Fourth Street
- 13 Fourth Street - Joseph Scott: b. 28th September 1893. Son of Thomas & Dorothy ScottAble Seaman Tyneside Z/2961 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Drake Battalion
Enlisted 7 Jan 1915. Killed in action 30th December 1917
Awarded Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
Marcoing British Cemetery, Nord, France (II.D.15)
Draft for Marine Expeditionary Force 1 Aug 1915
Joined Drake Btn. 20 Aug 1915
13 Nov 1916 gun shot wound left knee
Invalided to UK 19 Nov 1916
Draft for British Expeditionary Force 29 April 1917
Joined Drake Btn. 24 May 1917Disinterred from 63rd Division Cemetery, Villers Plouich, Nord (57cR9c3.3) and re-buried in the above Cemetery
1911 census shows Joseph working as a Putter at the Coal Mine and living at
1 Ely Terrace, Oxhill, Co Durham with his parents, five brothers and three sisters.
- 23 Fourth Street - Matthew Howard Wright: b. 1895, Gateshead. Son of James W Wright; Mrs Hannah Wright (step-mother)Private 28626 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Enlisted 27th May 1915, Stanley, Co Durham. Entered Theatre of War, France, 9th October 1915. Killed in action 1st July 1916, France & Flanders
Awarded 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Reported wounded & missing 1st July 1916
Items returned to the family were photographs, hair brush and cards1911 census shows Matthew working as a Driver underground in the Coal Mine and living at 26 Moore Street, South Moor with his father, step-mother and extended family.
24 Fourth Street - Arthur Seymour: Son of Joseph & Matilda Seymour, 24 Fourth Street, Quaking HousesPrivate 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. Service Number 19/921. Born 1894, Stanley, Co Durham Killed in action 18th July 1916.
Embarked from Southampton 31st January 1916
Will dated 29th Jan 1916 leaves everything to his mother Matilda and lists him as in W Company
Awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal Burial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Family Headstone in New Stanley Cemetery, Co Durham
“… also Pte Arthur Seymour beloved son of the above
who was killed in action in France July 18th 1918 aged 22 years
- 27 Fourth Street - Charles Morton: Son of Joseph & Teresa MortonGunner 755854 Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery D Bty, 251 Brigade Territorial Force.
b.Abt 1895, Stannington, Sheffield. Died of wounds 8th May 1918, aged 23 years France & Flanders
Buried: Beaurepaire French National Cemetery, Pontavert, Aisne, France (1242)
Awarded British War Medal & Victory Medal. Medal Roll show previous Reg No 984 Royal Horse Artillery and Driver 610411 Royal Field ArtilleryDisinterred from Monaco F.M.C. Berry-au-Bac and re-buried in the Cemetery above
CWGC Headstone reads “Rest in Peace”
1911 census shows Charles working as a Pony Driver underground at the Coal Mine and living at 16 Mulberry Terrace, New Kyo, Annfield Plain with his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
- 30 Fourth Street - Alfred Ernest Gibson: Son of John & Elizabeth Gibson.Private 17503, 11th Btn D.L.I. Died 16 April 1918. Died of Tetanus. Foreste Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France.
20 July 1915 Entered Theatre of War, France
8 June 1916 Hospital, dental
21-31 January 1917 Home
27 June – 19 July 23 Field Ambulance – trench fever
23 March 1918 wounded & missing, France
Prisoner of war – 16 April 1918 died from Tetanus at Field Hospital at Foreste, the authority being German Official List D 11/44.[1]Awarded 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
- 36 Fourth Street - Norman Burnage: Son of Samuel & Mary Ann BurnagePrivate 18853 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, enlisted Newcastle.Private 18853 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, enlisted Newcastle.
b. 1896, Sheldon, Durham. Son of Samuel & Mary Ann Burnage, 36 Fourth StreetEntered Theatre of War, France 2nd June 1915. Died of wounds 3rd December 1917, Egypt, aged 22 years
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel & Palestine (H.55)
Awarded 15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
1911 census shows Norman as a Pony Driver at the Coal Mine and living at 24 North Terrace, Oxhill with his parents, three brothers and two sisters
- 40 Fourth Street - Charlton Robinson: Son of John Thomas & Hannah Robinsonb. 1896, New Brancepeth, Durhamb. 1896, New Brancepeth, DurhamKilled in action 13th June 1917, 21 years, France & Flanders
Lance Corporal, 260107 2nd Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Previously 2194, Durham Light InfantryDisinterred and re-buried in the above CemeteryBurial: Perth Cemetery (China Wall) West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (I.J.1)Awarded British War Medal & Victory Medal
1911 census shows Charlton working as a Pony Driver at the Coal Mine and living in New Brancepeth, Durham with his parents and four brothers.
- 49 Fourth Street - Joseph King: b. 1896, West Stanley. Son of Joseph & Annie Hardy KingPrivate 301020 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 18th September 1918, aged 22 years, France & Flanders.
Enlisted Stanley, Co Durham.
Awarded British War Medal, Victory Medal & Military Medal.
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, FrancePreviously 8/3994 Durham Light Infantry.
Awarded the Military Medal (Supplement to the London Gazette 21 Oct 1918, 12409)
1911 census shows Joseph working as a Driver at the Coal Mine and living at 27 Lymington Teracce, Esh Winning, Durham with his parents, four brothers and three sisters.
- 65 Fourth Street - Herbert Nicholson: b. 11th June 1895, Stanley. Son of Thomas & Esther Nicholson, 27 School Terrace, South Moor, Co Durham, later of 65 Fourth Street, Quaking HousesAble Seaman Tyneside Z/2385 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit: Hawke Battalion. Killed in action 27th September 1918, aged 23 years.
Enlisted 4 Jan 1915; Draft for Marine Expeditionary Force 1 Aug 1915
Joined Hawke Btn. 20 Aug 1915 – 30 Oct 1915 jaundice
Re-joined Hawke Btn. 9 Feb 1916 – 8 May 1917 gassed
Invalided to UK 14 May 1917
Draft for British Expeditionary Force 11 Sept 1917
Joined Hawke Btn. 27 Sept 1917 – 31 Oct 1917 gassed
Re-joined Hawke Btn. 16 Dec 1917 – 14 March 1918 gassed,
Invalided to UK 28 March 1918
Draft for British Expeditionary Force 17 Sept 1918
Joined Hawke Btn.22 Sept 1918Awarded Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
Buried Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (IV.C.38)
1911 census shows Herbert working on the Ropeway at the Coal Mine and living at 27 School Terrace, South Moor with his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
