BARTON
WAR MEMORIAL
World War
1 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Gill Cannell and Andy Dishman 2019
Located at St Michael’s Church, Barton, Eden, Cumbria. The memorial
is in the form of a lychgate of oak with names inscribed on two panels
and the dedication on the front face. Maker, J.H. Martindale, FRIBA,
E. Bardgett, Mr Abbot; wood carving carried out by Mr Fred Dixon under
Mr Bardgett; dedicated 20 November 1920; attended by Bishop of Carlisle.
(Includes the dead of the parishes of Barton, Tirril, Pooley Bridge,
Sockbridge, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge).
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I
AM
THE RESURRECTION
AND
THE
LIFE
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THOSE PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
1914-18 THIS GATE IS ERECTED.
BELL |
Hertbert
White |
Private
4/9435, 1st Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders). Killed in action at Hooge, 10 May 1915. Aged 26. Born
and resident Penrith, Cumberland, enlisted Stirling. Son of Robert
Bell, of Eamont Bridge, Penrith, Cumberland. In the 1911 census
he was aged 22, born Eamont, Westmorland. a Plsterer Builder, son
of Robert and Janet Bell, resident Old Mansion Eamont Bridge Near
Penrith, Westmorland. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 42 and 44. |
BERRY |
Frank |
Private
260137, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action at Ypres,
22 July 1917. Aged 22. Born Troutbeck, Westmorland. Son of Richard
Berry, of Skirsgill, Penrith, Cumberland. In the 1901 census he
was aged 6, born Westmorland, son of Richard Berry, resident Grotto,
Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, West Ward, Westmorland. In the 1911 census
he was aged 16, born Barton, a Cowman on farm, seravnt to William
Harrington, of Long Ashes Farm, Penrith, Cumberland. Enlisted 19
October 1914, aged 20 years, at Penrith. Formerly a Farm Labourer.
Religious denomination Church of England. Height 5 feet 7 inches,
weight 145 lbs, chest 38 inches, dark complexion, greyish brown
eyes, brown hair. Embarked Folkestone 17 June 1917, disembarked
Folkestone 17 June 1917, joined brigade at Etaples 18 June 1917,
joined unit in field 5 July 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35. |
BERRY |
Richard |
Private
5055, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action in the Dardanelles,
19 August 1915. Born and resident Yanwath, Cumberland, enlisted
Carlisle. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Westmorland, son
of Sarah Berry, resident Yanwath, Yanwath and Eamont Bridge, West
Ward, Westmorland. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born Yanwath,
Westmorland, an Assistant Cowman, servant of Christopher Bird of
Yanwath Hall, Yanwath Near Penrith, Brougham, Westmorland. No known
grave. Commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
Panel 120 to 126 or 222 and 223. |
BIRKETT |
James
[William] |
[Listed
on memorial as Lance Corporal] Private 52857, 20th Battalion, Manchester
Regiment. Killed in action at Zellebeke, 26 October 1917. Enlisted
Penrith, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 120 to 124. |
BRANTHWAITE |
James
Simson |
Private
356578, 1st/10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool
Regiment). Died from gunshot wounds to both legs at 3pm at 3rd Candian
Casualty Clearing Station, 2 August 1917. Aged 28. Born Glasgow,
lanark, resident Tirril, penrith, enlisted Liverpool. Baptised 15
April 1889 in James Simson, som of William and Elizabeth Branthwaite.
Son of William and Elizabeth Branthwaite, of Tirril, Westmorland;
husband of Elizabeth E. (nee MacDonald) Branthwaite, of 124, Weaste
Lane, Eccles Old Rd., Pendleton, Manchester., married 1915 In Salford
Registration District, Lancashire. Buried in LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY
CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot XVI. Row J. Grave 19. |
CASS |
Joseph
William |
Trooper
(Private) 2467, Household Battalion. Killed in action at Cambrai,
8 November 1917. Aged 31. Born Kirby Stephen, enlisted Warrington.
Baptised at Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland 29 October 1886, son of
Joseph and Mary cass, resident Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. Son
of Joseph and Mary Cass, of Lowther Lodge, Eamont Bridge, Penrith,
Cumberland. In the 1891 census he was aged 4, born Clifton, Westmorland,
a scholar, son of Joseph M and Mary cass, resident Park View,
Clifton, West Ward, Westmorland,. In the 1901 census he was aged
14, born Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, a Printer's Assistant, son
of Joseph and Mary Cass, resident New Lodge E B, Yanwath and Eamont
Bridge, West Ward, Westmorland. In the 1911 census he was aged
24, born Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, a Compositor, boarding at
49 Witt Road, Widnes, Lancashire & Cheshire. Buried in WINDMILL
BRITISH CEMETERY, MONCHY-LE-PREUX, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
I. Row F. Grave 15.
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PARRY |
Donald
George de Courcy |
[Transcribed
as D G DE COURCY] Lieutenant (Acting Major), "D" Battery,
78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action at Senlis,
5 April 1918. Aged 21. Born 11 July 1896. Son of Charles De Courcy
Parry and Gwendoline Mary Parry, of Barton House, Pooley Bridge,
Westmorland. In the 1901 census he was aged 4, born Risca, Monmouthshire,
son of Charles de Courcy and Gwen Mary Parry, resident 8, Dunsford
Place, Bath. Admitted to Charney Hill School, Grange-Over-Sands,
Lancashire September 1907, resident Barco Hill, Penrith, left July
1910. Also attended Repton, Gould's. Buried in VARENNES MILITARY
CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row L. Grave 22. |
DIXON |
Edmund |
Private
15188, 3rd Battalion, Coldsteam Guards. Killed in action on the
Somme, 15 September 1916. Born Penrith, Cumberland, enlisted Birmingham.
In the 1891 census he was aged 8, born Penrith, a scholar, son of
James and Hannah Dixon, resident Hazel Bank, Yanwath & Eamont
Bridge, West Ward, Westmorland. IN the 1901 census he was aged 18,
born Penrith, a General Farm Servant, son of James and Hannah Dixon,
resident Greenkiln, Tirril, Sockbridge and Tirril, West Ward, Westmorland.
In the 1911 census he was aged 26, born Penrith, Cumberland, a Platelayer,
aged 26, a boarder with Alfred Brain, at 34 Medina Road, Yardley,
Worcestershire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D. |
HINDSON |
Albert |
[Date
of death on memorial 22 October 1918] Private 253939, 1st/6th Battalion,
Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders). Killed
in action at Cambrai, 20 October 1918. Aged 29. Born and resident
Penrith, Westmorland, enlisted Greenock, Renfrewshire. Son of Jane
Hindson, of Eamont Bridge, Penrith, and the late Edward Hindson.
In the 1891 census he was aged 2, born Cumberland, son of Edward
and Jane Hindson, resident Hutton House, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith,
Cumberland. In the 1901 census he was aged 12, born Hutton, Cumberland,
son of Jane Hindson (a widow), resident Eamont, Penrith, Cumberland.
In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born Lazenby, Cumberland, a House
Painter, son of Jane Hindson (a widow), resident Eamont Bridge near
Penrith, Westmorland. Buried in AUBERCHICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Nord, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 8. |
JAMES |
Thomas
Dodd |
Sapper
61890, 83rd Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action at
Fauquissart, 25 September 1915. Born Great Strickland, Westmorland,
resident Tirril, Cumberland, enlisted Penrith, Cumberland. Son of
Mr. Alexander and Mrs Jane A. James, of Stone House, Stockbridge,
Tirril, Penrith. In the 1911 census he was aged 18, born Strickland,
a Joiner's Apprentice, servant to Edward Bardgett of Pooley Bridge,
Penrith, Barton, Westmorland. Attested at Penrith 30 December 1914,
aged 23 years 2 months, resident Stone House, Tirril near Penrith,
Westmorland, a Carpenter, single, height 5 feet 11 inches, chest
38½ inches, religious denomination Church of England. Proficient
Joiner 30 December 1914. Embarked 24 July 1915. Buried in AUBERS
RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS. Nord, France. Plot VI. Row A. Grave
6. |
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18 February, 2020
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