COCKFIELD TERRITORIALS outside the WELCOME pub, Front Street, Cockfield, County Durham

COCKFIELD TERRITORIALS

Photo taken before September 1915

L to R: Believed to be: Robert Wallace (aged 21): Jonathan “Jonty” Linsley (27): Thomas Pinkney (32): George Cook (18): Cecil Sedgewick (18): Charles “Chuck” Hall (20): William Lamb (19): Jeremiah “Jerry” Lee (22).

3974 Private Robert W. Wallace, 6/DLI entered France 1 October 1915, was killed in action 1 October 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, France. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals.

250472 [formerly 4013] Private Jonathan Linsley, 6/DLI, entered France 15 September 1915, was discharged 28 November 1917 as medically unfit and received the War Badge.  Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals.

4073 Private Thomas Pinkney, 6/DLI entered France 18 November 1915, was killed in action 2 April 1916 and is buried at Chester Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.  Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals.

250451 [formerly 3858] Private George Cook, 6/DLI, entered France 2 October 1915, transferred to the Army Reserve 23 October 1918 and finally discharged 26 April 1919. Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals and the War Badge.

250422 [formerly 3660] Private Cecil W. Sedgewick, 15/DLI entered France after 31 December 1915, was killed in action 4 October 1917 and is buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium.  Awarded British War & Victory medals.

202346 Private Charles B.W. Hall, 2/4 Lincolnshire Regiment, served in Ireland from April 1916 to February 1917, entered France 24 April 1917, was discharged 31 March 1920.  Awarded the British War & Victory medals.

250467 [formerly 3973] Private William Lamb, 6/DLI entered France 1 October 1915, was killed in action 26 March 1918 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.  Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals.

3666 Private Jeremiah C. Lee, 6/DLI entered France 1 October 1915, was killed in action 1 October 1916 and is buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France.  Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory medals.

NOTES:

1] The territorials’ photo has been with us since 1986 when the late Tom Robinson, landlord of the Welcome, let us copy it for a local history display.  We have been helped by Hazel Buck, Evelyn Humphries, Hazel Bowman and John Hallimond in identifying 5 of the soldiers who are recognisable by comparing with other photographs.  They are R.W. Wallace, J. Linsley, T. Pinkney, C. Sedgewick & C. Hall

2] Cockfield Remembrance Service, November 2019, Bob Dixon was approached by a gentleman who offered more names – some confirmed our understanding and others offered new identities.

3] November 2014, the Northern Echo Remembrance Sunday Supplement p.79 include a memorial to W. Lamb, who is included in the above territorials’ photo.  KNR spoke to the lady who placed the memorial but has lost her contact details.  His identity on this photo was unknown at the time.