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 12/07/2024) 

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 48 War Graves within North Cemetery.  They are all servicemen, and servicewoman, from:

• The United Kingdom

R/KX 162732 Stoker 1st Class William Adam Scott - Royal Navy (HMS George Bligh) - Died 11/05/1945 Aged 32

751899 Sergeant George Stoddart - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) - Died 26/03/1941 Aged 21

655851 Sergeant Kenneth Milburn - Royal Air Force (Pilot) - Died 05/11/1942 Aged 22

13064498 Corporal George MCK Dodds - Pioneer Corps - Died 04/06/1942 Aged 31

1133975 Gunner Edward Keenlyside - Royal Artillery - Died 03/05/1942 Aged 20

P/JX325448 Able Seaman Thomas Jackson - Royal Navy (H.M.L.C.M 104) - Died 13/09/1943 Aged 20

1495200 Sergeant Joseph William Bell - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Pilot) - Died 08/03/1944 Aged 20

4122688 Sergeant Walter George Burwell - The Cheshire Regiment - Died 17/12/1944 Aged 27

11262943 Gunner Walter Lambert - Royal Artillery - Died 28/04/1942 Aged 25

1057094 Lance Sergeant Herbert Frederick Stanley Manning - Royal Artillery - Died 16/04/1943 Aged 33 

13102649 Corporal Albert Bertie Taylor - Pioneer Corps - Died 05/06/1944 Aged 42

P/JX62834 Able Seaman Robert Edmund Eyles - Royal Navy (HMS Hornet) - Died 22/03/47 Aged 21

2577888 Signalman George William Treslove - Royal Corps of Signals - Died 05/09/1939 Aged 17

4455126 Gunner Robert Newton Whitfield - Royal Artillery (54th Searchlight Regiment, Lately The Durham Light Infantry) - Died 08/11/1945 Aged 38

T/241545 Driver George Tait - Royal Army Service Corps - Died 25/10/1946 Aged 29

547006 Aircraftman 1st Class John Bell Greenall - Royal Air Force (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) - Died 01/05/1940 Aged 22

Captain Alan Hewett - Green Howards - Died 17/03/2000 Aged 45

 27611 Guardsman R W Dickinson - Grenadier Guards - Died 18/04/1919 Aged 26

WD/254880 Sapper J Gilfellan - Royal Engineers - 26/02/1919 Aged 31

9120 Private A Tinkler - Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) - 20/04/1919 Age Not Recorded

191252 Private B Whitfield - Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) - 11/11/1918 Aged 19

 J/27591 Ordinary Seaman Alfred Stacey Charleton - Royal Navy (HMS Lion) - Died 26/02/1916 Aged 18

5/290 Corporal T W Foster - Durham Light Infantry - Died 31/12/1914 Age Not Recorded

375369 Private George Henry Bowes - Durham Light Infantry - Died 13/07/1918 Aged 19

626746 Aircraftman 2nd Class Sidney Harold Smith - Royal Air Force - 16/06/1940 Aged 19 

1035927 Sergeant William Stanley Humphreys - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Flight Engineer) - Died 16/04/1943 Aged 20

267694 Private David Sawers Clark - Seaforth Highlanders - Died 10/07/1918 Aged 22

1131 Private Joseph William Pinder - Royal Army Medical Corps - 17/09/1917 Aged 22 

 190737 Private 2nd Class Thomas Richmond - Royal Air Force - Died 14/10/1918 Aged 26

SS/2386 Able Seaman John H Bloomer - Royal Navy (HMS Crescent) - Died 19/07/1918 Aged 28

202895 Sergeant F M Tasker - The Rifle Brigade - Died 14/10/1918 Aged 49 

W/97125 Corporal Annie Murphy - Auxiliary Territorial Service - Died 28/10/1945 Aged 35 

W/167724 Private Doreen Agnes Ball - Auxiliary Territorial Service - Died 01/09/1944 Aged 21 

14732242 Sapper John Raymond Longthorne - Royal Engineers - Died 24/09/1946 Aged 22

4469906 Private John Kelly - The Durham Light Infantry - Died 25/09/1947 Aged 30

3041 Lance Sergeant Joseph Bennett - Royal Scots - Died 25/07/1916 Aged 36

200416 Private Levi Sutton - Durham Light Infantry - Died 20/04/1916 Aged 37

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