The Bowes Museum Dewhurst W

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Name:

Dewhurst

Casualty No.:

Initials:

Service No.:

Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Age at Death:

Ranks:

Company Sergeant Major

Unit:

Royal Engineers

Teesdale Township:

Woodland

Place Enlisted:

Home Address:

Civilian Employment:

Cause of Death:

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

Battles & Campaigns:

Locally Commemorated:

Woodland Roadside Pillar

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Croix De Guerre 1914-1918 (France), Military Medal

Service :

Army

Service Records:

Dardanelles

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Notes:

W. Dewhurst is mentioned as a volunteer from Woodland serving in the Dardanelles in an article about fundraising by Woodland Red Cross Society. Part of the funds were to be used to send a Christmas parcel to Dewhurst and two other Woodland men - F. Finnigan and R. Anderson.

Teesdale Mercury 24 November 1915: Woodland Red Cross Society - Kindly thought for our lads at the Front.

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Sources:

Last Name: www.newmp.org.uk; Initials: www.newmp.org.uk; Service: www.newmp.org.uk; Ranks: www.newmp.org.uk; Unit: www.newmp.org.uk; Service Records: Teesdale Mercury 24 November 1915; Notes: Teesdale Mercury 24 November 1915; Campaign Medals: www.newmp.org.uk; Local Memorials: www.newmp.org.uk; Teesdale Townships: Teesdale Poor Law Union 1914;