Garrigill War Memorial, Attempting to identify men Options

[jonathan shipley]

I have an old postcard of the war memorial at Garrigill, Cumbria. I have been trying to
identify the men listed but have been having a problem with a few as they have common
names, or the CWGC lists many with the same initials.

I was wondering if anybody with access to SDGW might be able to help me by searching
for men from Garrigill who were killed with the names on the memorial.

On it are the following names (I have added the information I have):

Thomas Henderson

Hugh William Jackson - I think this is H. W. Jackson (50443) RGA, Killed 27/9/16, Salonika

Frank Norman Millican - No. 244795, 4th/5th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Reg. Killed 26/10/17,
Tyne Cot Memorial

John Robson

Walton Shield - No. 241211, 5th Bn Border reg. Killed 23/4/17, Wancourt British Cemetery

Harry James Vipond - No. 16323, 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards. Killed 26/2/17, Thiepval Memorial.

Johne Elliott Vipond - No. 16429, 13th Bn. DLI. Killed 14/10/16, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery.
Had won the MM

Ernest (the rest is blocked out)

Any help of filling the gaps for the men I have no details (HENDERSON, ROBSON, ERNEST?), or indeed
further information on the men for whom I have a date of death, would be great.

Johnnie

[apwright]

Don't think Jackson is your man. According to SDGW, 50433 H W Jackson is Henry William, born Mile End, enlisted London, resident Upton Park. There is no Hugh William on SDGW (no William Hugh either!)

Frank Norman MILLICAN:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Battalion etc.: 4/5th Battalion (Territorial Force).
Last name: Millican
First name(s): Frank Norman
Initials: F N
Birthplace: Gateshead, Durham
Enlisted: Carlisle, Cumberland
Residence: Alston, Cumberland
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 244795
Date died: 26 October 1917
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Harry James VIPOND:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Coldstream Guards
Battalion etc.:
Last name: Vipond
First name(s): Harry James
Initials: H J
Birthplace: Knarsdale, Northumberland
Enlisted: Newcastle-On-Tyne
Residence: Blanchland, Northumberland
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 16323
Date died: 26 February 1917
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Elliott John VIPOND:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Durham Light Infantry
Battalion etc.: 13th Battalion.
Last name: Vipond
First name(s): Elliott John
Initials: E J
Birthplace: Patterdale, Penrith, Cumberland
Enlisted: Consett
Residence: Leadgate
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 16429
Date died: 14 October 1916
How died: Died of wounds
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Supplementary Notes: M.M.

Walton SHIELD:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Border Regiment
Battalion etc.: 5th Battalion.
Last name: Shield
First name(s): Walton
Initials: W
Birthplace: Garrigill, Cumberland
Enlisted: Alston, Cumberland
Residence:
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 241211
Date died: 23 April 1917
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Couple of possibles for Thomas HENDERSON:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Border Regiment
Battalion etc.: 5th Battalion.
Last name: Henderson
First name(s): Thomas
Initials: T
Birthplace:
Enlisted: Whitehaven, Cumberland
Residence: Carlisle
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 240790
Date died: 21 March 1918
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Regiment, Corps etc.: Royal Garrison Artillery
Battalion etc.:
Last name: Henderson
First name(s): Thomas Henry
Initials: T H
Birthplace: Carlisle
Enlisted: Carlisle
Residence:
Rank: GUNNER
Number: 141546
Date died: 09 July 1918
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders
Supplementary Notes: M.M.

Couple of possibles for John ROBSON:
Regiment, Corps etc.: Border Regiment
Battalion etc.: 11th Battalion.
Last name: Robson
First name(s): John
Initials: J
Birthplace: Priorsdale, Cumberland
Enlisted: Alston, Cumberland
Residence:
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 17415
Date died: 18 November 1916
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Regiment, Corps etc.: Border Regiment
Battalion etc.: 2nd Battalion.
Last name: Robson
First name(s): John
Initials: J
Birthplace: Dacre, Cumberland
Enlisted: Penrith, Cumberland
Residence: Dacre
Rank: PRIVATE
Number: 24040
Date died: 14 July 1916
How died: Killed in action
Theatre of war: France & Flanders

Hope this helps,

Adrian

[jonathan shipley]

Thanks for the information.

I've had a look at some maps, and I think that John Robson 17415 could be my man
as Priorsdale as only a couple of miles from Garrigill.

I also think that Thomas Henderson 240790 could be the chap as the war memorial
does not give a meddle name, so providing it is correct (and in other cases it does state
middle names) he could be our man.

As for Hugh William Jackson I am at a bit of a loss, as that is definatly the given name on the
war memorial.

Johnnie

[Michael Johnson]

Free BMD shows a Hugh Emmerson Jackson born in Penrith Sept Quarter 1899.

[jonathan shipley]

How strange. I wonder if that could be the chap and he was known as Hugh William Jackson,
or if we have somebody else not mentioned on SDGW.

[Michael Johnson]

There are 3 Hugh Jacksons shown in the 1901 census for Cumberland. The first was born in Northumberland. The second is Hugh E., and the last is Hugh J. - but he died in 1984.

Garrigill interests me, as my great-great-grandfather was born there in 1830. I think his father Thomas Johnson may have been from Haltwhistle, but the children were born and baptized in Garrigill.

Hugh Emmerson was born in Threlkeld, and was living in Wigton in 1901

[jonathan shipley]

 Garrigill_Low_Res.jpg ( 51.61K ) Number of downloads: 0
Thought you might be interested in a picture of the memorial.

I am planning on going over there at some point to take a look
and see if it is still in place (it should be as it appears to be in a
church), and to see if I can work out who Ernest is (I am wondering
if the surname could be WASS).

[Michael Johnson]

Oh let's do it the easy way: http://www.fivenine.co.uk/family_history_n...l_registers.htm

But if you are going over that way, I'd love to see some pictures.

[jonathan shipley]

Well thats quite interesting. The memorial transcription states Hugh William Jackson
died of wounds. Is this why he might not appear of the CWGC or SDGW?

Also the only Ernest is Ernest Wymees of the Border Regiment who isn't mentioned
on the CWGC web site and isn't marked as killed on the transcription. Thomas Henderson
is also noted as East Lancashire Regiment, however he is also not noted as killed
on the transcription, but he is noted as killed on the postcard image.

johnnie

[Michael Johnson]

The National Archives site shows a Hugh E. Jackson in the Lancashire Fusiliers, plus a lot of Hugh Jacksons in the Northumberland Fusiliers.