Stillington & Whitton

'Lest we Forget'

Those who perished in the First World War 4th August 1914 - 11th November 1918

{at the bottom are the names of six men known to have been born or lived in Stillington but commemorated elsewhere)

The war memorial also gives the names of seven men who fell in World War Two (1939 to 1945). see below

Surname		Forenames	Regiment	Rank/No	Died	Age	Born	Born in	Home 1911	Cemetery
Argyle	A V	Albert Victor	West Yorks Reg	Pte 24270	01/07/1916	22	1894	Stillington	19. Lowson St	Fricourt
Barr	J R	John Robert	Durham L Infantry	Pte 30224	17/09/1916	19	1897	Stillington	35, Lowson St	Thiepval
Blenkinsopp	F	Frank	Durham L Infantry	2nd Ltn	05/05/1917	31	1886	Whitton	1, South St	Arras
Challis	A	Alfred
Cowan	S I	Samuel Irvin	Leicester Reg	Pte 19028	08/03/1916	25	1891	Stillington	16, Lowson Sr	Basra
Cummins	J G	John George	Durham L Infantry	Pte 16984	21/09/1916	26	1890	Broom park	17, North St	Meault
Daniels	W	William	Yorks Reg 2nd.Bat	Pte 6358	27/09/1915	33	1882	Yarm	26, Lowson St	Yarm
Durrant	A	Albert	York.& Lanc. Reg.	Pte 15683	05/05/1915	32	1883	Scarborogh	12, West Street	Ypres
Fawcett	N	Norman	Durham L Infantry	Sgt 18/741	03/05/1917	25	1892	Whitton	1, South St	Arras
Fenny	W	William	Durham L Infantry	Pte 7099	05/11/1916	17	1899	Stillington	24, West St	Thiepval
Gell	C	Charles Fred'	Kings(L'rpool Reg)	Pte 87504	01/09/1918	35	1883	Stillington	Aycliffe	Ecoust St Mein
Goodman	H	Henry (Harry)	Durham L Infantry	Pte 73363	08/05/1918	19	1899	Bradford	47, Lowson St	Soissons
Hardy	G H	George How	Yorkshire Reg.	L Corp 19783	01/07/1916	22	1894	Sadbrge	31, Lowson St	Thiepval
Harper	B	Bertie	Durham L Infantry	Pte 3872	25/04/1916	22	1894	W Cornforth	44, Lowson St	Bailleul
Harper	H	Henry					1881	Stillington	7 , Morrison St
Harris	T	Thomas			Drowned 1916				11, Lowson St
Hill	A	Allan	Durham L Infantry	Pte 75610	22/03/1918	20	1898	Gt Stainton	West Farm Stillington	Pozieres
Jackson	E	Edward	Durham L Infantry	Pte 4/9775	29/03/1918	22	1896	Stillington	13, Morrison St	MuilleVillette
Johnson	A	Alfred	Yorkshire Reg.	Pte 22677	12/04/1918	33	1885	Malton	Glyoline Terr	Ploegsteert
Metcalf	M	Matthew	Machine Gun Corp	Pte 44551	14/01/1918	23	1893	Sw Tilery	4, South St	Ramleh
Parker	W	William	KRoyal Rifle Corp	R'manR/12936	25/06/1916	17	1899	Thorpe	17, Morrison St	Aubigny
Robinson	G H	George Henry	York.& Lanc.Reg.	L/CPL19703	19/11/1916	22	1894	Stillington	7, Redmarshall St	Thiepval
Stewart	A	Alexander Hanlon	Durham L Infantry	Pte 15373	09/02/1917	34	1884	Glasgow	16, North St	Stillington
Tait	J	Joseph James	Durham L Infantry	Pte 30071	16/09/1916	34	1882	Coxhoe	4, Morrison St	Thiepval
Townsend	J	on plaque in church	no other record	could be engraving error	see EA
Townshend	E A	Edwin Allen	Rifle Brigade)	RfmanS/2438	10/07/1916	27	1889	Stillington	West St	Thiepval
Walkington	G H	Gilbert Hodgson	Yorkshire Reg.	Cpl 11257	09/05/1918	22	1896	Stillington	3, Glykoline Terr	Loos
Ward	M
Whitwell	R	Robert	Durham L Infantry	Pte 32136	18/10/1916	23	1894	Stillington	22, Lowson St	Meault
Wills	H L	Herbert	KOYLI 2nd Batt	Pte 22681	12/06/1915	20	1885	K'Merrington	14, South St	Voormezeele
Wilson	W	Walter			1916		1875	Stillington	8, Lowson St
Wilson	W O	William O					1890	Stillington	8, Lowson St
Wood	G	George Edward	Durham L Infantry	Pte 203045	21/09/1917	24	1893	Stillington	Merton Gr Farm	Tyne Cote
Wood	H L	Harold	Durham L Infantry	Pte 200578	24/04/1917	20	1897	Stillington	Merton Gr Farm	Ficheaux
Wright	ARR	Albert Richard	HMS Natal	5813S	30/12/1915	30	1885	New Z'land	4, Exeter St Stocktom	Chatam
Wyeth	B	Bertie	York.& Lanc. Reg.	Pte 19723	03/07/1916	27	1889	W H'pool	29, Lowson St	Thiepval
Young	G	George	Lanc. Fusiliers	Pte 36759	11/11/1918	31	1887	Strensall Yorks	1, South St	Tournai
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Coxon	A.E.	Albert Ernest	Yorkshire Reg.	Corp 20935	11/04/1917	38	1879	Stillington	Marske- by the sea	Arras
Ingram	H	Harold	Yorkshire Reg.	Pte 23953	14/01/1917	24	1893	Stillington	Middlesbrough	Longueval
Lowes	C	Charles	Yorkshire Reg.	Pte 20180	11/04/1918	33	1885	Stillington	Thornaby	Stienwerck
O'Brien	G	George	Hampshire Reg.	L.Corp.16257	14/04/1917	21	1896	Stillington	Middlesbrough	Arras
O'Brien	P	Peter	Yorkshire Reg.	Pte 3/7860	28/09/1916	20	1895	Stillington	Middlesbrough	Thiepval
O'Brien	H	Henry	Border Reg	Pte 241796	21/03/1918	33	1885	Scotland	Middlesbrough	Pozieres

Rupert Brooke's The Soldier was one of the most famous poems written during the war

If I should die, think only this of me,
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed,
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England’s, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think
Think, Too, this heart, all evil shed away,
A [ ] pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given,
Her sights & sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

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Lance Corporal George Henry Robinson with his parents John William & Olivia - (taken at enlistment)

lived at 6 North St. also 7, Redmarshall St. Stillington

George was a boilersmith at Carlton Iron Works

Letter to his sister, recieved about 1 month before he was killed

(photo & letter kindly provided by his neice Gillian Hunt)

Those who perished 2nd World War 1939-1945

Surname		Forenames	Regiment	Rank/No	Died	Born	Home 1939	Cemetery	Age
Britton	E	Ernest	4th Green Howards	L Corp 4391597	29th May 1940	1918	7, South Ave	Belgium	21
Son of Fred and Annie Britton, of Stillington, Co. Durham.
Charlston	G	George	1st King's Dragoon Guards	L Corp 320226	7th Aug 1944	1917	3, Lowson St		27
Son of John and Mary Charleson, of Stillington, Co. Durham.
Hardy	R	Raymond	HMS Sphinx	ABS P/55X26034	4th Nov 1944	1920	Stillington	Alexandria Egypt	24
Son of Arthur and Sarah Hardy, of Stillington, Co. Durham; husband of Ethel L					.
Kendrew	JK	John K	Royal Army Service Corps	Driver 14286266	16th Feb 1944	1923	27, West St	Italy	21
Son of Elizabeth Kendrew, of Stillington, Co. Durham.
Lupton	J	John
Son of
Stewart	W	William	Cameronians	Rifleman 3248291	20th May 1940	1918	4, Kirk St	Belgium	21
Son of William and Edith Stewart, of Stillington, Co. Durham.
Tingle	A	Albert	HMS Exmouth	ABS P/SSX 24414	21st Jan 1940	1914	Lowson St	Porstmouth	26
Son of John Thomas and May Tingle, of Stillington, Co. Durham.

Stillington War Memorial

Stillington War Memorial

'Lest we Forget'

{at the bottom are the names of six men known to have been born or lived in Stillington but commemorated elsewhere)

Rupert Brooke's The Soldier was one of the most famous poems written during the war