Church War Memorials & Plaques
They shall not grow old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them
Darlington Borough Council have approved for Darlington Branch of The Royal British Legion to publish photos and information of War Graves and Memorials within the Darlington area.
(Updated 10/03/2025)
Please Note
- This is an on-going project, where further information and records are still to be found by the RBL Darlington Branch Project Team
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St Cuthbert's Church, Market Place, Darlington
War Memorial Plaques
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD |
| AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH |
| WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR |
| 1914-1918 |
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PRIVATE JOSEPH AINSLEY - 7TH BATTLION KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
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CORPORAL ALIX OLAF LIDDLE - 18TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY
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| PRIVATE MATTHEW AKERS - 5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
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2ND LIEUTENANT JOHN NORMAN LUKE - 6TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| GUNNER EDWARD AULD - A BATTERY, 232ND BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY |
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LANCE CORPORAL ROWLAND EARL MADDISON - 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| PRIVATE HENRY MADDISON BINNKS - 18TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
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SIG WM BENJ MAGSON - 12TH KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS |
| SERGEANT HERQ MEWBURN CARTWRIGHT - 6TH KING OWN SCOTTISH BORDER REGIMENT |
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LANCE CORPORAL RICHARD MORRIS - 4TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT |
| BOMBARDIER FRED PEAT CHARLTON - ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY |
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PRIVATE CHARLES MORRIS - 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS |
| CAPTAIN GEOFFREY MOORE COWPER - ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS |
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PRIVATE WILLIAM MORRIS - 6TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| LIEUTENANT STANLEY DREDGE - 23RD MACHINE GUN CORPS |
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CAPTAIN WM NOEL JOBSON MOSCROP MC - 5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| 2ND LIEUTENANT ALAN FEETHAM - THE BORDER REGIMENT |
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PRIVATE WM CHEATHAM NAYLOR - 5TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| PRIVATE HERBERT PATTERSON GOODWILL - 18TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
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PRIVATE WALTER POYNTER - 4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT |
| LANCE CORPORAL CHARLES GROVER - 9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
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PRIVATE ARTHUR SMITH - 14TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| 2ND LIEUTENANT THOMAS HALL - 4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS |
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PRIVATE JAMES SMITH - 18TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| LIEUTENANT GEO. KENNETH HAMPTON - 4TH NORK. REGT |
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PRIVATE JACK STEWART - 4TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT |
| PRIVATE ALFRED HARDAKER - R.N. BDE |
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2ND LIEUTENANT FRANCIS GAWAN TAYLOR - 2ND BATTALION, YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT |
| RIFLEMAN BRIAN ISAAC HARRISON - 16TH KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS |
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2ND LIEUTENANT NORMAN GAWAN TAYLOR - 2ND BATTALION, YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT |
| RIFLEMAN SLATER HARRISON - 8TH KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS |
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CAPTAIN WALTER THOMPSON - 17TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| LIEUTENANT JOHN HUNTINGTON M.C - 5TH THE BORDERS REGIMENT |
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LIEUTENANT JOHN HUTCHINSON TRISTRAM - 1ST WORCESTER REGIMENT |
| PRIVATE FREDERICK JAMIES - 3RD COLDSTREAM GUARDS |
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LIEUTENANT CECIL LAURENCE TYERMAN - 6TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| PRIVATE NORMAN JOHNSON - 9TH BATTALION, SCOTTISH RIFLES RIFLES |
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2ND LIEUTENANT REGINALD FYDELL WALKER - 2ND BATTALION, THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT |
| LIEUTENANT COM WM CHAS MICHAEL JOHNSON - H.M.S VIKNOR ROYAL NAVY |
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SPR THOMAS WALTON - ROYAL ENGINEERS |
| PRIVATE THOMAS DOBINSON KIRTON - ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS |
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PRIVATE WILLIAM FREDERICK WOOD - 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
Centre Panel
| THIS BAPTISTY IS MADE TO THE GLORY OF GOD |
| AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH |
| WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR |
| RICHARD JAMES DAVID CARRICK |
CAPTAIN |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| ARNOLD DELDAY DEARDEN |
CORPORAL |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| GORDON EMMETT DERWENT |
NAVAL AIRMAN |
ROYAL NAVY |
| JOHN RAINE HAMILTON |
2ND LIEUTENANT |
DORSET REGIMENT |
| JOHN GEORGE THOMAS HORLEY |
PETTY OFFICER |
ROYAL NAVY |
| KENNETH MURRAY |
SERGEANT |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| GEOFFREY NEWHOUSE |
PRIVATE |
HONG KONG D.F. |
| CECIL PANLETT |
SAPPER |
ROYAL ENGINEERS |
| ALBERT QUINCEY |
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| RICHARD QUINCEY |
LANCE CORPORAL |
ROYAL ENGINEERS |
| WILLIAM BARNETT RICHARDSON |
LEADING WRITER |
ROYAL NAVY |
| FRANCIS ALFRED SCOTLAND |
FLIGHT SERGEANT |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| MAURICE SEDGWICK |
SERGEANT |
ROYAL AIR FORCE |
| WILLIAM SOWERBY |
LEADING TELEGREPHIST |
ROYAL NAVY |
| FRANCIS ARTHUR STOCKILL |
GUNNER |
ROYAL ARTILLERY |
| MAURICE VINCENT STOCKILL |
PRIVATE |
DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| JACK TAYLOR |
LANCE CORPORAL |
GREEN HOWARDS |
| SIDNEY KEITH THOMAS |
TROOPER |
ROYAL TANK REGIMENT |
| HAROLD ALFRED WALTON |
ARMOURER |
ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS |
| STANLEY RICHARD WOOD |
CORPORAL |
ROYAL SIGNALS |
| GEORGE WILLIAM WRIGHT |
GUARDSMAN |
COLDSTREAM GUARDS |
| IN MEMORY OF |
| LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR HENRY MARSHMAN HAVELOCK - ALLAN |
| BARONET. G.C.B. V.C. M.P. D.L. |
| SON OF |
| MAJOR GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK OF LUCKNOW K.C.B |
| BORN AUG.6.1850 |
| KILLED BY AFRIDIS IN THE KHYBER PASS DEC.30.1987 |
| WHILE WATCHING MILITARY OPERATIONS |
| SERVED IN PERSLA, THE INDIAN MUTINY, & NEW-ZEALAND |
| A TRUE SOLIDER |
| FEARLESS, HEROIC, & DEVOTED TO HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE |
| BURIED AT RAWAL-PINDI. |
| "BY BRAVE SOLDIERS IN A SOLDIERS GRAVE" |
| THIS PUBIC MEMORIAL |
| IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF |
| BRIGADIER GENERAL ROLAND BOYS BRADFORD V.C. M.C. |
| 2ND BATTALION THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
| WHO AT THE AGE OF 23, THE YOUNGEST BRIGADIER GENERAL IN |
| THE BRITISH ARMY WAS KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR AT THE |
| BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 30 NOVEMBER 1917 |
| "PASSED OUT OF SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY |
| AND SELF SACRIFICE" |
| This plaque is dedicated by the Officers and Soldier of |
| 50 (Northern) Signal Squadron |
| to commemorate the 100th anniversary |
| of the end of the Great War, in memory of |
| "The Fallen" |
| They went with songs to the battle, they were young, |
| straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow, |
| They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, |
| They fell with their faces to the foe. |
| Robert Binyon |
| THIS BOOKCASE IS GIVEN |
| IN PROUD MEMORY OF |
| THOSE MEMBERS OF THE |
| ROYAL CORPS OF SINGNALS |
| WHO DERVED WITH THE |
| 50TH (NORTHUMBRIAN) iNFANTRY |
| DIVISION SIGNAL REGIMENT |
| (TERRITORIAL ARMY) |
| DURING THE WORLD WAR |
| 1939 - 1945 |
| AND GAVE THEIR LIVES IN |
| THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM |
Small plate at bottom:
| THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED AND THE ROLL OF HONOUR HANDED OVER FOR SAFEKEEPING OF |
| H.R.H PRINCESS ROYAL C.I. G.C.V.O. G.B.E. R.R.C. T.D. D.C.L. LI.D. |
| COLONEL-IN-CHIEF ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS, ON THE 26TH OCTOBER 1952 |
50th (Northumberland) Infantry Divisional Signal Regiment
Territorial Army Book of Remembrance
This Book contains the names of those members of the
Royal Corps of Signals who served with the Regiment and gave
their lives in the Second World War.
It was dedicated to their memory at the
unveiling of the Regimental War Memorial
by
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
Colonel in Chief of the Royal Corps of Signals
26th October 1952
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Holy Trinity Church, Woodlands Road, Darlington
Panel 1 
Panel 2 
Panel 3 
Panel 4 
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St Andrew's Church, Salters Lane South, Haughton-Le-Skerne, Darlington
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St Matthew and St Luke Church, Brinkburn Road, Darlington
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St Marks Church, North Road, Darlington
Panel 1 (Left) 
Panel 2 (Centre) 
Panel 3 (Right)
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All Saints and Salutation Church, Ravensdale, Blackwell, Darlington
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St Herberts Church, Teal Road, Darlington
Items recovered from St Johns The Evangelist Church, Neasham Road, Darlington, and currently held within St Herberts Church
St Johns Church opened in January 1850. After 173-year lifetime, it permanently closed February 2023
Panel 1 (Left)
Panel 2 (Centre) 
Panel 3 (Left) 
Panels Closed
The Original British Legion, Darlington Branch, Standard. The Branch was formed on the 30th June 1921 
The Original British Legion, Darlington Branch, Women’s Section Standard. The Section was closed 2017
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St Mary’s Church, Cockerton Green, Darlington
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