The records in this database are the accumulation of more than ten years work by historian Stephen Nicholson. Focusing on his home town of Darlington, Stephen has recorded the details of more than 1,200 soldiers who died in the war and who have some connection with the town.
The Northern Echo is continuing Stephen's work as part of its bid to digitise the newspapers from 1914 to 1918. We are currently going through the back copies of the Echo, and its sister paper, the Evening Despatch, which published thousands of stories and photographs about local men going to war. We are scanning those stories and photos and placing them on a second database to run alongside the Nicholson database.
You can research your relatives, or your area of interest, in either of the individual databases, or you can run a search through both using the Data Source menu below.
Surname | Forename | Age | Service Num | Regiment | Rank | date of death |
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Abdale | Charles | 30 | 202929 | Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) | Private | 23/3/1918 |
Ackworth | George | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | |||
Acomb | John | 23 | 21419 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 10/11/1915 |
Adam | W | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | |||
Adams | S | Private | ||||
Adamson | William, Blenkiron | 24 | M/29139 | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class | 15/3/1918 |
Adamson | William | 29 | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | Private | 03/07/1916 | |
Adamson | Richard, B | 26 | 1957 | Durham Light Infantry | Corporal | 05/11/1915 |
Agar | J, W | 26 | 9114 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 30/08/15 |
Agate | William, George | 30 | 9099 | Border Regiment | Corporal | 13/4/1918 |
Ainsley | Joseph | 24 | 13740 | King's Shropshire Light Infantry | Private | 3/1/1916 |
Ainslie | Thomas, Alexander | 42 | 11342 | Durham Light Infantry | Sergeant | 30/11/1915 |
Aiston | Thomas | 24 | 1818 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 23/4/1918 |
Aiston | M | 7/2532 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 16/10/1915 | |
Aithwaite | Benjamine | 20 | 3297 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 07/01/17 |
Akers | Matthew, Thourgood | 23 | 250577 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 14/4/1917 |
Alderson | Charles | 23 | 5714 | The Queen's Lancers | Private | 21/2/1915 |
Alderson | Percy, Richard | 29 | 183413 | Royal Engineers | Pioneer | 19/10/1917 |
Alderson | William, Stewart P | 35 | 95014 | Royal Garrison Artillery | Gunner | 13/7/1917 |
Alderson | James | 23 | 22/870 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 19/6/1918 |
Alderson | James | 3/10665 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 05/07/1915 | |
Alderson | Thomas | Durham Light Infantry | Private | |||
Alderson | Albert | Royal Field Artillery | Private | |||
Alderson | John | 39 | 27021 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 24/08/1918 |
Alderson | G | 31 | 12231 | Durham Light Infantry | Lance Corporal | 15/10/1915 |
Aldous | Arthur | 21 | 15604 | West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own) | Private | 09/08/1915 |
Alexander | William | 12266 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 14/12/1915 | |
Allaker | Arthur | N/A | Durham Light Infantry | Corporal | N/A | |
Allaker | Bert | N/A | Durham Light Infantry | Private | N/A | |
Allan | Frank, Cecil | 20 | Durham Light Infantry | 2nd Lieutenant | 29/09/16 | |
Allan | J, F | 22313 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 03/12/1915 | |
Allen | Ernest, E | 28 | 291818 | Northumberland Fusiliers | Lance Corporal | 26/10/1917 |
Allen | John, Cecil | 17 | 2602 | Northumberland Fusiliers | Private | 26/04/15 |
Allen | W | N/A | Royal Army Service Corps | Private | N/A | |
Allen | Francis | 39 | 15552 | West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own) | Private | 22/08/1915 |
Allen | P | 34 | 12994 | Northumberland Fusiliers | Private | 05/11/1915 |
Allinson | John, James | 37 | 222927 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | 30/4/1918 |
Allinson | Robert, William | 23 | 18408 | Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) | Private | 8/10/1916 |
Allinson | Robert, George | 30 | 20583 | Royal Field Artillery | Gunner | 2/10/1917 |
Allinson | Robert, William | 23 | 18408 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 08/10/16 |
Allinson | T | 2379 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 13/09/1916 | |
Allinson | F | N/A | Royal Engineers | Sapper | N/A | |
Allinson | Reginald, (Reg) | Durham Light Infantry | Private | N/A | ||
Allison | Andrew | 36 | 203232 | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) | Private | 11/10/1918 |
Allison | John | 22 | 14578 | Border Regiment | Private | 29/9/1915 |
Allison | George | 18 | 16247 | East Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 03/04/16 |
Allison | Harry | Durham Light Infantry | Private | |||
Amos | Henry, Charlton | 32 | Royal Marine Engineers | Lieutenant | 22/07/15 | |
Amos | George | 21 | 16693 | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | Private | 24/05/1915 |
Anderson | George, John | 18 | 51944 | Lincolnshire Regiment | Private | 17/4/1918 |
Anderson | Robert, William Ernest | 22 | 205629 | East Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 5/10/1918 |
Anderson | Frederick | 22 | 10478 | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Private | 28/06/15 |
Anderson | William | 29 | 8191 | Yorkshire Regiment | Corporal | 13/03/15 |
Anderson | G | N/A | Royal Naval Division | Seaman | N/A | |
Andrews | William, Percival | 24 | N/A | N/A | Engineer | 17/2/1917 |
Andrews | Stewart, Percival | 24 | Mercantile Marine | Fourth Engineer Officer | 17/02/17 | |
Andrews | William, Percival | Engineer | ||||
Andrews | E | N/A | Royal Army Service Corps | Private | N/A | |
Angel | Hugh | 39 | 3/3156 | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) | Private | 02/02/1915 |
Angle | James | 26 | 16190 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 01/01/1901 |
Angus | Walter | 29 | 16412 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 25/9/1917 |
Ankers | Bertram | 25 | 7155 | West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own) | Private | 3/9/1916 |
Annis | Leslie | N/A | Royal Field Artillery | Driver | ||
Appleby | Edward, Percival | 31 | 13069 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | 19/8/1916 |
Appleby | John, Gill | 30 | South Lancashire Regiment | Lieutenant | 14/07/1916 | |
Appleby | A | N/A | Durham Light Infantry | Sergeant | N/A | |
Appleby | T | N/A | Durham Light Infantry | Private | N/A | |
Archbold | William | 21 | 2450 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 26/4/1915 |
Archer | Lewis, Richard | 21 | 268405 | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | Private | 7/4/1917 |
Archer | John | 28 | 2738 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 27/11/1915 |
Arkless | William | Middlesex Regiment | Private | |||
Arkless | John, William | 23 | Durham Light Infantry | 2nd Lieutenant | 30/12/1915 | |
Armes | John, Thomas | 19 | 12199 | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) | Private | 17/02/1915 |
Armitage | Cornelius | 23 | 295961 | Royal Garrison Artillery | Gunner | 18/10/1917 |
Armitage | George, Cyril | 18 | 2411 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 16/6/1915 |
Armitage | Joseph, Willis | 23 | 10697 | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Lance Corporal | 23/4/1915 |
Armitage | Frederick, Barrett | 33 | M/408620 | Royal Army Service Corps | Private | 19/11/1918 |
Armitstead | Henry | 43 | G/10666 | Middlesex Regiment | Private | 23/10/1916 |
Armitt | Clarence | 19 | 203068 | Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) | Private | 23/3/1917 |
Armitt | Clarence | 19 | 203068 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 23/03/17 |
Armstrong | Harold, Bailey | 19 | 53826 | West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own) | Private | 30/8/1918 |
Armstrong | W, G | 21 | 1817 | Royal Engineers | Sapper | 25/04/15 |
Armstrong | Robert, J | 19/799 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 24/08/1916 | |
Armstrong | Dryden | 20530 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 30/12/1915 | |
Arnison | John, Blackburn | 1727 | Durham Light Infantry | Sergeant | 18/07/15 | |
Arnison | A | 29 | 10510 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 11/08/1915 |
Arnold | Alfred | 29 | 1768 | Northumberland Fusiliers | Private | 09/01/1915 |
Ascough | Herbert, Robert | 33 | 77580 | West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own) | Private | 25/10/1918 |
Ashton | Thomas | 19 | 7095 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 5/11/1916 |
Ashton | William | 34 | 184602 | Royal Field Artillery | Driver | 12/12/1918 |
Atherton | Henry | 22928 | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) | Private | 29/08/1915 | |
Atkins | H, De C | 23 | Durham Light Infantry | Lieutenant | 10/10/1915 | |
Atkinson | William | 23 | 243464 | Yorkshire (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own) | Private | 14/7/1918 |
Atkinson | George, William Farrow | 21 | 1519 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 16/4/1915 |
Atkinson | Henry | 32 | 18419 | North Staffordshire Regiment | Lance Corporal | 25/2/1917 |
Atkinson | Sydney | 26 | 98291 | Northumberland Fusiliers | Private | 8/11/1917 |
Atkinson | William | 34 | 24206 | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) | Private | 3/5/1917 |
Atkinson | John, Albert | 20 | 43587 | Durham Light Infantry | Private | 6/6/1918 |
Atkinson | William | 23 | 243464 | Yorkshire Regiment | Private | 14/07/18 |
Atkinson | Sydney | 26 | 98291 | Machine Gun Corps | Private | 08/11/17 |