FRED KENDALL age 31 Pte 8th Border Rgt 4th September 1918
Son of Edward
and Sarah Kendall, of Score Crag, Grasmere, Westmorland; husband of
Alice E. Kendall, of 26, Greta Hamlet, Keswick. Worked as a gardener at
Derwent Hill prior to enlisting in Sept 1914, he was wounded in July
1916. Taken prisoner on the 10 April 1918 and died at Friedrichfeld Camp
after a fortnight in hospital.
GEORGE KENNEDY age 20 Sgt 6th Border Rgt 7th Aug 1915
Son of John and Agnes Kennedy, of Main St., Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumberland.
ROBERT H KNIGHT age 25 Cpt 4th Wiltshire Rgt 19th Sept 1918
Son of Dr. Alexander Knight, of Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Lancs. Native of Keswick, Cumberland.
Buried at Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel
Plaque at St Johns Church Keswick
IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN ROBERT HALLEY KNIGHT, CAPTAIN, WILTSHIRE REGIMENTBORN IN THIS PARISH 19 DECEMBER 1892 KILLED IN PALESTINE 19 SEPTEMBER 1918
GIVING HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF GOD AND COUNTRY HE HELPED TO FREE THE HOLY LAND FROM THE CRUEL OPPRESION OF CENTURIES AND THE WORLD FROM THE DOMINATION OF THE POWER OF EVIL GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE AND GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN
ERNEST GILL LEE Pte 1st Btn Border Rgt 13 Aug 1915
Killed in the Gallipoli campaign
HERBERT LEYLAND age 38 2nd Lt Royal Engineers 17th Oct 1917
Son of the late William and Sarah
Leyland, of The Hollows, Borrowdale, Keswick, Cumberland; husband of
Mabel Maud Mildred Leyland, of Langstrath, Borrowdale, Keswick,
Cumberland. He was partner with his brother in the stone quarry's at
Borrowdale. Buried at Dozingham, Belgium
HENRY LIGHTFOOT age 23 Border Rgt 13 Nov 1914
Son of Mrs. M. A. and the late Henry Lightfoot, of 8, Soapery Cottages, Workington, Cumberland. born keswick
R. B. MANDALE age 22 Pte 1st South Wales Borderers 10th Nov 1917
Son of Daniel and Sarah Ann Mandale, of Ullock Farm, Keswick, Cumberland.
FRED MARTIN age 30 C.Q.Sgt 8th Border Rgt 10th April 1918
Son of John Martin, of Heads House, Main St., Keswick, Cumberland.
MARK MAYSON MM age 30 Sgt 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 9th Aug 1918
Mrs
William Mayson, Eskin place, Keswick, has recieved a sympathetic letter
from the Colonel commanding the Royal Irish Rifles, stating that her
fifth son Sgt Mark Mayson was killed in action in France on the 9th of
August.
Sgt Mayson was 30 years of age and had served with the forces
for ten years, he went out to France in 1914 and has been there ever
since except for very short leaves. He had the Mons Star and earlier
this year was awarded the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct
Medal. He was a old scholar of Brigham School and possessed a most
lovable character, he has two brother still fighting in France another
in India and a further one in Africa.
WILLIAM McADE age 23 Gnr 16th Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Aug 1916
Son of Fearon Barnis McCade and Mary Ann McCade, of Keswick, Cumberland.
DERWENT MILBURN age 21 Pte 11th Border Rgt 29th Nov 1917
Son of J. and L. Milburn, of 36, Station Rd., Keswick, Cumberland.
JOHN MASON MITCHELL Pte 5th Canadian Infantry 2nd July 1916
Son of Nellie Mitchell, of Keswick, Cumberland, England . Born Melrose, Scotland, was a carpenter by trade.
THOMAS MOORE age 22 Pte 10th Kings Liverpool Rgt 23rd April 1918
Son of Mrs. E. Moore, of 17, Otley Rd., Keswick, Cumberland, and the late John Moore.
GEORGE ALWYN MOUNSEY age 34 3rd Engineer - SS Roxburgh 5th March 1918
Third son of Mr and Mrs G Mounsey,
Blencathra St, Keswick. Lost after his ship was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean, he was last seen in the engine room.
SS Roxburgh, Sutherland Steamship Co.; 1906; W. Doxford & Sons; 4,630 tons;
380-8x51-2x25-4; 339 n.h.p.; 10 knots; triple-expansion engines
The
steamship Roxburgh, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine UC 74,
15 miles E. by N. % N. of Cape St. John, Crete, while on a voyage from
Karachi for Salonica with a cargo of barley. Six men were killed. The
captain was among the survivors.
JOHN NELSON PTE 10927 6th Bn Border Rgt 27th Sept 1916
WILSON NICHOLSON Pte 5th Border Rgt 16 Sept 1916
Native of Borrowdale, commemerated on the Thieipval Memorial
WILLIAM NOTMAN Sgt 8th Border Rgt 21st October 1916
Son of John and Eliza Notman, of 9, Wordsworth St., Keswick, Cumberland. Worked on the railway before the war.
ERNEST NUNN age 26 Lcpl 3rd Btn Coldstream Guards 23 Oct 1915
Son of Alfred and Catherine Nunn, of Needham Market, Suffolk; husband of Harriet Robinson (formerly Nunn), of Troutdale Cottage, Borrowdale, Keswick.