King, Blacksmith 4th Class Matthew C/MX 76705

HMS Cornwall, Royal Navy

Died: 5th April 1942, aged 28

Son of Thomas Harris King and Mary Ann King

Chatham Naval Memorial 63, 2

The heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall was sunk by Japanese carrier-based aircraft in the Indian Ocean on this day. HMS Dorsetshire was sunk in the same action.

Lee, Guardsman Herbert 2662164

3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards

Died: 20th June 1942, aged 28

Son of William Henry and Catherine Lee, of Wheatley Hill, Co Durham

Alamein Memorial, Egypt, Column 54

Lonsdale, Aircraftsman George Sinclair

RAF Flight Mechanic

Died: 5th June 1942, aged 20

Of 10 First Street, Wheatley Hill, Co Durham

Wheatley Hill Cemetery, Co Durham Section F, Grave 532

Lowther, Stoker 1st Class Harry LT/KX 120004

HM Drifter Christine Rose, Royal Naval Patrol Service

Died: 10th September 1941, aged 21

Son of James and Charlotte Lowther, of Wheatley Hill

Wingate (Wheatley Hill) Cemetery, Co Durham, Sec F Grave 507

Mountford, Flight Lieutenant Robert Henry James 74968

512 Squadron RAF

Died: 21st March 1944, aged 32

Son of Henry James and Alice Maud Mountfort, husband of Edna Mountfort, of Wheatley Hill, Co Durham

Streatham Park Cemetery, Surrey, Square 8, Grave 35232

512 Squadron RAF was equipped with Douglas Dakota transport aircraft and at this time was training for its role in the D-Day Invasion of June 1944.

Perkins, K W P

Still to be researched

Riley, Ann Eleanor (Civilian War Dead)

Died 14th March 1943, at 207 Cleveland Road, Sunderland

Fireguard, of 207 Cleveland Road

Daughter of George Hutchinson Riley and Ann Eleanor Riley, of 9 Lynn Terrace, Wheatley Hill

Robinson, P

Still to be researched

Scott, R

Still to be researched

Simpson, Petty Officer Stoker Joseph C/KX90752

HMS Kale, Royal Navy

Died: 22nd November 1945

Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Simpson, of Wheatley Hill, husband of Olive Simpson of Wheatley Hill.

Wingate (Wheatley Hill) Cemetery, Co Durham Sec F Grave 507

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