 1895 Teesdale District. Maiden worked. name Charlton. Died 1/3/1944 at Eastfield House, 21 & 23 Front St., Whitburn. Service from 13/4/1915 to 7/3/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Rank – N.M. Duties – Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Housekeeper for widowed father John, Mason Hutchinson Annie Ethel Thornley, Tow Law nursing. Part time. 350 & Bricklayer in 1911. Siblings John Alderson, Arthur Whitwell & Thomas hours worked. Snowdon. Born 1888 Thornley, Tow Law. Baptized 15/8/1888 Crook – mother Isabel. Rank – P.R. Duties – Service from 18/3/1915 to 11/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Hutchinson George Toft Hill, Bishop Auckland orderly. Part time. 128 Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911. hours worked. Nurse. 2120 hours Service from 22/10/1914 to 2/1919. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Hutchinson Isabel 23 Ripon St., Gateshead worked. Part time. Gateshead. No trace 1911. 52 Chichester Rd., South Hutchinson J (Miss) Private. Driver. Service from 11/8/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace 1911. Shields Rank – Secretary. Duties Service from 9/1916 to 6/1917. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. No Hutchinson Lily 60 Eden Tce., Stanley – ?Cutter. 2 hours per trace 1911. week.

Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 5/4/1915 to 12/6/1916. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, 61 Lawrence St., Hutchinson Hannah Louisa nursing. Part time. 2108 Sunderland. Assistant Mistress at Southwick Elementary School. Born Sunderland hours worked. 1881 Sunderland. Lived with her aunt Hannah B Sibbald.

Cook. Part time. 2016 Service from 9/1915 to 6/1917. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Hutchinson Mary 10 Clarence Tce., Stockton hours worked. Dinsdale. Unable to trace 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Private. Duties – air raid Service from 8/3/1917 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Unable to Hutchinson Robert 17 Warren St., Sunderland & convoys. Part time. trace at this address 1911. 165 hours worked.

Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Red Cross Worker. Hutchinson (Daughter Sarah Husband George, Farmer, children Isabella, John, Margaret, Sarah Grace, Sarah Grace (Mrs) Bents Farm, Whitburn Sewing. Part time. 1600 Grace below) Edith, Lily & Annie. Born Whitburn 1848. Married 1878 Sunderland District hours worked. – maiden name Merriman. Died 2/2/1926.

Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Father Red Cross Worker. Hutchinson (Mother Sarah George, Farmer, mother Sarah Grace, siblings Isabella, John, Margaret, Sarah Grace Bents Farm, Whitburn Sewing. Part time. 450 Grace above) Edith, Lily & Annie. Born Whitburn 1881. Married John Colley, Farmer, hours worked. 1932 South Shields District. Died 14/4/1941 at Bents Farm.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 15/11/1917 to 10/2/1919. (2nd card says 22/2/1919). Military Hospital, Carlisle Fuse Hill 15/11/1917 to 15/12/1918. 2nd Northern General Military Hospital, Leeds 9/1/1919 to 20 Belmont Gardens, West Nurse. With pay. Hutchison Louisa nd Hartlepool Reserve V.A.D. 10/2/1919 (2 card says 22/2/1919). Father Joseph, Ship Draughtsman, mother Avice Ann, siblings Alfred Joseph, Thomas Evans, Avice Evans & Winifred. Born Thornaby, Yorks. 2/2/1893. Married John Gott 1926 Hartlepool District. Died 1977 North Cleveland District.

Service from 5/8/1914. Left on ill health grounds. 6th Durham V.A.H., Rank – N.S. Nursing 17 Thornhill Gardens, Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Mother Elizabeth Jane, widow by 1911, siblings Hutton Anne Davis (Annie) duties. Part time. 4992 Sunderland Margaret, Elizabeth, Gertrude & Duncan Jas. Father James. Baptized hours worked. 16/8/1880 Roker. Died 7/4/1966.

Nurses Home, 2 Granville Sister in charge. Full Service from 10/3/1919 to 23/4/1919. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Hutton B (Miss) Road, Newcastle time. Hall, Ferryhill.

Service from 7/1916 to 1/1917. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Eaglescliffe. Also at Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich. Father Robert, Rank – Member. Nursing Chemical Manufacturer, mother Adeline Cecilia, siblings Margaret, Aleck, Hutton-Wilson Constance Beatrice Egglescliffe duties. Part time. 672 Geoffrey, Violet, Cecil & Angela Sarah. Born 3/4/1890 Egglescliffe. Died hours worked. 14/5/1982 Downs House Reservoir, La Tilmore, Petersfield, Hants. Cemetery – St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Egglescliffe.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information

Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Shipowners Manager. Wife Annie & ‘Kenmara’, 184 Park Road, Hyde Arthur Private. Driver. daughter Anne Doreen. Born West Hartlepool 1875. Married Annie West Hartlepool Mothersdale 1901 Hartlepool. Died 6/3/1955 at Kenmara.

Service from 2/1916 to 7/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 5 Belle Vue Crescent, Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Sunderland. Father Robert, Accountant, mother Annie. Born 25/11/1893 Hyslop Hilda McVittie Sunderland 168 hours worked. Sunderland. Married Norman Cooper 1921 Sunderland. Died 27/1/1995 Inverness. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Nursing duties. Part Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Husband John, Greaser in Steel Angle Mill at Iley Elizabeth (Mrs) Watling St., Leadgate time. 1296 hours Iron Works. Born Leadgate 12/2/1886. Married 1910 Lanchester District – worked. maiden name Dyson. Died 1981. Service from 5/1916 to 5/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 18 Thornhill Park, Nurse. Half time. 2700 Sunderland. Father Leonard Scott, Solicitor, mother Florence, siblings Iliff Helen Sunderland hours worked. Mary, John & Elizabeth. Born Bishopwearmouth 1897. Died 5/9/1950 4 Thornhill Gardens, Sunderland. Service from 1917 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. 6 Langholm Cresc., Mother Ellen, Teacher of Music, sister Florence. Born Darlington 1885. Inch Nellie Mender in Linen Room. Darlington Died 22/11/1943 at The Training College, Darlington. Last address – 50 Carmel Road South, Darlington.

Service from 13/2/1916 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Nursing. Part time. 424 th hours worked. Nursing at Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Also from 13/4/1918 to 31/3/1919 at 26 Inglis Constance Annie Braeside, Consett Benfieldside House, part Durham V.A.H., Benfieldside House, Shotley Bridge. Elementary School time, 168 hours worked. Teacher. Father James, Clerk at Steel Works, mother Isabel, siblings Charles & Kenneth. Born 1886 Blackhill.

Age when engaged – 30. Service from 11/4/1917 (second card says 11/5/1917) to 6/4/1918. King George Military 11/4/1917 to 12/11/1917 Poppy Wood Also known Dalorain, 23 St. John’s Inglis Nurse. and 22/1/1918 to 6/4/1918. A School Assistant at The Grange School, as Agnes Wood Ave., Hebburn Sunderland in 1911. Born Jarrow c1887. Father Doctor David Wood Inglis, mother Jean Waddell Inglis. Brother George.

Service from 1914 to 1918. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Rank – Member. Duties Marine Engine Smith. Wife Margaret Evelyn, children John William, 41 Chichester Road, South – hospital orderly & air Ingoe William Adams Thomas Joseph, Leo Alexander, Margaret Victoria & Mary Evelyn. Born Shields raid services. Part time. South Shields 1875. Married Margaret Evelyn Peck 1899 Mile End, Old 300 hours worked. Town, London. Died 4/4/1936.

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Age when engaged – 27. Service from 10/1914 at 3rd Durham V.A.H., nd Nurse. Full time nursing Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Service from 15/8/1917 (2 Inman Beatrice St. John Thornfield, Sunderland at Hammerton House. card says 16/8/1917) to 21/12/1917. Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot. Born 1888 Heaton. Father Douglas, Engineer/Manufacturer of water tight doors, mother Fanny, siblings Maud, William St. John & Mabel.

Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Service from 8/1918 to 1/1919. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Riversdale, Innes Dora (Mrs) 5 Lorne Tce., Stockton kitchen helper. Part Eaglescliffe. No trace 1911 Stockton. time. 126 hours worked.

25 Brankingham Tce., Cook. Part time. 240 Service from 1/1916 to 12/1917. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. Ions Ethel Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. No trace Stockton 1911. Service from 20/1/1915 to 18/10/1916. 12th Durham V.A.H., Richard Ireland Jennie Durham Road, Blackhill Nursing. Full time. Murray Hospital, Blackhill. Not in Blackhill 1911. Service from 7/7/1915 to date. Air Raid station, West Hartlepool. Private. Air Raid duties. 24 Collingwood Rd., West Storekeeper in shipyard. Wife Margaret, children Thomas William, Irvin Magnus Part time. 104¼ hours Hartlepool Gertrude, Louisa, Magnus & Edmund. Born Hartlepool 1865. Died 1942. worked. Married Margaret Alderson Siddell 1889 Hartlepool.

Irwin Kate Oxhill, West Stanley Trained nurse. £1-1s-0d. Service from 8/10/1918 to 12/4/1919. No trace Oxhill 1911.

Service from 5/1917 to 9/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Secretary. Part time. th Irwin (Sister Mary below) Lilian Deeley The Gables, Sunderland Sunderland. 4 Northumberlnad V.A., Dilston Hall, Corbridge. Mother 3000 hours worked. Mary, widow by 1911, sister Mary Forrest Irwin. Born Sunderland 1884. Father Joshua Hyde Irwin. Died 9/8/1954 8 Meadow Gardens, Sunderland.

Service from 1/1918 to date. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Duties – G.S. Part time. Irwin (Sister Lilian above) Mary Forrest The Gables, Sunderland Mother Mary, widow by 1911, sister Lilian Deeley. Born 1881 Sunderland. 336 hours worked. Father Joshua Hyde Irwin. Died 19/1/1959 72 Marine Avenue, Whitley Bay.

Rank – G.S.M. Duties – Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Mother kitchen helper. Part Irwin Nellie (Helen Margaret) Havelock Arms, Darlington Margaret, Licensed Victualler, widow by 1911, adopted sister Annie time. 3240 hours Lawson Irwin & brother Alfred. Born Darlington 1901. worked. Rank – N.M. Duties – Keisley House, Bishop Service from 24/8/1916 to 30/11/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Iver Margaret nursing. Part time. 270 Auckland House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. No trace 1911 Bishop Auckland. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 2/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 22/8/1897 Hartlepool. Died 15/1/1968 – Durham Crematorium. Father Housemaid. Part time. Vivian, C of E Clergyman, mother Katherine, siblings Hilda Tyacke, William Jacka (Sister Marjory below) Kathleen Tyacke 24 Argyle Sq., Sunderland 296 hours worked. Grylls, Henry, Marjory Grylls Tyacke, Stella Pauline Tyacke & Mary Lamorna Tyacke. 1911 a student at St. Margaret’s School, Merry Hill Lane, Bushey, Herts.

Service from 2/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Born 22/8/1902 Hartlepool. Father Vivian, C of E Clergyman, mother Katherine, siblings Hilda Tyacke, William Grylls, Henry, Kathleen Tyacke, Stella Pauline Tyacke & Mary Lamorna Tyacke. Died 7/5/1964 19 Western Hill, Durham. Housemaid. 296 hours Jacka (Sister Kathleen above) Marjory Grylls Tyacke 24 Argyle Sq., Sunderland Crematorium – Durham. Entry in UK & Ireland Medical Directory 1930 at worked. Part time. Maltby, Marton, 1935 at 2 Park Tce., Newcastle, 1940 & 1942 at 22A North Bailey, Durham – M.B., B.S. (University of Durham 1925). Was Ho. Phys. Sunderland Children’s Hospital, Ho. Surg. Newcastle Children’s Hospital, Ho. Surg. Gynaecol. Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Age when engaged – 29. Service from 9/6/1917 to 19/12/1917. No. 6 Red Jackson Annie Elizabeth 27 Mount Pleasant, Crook Sister. Cross Hospital, Etaples. Unable to trace in Crook 1911. Rank – N.S. Duties – Service from 20/11/1915 to 6/1/1916. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Jackson Florence (Mrs) 4 Pears Tce., New Shildon Wards. Part time. 1805 Hall, Ferryhill. Unable to trace in Shildon 1911. hours worked. Service from 2/1915 to 31/1/1919. 1/11/1918 to 31/1/1919 Bitterne Night Sister at Bitterne – Auxiliary Red Cross Hospital, Westend Road, Bitterne. Previously 2 years at Albert Hill, Bishop pay £45 – supervision of Jackson Mabel Royal Bath Military Hospital, Harrogate as a Staff Nurse. Also 2nd Southern Auckland wards and patients at Hospital, Bristol. 3 months sick leave. Unable to trace in Bishop Auckland night – full time. 1911. Section Leader. Part 23 Belmont Gardens, West Jackson Thomas time. 2000 hours Service from 29/2/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace at this address in 1911. Hartlepool worked.

V.A. Nurse. Special Service from 6/11/1916 to 30/3/1917. 7th Durham V.A.H., Brancepeth Jacobs Pauline (Lady) Quarry Hill, Brancepeth probationer. Part time. Castle. Unable to trace at Brancepeth 1911. 328 hours worked.

The Elms West, Sunderland. Gone away Service from 3/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. No trace Jacobs Rita Nurse. Full time. 19/12/1921 – certificate Sunderland 1911. returned

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Quartermaster. Part The Oaks, Sunderland. Not Service from 14/4/1918 to date. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Jacobs Sarah Elizabeth time. 1335 hours known 4/8/1921 Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. worked. Service from 26/10/1916 in Malta. Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot 7 Osborne St., Shildon. James Elizabeth Ann 13/11/1918. This is the address of her uncle Joseph Wheatley, widower in Gone away 4/8/1921. 1911. Born 1891 Shildon.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 8/5/1918 to 15/5/1919. 4th Northern General, Lincoln. Tailoress in Tailor’s shop. Father Thomas John, Railway Engine Driver, mother Mary Jane, siblings Tom Stanley, Sarah Jameson Louisa May (Louie) 32 Dundee St., Darlington Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. Isabel, Jessie Hilda, Lena & Mary Noonan Born 15/4/1894, baptized 6/5/1894 Darlington. Died 13/12/1979 Dobbs Hall Farm, Croft, Darlington. Buried in family plot Darlington West Cemetery.

Service from 6/6/1915 to 24/7/1915. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Rank – N.M. Duties – Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband George, Insurance Agent for Jamieson Ethel (Mrs) 53 Bridge St., Tow Law Nursing. Part time. 140 Prudential. Born Sunderland 1881. Married 1905 Sunderland. Maiden hours worked. name Hughes. ?Died 1938 Liverpool. Nurse. Part time. 3408 Service from 1914. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. No trace in Jannings ?Jennings Rachel (Mrs) Croft Villas, Darlington hours worked. Darlington either name 1911. Central John Station, South Private. Air Raid duty Service to 1919. Turned out on air raid duty all during the war in addition ?Japper Leo W. Q. Shields when required. to his tours of duty as member of the Police Force. Unable to trace 1911.

Rank – House Member. Age when engaged – 25. Service from 20/11/1917 to 18/9/1919. Military Jarvis Elizabeth (Mrs) 12 Japan St., Darlington With pay. Housework in Hospital, France. Unable to trace in Darlington 1911. France. Reserve V.A.D.

Service from 4/1916 to 1/1919. Whitburn Red Cross Working Party. Red Cross Worker. Confectioner at home. Widow by 1911. Husband John Tom, Marine 27 North Guards, Jefferson Betsy (Mrs) Sewing. Part time. 1500 Engineer. Children William Herbert, Arthur Percival & Hilda Jane & John. Whitburn hours worked. Born West Barnaby, Yorks. 1862 – maiden name Welford. Married 1890 South Shields. Died 14/2/1938. Private. Air Raid & 51 Mainsforth Tce., Service from 6/1/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Unable to Jefferson Joseph Convoys. Part time. 405 Sunderland trace 1911 census. hours worked.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 6/9/1916 to 10/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Colliery Clerk. Wife Mary Annie, children Mary Gordon Lane, Ramshaw, Private. Orderly. Part Jenkinson Christopher Ann, Minnie, Norah, William & Maggie. Born Sunderland 1869. Died Evenwood time. 52 hours worked. 18/8/1951 Hallgarth Hill, Cotherstone, Yorks. Married Mary Annie Barritte 1894 Auckland District.

18 Grey Tce., Stockton Rd., Ward Orderly/Maid. Service from 14/3/1918 to date (7/8/1919). 1st Australian Hospital, Jennings Catherine Ryhope, Sunderland With pay. Reserve V.A.D. Harefield and at Tidworth. No trace 1911.

Service from 19/1/1915 to 5/1/1917. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Pine St., Jarrow. Husband William Munro, G.P., children William Munro, James Cocker, Charles Walter, Olive Powers, Herbert Lowther, Frederick Leslie, Jennings (Husband William 16 Croft Tce., Jarrow. Elizabeth Marian (Mrs) Commandant. Full time. Eric Kingsley, Hazel, Patrick Noel, Francis Gordon & Isadora. Born London Munro Jennings below) Gone away 4/8/1921. 1864 – maiden name Cocker. Baptized 18/1/1865 St. Thomas’, Islington. Parents James Robert & Sarah Ann. Married 2/5/1884 St. Andrew’s, Holborn. Died 1956 Hatfield, Herts. District.

Rank – Nursing Member. Church Institute, New Duties – light duty & Service from 19/6/1915 to date. 22nd Durham V.A.H., Mission House, New Jennings Elizabeth (Mrs) Seaham general work. Part time. Seaham. Not at this address in 1911. 5350 hours worked.

Service from 12/6/1915 to 10/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – Castle Sq., Bishop House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father George William, Solicitor, Jennings Edith Kathleen nursing. Part time. 490 Auckland mother Amy, brothers Arthur Fielden & George W. Born Bishop Auckland hours worked. 1887. Baptized St. Andrew’s 13/12/1887.

Service from 19/1/1915 to 4/11/1915. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Pine St., Jarrow. Wife Elizabeth Marian, children William Munro, James Cocker, Jennings (Wife Elizabeth 16 Croft Tce., Jarrow. Medical Officer. Part Charles Walter, Olive Powers, Herbert Lowther, Frederick Leslie, Eric William M (Dr) Marian above) Gone away 4/8/1921. time. When required. Kingsley, Hazel, Patrick Noel, Francis Gordon & Isadora. Born 1858 Newcastle District. Married Elizabeth Marian Cocker 2/5/1884 St. Andrew’s Holborn. Died 5/11/1915 Jarrow.

Service from 19/1/1915 to 26/12/1915. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Rank – Nurse. Duties – Pine St., Jarow. Head Teacher Elementary School. Father Thomas W., Secretary and Nursing. Jewitt Sultana Florina/Florence 184 Albert Rd., Jarrow Weighman in Iron Works, mother Margaret, siblings Eleanor, James, Part time. 980 hours William & Sarah Jane. Born Walker, Northumberland 1867. Died 13/3/1935 worked. Jarrow.

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Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. A Joiner. Wife Mary Jane, children Henry Robert, Michael Nesbitt, Frederick & Maud Private. Air Raid & 17 Whitburn St., Fulwell, Elizabeth. Born Sunderland 1867. Baptized 13/10/1867 St. Peter’s, Job Henry Robert Convoys. Part time. 420 Sunderland Monkwearmouth – parents Henry Robert & Mary Ann. Married Mary Jane hours worked. Rea 1890 Sunderland. Died 19/1/1954 at The General Hospital, Sunderland. Last address – 14 Moran St., Sunderland.

Service from 3/1916 to 3/1919. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Gateshead. Father John, Plumber & Gasfitter, mother Sarah Ann, siblings Private. Air Raid & William Buchan, Isabella Buchan, Annie Buchan, John Robert Buchan, Jobes George Buchan 18 South St., Gateshead Convoy Duty. Part time. Thomas Buchan & Stanley Buchan. Born Gateshead 1898. Baptized 124 hours worked. 31/8/1898 Gateshead. Married 1962 to Frances Gertrude Munday at Gateshead. Died 16/2/1966 at Shotley Bridge Hospital. Last address – 4 Pilton Walk, Pilton Park Estate, Newcastle.

Service from 9/1916 to 3/1919. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. Jobling Isabella (Mrs) Elm St., South Moor Sewing. 2 hours weekly. Unable to trace 1911 census at South Moor.

Service from 1/1916 to 11/1918. 8th Durham V.A.H., Normanhurst, West Hartlepool. Father Robert, Shipwright, mother Christian Eleanor, siblings 25 Clifton Ave., West Cook. Part time. 1344 Jobson Annie Evelyn Dorothy Christian & Ella Lesley. Born 10/7/1895 Hartlepool. Christened Hartlepool hours worked. 1/8/1895 Cambridge Place Wesleyan Methodist, West Hartlepool. ?Died 1950 Cambridge.

Service from 11/1917 to 3/1919. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Private. Convoy duty. Gateshead. Plater at N.E. Railway. Mother Sarah, widow by 1911, siblings Jobson Edmund 38 Romulus St., Gateshead Part time. 68 hours Richard Wilkinson, Sarah Annie & Ethel. Born 21/5/1887 Gateshead. worked. Baptized 15/6/1887. Father Robert. Died 1959 Northallerton.

Private. Air Raid & Coast Johes Thomas W Wilton St., Sacriston Defence. When Service from 15/5/1916 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Unable to trace 1911. required.

General Service. Part Service from 6/1917 to 9/1919. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Johnson Mrs Southwick, Sunderland time. 72 hours worked. Sunderland. Not enough information to get a safe match 1911.

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Service from 2/1916 to 11/1916. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 53 Harrogate St., Nurse. Part time. 150 Sunderland. Elementary School Teacher. Born 1874 Helston, Cornwall. Johnson Agnes Mitchell Sunderland hours worked. Mother Agnes, widow by 1911. Father James Oliver Johnson, Master Mariner. Siblings Martha Jane & Mary. Died 15/3/1923.

Age when engaged – 26. Service from 15/8/1917 to 3/1919. 2nd card gives Beech Cottage, West dates 9/8/1917 to 8/5/1919. Military Hospital, Sunderland. Father Johnson Annie Nurse. With pay. Ryton William, Licensed Victualler, mother Mary, siblings Margaret, William & James. Born Newcastle 1891. Baptized 5/4/1891 St. George’s, Newcastle.

Private. Air Raid & 12 Mount Rd. West, Service from 13/1/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. ? wife Ethel Johnson Ansell (Mr) Convoys. Part time. 428 Sunderland below. Unable to trace 1911 in Sunderland. hours worked.

Age when engaged – 23. Service from 8/6/1918 to 9/7/1918. 2nd card says service to 20/7/1918. 1st Northern General Hospital, Newcastle. Born 1894 Johnson Edith Eveline 64 Sorley St., Sunderland Nurse. Reserve V.A.D. Sunderland. Baptized 7/11/1894 Deptford, Sunderland. Parents Charles Wild Johnson, Iron Shipwright & Annie Maria. Siblings Louisa & Annie. Servent for John Haswell, Solicitor & family.

Rank – Member. Duties Service from 6/1915 to 9/1918. 23rd Durham V.A.H., Eaglescliffe. Note on 71 Beechwood Rd., Johnson Esther (Mrs) – nursing. Part time. card says deceased. There is someone of that name born c1888 who died Eaglescliffe 1682 hours worked. 12/1918 Stockton District. Unable to find in 1911 at Eaglescliffe.

Nursing Sister. Duties – Service from 24/5/1915 to 31/12/1918. Other date on card says service to Johnson (?husband Ansell 12 Mount Road West, Ethel J (Mrs) nursing & linen stores. 1/12/1917. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Rd., above) Sunderland Daily. Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911 census in Sunderland. Service from 16/12/1916 to 8/4/1918. Sacriston. Father Thomas, Tailor & Private. Air Raid & Coast General Dealer, mother Elizabeth Ann, siblings Ralph Walton, Thomas Johnson John Robert Front St., Sacriston Defence. When Wilfred & Jennie Miller. Born Langley Park 7/10/1897. Baptized Sacriston required. 7/11/1897. Died 1972. 3 Devon Gardens, Nurse. Part time. 2070 Service from 4/1915 to 8/1916. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Johnson Margaret Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. Unable to trace in Gateshead 1911. 24 Frederick St., Ward maid. Reserve Service from 16/8/1918. Ripon and Aldershot. Unable to trace in 1911 at Johnson Mary Jane Sunderland V.A.D. this address. Holmhill, South Rd., Nurse. Part time. 2600 Service from 9/1915 to date. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George. Johnson Maude Norton hours worked. Unable to trace in Norton 1911.

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Age when engaged – 37. Service from 27/2/1917 to 19/3/1919. 27/2/1917 Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham. 28/7/1917 Military Hospital, Salonica. Trans. to Woolwich Royal Herbert 11/3/1918 to 19/3/1919. 1 Scarlet Stripe 1/11/1918. A second card says service from 17 Cumberland Tce., Nurse. With pay. 3176 10/5/1915 to 14/5/1919 and includes service at 7th Durham V.A.H., Johnson Sarah Jane (Mrs) Willington hours worked altogether Brancepeth Castle plus Wokingham, Salonica and Woolwich. Husband William, Coke Drawer. Born 1879 Cleator Moor, Cumberland – maiden name Weir. Baptized 20/7/1879 Cleator Moor. Parents John & Elizabeth. Married 1899 Durham District. Died 9/11/1961 at General Hospital, Bishop Auckland. Last address – 11 High St., Willington.

Nurse. Part time. 4188 Service from 4/1915 to 11/1917. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Johnson Sarah (Mrs) 17 Highfield, Gateshead hours worked. Gateshead. No trace Gateshead 1911. Norham House, East Johnson Thomas Private. Driver. Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. No trace East Boldon 1911. Boldon Service from 9/1916 to 3/1919. South Moor Nursing Division S.J.A.B. No Johnson Violette Second St., Stanley Sewing. 2 hours weekly. trace Stanley 1911. 5 St. Bedes Park, Cook. Part time. 168 Service from 4/1917 to 8/1917. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Johnson W (Miss) Sunderland. Gone away hours worked. Sunderland. Two possibles in 1911. 4/8/1921 C/o Lady Eden, Hospital Secretary. Full Service from 1/7/1918 to date. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Hall, Johnson William Franklin Windlestone, Ferryhill time. Ferryhill. Unable to trace 1911. Service from 1916 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. General Service Member. Stepfather Arthur Henry Grieveson, mother Everina Frances. Born Lisburn, Johnson-Smythe Everina Elizabeth Hurworth, Darlington Part time. 720 hours Antrim 31/12/1894. Died 1970 Bulmer District, North Yorks. Burial place worked. Linthorpe, Yorks. Westbourne Rd., West Cook. Part time. 896 Service from 1915 to 1916. 8th Durham V.A.H., Normanhurst, West Johnston Edith Hartlepool hours worked. Hartlepool. No trace 1911 in West Hartlepool.

Rank – N.M. Nursing Service from 5/12/1915 to 26/2/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Mount Pleasant, Stanley, Johnson Hilda Annie duties. Part time. 150 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father James, Butcher, mother Francis Crook hours worked. H., siblings Bessie, Hettie & Alma. Born Crook 1895.

High Springwell, Nurse. Part time. 336 Service from 8/1914 to 2/1915. 8th Durham V.A.H., Normanhurst, West Johnston Margaret Hartlepool hours worked. Hartlepool. No trace Hartlepool 1911.

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Service from 10/1914 to 12/1914. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, 12 Beech Gardens, Low Private. Orderly. Part Gateshead. Accountants Clerk with Boro. Council. Father Henry Edward, Johnston Percival (Percy) Fell time. 50 hours worked. Public Librarian. Mother Emily, siblings Sidney, Elsa, Harry & Hilda. Born 1891 Gateshead. Baptized 18/5/1898 Christ Church, Gateshead.

Nurse. Part time. 96 Service from 1/3/1917 to 13/6/1917. 10th Durham V.A.H., Mayfield, Pine Johnstone Ann 17 Croft Tce., Jarrow hours worked. Street, Jarrow. Unable to trace in Jarrow 1911. 26 Poulton Tce., South Johnstone Hannah (Mrs) Cutter. 2 hours weekly. Service from 7/1917 to 3/1919. South Moor. Unable to trace 1911. Moor Rank – N.M. Nursing 16 Clarence St., Bishop Service from 17/6/1916 to 8/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Johnstone Lily duties. Part time. 60 Auckland Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911. hours worked.

Service from 20/9/1915 to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South 1 Vespasian St., South Nursing. Part time. 1500 Johnstone Mary Jane Shields. Milliner. Father David, Draper/Traveller, mother Fanny. Born Shields hours worked. Leeds 1876. Died 3/11/1959 at The Ingham Infirmary, South Shields.

Service from 19/2/1917 to 1919. Naval Architect. Father George, Shipbuilder, mother Elizabeth, siblings Ernest & Stanley. Was a boarder at Meadowcroft, West Jones Arnold Private. Driver. Durham School in 1901. Born Hartlepool 1887. Died 27/3/1963 at The Hartlepool General Hospital, West Hartlepool. Last address – The Moorings, Elwick Rd., West Hartlepool.

Service from 1917. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. May be Constance Evelyn Llewellyn Jones. Father Frederick Llewellyn Jones, South Parade, Croft, Rank – G.S.M. Part time. Jones Connie Gentleman living on private means, mother Annie Evelyn, brother Darlington 2750 hours worked. Frederick Llewellyn Walter. Born 31/12/1901 Sunderland. Married Cecil N. Sadler 1924 Kendal District. Died 1971 Northallerton District.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 19/11/1915 to 14/7/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Jones E (Miss) Toronto, Bishop Auckland nursing. Part time. 300 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Unable to trace 1911. hours worked. 13 Arthur St., Marsden, Nurse. Part time. 350 Service from 9/8/1914 to 10/1914. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Jones Esther (Mrs) South Shields hours worked. Shields. Unable to trace at this address in 1911. Service from 9/1916 to 9/1917. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Dinsdale. Husband Harry, Coal & Coke Merchant, children Cyril & Edith Hannah Thompson Roslin House, Linthorpe, Certified Masseuse. Part Jones Frederick. Born Brecon, South Wales 1868 – maiden name Pritchard. (Mrs) Middlesbro time. 200 hours worked. Parents Phillip Pritchard & Hannah Thompson. Married in 1900 Wales. Died 14/7/1955.

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Private. Air Raid & Service from 18/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Blacksmith. Jones William 30 Hag Lane, Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 450 Wife Isabella, children Mary, Edward, Isabella, Sarah, John, Eliza, William, hours worked. Thomas, Charles, Emma, Joseph. Born Hartlepool c1853.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 24/2/1916 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Not at this Jones William H 21 James St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 358 address in 1911. hours worked. 163 Westbourne Tce., Masseuse. Full time. Service from 30/3/1917 to 7/12/1917. 19th Durham V.A.H., Windlestone Jonsson Ida London Pay – 8 gns. Hall, Ferryhill. Born Helsingborg, Sweden c1869. Nurse. Part time. 3,000 Service from 6/1915 to 8/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Jopling Alice Otto Tce., Sunderland hours worked. Sunderland. Not at this address 1911.

Seaview, Ryhope Rd., Kitchen work & cooking. Service from 9/1915 to 4/1916. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Jopling Dorothy (Mrs) Sunderland 24 hours every 3 weeks. Gray Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911 in Sunderland.

Quartermaster. Air Raid Service from 17/2/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Mentioned Jordan John William 1 Ethel St., Sunderland & Convoys. Part time. in Despatches. Unable to trace Sunderland 1911. 960 hours worked.

Service from 1916. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. This could Bracken Road, Darlington. Nurse. Part time. 4320 Jowers Hilda (Mrs) be Hilda Mary, wife of Harold Hill Jowers, born c1885 Dewsbury. Died Gone away 4/8/1921 hours worked. 1951 Wharfedale, Yorks.

Ward Maid. 24 hours Service from 11/1916 to 12/1917. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Joyce Mabel 22 Percy Tce., Sunderland weekly. 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911.

Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. This may be George Law Joyner, although in 1911 he was living in Jarrow. Wife Margaret, children Corporal. Air Raid & Alexander Robertson Joyner & George Spence Robertson Joyner. He was Joyner George 24 Rede Ave., Hebburn Coast Defence Duties. an Iron Turner in the shipbuilding industry. Born Hebburn 1882. Married Part time when required. Margaret Robertson 1908 South Shields District. Died 1960 South Shields District.

Snows Green Road, Housemaid. Full time. Service from 1/1/1916 to 3/3/1916. 16th Durham V.A.H., Shotley House, Judge Isabella Shotley Bridge Pay - £1-8s per month. Shotley Bridge. No trace at this address in 1911.

The Chestnuts, Lanes End, Rank – G.S. General Service from 30/7/1918 to 16/9/1918. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Judge M Dartford, Kent Service duties. Full time. House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not at this address in 1911.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information 6 Victoria Buildings, Low Private. Driver. Part Julnes B (Mr) Row, Sunderland. Not Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Unable to find 1911. time. 248 hours worked. found 4/8/1921. Rank – N.S. Nursing Service from 8/8/1915 to 31/1/1919. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, Jupe Charlotte Annie (Mrs) 9 Grace Tce., Sunderland duties. Part time. 5236 Sunderland. Died 7/7/1942 at 46 Swansfield Park Rd., Alnwick. Children hours worked. Alfred, Ethel & Eva.

Service from 24/5/1915. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Institute, Kayll Jupe Mary (Mrs) 9 Grace Tce., Sunderland Rank – N.S. Rd., Sunderland. Trans. to Royalty Hos. Not at this address in 1911.

Service from 1/1916 to date. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Cook. Part time. 5284 Dinsdale. Father Thomas A. Beresford Kane, Medical Practitioner. Born Kane Lucretia Isabella Beresford Old Hall, Byers Green hours worked. 1894 Byers Green. Married Arthur C.H. McCullagh 1921 Stockton District. Died 24/3/1974 Brockerscliffe, The Towers, Witton-le-Wear.

Morton House, Fence Service for 2 years. 14th Durham V.A.H., Morton House, Fence Houses. Not Kavanagh Cicely (Mrs) Domestic Servant. Houses at Fence Houses in 1911. Private. Air Raid duty when required. Turned Work address - Central Service to 1919. South Shields Police Division (Durham). St. John out on air raid duty all John Station, South Ambulance Brigade. Police Sergeant. By 1911 was a widower with son Kay Alfred during the war in Shields. Home address – 9 Robert & daughter Emily Olga. Born Morpeth 1872. Wife Emily died 1907 addition to his tours of Erskine Rd., South Shields South Shields. Died 20/3/1950 at 12 Banbury Tce., South Shields. duty as member of Police Force. Eightlands Villas, Sister. Pay - £4-13s-0d. Service from 4/1917 to 1/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Kay Maud Dewsbury Full time. Sunderland. Unable to trace on 1911 census. Age when engaged – 45. Service from 18/10/1917 to 23/5/1918. Orderly. Pay – 28s per Commission or Department or County – France. Deputy Overman in the week on engagement. Keegan William 4 John St., New Silksworth coal mine. Wife Ann Jane, children Owen, Mary, Patrick, William, Ann Jane Pay at termination – 32s & Hugh. Born Stockton 1872. Married Ann Jane McMullen 1891 per week. Sunderland District. Died 1936 Sunderland. Service from 28/6/1915 to 9/9/1917. 17th Durham V.A.H., Bishop Auckland. Father Patrick, widower by 1911, Pawnbroker & Jeweller. Brother James. Born 1873 Bishop Auckland. Baptized 14/12/1873 St. Rank – N.M. Nursing 18 High Edward St., Bishop Wilfrid’s, Bishop Auckland. Father Patrick, mother Catharine. Registered Keenan Mary Cecilia duties. Part time. 650 Auckland 23/6/1933 UK & Ireland Nursing Register by examination. Address – 160 hours worked. Thicknesse Ave., Beech Hill, Wigan. Worked at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary & Dispensary, Wigan. Died 1/7/1949 2 St. Francis, Storrington, Sussex.

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Service from 7/1915. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Father Johnson, Flour Merchant. Mother Mary Jane, widow by 1911 & living on 147 Roker Avenue, Cook. 3988 hours Keenleyside Sarah Ada private means. Siblings Jane Ann, Jacob, Johnson, Kate, Sarah, William, Sunderland worked part time. Elizabeth Mary & Janet. Born Sunderland 1875. Died 26/10/1954 at The Royal Infirmary, Sunderland. Last address – 3 Clifton Rd., Sunderland.

Rank – G.S. Duties – Service from 26/8/1917 to 7/8/1918. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Kellan F I.O.M. pantry. Full time. Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Service from 19/11/1914 to 20/10/1916. 21st Durham V.A.H., Herrington Hall, Sunderland. Medical Practitioner. Wife Catherine Hamilton, children Raglan House, Rank – M.O. Doctor. 1 Andrew Derek & Gordon Davidson. Born Aberdeen 14/10/1869. Father Kelly Andrew Davidson (Dr) Philadelphia, Fence visit weekly. Andrew, mother Elisabeth. Married Catherine Hamilton Musther 1906 Houses Sunderland. Died 10/4/1932 Darlington at Middleton Hall, Middleton St. George. Cook. Part time. 2200 Service from 24/10/1914 to 11/11/1917. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney Kelly Margaret (Mrs) 32 York St., Pelaw hours worked. House, Gateshead. Unable to trace 1911. Rank – N.S. Nursing. Part Service from 11/7/1916 to date. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, 146 Hendon Rd., Kelly Nellie time. 5192 hours Sunderland. Unable to trace as Nellie but there is an Eleanor Kelly from Sunderland worked. Jesmond who was a hospital nurse in 1911 in Sunderland.

Rank - Member. Air Raid Service from 13/8/1915 to 12/2/1919. Labourer at Copper Manufacturers. Kemp Alexander 17 Philip St., Hebburn & Coast Defence duties. Wife Jane, children Janet & John Bate Kemp. Born Glasgow c1884. Part time when required. Married Jane Bate 27/6/1906 Hebburn.

Age when engaged – 27. Service from 15/6/1918 to date. 15/6/1918 3rd Nurse. With pay. Kenderdine Florence (Mrs) 14 Ripon St., Sunderland Northern General Sheffield. Trans. 28/5/1919 Wool Military Hospital, Reserve V.A.D. Bovington Camp, Dorset. Born 25/2/1891. Died 1972 Sunderland. Cook (Lincoln). Reserve Kennedy (Relative below) Annie H 60 Seventh St., Horden Service from 2/1/1918 to 19/2/1918. Unable to trace at Horden in 1911. V.A.D. Age when engaged – 26. Service from 2.1.1918 to 2/2/1918. 4th Northern Kennedy (Relative above) Harriet Ann 60 Seventh St., Horden Cook. G.S. General, Lincoln. Unable to trace at Horden in 1911. Age when engaged – 23. Service from 6/2/1918 to 7/6/1919. Second card says service to 24/6/1919. Military Hospital, Newcastle, Staffs. One Scarlet Nurse. With pay. Kent Elsie Marion Winterton, Ferryhill Efficiency Stripe 6/3/1919. Could be this lady – Born France c1895. Reserve V.A.D. Mother Kate, brother Edward Henri. At Omega, Langton Rd., East Molesey, Surrey in 1911. 43 Hartington St., Roker, Age when engaged - 27. Service from 30/8/1917 to 9/9/1919. Military Kent Emily Nurse. With pay. Sunderland Hospital, Sunderland. Not at this address in 1911. CC BY-NC-ND You can download this work and share it with others as long as it is credited, but you can’t change it in any way or use it commercially © Mavis Dixon, Email contact: [email protected] County Durham Voluntary Aid Detachment workers, 1914-1919 www.durhamatwar.org.uk

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service to 31/3/1919. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Died 15/7/1954 at St. Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth. Siblings Arthur, Sydney ‘St Lawrence’, 6 Beach Rd., Sister. Pay - £5 per Kent Irene Gertrude Beatrice Ellen, Eveline Mary, Mabel Letitia, Lily, Wallace & Alice Maud. Emsworth, Hants month. Full time. Born 1882 Portsea Island, Hampshire District. Father George, Yeoman & J.P., mother Elizabeth. Cook. Part time. 10 Service from 24/5/1915 to 1/12/1917. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Kent May (Mrs) Chester Road, Sunderland hours – no further Insitute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Unable to trace 1911 in Sunderland. information. Greenbank Road, Nurse. Part time. 1080 Service from 1916 to 1918. 6th Durham V.A.H., Woodside, Darlington. Kenworthy Nellie Darlington hours worked. Unable to trace 1911 in Darlington. Service from 13/4/1915 to 21/7/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Rank – N.M. Duties – House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Husband John, Coal Miner, children Keogan (Daughter Norah Mary Ann (Mrs) Iron Works Road, Tow Law nursing. Part time. 270 Patrick, John, James, Norah, Frank & Arthur. Born 1859 Tow Law. Married below) hours worked. 1879 Lanchester District – maiden name O’Connor. Died 15/3/1935 at 19a Wolsingham Rd., Tow Law.

Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 29/5/1915 to 8/7/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red House, Keogan (Mother Mary Ann Iron Works Road, Tow Norah Catherine Nursing. Part time. 570 Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Father John, Coal Miner, mother Mary Ann, above) Law hours worked. siblings Patrick, John, James, Frank & Arthur. Born 1891 Tow Law.

Service from 21/7/1915 to date. Air Raid Station, Hartlepool. Died Corporal. Air Raid duties. 29/10/1935 7 South Parade, West Hartlepool. Wife Lillian Atkinson – Johnson St., West Kerridge Joseph Stanley Part time. 86¾ hours married 1912 Hartlepool. Born 14/1/1885 Huddersfield. Baptized Hartlepool worked. 10/2/1885 St. Paul’s, Huddersfield. Father Edgar Israel, mother Agnes. Engineers’ Turner & Fitter – marine engines.

23 Bedford St., Newton, Nurse. Part time. 1008 Service from 9/1915 to 12/1917. 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. Kidd Margaret Stockton hours worked. George, Dinsdale. Not in Stockton 1911. Service from 10/1914 to 12/1917. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Husband Arthur Pexall, Rope Manufacturer, Assistant in cooking. 12 Kidson (Daughter Mary below) Lizzie Ray (Mrs) 6 The Cedars, Sunderland daughter Mary Pexall. Born 1862 Sunderland. Married 1886 Sunderland – hours weekly. maiden name Briggs. Died 6/7/1945 Breamish House, Powburn, Northumberland. Afternoon nursing. Latterly House Maid. Service from 10/1914 to 12/1916. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, Kidson (Mother Lizzie above) Mary Pexall 6 The Cedars, Sunderland Part time. 24 hours 4 Gray Road, Sunderland. Born 1893 Sunderland. weekly.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Westward House, Bishop Rank – N.M. Duties – Service from 12/6/1916 to 2/11/1916. 17th Durham V.A.H., The Red Kilburn Ada Auckland. Gone away Nursing. Part time. 370 House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland. Not in Bishop on 1911 census. 4/8/1921. hours worked.

Service from 9/1916 to 1/1919. 1st Durham V.A.H., Whinney House, Gateshead. Born 1890 Felling, Gateshead. Father William, widower by Nurse. Part time. 1030 Killen Winifred 27 Oban Tce., Felling 1901, siblings William, Thomas, Sarah, Ellen, Joseph, Francis & Mary. hours worked. Mother Honor died 1897 Gateshead. Married Joseph Coleman 1920 Gateshead. Died 7/3/1922 at 32 Codrington Crescent, Haverton Hill.

Age when engaged – 22. Service from 3/3/1916 to 28/2/1919. 3/3/1916 to 12/9/1916 Military Hospital, Woldingham. Trans. 12/9/1916 to 16 Brunel St., Deanbank, 3/4/1917 Military Hospital, Dartford. 3/4/1917 to 28/2/1919 Military Kimbrey Mary Ann (Mrs) Cook. With pay. Ferryhill Hospital, Reading. Born 1894 Quebec Durham. Married Ryland George Kimbrey 1918 Reading, Berks. – maiden name Foster. Died 24/6/1961 at Jubilee Cottage, Fenwick St., Low Spennymoor.

Service from 25/2/1918 to 1919. Master Joiner. Born Arendal, Norway 15/7/1880. Married Jessie Bertha Grace Croft 1905 York. Parents Carl Frantz Oscar (Francis, 28 South Parade, Belle Kindberg Private. Driver. Johan & Justina Laurencia Kindberg, Swedish. Applied for Naturalisation Franz or Frank) Vue, West Hartlepool 10/5/1915. Died 28/5/1962 at The General Hospital, West Hartlepool. Last address – Pinecroft, 154 Stockton Rd., West Hartlepool.

Red Cross Working Party Service from 14/9/1914 to 1919. Red Cross Working Party, Willington. King Mrs 16 High St., Willington – making garments at Unable to find on 1911 census. home. Service 3 months. 15th Durham V.A.H., Drill Hall, Castle Eden. Father Charles, Head Gamekeeper, mother Rosetta. Brother Charles Frederick. King Winifred Rosetta Oakerside, Castle Eden Cooking. Full time. Born 25/2/1895 Somerleyton, Suffolk. Baptized 14/4/1895 Somerleyton. Married William Corner 1923 Easington District. Died 1977 North Cleveland District.

Service from 1/10/1917 to 12/2/1919. Sacriston. Wife Edith, children Private. Air Raid & Coast Esther, William Robert & Frank. Coal Miner/Hewer. Born Willington 1869. Kipling William Robert 128 Pitfield St., Sacriston Defence. When Married Eliza Ellen Jeffery 1894. Eliza died 1902. Married 1905 Alnwick required. District to Edith Ormiston. ?Died 1945 Wensleydale District.

1 Durham St., Bishop Kirby A.E. (Mr) Private. Driver. Service from 7/2/1917 to 1919. Unable to trace in Bishop 1911 census. Auckland

Surname Forename Address Role Further information C/o Rev. R.H.J. Poole, The Age when engaged – 21. Service from 2/11/1918 to 21/7/1919. Le Kirby Dorothy Nurse. School, Durham Touquet, France. Unable to trace in Durham 1911. Kitchen work & cooking. 35 Bellvue Park, Service from 10/1914 to 6/1915. 3rd Durham V.A.H., Hammerton House, 4 Kirby Hilda 24 hours alternate Sunderland Gray Road, Sunderland. No trace Sunderland 1911. weeks. Service from 3/1917 to 9/1917. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 8 Beauclerc Tce., General Service. Part Sunderland. Father Joseph Henry, Customs Examining Officer, mother Kirk Mary Isabella Sunderland time. 67 hours worked. Hannah, sisters Frances, Florence. Ann & Henrietta. Born Sunderland 1867. Died 6/10/1918.

Service from 14/12/1916 (second card says 13/12) to 7/1919. 17th Durham Nurse. Pay at V.A.H., The Red House, Etherley, Bishop Auckland for 3 weeks. War engagement- £20 per Hospital, Napsbury, St. Albans from 13/12/1916 to 7/1919. Worked in Air ann. Pay at termination - Raid Station from 3/1915 to 10/1916. Two Efficiency Stripes. Born 1881 Kirk Lilian 31 Railway St., Beverley £22.10s. Duties – Blackburn. Father Alfred, Wesleyan Minister, widower by 1911, mother Cleaning. Help with Emmeline, siblings John & Marion. Died 24/3/1952 at Grosvenor Nursing dressings. Night duty. Home, 92 Lansdowne Rd., Bridlington. Last address – Cosicot, 39 Clifford Full time. St., Hornsea.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 27/7/1915 to 14/4/1919. (Second card says 8/7/1919). 27/7/1915 to 20/11/1916 Military Hospital Bethnal Pretoria House, Green. 1/2/1917 to 22/5/1917 Military Hospital Bagthorpe. 8/9/1917 to Kirkbride Clara Westerton, Bishop Nurse. With pay. 14/4/1919 Military Hospital Felixstowe. General Servant for mother Jane Auckland Kirkbride, Boarding House Keeper. Born Westerton 23/8/1892. Married Robert L Weatherill 1934 Auckland District. Died 1976 Bridlington.

Private. Air Raid & Service from 13/5/1915 to date. Sunderland Eastern Division. Storekeeper Kirkham Robert 7 Hume St., Sunderland Convoys. Part time. 670 in shipyard. Mother Eliza, widow by 1911, siblings Alfred Edward, Emma, hours worked. Ethel & Lilian. Father Alfred, Blacksmith’s Striker. Born Sunderland 1888.

Service from 6/1915 to date. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, Sunderland. Laburnum Villas, East Rank – G.S. Part time. Kirkup Elizabeth Jane Born Sunderland 1874. Father Major Kirkup, Provision Merchant, mother Boldon 1932 hours worked. Elizabeth, brothers Major & Edward & sister Sarah. Died 1970 Newcastle.

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Age when engaged – 30. Service from 10/12/1918 – still serving. Darlington V.A.H. 1915. 10/12/1918 to 16/6/1919 Auxiliary Hospital, Southall (2nd Australian). Trans. 16/6/1919 to 8/1919 Military Hospital, Harewood Grove, Rank - House Member. Kirkup Evelyn Maud Addington Park, Croydon. 8/1919 to 23/9/1919 Military Hospital, France. Darlington Nurse. With pay. 24/9/1919 Constantinople. No trace in Darlington 1911. May have been born in York 30/1/1887 & died 1973 in Hove, Sussex, father Robert, mother Mary, siblings Herbert, Gerald, Mary, Florence & William Stanley.

Service from 19/11/1914 to 1/2/1917. 11th Durham V.A.H., The Royalty, 3 Rowlandson Tce., Cook. Part time. 500 Sunderland. Mother Sarah, widow by 1881, siblings Alice, John George, Kirkup Hannah Mary Sunderland hours worked. Philip, Frederick, Blanche & Ethelwyne. Father Philip, Shipping Agent. Born Sunderland 1865. Died 5/12/1946 at 8 Birchfield Rd., Sunderland.

Service from 9/1917 to 3/1918. 25th Durham V.A.H., Ashburne, 16 Thornhill Gardens, Rank – G.S. Part time. Sunderland. Father Major, Ships Biscuit Manufacturer, mother Jane, Kirkup Jane Davison Sunderland 126 hours worked. brother Philip Austin. Born Sunderland 1897. Died 26/12/1950 at the General Hospital, Hove. Last address – 18 Meadway Crescent, Hove.

Service from 3/2/1917 to 19/5/1917. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Born 1885 Newcastle District. Father William B., Cycle Maker’s Kirsop Kate Matfen, Northumberland Nurse. Full time. Agent & Ironmonger, mother Mary A., brother David. Died 14/3/1960 at Oakfield, Scalby, Scarborough.

Rank - Clerk. Duties – Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. 8 St. Hilda’s Tce., South hospital orderly & Air Kirtley William Dagg Heslop Coal Miner, wife Mary Esther. Born Silksworth 1880. Married 1899 South Shields Raid Service. Part time. Shields District to Mary Esther Storey. Died 1957. 2000 hours worked.

Age when engaged – 24. Service from 4/7/1917 to 23/7/1919. 4/7/1917 Henham Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Wangford. Trans. 27/7/1917 (second card Kirton Florence Mary Longacre, Birtley Nurse. With pay. says 24/7/1917) Military Hospital, France. Born 1893 Chester-le-St. Father Thomas Cooke, mother Sarah Eleanor. Siblings Charles Edward, Helena Grace & Annie Maud.

Surname Forename Address Role Further information Service from 24/5/1918 to 31/12/1918. 20th Durham V.A.H., St. Gabriel’s Insitute, Kayll Road, Sunderland. Teacher. Father Joseph, Accountant with 82 Cleveland Road, Rank - N.S. Nursing Gas Company, mother Abigail, siblings Joseph, Mary, Daisy, Eleanor, Knott Eleanor Goodchild Sunderland duties. Abigail, Ethel, Catherine, Elizabeth, Frederick & Doris. Born 1885 Sunderland. Died 10/12/1974 at The Limber House Rest Home, 19 Cliffe Park, Seaburn. Duties – laundry. Full Service from 11/1914 to 9/1915. 15th Durham V.A.H., Castle Eden. Unable Knott M (Miss) Parklands, Castle Eden. time. to find on 1911 census. Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Ingledene, Richmond Part time. 180 hours Knowles Alice Gertrude Dinsdale. Born Stockton 1880. Father Albert, Dental Surgeon, mother Road, Stockton worked. Eleanor. Brother George Frederick. Part time. 100 hours Goods receiving depot for 24th Durham V.A.H., Middleton St. George, Knowles H (Mrs) Russell St., Stockton worked. Dinsdale. Unable to trace on 1911 census.

Rank – Member. 17 Stanley Tce., South Hospital orderly & Air Service from 1914 to 1919. 2nd Durham V.A.H., Mill Dam, South Shields. Knox Adam Shields. Unknown Raid services. Part time. Not at this address in 1911. 4/8/1921 950 hours worked.

Service from 27/8/1915 to date. 6th Durham V.A.H., Jeffrey Hall, Sunderland. Living with married sister Rebecca Brown and her family at Fulwell House, Fulwell, Rank – N.S. Nursing this address in 1911. Father Edward, Mineral Agent for N.E.Ry. Co., Knox Anna Mary Sunderland duties. Full time. mother Mary Ann, siblings Rebecca, William & Edward. Born 1866 South Shields. Baptized 1/10/1866 Durham. Married Enoch Davies 1921 Sunderland. Died 1940 Sunderland.

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