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COTEHILL WAR MEMORIAL

Detailed information for World War 1 & 2
Compiled and copyright © Michelle Linden & Mick Peck 2023
additional information Martin Edwards

The war memorial is to be found outside the west wall of St John the Evangelist Church, Main Street, Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumbria. It takes the form of a Granite Latin Cross on a tapered plinth and base. There are 22 names for World War 1 listed in year order which have been sorted here into alphabetical order for ease of reading and research. There are 6 names for World War 2 also sorted into alphabetical order and one other name for a civilian killed during World War 2. The memorial was first unveiled 7 March 1920 by the Reverend R Botts, the vicar.

(above) Cotehill © Stuart Nicholson (WMR-4280)

PEACE
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
THE UNDER MENTIONED MEN OF
COTEHILL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

ATKINSON	Thomas	1917 Corporal 235341. 5th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool) Regiment, formerly 2524 Border Regiment. Killed in action 20th September 1917. Son of Richard and Mary Atkinson of Cotehill Station Cottages. Born 1898 Kirkoswald, enlisted Kendal and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Dochy Farm Cemetery. IXB.18.
BAINBRIDGE	John	1918 John Morland Bainbridge. Lance Corporal M2/269124. 880th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps. Died 22nd October 1918. Son of George and Margaret Bainbridge (nee Morland). Husband of Margaret Bainbridge (nee Ritchie) of Cotehill. Born 1886 Little Strickland WES, enlisted and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Skopje British Cemetery. E.6.
BELL	Adam	1918 Private 17540. 8th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died of wounds 18th April 1918. Son of William and Sarah Jane Bell (nee Beaty) of Froddle Crook, Armathwaite. Born 1892 Armathwaite, enlisted 21st January 1915 Stanley DUR and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Etaples Military Cemetery. XXIX.F.11.
BELL	Thomas	1916 Lance Corporal 17367. C Company, 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of William and Sarah Jane Bell (nee Beaty). Born Froddle Crook, Armathwaite, enlisted Appleby WES and resident Armathwaite. Commemorated Lonsdale Cemetery. I.D.11.
BELL	William J	1916 William James Bell. Private 15278. 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of James and Elizabeth McGregor Bell (nee Johnston). Born 1895 Armathwaite, enlisted Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 6A and 7C.
BOTT	George	1917 Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Killed in action near Loos 9th February 1917. Son of Rev Richard and Sarah Bott (nee Faulder) of Cotehill Vicarage. Born 30th September 1886 Hayton, enlisted 2nd September 1914 Royal Fusiliers (to France 14th November 1915, gazetted 7th July 1916). Commemorated Philosophe British Cemetery. I.M.1.
BRAYTON	Robert W	1917 Robert William Brayton. Private 23696. 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 20th November 1917. Son of John and Catherine Brayton (nee Armstrong). Born 1891 Wetheral (as census), enlisted Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Cambrai Memorial. Panel 7.
BULMAN	Thomas	1915 Strapper TS/5385. 40th Remount Squadron, Army Service Corps. Died 15th General Hospital Egypt 19th May 1915. Parentage and age unproven (believed born 1878 the son of Ann Bulman, later wife of William Gibson but unverified). Born Wetheral (as SDGW but unverified), enlisted Newcastle NBL and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery. M.144.
HILL	Robert	1918 Private 242259. 5th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 10th August 1918. Son of John and Sarah Hill (nee Hetherington). Born 1885 Cotehill, enlisted Carlisle (attests 5th February 1916, mobilized 21st September 1916) and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Rosieres Communal Cemetery. III.E.13.
HOPE	Jonathan	1917 Private 51768. 21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment, formerly 25078 Border Regiment. Killed in action 24th October 1917. Son of Salkeld and Elizabeth Hope (nee Farragher). Husband of Gertrude Hope (nee Gillespie and of Cotehill as 1911). Born 1888 Newton Arlosh (as census) and enlisted Carlisle. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 120 to 124.
JOHNSTONE	Edmund E	1918 Edmund Eric Johnston on all records. Private 5320. 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, formerly 25731 Border Regiment. Died 22nd July 1918. Son of Thomas and Hannah Johnston ((believed nee Richardson but unverified). Born 1897 Wetheral and enlisted Carlisle. Commemorated Tincourt New British Cemetery. VII.C.17.
LITTLE	Thomas E	1918 Thomas Ernest Little. Lance Corporal 201095. A Company, 2/4th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died India 5th November 1918. Son of John George and Jane Elizabeth Little (nee Bell). Born 1896 Carlisle, enlisted Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Delhi Memorial (India Gate). Face 1 (Buried Peshawar British Cemetery).
MARTIN	Edward	1917 Unable to identify and no further information.
MILBURN	David	1917 Driver T4/094275. 41st Division Train, Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 29th May 1917. Son of Joseph and Jane Milburn (former name unknown, marriage not proven). Husband of Annie Milburn (nee Graves). Born 1889 Cotehill, enlisted and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (North). III. B. 187.
MOORE	Joseph	1918 Private 180486, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Died 15th November 1918. Appears Joseph Moore born 1889 Wetheral (as census), parentage unproven. Grandson of Joseph and Nancy Moore of Cotehill. Present Cotehill 1891/1901 and Constable (Great Northern Railway) London 1911. Joseph Moore moved from Cumberland and served as a police constable with the Great Northern Railway. He enlisted in the Machine Gun Corps on the 31st October 1918. He was posted for training at Rugeley but two days later was admitted to Cannock Chase Military Hospital. The reason for his admission is not recorded in his military records but he died there on the 15th November 1918. The cause of death was pneumonia and it is possible that this stemmed from influenza. His official length of service in the Machine Gun Corps was 16 days. He is buried in the south-west part of the churchyard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Warmington, Northamptonshire, which was the family home of his wife.
RICHARDSON	John W	1916 John William Richardson. Private S/18628. 5th Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. Killed in action 18th July 1916. Parentage unproven. Stepson of Thomas and Hannah Johnston (believed nee Richardson but unverified). Born 1887 Wetheral (as census), enlisted Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Rosieres Communal Cemetery. III.E.13. Note: mother marries Johnston 1895, family untraced prior to date.
RICHARDSON	Joseph W	1918 Joseph William Richardson. Trooper 17534. Auckland Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Died 22nd September 1918. Son of Albert and Agnes Richardson (nee Simpson). Born 1894 Wetheral. Commemorated Jerusalem Memorial. Panel 1.
RICHARDSON	Robert A	1918 Robert Arthur Richardson. Private 57092. 7th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool) Regiment, formerly 2534 Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry. Died of wounds 21st May 1918. Son of Charles and Mary Richardson (nee Mitchinson) of Cotehill. Born 1899 Wetheral, enlisted and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Pernes British Cemetery. I.F.30.
RITCHIE	George H	1918 George Hope Ritchie. Private 260334. 7th Battalion, Border Regiment, formerly 315087 Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry. Killed in action 30th August 1918. Son of John and Margaret Ritchie (nee Little). Husband of Mary Ann Ritchie (nee Percival). Born 1893 Wetheral, enlisted and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Bancourt British Cemetery. V.J.17.
RITCHIE	Robert B	1916 Robert Richie as 1890 birth record, no middle name found. Military Medal. Corporal 13723. 11th Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action 1st July 1916. Son of John and Margaret Little Ritchie (as records. Unverified, marriage not found, believed in Scotland). Born 1900 Wetheral, enlisted 2nd October 1914 Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 6A and 7C.
WALLACE	Frank	1917 Sapper 102697. 179th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 22nd July 1917. Son of Francis and Mary Jane Wallace (nee Johnstone). Born 1887 Cumwhinton, enlisted London (place unspecified) and resident Carlisle. Commemorated Essex Farm Cemetery. II.H.11.
WALLACE	James	1916 Private 10686. Depot (as SDGW, 7th Battalion as CWGC), Border Regiment. Died of wounds home 10th September 1916. Son of Francis and Mary Jane Wallace (nee Johnstone). Born Wetheral, enlisted Carlisle and resident Cotehill. Commemorated Cotehill (St John) Churchyard.
“THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE” WORLD WAR I 1939-1945 THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES
GLENDINNING	Edward [Gordon] Clark	Able Seaman D/JX 336584, H.M.S. President III (Land based), Royal Navy. Died 7 February 1943. Son of George William and Mary A. Glendenning, of Armathwaite, Cumberland. No known grave. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Devon. Panel 79, Column 1. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943: GLENDINNING Edward Gordon Clark otherwise Edward of Cotehill Station Armathwaite near Carlisle died on or since 7 February 1943 on war service Administration Carlisle 30 October to George William Glendinning sub-ganger L.M.S. Railway. Effects £155 9s. 10d.
GRAHAM	Allan Beatham	Private 3526683, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died from Diarrhoea as a Japanese Prisoner of War 6 July 1943. Aged 33. Born and resident Carlisle. Worked on the Thailand-Burma Railway; held in Camp "F" in Sonkrai, Thailand. In the 1911 census he was aged 1, born Parish of Wetheral, Low Cotehill, Carlisle, son of Georghe and Sarah Graham, resident Low Cotehill, Carlisle, Wetheral, Cumberland. In the 1921 census he was aged 11, born Cumberland, son of George and Sarah Graham, resident 3, Rose Cottages, Cotehill, Wetheral, Cumberland. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar. Plot B6. Row C. Grave 1.
MACINNES, DSO	Ian Dashwood	Lieutenant Colonel commanding 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Killed in action in in Italy 23 January 1944. Aged 43. Born Hertfordshire, resident Carlisle. Son of John MacInnes and of Ethel MacInnes (nee Dashwood); husband of Nancy MacInnes, of Armathwaite, Cumberland. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). In the 1901 census he was newborn, born Shenley, Hertfordshire, son of John and Ethel J MacInnes, resident Watton Rectory, Watton At Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire. In the 1921 census he was aged 20 years 11 months, unmarried, born Shenley, Hetfordshire, a Second Lieutenant, billetted at Headquarters, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Tullamore, King's Co, Ireland. Buried in MINTURNO WAR CEMETERY, Italy. Plot VI. Row G. Grave 12. Distinguished Service Order Award details: MacInnes, Ian Dashwood., Serjeant Major [sic - s/b Substantive Major], Service no 18610, 2 Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Located in Sicily. Distinguished Service Order announcement in London Gazette: 21 October 1943. Biography from Distinguished Service Order: MACINNES, I.D. - D.S.O. LG: 21 Oct. 1943 Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) (18610), The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Armathwaite, Carlisle) "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sicily" "This officer commanded the right column of 17 Inf Bde's two columns advancing from GEORGE Beach on SYRACUSE on July 10. He displayed great personal gallantry throughout the operation and it was chiefly through his determination, dash and personal leadership that his column made such remarkable progress throughout the day, capturing enemy post after post in rapid succession. The capture of SYRACUSE on the day of landing was due in a large measure to this officer." Ian Dashwood MacINNES. Born 1902; Son of John MacInnes and of Ethel Dashwood; Husband of Nancy MacInnes, of Armathwaite, Cumberland; Educ: R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2Lt., The Royal Scots Fusiliers, 24 Dec. 1920; Lt., 24 Dec. 1922; Sec'd. for duty with the Sudan Def. Force, 1 Apr. 1927-19 Jul. 1931; Capt., 4 Apr. 1935; Maj., 1 Aug. 1938; a/Lt.-Col., Dec. 1941; CO, 2nd Bn., R.S. Fus., Dec. 1941-Jan. 1944; temp. Lt.-Col., Mar. 1942; Served in East Africa and Madagascar (M.I.D. LG: 8 Jul. 1943); Served in Persia and Iraq (M.I.D. LG: 5 Aug. 1943); Served in Sicily (D.S.O.); Recommended for the D.S.O. by Brig. G.W.B. Tarleton (q.v.), Cmdr. 17th Inf. Bde., 25 Jul. 1943; Served in Italy; KIA 23 Jan. 1944, age 43; Buried in the Minturno War Cemetery, VI. G. 12.
MILBURN	John	Private 3526684, 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died as a Japanese Prisoner of War 11 August 1943, captured in Singapore 15 February 1942. Aged 30. Born and resident Carlisle. Son of George and Edith Milbum, of Cotehill, Cumberland. Buried in KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY, Thailand. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 50. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1946: MILBURN John of 2 William-street Cotehill Carlisle died 11 August 1943 on war service Administration (with Will) Carlisle 15 July to Edith Milburn widow. Effects £194 17s. 3d.
SANDERSON	Christopher Shields	Corporal (Ground Crew) 1302205, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 28 May 1943. Aged 35. Born 8 February 1908. Native of Cumwhinton, Cumberland. Based at Feltwell, Norfolk. Son of William and Jane Elizebeth Sanderson; husband of Elsie Margaret (nee Bainbridge) Sanderson, of Cumwhinton, married January to March Quarter 1937 in Carlisle Registration District, Cumberland. In the 1939 Register he was a Builder's Labopurer, married to Elsie and living with his widowed father, William Sanderson, resident Cock Lakes, Border, Border R.D., Cumberland. Buried East of church in COTEHILL (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD, WETHERAL, Cumbria. Row D. Grave 21.
WAITES	Donald	[Listed as R WAITES Leading Aircraftman on memorial] Aircraftman 2nd Class 1403546, 11 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Accidentally died of brain lacerations when a flare blew off a Swordfish I, serial number V4299, of 814 Squadron, on the ground at Colombo and hit him 3 August 1942. Based at Colombo, Ceylon. Buried in COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY, Sri Lanka. Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 4. Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1943: WAITES Donald of Highfield House Wigton Cumberland died 3 August 1942 on war service Administration Carlisle 25 January to Margaret Waites spinster. Effects £159 11s.
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION
ARMSTRONG	Helen	Civilian. Daughter of John Wilson Armstrong and Maggie Armstrong, of Warathwaite Head, Cotehill, Carlisle, Cumberland. Died at Swanley Horticultural College 2 March 1944. Aged 21. Born 18 April 1922. In the 1939 Register she was at school, daughter of John Wilson Armstrong and Maggie Armstrong, resident Warathwaite Hd, Cotehill, Armathwaite, Border R.D., Cumberland. Death recorded by DARTFORD, RURAL DISTRICT, Kent.

Last updated 2 October, 2023

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