Mitchell Street
- 5 Mitchell Street - Richard Hope: b. 1888, Boldon, Durham. Son of Richard & Martha Hope. Husband of Elizabeth Hope of this address.
Enlisted Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Corporal 27/315, 27th Bn (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of wounds 25 March 1917, 29 years. Buried Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France (V.J.5). (Both Memorials)
British War Medal & Victory Medal
CWGC Headstone reads “Ever remembered by his wife and four children, Asleep in Jesus”
Richard marries Elizabeth Clifford in 1908. The 1911 census shows Richard working as a Hewer at the Face and living at 38 Quaking Houses, South Moor with his In-laws, wife and two sons Thomas William and Richard. They later have two daughters Annie and Martha.
- 8 Mitchell Street - Thomas Gowland: Born 1880 Houghton-le-Spring. Son of Anthony & Dorothy Ellen Gowland of Evelyn Terrace, West Stanley. Husband of Lenora Marshal Moore Gowland, 8 Mitchell St, South Moor.Enlisted 2 December 1914 as Private 1505 1st Northern General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps. Discharged 11 June 1915 for the purpose of re-enlistment. Enlisted 12 June 1915, PS/7887, 19th Service Bn, Royal Fusiliers. Promoted three times from Aug 1915 to June 1916. Transferred 13 Sept 1916 to Sergeant G/18241, 11th Bn Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died of wounds in the field 11 Oct 1916. Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’abbe, Somme, France. Some service records found. 8 Mitchell Street appears throughout his service records although his wife does later move around 1919. (South Moor Park Memorial)
- 14, Mitchell Street - James Sanderson: Husband of Debora Mills (formerly Sanderson)
Private 24049, 12th Btn., Durham Light Infantry who died on the Western Front during the Battle of Menin Road (Passchendalee) on 21 September 1917 Age 37
Remembered with Honour
Tyne Cot MemorialFollow these links to view documents relating to Private James Sanderson:
- 19 Mitchell Street - Robert Ratcliffe: Born 1893 Tow Law, Co Durham. Son of Fred & Hannah Ratcliffe.Enlisted 8 September 1914, Stanley, Co Durham. Private 18646, 12th Bn Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 7 October 1916. No body recovered. Named on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. (Both Memorials)
- 23 Mitchell Street - William Lightfoot: Born 1884 Silksworth, Sunderland. Son of Isabella Reed (formerly Lightfoot) & the late William Lightfoot. Husband of Margaret Ann Lightfoot, 23 Mitchell Street, South Moor.Enlisted Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Private 23110, 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action 1 July 1916. No body recovered. Named on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. (South Moor Park Memorial)
- 49 Mitchell Street - Henry Ball: Born 1897 Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Son of Herbert & Sarah Ball, 49 Mitchell Street, South Moor.Enlisted Stanley. Private 2509, 1/8th Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action 26 April 1915, 18 years, no body recovered. Named on Ypres Memorial, Belgium. (South Moor Park Memorial). Living with his mother in 1911 census and probably until his death in 1915; mother dies 1917 so CWGC has his brother Joseph Ball’s address listed. Brother Robert also died in service (below)
- 49 Mitchell Street - Robert Ball: Born 1892 Wingate, Durham. Son of Herbert & Sarah Ball, 49 Mitchell Street, South Moor. Husband of Isabella Ball.Enlisted Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Private 28664, 15th Bn Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 3 July 1916. Buried Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, Somme, France. (South Moor Park Memorial). Only record of address is in 1911 with his mother at this address. He marries in 1915 and has a son in the same year so may have been living at a different address. Brother Henry also died in service (above)
