Tommy Silhouette

This silhouette represents the men of Chatton and Chillingham parishes who never returned from the war, and is part of a national 2018 Armistice Project to commemorate the end of World War One. 'There But Not There' will be the defining centenary commemoration of the end of the 1914-1918 war, installed where the men and women came from across the country, back in the communities they left behind. Our Tommy was purchased with crowd-funding by the people of Chatton in memory of those local men who died serving their country

Further information from www.therebutnotthere.org.uk

The following are those whom we remember:-

John Aitchison	Further information not known. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
James Edwin Brown	Pte Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment. Killed in action 10/04/1918 in France / Flanders Aged 18. Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, and on Chatton War Memorial. Son of Isabella and the late James Brown, of Bank Top, Chillingham, Chatton, Northumberland. Enlisted Morpeth Recruiting Office 30/7/1917. Born July – Sept 1899
Thomas Carr	Pte. Yeomanry Northumberland Hussars. Son of John & Helen Carr, Hepburn Bell Old Bewick. Born abt 1891. Died 15/2/1919. Buried in St Peters, Chillingham. Commemorated on Chillingham War Memorial
William Carr	Pte 1st/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died 16/06/1915 Aged 20. Commemorated at YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, and on Chatton War Memorial. Son of John & Helen Carr, Hepburn Bell Old Bewick. Extract from the book Menin Gate South: In Memory and In Mourning by Paul Chapman. “(Panel 12) Pte. 1610, William Carr, 1/7th Bn. Northumberland Fusillers (TF) : late of Hepburn Lodge, Old Bewick,: s. of John Carr, of Ellingham Home Farm, Chathill, co. Northumberland, by his wife Helen: and brother to Corpl T Carr, Northumberland Hussars (Yeomanry) , who dies of acute enteritis and pneumonia at Hepburn Lodge 17 February 1919, aged 28 years: b. Belford, co. Northumberland: enlisted Wooler, Glendale. Killed in action on the night of 16 June 1915, nr Zouave Wood: Aged 20. Unm. Recorded on Chillingham War Memorial; William and Thomas are remembered on the headstone of their sister Helen Margaret who died 18 June 1901, aged 7 months”
Joseph Common	Pte, 2nd/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He died at home on 12th May 1916 and is buried in Chatton(Holy Cross) Churchyard. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
George Davison	Pte, Durham Light Infantry. Lived West Lyham
Ernest Dodds	Pte, Durham Light Infantry. Commemorated on Chillingham War Memorial
James Gallon	Pte, 12th Battn, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 3rd July 1916, aged 26, during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of William and Isabella Gallon of Weetwood, Wooler and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and on Chatton War Memorial. He had been born at Kimmerston and had originally enlisted in the 15th Battalion of the Fusiliers before being transferred to the 12th.
John Hinson	Pte, 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 15th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and on Chatton War Memorial. He fell in an assault on German positions near Mametz Wood in France on 15/9/1916 which was only partially successful. The Battalion suffered heavy casualties with 3 Officers and 40 Other Ranks killed and 7 Officers and 219 Other Ranks Wounded. In addition 74 Other Ranks were posted missing.
Thomas Hinson	Pte 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He died at home, aged 26, on 2/1/1917. Buried in Wooler churchyard. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
Hugh McGuchian	Royal Scots. Born in Wolsingham, Co Durham. Died in France 2/6/1915 aged 20. Buried in St Peters, Chillingham and Commemorated on Chillingham War Memorial
Thomas Nesbit	Pte 13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 11th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France and on Chatton War Memorial.
John Nesbit	Further information not known. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
Harold Probert	Royal Garrison Artillery. Commemorated on Chillingham War Memorial
Robert Redhead	Pte 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He died in St John's Military Hospital, Hull on 1st July 1918 and is buried in Chatton Churchyard. He was the eldest son of Robert and Mrs Redhead of Hetton House, Chatton and had enlisted on attaining the age of 18. He had worked on his fathers farm and it seemed his heart was not strong although the doctors had passed him A1. He had only been in the Army for three weeks and the local M.P. Sir Francis Blake raised his case in the House Of Commons and asked why he had been passed for service in the first place when it was obvious that he was not strong enough for the rigours of Military life. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
John Renton	Rifleman 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was killed in action in Belgium on 3rd August 1917, aged 23, during the Battle of Third Ypres. He was the son of Ralph and Margaret Renton of Chillingham and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium and on Chatton War Memorial.
Robert Rutherford	Pte, 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in France on 30th July 1916, aged , 22, of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of Robert and Margaret Rutherford of Chatton and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
Samuel Sanderson	Pte 1/4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (TF). Died: 26/10/1917 Aged: 21. Commemorated / Buried: Poelcapelle British Cemetery and on Chillingham War Memorial. Enlisted at Wooler. Born at Wooler, Son of Alexander H. & Margaret Sanderson, of Chillingham, Chatton, Northumberland.
George Stothart	L/Cpl 11th Battn, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in France on 6th September 1916, aged 21, of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of Thomas and Cecily Stothart of Hetton Limeworks, Lowick and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated on Chatton War Memorial
Arthur Sword	Pte 1st/4th (Border) Batt, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 20, on 12th July 1915 during the "Charge" on the Turkish trenches at Achi Baba Nullah. He was the son of the late William and Agnes Sword and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, and on Chatton War Memorial.
James Voy	Pte 1st/4th Batt King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds (gas) aged 24 on 24th July 1917. Buried at Adinkerke Cemetery, Belgium. Lived at Berwick Folley. Commemorated on Carham War Memorial
Thomas Williams	Pte 1/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Territorial Force). Died of wounds received: 16/09/1916. Commemorated / Buried: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, and on Chillingham War Memorial. Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
James Waddel	Lce-Cpl. Northumberland Fusilliers. Commemorated on Chillingham War Memorial