“They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them”.
Today we remember Lieutenant Walter Elmslie Hawkins B.Sc.
Lieutenant Hawkins was serving with the 8th Battalion of Gloucester Regiment in the Yrpres Salient when he was killed on the 8th of June 1917.
Lieutenant Hawkins was studying at the Richmond Wesleyan College training to become a Methodist Minister.
He was aged 26 years old.
Lieutenant Hawkins was mourned by his parents the Rev Walter and Ann Hawkins and the members of this church.
Today we remember Private Harold Edward Neale of the 9th Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
He was killed on the 25 of September 1915.
His body was never recovered. He was aged 19 years old.
Private Neale was mourned by his mother Mrs. Sarah Neale, of 57, Ridgeway, Edgbaston, Birmingham and the members of this church.
Today we remember Flying Officer Arthur James Herriot, DFM.
Flying Officer Herriot was based at RAF Middleton St George near Northumberland as part of number six group bomber command.
He served as a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve but had been assigned to 419 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
During his service Arthur Herrot was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
On the Ist of March 1943 he was killed in action.
Flying Officer Herriot’s name is recorded on the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede which commemorates by name over 20,000 airmen who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe, and who have no known graves.
Flying Officer Herriot was mourned by the members of this church
Today we remember Private Sidney Arthur Perry of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars.
Private Perry died of wounds on the 8th of November 1917 sustained during the successful capture of the City of Gaza in Palestine from the Turks.
He was 20 years old
Private Perry was mourned by his parents Arthur and Emily Perry, of 61, Park Rd., Bearwood, Birmingham and the members of this church.
Today we remember Private Harold Cornelius Driscoll of the 15th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Private Driscoll was killed on the 9th of October 1917. He lays buried in a British Military Cemetery close to the French and Belgium borders, south of Yepres.
He was 25 years old.
Private Driscoll was mourned by his parents John and Mary Driscoll of Birmingham and his wife Nellie of 4 Weston Road, Bearwood and the members of this church.
Today we remember Ordnance Artificer 3rd Class Eric Norman Hall.
He was killed in action on the 18th of February 1944 whilst serving abroad HMS Penelope. She was torpedoed by the German submarine the U-410 as she returned from the landings at Anzio on the west coast of Italy to Naples.
The first torpedo struck her in the after engine room and was followed sixteen minutes later by another torpedo which hit in the after boiler room, causing her immediate sinking. 415 of the crew, including the captain, went down with the ship.
He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Royal Naval Memorial at Portsmouth.
Eric Hall was aged 24 years old
Eric Hall was mourned by his parents Harry and Alice Hall, of Edgbaston, Birmingham and the members of this church.
Today we remember Private Frank E. Pickman of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Private Pickman was killed on the 21st of October 1916 defending the French towns of Laventie and La Gorgue which had been retaken from the Germans the previous month.
He now lies buried in the Laventie Military cemetery.
Private Pickman was mourned by his wife, Edith Pickman, who lived at Tower Street in Birmingham and the members of this church.
Today we remember Private Howard Partridge of the 2nd Battalion of Worcestershire Regiment.
Private Partridge was killed on the 6 April 1917. He now lies in a British Military Cemetrary on the banks of the River Luce in Northern France.
He was aged was aged 20 years old.
Private Partridge was mourned by his parents Charles and Mary Partridge, of 224, Galton Road, Bearwood and the members of this church.
Today we remember Captain Thomas Kenneth Barnsley of the Coldstream Guards.
Captain Barnsley was killed on 31st of July 1917. His father Sir John Barnsley was later to build the Hall of Memory outside Baskerville House and was the original benefactor of this church.
Captain Barnsley was 25 years old.
Captain Barnsley was mourned by his parents Brig. Gen. Sir John Barnsley and Lady Barnsley, of 20, Westfield Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham and by the members of this church.
Today we remember all those others whose names are engraved on the Church memorial:
W E Witika,
Kenneth Thompson,
Charles R bartley,
Horrace Butley,
Hadyn Clarke,
J W Middleton,
Harold Partridge, and
Dennis Passmore.
Although other details have been lost, we know that they were mourned by the members of this Church.
'When you go home
Tell them of us and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today.
Sandon Road Methodist Church, Birmingham
Sunday 11 November 2007
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Middleton St. George is in the borough of Darlington in the County of Durham. It is on the Tees and is near Yorkshire not Northumberland. It is worth Googling as there is quite a list of sites concerning its history.
I am astonished -- and humbled -- to discover that, 90 years after his death, you continue to honor the memory of my great uncle, Lt. Walter Elmslie HAWKINS, who died of his wounds in June 1917.
As the only son of his parents, Rev. Walter and Mary HAWKINS, his death was a great loss to both them and his two then living sisters.
Thank you.
Very sincerely
Mike Scott (great grandson of Walter and Mary Hawkins)
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