Last week members and friends attended a very interesting and informative  talk about the war graves in the church graveyard by Brenda McMahon. 

The Commonwealth  War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of 6 independent  member  states, whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth  of Nations military service members,  who died in the two World Wars.

First World War ( 1914-1918)

Second World War ( 1939-1945)

The graves are listed below.

Private H.D Gibson  51st Btn Northumberland Fusiliers DOD 11/06/1918 

Private H Crone Northumberland  Fusiliers DOD 15/11/1916 age 28

Private W Coulson 10th Btn East Yorks Reg DOD 6/10/1919 age 20

Lance Corp Thomas McKenzie 10th Btn Durham Light Infantry DOD 25/12/1915

Leading aircraftman Alan Richardson 602 Sqdn Royal Airforce volunteer reserve DOD16/5/1942 age 27

Private Robert Redshaw Durham Light  Infantry DOD 28/5/1940 age 25

Private Alice Wilkinson Auxiliary Territorial Service DOD1/8/1945