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Post by BereniceUK on Apr 12, 2017 8:14:25 GMT
8146 Private Benn Hodgson, 2nd Border Regiment. Killed in action at Festubert on 16th May 1915, aged 29. Son of John and Dorothy Hodgson, of New Mill, Gosforth.826664 Private John Wilson, 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Killed in action on 29th October 1917, aged 39. Son of John and Esther Wilson, of Gosforth Gate.131011 Private William Henry Postlethwaite, 40th Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action in France on 9th April 1918, aged 21. Son of George and Sarah Postlethwaite, of Field End, Gosforth.T4/084416 Corporal Mossop Gunson, Army Service Corps. 10th August 1918, aged 33. Son of Mary Gunson, of Mill House, Calder Bridge, Cumberland, and the late David Hill Gunson.1055732 Aircraftman 1st Class Donald Percy Vincent Gibb, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 13th November 1941. 778385 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) William Harry Casson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed on operations on 12th December 1942, aged 21.173326 Pilot Officer (Pilot) John 'Jock' Birnie, 115 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed by enemy action while on operational duty on 19th April 1944, aged 20. Son of Walter and Bessie Birnie, of Gosforth.160186 Pilot Officer (Pilot) John Casson C.G.M., 250 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died of wounds in Italy on 27th May 1944, aged 21. Sons of Harry and Olive Beatrice Casson, of Inyanga, Southern Rhodesia.
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