Duke School Book of Remembrance

[janwhin]

These are the names of those on the local memorials from World War 2 who have a biography in the Book of Remembrance:
AMBLE: J Brown; RB Chrisp; G Earnshaw; JD Forsyth; C Hall; D Horn; RM Kay; R Lisle; NG Riddell; WH Scott; ALP Shearer; JG Stewart; JO Straffen; GB White.
RADCLIFFE: JH Bolton; G Smailes (there is a RH Carr listed of Centre Row but he didn't die until 1947)
CHEVINGTON: HG Hunter; GT Jobson; GA Smith; GA Todd.
WARKWORTH: T J Baston; P Hedley; FJ Turner.

There is one from Shilbottle: KF Middlemist, Felton: AD Trotter and Acklington: FW Swan.

[Alan J.]

R H Carr was my uncle, after the Duke School he started to serve an apprenticeship as a fitter at Hauxley colliery. Some how, I haven't found out how, he managed to get into the RAFVR when he was 18. This was strange as the mines were a reserved occupation by then, but he had always been mad keen on the airforce. After the war when he was applying to remain in the service as aircrew, he was a flight engineer, he was diagnosed with a lung disease which was caused by war service. He died in January 1947 days before his 22nd birthday.

[janwhin]

Do you know why he didn't get listed on the memorial AlanJ....was 1947 too late?
He is on the CWG website, buried in the West cemetery and the book of remembrance says his death was a result of war service.

[Alan J.]

I can only assume it was that he died after the war as he was still serving at the time of his death. He is however on the Duke School memorial which was unveiled on April 24th 1949.