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Subject Guide 8 – Lists of Service Personnel in First and Second World Wars

Issue no. 14 July 2020 Introduction Listed below are those records which contain the names and, in some cases, other information, of those who served in the First and Second World Wars. The list is arranged alphabetically by place. It must be emphasised that this list is only a brief guide to the records, and more details are available in the catalogues to the documents which should be consulted before documents are requested; the catalogue references are given in the fifth column below. (M) = photograph requiring magnification to enable names to be read IWGC = Imperial War Graves Commission

List of Places, with dates, details and record references War Dates of Details Catalogue document s reference Auckland, St. Andrew WW1 1924-1930 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Au.SA 4/53 Auckland, St. Andrew WW1 1930 Register of those buried in SW EP/Au.SA 14/31 Durham Aycliffe, St. Andrew WW1 1914-1919 Roll of honour EP/Ay 14/22 Barnard Castle, St. Mary WW1 1914-1920 Roll of honour EP/BC 14/103 Barnard Castle, St. Mary WW2 1939-1945 Roll of honour EP/BC 14/104 Beamish, St. Andrew WW2 1940-1945 List of names inscribed on memorialEP/Bea 4 Bearpark, St. Edmund WW1 1928-1931 Correspondence with IWGC EP/BP 4/30 Bishop Auckland, Central WW2 [1939-45] Book of Remembrance M/BA 1031 Methodist Church. Bishop Auckland (J. Lingford & WW2 1944 List of men on active service D/Lin 14 Sons) Bishopwearmouth, Christ [WW2] 1940s Roll of service and roll of honour EP/Bi.CC 102 Church Bishopwearmouth, St. Gabriel WW1 1919 Names of the fallen EP/Biw.SG 2/20 Bishopwearmouth, St. Gabriel WW1 c.1920 Roll of honour (incomplete) EP/Biw.SG 4/122 Bishopwearmouth, St. Gabriel WW2 c.1950 Roll of honour EP/Biw.SG 4/124 Blackhall, St. Andrew List of names for Roll of Honour EP/Bla 14/3 Bowes WW1 1919 Men killed EP/Bow 5/2 Brancepeth WW1 Service for dedication of memorial D/Br/E 447/2-4 Brancepeth, St. Brandon WW1 1921 Service for dedication of memorial EP/Br 131 Brancepeth, St. Brandon WW1-2 1919-1944 Papers concerning memorial EP/Br 45 Brandon, St. John WW1-2 1943-1947 Corr. with IWGC and list of war EP/Brd 4/15-16 graves Brignall, St. Mary WW1 1920 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/Bri 4/2 Burnhope WW1 1920 Roll of Honour D/X 619/2 Burnopfield, St. James WW1 1920 Service for dedication of memorial EP/Bur 2/7 Byers Green WW1 1925 Ceremony for unveiling of memorialD/X 779/5/16 Byers Green WW1-2 1980s Photo.of memorial and order of D/X 779/16/40-45 service Byers Green WW1-2 n.d. Names on cenotaph D/X 779/69

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide08ServicePersonnelWW1and2.docx/14-Jul-20/14:38 page 1 Byers Green, St. Peter WW1-2 1955-1965 Correspondence with IWGC EP/BG 73-79 Chester-le-Street. St. Mary WW1 Photograph of memorial (M) EP/CS 4/50 Chopwell, St. John [WW2] 1952-1953 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/Cho 4/8 Chopwell, St. John WW1 1926 Agreement for maintaining graves EP/Cho 4/18 Consett Methodist church WW2 Book of remembrance M/Co 653 Craghead, St. Thomas WW1 1922 Service for dedication of memorial EP/Cra 4/25 Craghead, St. Thomas WW1-2 1961 Correspondence concerning gravesEP/Cra 1/9 Craghead, St. Thomas WW1-2 n.d. List of participants EP/Cra 1/20-21 Crawcrook WW1 List of those who served/died D/X 498/192 Crawcrook WW2 List of those who served/died D/X 498/193 Crook, Wesleyan Methodist WW1 n.d. Roll of Honour M/Cr 296 Croxdale, St. Bartholomew WW1 1959-1977 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Cr 4/38 Darlington WW1 1914-1918 Memorial and record (those who D/X 619/1 served) Darlington North Rd. Methodist WW1 1914-1918 Photo/service record of men M/Da 1641 killed/wounded Darlington North Rd. Methodist WW1 1919 Roll of honour (those who M/Da 948, 1419 served/died) Darlington North Rd. Methodist WW1 Roll of honour M/Da 1420 Darlington, Holy Trinity WW1 1914-1919 Roll of service (those who EP/Da.HT 54 served/died) Darlington, Holy Trinity WW1 1920 Index showing names of men who EP/Da.HT 159 died Durham (Bede College) WW1 1918 Roll of honour (those who died) E/HB 2/908 Durham (Bede College) WW1 1914-1918 Record of war service E/HB 2/636 Durham county WW1 D.L.I. Memorial D/X 605/81 Durham county (DCC staff) WW1 Photographs of memorial D/Ph 18/1 & 122/13 Durham county (North) WW1 1914-1918 Register of war graves EP/Ta 78 Durham County Press WW2 1947 List of those who served D/X 1214/2 Durham county (South/Central) WW1 1930 Register of those who ... are buriedEP/Au.SA 218 ... Durham Elvet Methodist church WW1 Photograph of memorial M/DDV 773 Durham Johnston School WW2 1947 Roll of honour E/C/G 252 Durham, St. Cuthbert WW1 1914-1918 List of those serving EP/Du.SC 127 Durham, St. Cuthbert WW2 1988 Service for re-dedication of EP/Du.SC 128- memorial 129 Durham, St. Nicholas [WW1] Correspondence with IWGC EP/Du.SN 4/78 Durham, St. Oswald WW2 1939-1945 Roll of Honour D/X 1573/1 Egglescliffe, St. John WW1 1939 Account of men who served EP/Eg 154 Egglescliffe, St. John WW1 1924 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Eg 157 Eighton Banks, St. Thomas WW2 1948 Service for dedication of memorial EP/EB 45 Etherley, St. Cuthbert WW1 1927 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Eth 277 Ferryhill WW2 c.1945 Roll of honour EP/Fer 14/98, 99 Fishburn, St. Catherine WW1-2 Correspondence & plan re war D/X 1087/1-6 memorial Forest and Frith, St. James WW1 1926-1935 Correspondence with IWGC EP/FF 4/16-20 Gateshead (Bensham) St. ChadWW 1 1916 List of those who served EP/Ga.SCh 2/30 Gateshead Fell, St. John WW1 1922-1947 Correspondence with IWGC EP/GF 4/61 Gateshead Fell, St. John WW2 1948 Correspondence with IWGC EP/GF 4/62 Haswell Methodist church WW1 Roll of honour M/Th 389 Haughton-le-Skerne, St. AndrewWW 1 Memorial for those killed EP/HaS 191 Haverton Hill WW2 c.1950 List of those who served EP/Hav 69 Houghton-le-Spring Grammar WW2 1939-45 List of those who served/died D/X 1591/1 School Houghton-le-Spring, St. MichaelWW 1 1920 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/Ho 237 Hutton House WW1 1929 Correspondence with IWGC RC/Hu.H 3/28 Hutton House WW2 1945 Correspondence with IWGC RC/Hu.H 3/28 Hurworth, All Saints WW1 List of those who died EP/Hur 14/5 Hutton Magna WW1 Roll of honour RD/St 201

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide08ServicePersonnelWW1and2.docx/14-Jul-20/14:38 page 2 Hutton Magna, St. Mary WW1 1813-1991 Burial register (inc. details of those EP/HM 1/11 killed) Kimblesworth, St. Philip & St. WW2 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Ki James Laithkirk WW1 1921 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/Lai 4/9 Langley Park, All Saints WW1-2 Lists of those who died EP/LP 14/1 Londonderry Collieries/Estates WW1 1919 Roll of honour D/Lo/X 70 Lyons, St. Michael WW2 1953 Plan of memorial EP/El. SM 4/30 Middleton-in-Teesdale WW1 1920-1922 Plans and specifications of CP/MT 27 memorial Millfield, St. Mary Magdalene WW1 1920 List of those who served EP/Mf. SMM 14/13 Monkwearmouth, All Saints WW2 List of those who served EP/Mo.AS 127 Newfield WW1-2 1988 Names on cenotaph D/X 779/270 Newhouses WW1-2 n.d. List of men who died RC/New 9/1 Norton, St. Mary WW1 1911-1928 Burial register (inc. details of those EP/Nor 1/32 killed) Norton, St. Mary WW1 [1920s] Layout of headstone, IGWC EP/Nor 4/118 Norton, St. Mary WW1 1922-1955 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Nor 4/115- 117 Pease and Partners WW1 1920 Record of those who served D/X 353/1, 619/1 Pelton Fell WW1 1914-1920 List of those killed D/X 1349/1 Pittington, St. Lawrence WW1 Roll of honour EP/Pi 55 Rookhope, St. John WW1 1914-1918 Roll of honour EP/Ro 9 Ryton WW1 List of those who served/died D/X 498/192 Ryton WW2 List of those who served/died D/X 498/193 Saint John's Chapel WW1 1919 List of parishioners killed EP/SJ 1/12 Seaton Carew WW1-2 1950-1970 Roll of honour EP/SC 4/47 Seaton Carew WW2 List of names on war memorial EP/SC 4/47 Sedgefield WW2 1946-1951 Memorial committee papers CP/Se 33 Shadforth, St. Cuthbert WW1 1955 Correspondence concerning gravesEP/Sha 4/60 Sherburn, St. Mary WW1 1946 Correspondence concerning EP/She 71 memorial Sherburn, St. Mary WW1-2 1959 Correspondence with IWGC EP/She 78 Shotton, St. Saviour WW1-2 includes identification of graves EP/Sho 2/18 South Moor, St. George WW1 1919 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/SM 4/6 South Pontop WW1 1920 Roll of Honour D/X 619/2 South Shields Holy Trinity C.E. WW1 1919 Roll of honour (those who served) EP/SS.HT School 11/644 South Shields Holy Trinity C.E. WW1 1919 Roll of honour (those who died) EP/SS.HT School 11/645 South Shields, Holy Trinity WW1 Roll of honour (those who served) EP/SS.HT 11/644 South Shields, Holy Trinity WW1 Roll of honour (those who died) EP/SS.HT 11/645 South Westoe WW2 c.1942 Roll of honour (those who served) EP/SW 14/48 South Westoe, St. Michael WW1 1920s Roll of honour EP/SW 14/23 South Westoe, St. Michael WW2 c.1943 Roll of honour (men killed, serving EP/SW 14/48 & prisoners) Spennymoor Urban District WW1 1922 Roll of honour D/X1442/1 Staindrop WW1 1910-1930 Photograph of memorial D/X 605/81 Stanhope, St. Thomas WW1 Photographs of memorial (M) EP/St 299-301 Stanhope, St. Thomas WW2 1945 Service for dedication of memorial EP/St 2/251 Stanley, St. Thomas WW2 1955-1961 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Sta 79/1-3 Startforth R.D. WW1 Lists of those who served RD/St 200 Swalwell WW2 1943-1949 Register of those who served D/X 723/60 Thornley WW1 List of those who served/died D/X 498/186 Thornley WW2 1956-1959 Memorial committee CP/Th 22 correspondence Thornley, St. Bartholomew WW1 1959 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Tho 4/2

HANDLISTS:SubjectGuide08ServicePersonnelWW1and2.docx/14-Jul-20/14:38 page 3 Trimdon WW2 Register of burials (war graves) CP/Tr 16 Trimdon Grange, St. Alban WW2 Names for inscription on memorial EP/TrG 4/22 Trimdon, St. Mary Magdelene WW2 1940s Memorial book of those serving EP/Tr 71 Tudhoe Grange, St. Andrew WW1 1920s List of those who died EP/TuG 14/1 U.A. Ritson & Sons WW1 1920 Record of those who served D/X 619/2 Washington, Holy Trinity WW1 [1921] Plan for unveiling of memorial EP/Wa 2/21 Washington, Holy Trinity WW1 Faculty for erection of memorial EP/Wa 4/23 Washington, Holy Trinity WW1 1921 Programme for unveiling of EP/Wa 14/37 memorial Washington, Holy Trinity WW1 1914 List of those serving EP/Wa 14/34 Washington, Holy Trinity WW2 Roll of honour EP/Wa 14/59 West Hartlepool, St. Aidan WW1 List of those who served EP/Ha.SA 14/1 West Pelton, St. Paul WW1-2 1970 Correspondence with IWGC & list EP/WPe 6/70 of graves West Rainton, St. Mary WW1 Photograph of memorial (M) EP/WR 65 Wheatley Hill WW2 1941-1945 Register of war graves CP/WG 17 Winlaton WW1 1921 List of names on memorial EP/Win 4/119 Witton Gilbert WW1 1925 Correspondence with IWGC EP/WG 4/24 Witton Gilbert, St. Michael WW1-2 List of those who died EP/WG 28 Wolsingham WW1-2 1951 List of those who died E/W/G 29 Wolsingham, St. Mary WW1 1926 Correspondence with IWGC EP/Wol 171 Wycliffe, St. Mary WW1 1920 Faculty for memorial EP/Wy 4/47

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