North Cemetery, War Graves
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, and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, have both approved for Darlington Branch of The Royal British Legion to publish photos and information of War Graves and Memorials within the Darlington area
(Updated 01/03/2025)
Please Note
- War Graves may not be shown in full. Sometimes access was obscured by trees and other graves
- War Graves are not shown in any Country, Date, Rank, Corps, Unit, Organisation or Regimental order
- This is an on-going project, where further information and records are still to be found by the RBL Darlington Branch Project Team
There are 48 War Graves within North Cemetery. They are all servicemen, and servicewoman, from:
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R/KX 162732 Stoker 1st Class William Adam Scott - Royal Navy (HMS George Bligh) - Died 11/05/1945 Aged 32
Born: 1912/1913 (Exact date unknown)
From: Unknown
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751899 Sergeant George Stoddart Gates - 59 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) - Died 26/03/1941 Aged 21
Born: 1919/1920 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Walter and Bessie Preston Gates, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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655851 Sergeant Kenneth Milburn - 141 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Pilot) - Died 05/11/1942 Aged 22
Born: 18/09/1920
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Charles and Winifred Milburn, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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13064498 Corporal George McKenzie Dodds - Pioneer Corps - Died 04/06/1942 Aged 31
Born: 1910/1911 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Joseph William and Margaret Elizabeth Dodds, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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1133975 Gunner Edward Keenlyside - 20 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery - Died 03/05/1942 Aged 20
Born: 1921/1922 (Exact date unknown)
From: Unknown
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P/JX325448 Able Seaman Thomas Jackson - Royal Navy (H.M.L.C.M 104) - Died 13/09/1943 Aged 20
Born: 1922/1923 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Thomas and Isabella Jackson, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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1495200 Sergeant Joseph William Bell - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Pilot) - Died 08/03/1944 Aged 20
Born: 18/05/1923
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Joseph William and Lilian Mary Bell. of Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, Wales
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4122688 Sergeant Walter George Burwell - Cheshire Regiment - Died 17/12/1944 Aged 27
Born: 1917 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Husband of Elnora Burwell, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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11262943 Gunner Walter Lambert - 64th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Died 28/04/1942 Aged 25
Born: 05/09/1916
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Charles Henry and Ellen Lambert, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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1057094 Lance Serjeant Herbert Frederick Stanley Manning - 10 Battery, 7th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Died 16/04/1943 Aged 33
Born: September 1909 (Exact date unknown)
From: Warley, Brentwood Borough, Essex, England
Son of John Frederick and Florence Louise Manning, of Brentwood, Essex, England
Husband of Rachel Annie Manning, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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13102649 Corporal Albert Bertie Taylor - Pioneer Corps - Died 05/06/1944 Aged 42
Born: 1901/1902 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of George and Minnie Jane Taylor, of Darlington, County Durham, England
Husband of May Mary Taylor, of Harrowgate Hill, Darlington, County Durham, England
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P/JX628341 Able Seaman Robert Edmund Eyles - Royal Navy (HMS Hornet) - Died 22/03/47 Aged 21
Born: 1926/1927 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of M. U. E. Eyles, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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2577888 Signalman George William Treslove - 50th (North) Division Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals - Died 05/09/1939 Aged 16/17
Born: 1922 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of John and Eliza Treslove, of Harrowgate Hill, Darlington, County Durham, England
Died in an accident at a quarry at Barmpton, near Darlington, County Durham, with Signalman Joseph Hinnigan and Signalman Sidney Case during a sandbag filling operation. After a first sand-slide had almost buried the three men, a second slide entombed them and two local workmen; the two local workmen were dug out and survived
The other signalman who also perished in this accident were:
2581135 Signalman Joseph Hinnigan - 50th (North) Division Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals - Aged 26 - Also buried within Darlington at West Cemetery, (See West Cemetery War Graves web page)
Born: 1913 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of James and Charlotte Hinnigan, of Darlington, County Durham, England
Husband of Euphemia Lillian Hinnigan, of Darlington, County Durham, England
2573318 Signalman Sidney Case - 50th (North) Division Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals - Aged 20 - Also buried within Darlington at West Cemetery, (See West Cemetery War Graves web page)
Born: 1919 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Albert and Laura Case, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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4455126 Gunner Robert Newton Whitfield - Royal Artillery, 54th Searchlight Regiment (Lately 1/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry) - Died 08/11/1945 Aged 38
Born: 03/01/1907
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Robert Thomas Whitfield and Jane Whitfield of Darlington, County Durham, England
Husband of Elsie May Whitfield, of Darlington, County Durham, England
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T/241545 Driver George Tait - Royal Army Service Corps - Died 25/10/1946 Aged 29
Born: 1917 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Louisa Innes, of Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington, County Durham, England
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547006 Aircraftman 1st Class John Bell Greenall - 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) - Died 01/05/1940 Aged 22
Born:1917 or 1918 (Exact date unknown)
From: Darlington, County Durham, England
Son of Joseph Proctor Greenall and Mary Eliza Greenall, of Darlington, County Durham, England
John was one of four aircrew, whom were crewing Handley Page Hampden Mk 1 (#L4119) (QR-F) on a combat operation on 01/05/1940.
that were lost on combat operations
Their aircraft crashed at Croxton Kerrial, 6.6 miles (10.6 km) south-west of Grantham, Lincolnshire (on the Lincolnshire/Leicestershire borders, at approximate co ordinates 52.856625°N 0.758997°W) on return from an operational flight, 01/05/1940
The Hampden had taken off from RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, with the target being Aalborg, Denmark. All four aircrew were killed
The other three aircrew who also perished:
39659 Flying Officer Charles William Glover - 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Pilot) - Died 01/05/1940 Aged 27
Born: 01/05/1913 (Killed in action on his 27th Birthday)
From: Canada (Travelled to England to join RAF in 1936
Killed in Action; Buried St Chad's Churchyard, Harpswell, Lincolnshire, England
40818 Pilot Officer Jack Ernest Anthony Friend - 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force (2nd Pilot) - Died 01/05/1940 Aged 25
Born: 18/12/1914
From: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Killed in Action; Buried St Margaret of Antioch Churchyard, Stradishall, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, Endland
580650 Sergeant Charles Frost - 61 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Observer) - Died 01/05/1940
Born: Unknown
From: Unknown
Killed in Action; Buried Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead, Wirral, Liverpool, England
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542887 Captain Alan "Big Al" Hewett - Green Howards - Died 17/03/2000 Aged 45
Born: 24/07/1954
From: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England
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27611 Guardsman R W Dickinson - Grenadier Guards - Died 18/04/1919 Aged 26
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WD/254880 Sapper J Gilfellan - Royal Engineers - 26/02/1919 Aged 31
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9120 Private A Tinkler - Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) - 20/04/1919 Age Not Recorded
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191252 Private B Whitfield - Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) - 11/11/1918 Aged 19
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J/27591 Ordinary Seaman Alfred Stacey Charleton - Royal Navy (HMS Lion) - Died 26/02/1916 Aged 18
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5/290 Corporal T W Foster - Durham Light Infantry - Died 31/12/1914 Age Not Recorded
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375369 Private George Henry Bowes - Durham Light Infantry - Died 13/07/1918 Aged 19
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626746 Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney Harold Smith - Royal Air Force - 16/06/1940 Aged 19
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1035927 Sergeant William Stanley Humphreys - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Flight Engineer) - Died 16/04/1943 Aged 20
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267694 Private David Sawers Clark - Seaforth Highlanders - Died 10/07/1918 Aged 22
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1131 Private Joseph William Pinder - Royal Army Medical Corps - 17/09/1917 Aged 22
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190737 Private 2nd Class Thomas Richmond - Royal Air Force - Died 14/10/1918 Aged 26
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SS/2386 Able Seaman John H Bloomer - Royal Navy (HMS Crescent) - Died 19/07/1918 Aged 28
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202895 Sergeant F M Tasker - The Rifle Brigade - Died 14/10/1918 Aged 49
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W/97125 Corporal Annie Murphy - Auxiliary Territorial Service - Died 28/10/1945 Aged 35
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W/167724 Private Doreen Agnes Ball - Auxiliary Territorial Service - Died 01/09/1944 Aged 21
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14732242 Sapper John Raymond Longthorne - Royal Engineers - Died 24/09/1946 Aged 22
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4469906 Private John Kelly - The Durham Light Infantry - Died 25/09/1947 Aged 30
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3041 Lance Sergeant Joseph Bennett - Royal Scots - Died 25/07/1916 Aged 36
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200416 Private Levi Sutton - Durham Light Infantry - Died 20/04/1916 Aged 37
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War Graves unfortunately Not Yet Found Within The Cemetery.
(These Could Be Within Family Graves Somewhere Around The Cemetery).
2049717 Leading Aircraftwoman Elleen Dawson - Women's Auxiliary Air Force - Died 28/09/1942 Aged 20
29196 Private James William Garvey - Durham Light Infantry - Died 25/09/1916 Aged 19
1824102 Gunner James McGee - Royal Artillery - Died 23/07/1943 Aged 29
21137 Private Thomas William Reed - Yorkshire Regiment - Died 15/08/1917 Aged 22
D/MX673927 Wireman Titus W Ridsdale - Royal Navy (HMS Dundonald) - Died 17/08/1944 Age Not Recorded
O/7514 Private Arthur Smith - Army Ordnance Corps - Died 10/12/1916 Age Not Recorded
88887 Bombardier William Henry Tweddall - Royal Field Artillery - Died 19/02/1919 Aged 28
3/10398 Private J T Tyson - Durham Light Infantry - Died 11/10/1914 Aged 37
649 Lance Corporal Ernest William Waters - Royal Army Medical Corps - Died 18/09/1916 Aged 25
200080 Private J W Watling - Durham Light Infantry - Died 03/03/1919 Aged 23
3449 Corporal T W Wilson - Coldstream Guards - Died 05/04/1919 Age Not Recorded
