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Darlington

East 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 02/08/2024) 

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

 

There are 11 War Graves within East Cemetery.  They are all servicemen, and servicewoman, from:

  • The United Kingdom

 

13075609 Private Stephen Conroy - Pioneer Corps - Died 17/02/1941 Aged 29

2583410 Signalman Leonard Howard - Royal Signals - Died 01/10/1940 Aged 23

 

4469039 Private John David Moore - Durham Light Infantry - Died 19/06/1943 Aged 19

1680643 Private John Henry Hutchinson - Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Died 28/06/1944 Aged 28

4384628 Private Arthur Fewtrell - Pioneer Corps - Died 02/12/1943 Age Not Recorded

1049969 Sergeant Kenneth Wilson Moore - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Wireless Operator / Observer) - Died 13/02/1943 Aged 19

4455182 Private Albert Ernest Wright - Pioneer Corps - Died 25/08/1944 Aged 21

W/158073 Private Marjorie Carrick - Auxiliary Territorial Service - Died 30/06/1944 Aged 22

LT/JX1730 Seaman Robert Stanley Kell - Royal Naval Patrol Service (H.M.S Pembroke) - Died 07/11/1947 Aged 30

25219081 Rifleman John Dean Myers - 3rd Battalion The Rifles - Died 12/09/2007 Aged 18

Rifleman John Dean Myers joined the Army during March 2006.

He died at Redford Infantry Barracks, Edinburgh.

Between September 2006 and January 2007, he served on Operation Herrick 5 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 

   

5569161 Gunner Thomas George Mundy - Royal Artillery - Died 01/05/1942 Aged 24