Prudhoe & District Local History Society
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    • 1. Places >
      • 1.1 Eltringham
      • 1.2 High Prudhoe
      • 1.3 Low Prudhoe
      • 1.4 West Wylam
      • 1.5 Mickley
      • 1.6 Hexham
      • 1.7 Stocksfield
      • 1.8 Ovingham/Ovington
      • 1.9 West Prudhoe
      • 1.10 Road Ends, Front Street and Stonyflat Bank
      • 1.11 Castle Road and Western Avenue
    • 2. Activities >
      • 2.1 Entertainment
      • 2.2 Football
      • 2.3 Cricket
      • 2.4 Bowls
      • 2.5 Athletics
      • 2.6 Cycling
      • 2.7 Swimming
      • 2.8 Golf
      • 2.9 Other Sports
    • 3. Public Services and Occasions >
      • 3.1 Public Services
      • 3.2 Fire Service
      • 3.3 Post Boxes
      • 3.4 Public Occasions
      • 3.5 Wars and Victory
      • 3.6 War Memorials
      • 3.7 Maps
      • 3.8 Wells of Prudhoe
      • 3.9 End of the Penny Toll
      • 3.10 Prudhoe By-Pass Construction
    • 4. Church and School >
      • 4.1 Church and Chapel
      • 4.2 Schools
    • 5. Commerce and Industry >
      • 5.1 Shops
      • 5.2 Industry
      • 5.3 Mining
      • 5.4 Public Houses
      • 5.5 Agriculture/Horticulture
      • 5.6 Other Commerce
      • 5.7 Coking in Prudhoe
    • 6. Travel >
      • 6.1 Crossing the Tyne
      • 6.2 Transport
    • 7. Castle/Hall/Hospital >
      • 7.1 Prudhoe Castle
      • 7.2 Prudhoe Hall
      • 7.3 Prudhoe Hospital
      • 7.4 Prudhoe Hospital Walled Garden
    • 8. People >
      • 8.1 Social Groups
    • 9 General >
      • 9.1 Now and Then
      • 9.2 Other
    • Liddle family photographs
    • Guest Area - North Tyne
  • Extracts from 'A Prudhoe Likeness'
    • Section 1 >
      • PROUD HEIGHTS OR PRUDHA’S HILL
      • FROM VILLAGE TO TOWN
      • OUT OF OVINGHAM AND MICKLEY
      • IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
      • RAIDS AND RATIONING
      • JOHN WESLEY SPARKS A FLAME
      • STARTED BY EIGHT MEN FROM WYLAM!
      • FROM FAMILY SEAT TO HOSPITAL & PLACE OF WORSHIP
      • PALACE OR POLLUTED ‘RAA’?
      • WATER FOR MAN AND BEAST
    • Section 2 >
      • END OF THE PENNY TOLL
      • “THE LITTLE VILLAGE DOWN THE BANK”
      • INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
      • FROM LIME TO DEMOLITION
      • TRAGEDY FOR PRUDHOE
      • FIRE! STOKE THE BOILER!
      • A CANNY PINT AND MORE BESIDES
      • THE COAL BOOM BRINGS SCHOOLS
      • “FALCONER’S ACADEMY”
      • PRUDHOE NATIONAL SCHOOL
    • Section 3 >
      • FOUNDED BY THE LIDDELLS
      • A TRANSIENT POPULATION, SCHOOL FEES & EPIDEMICS
      • THE NEW SCHOOLS
      • EDUCATION FOR YOUNG AND OLD
      • LET THERE BE LIGHT
      • THE EDGE WELL
      • A NEW USE FOR THE CASTLE?
      • ALONG THE FRONT STREET
      • FAMILY ENTERPRISES
      • UP “THE TOON”
    • Section 4 >
      • HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR
      • THE WIDER WORLD OPENS UP
      • STATION GATE Eltringham
      • THE POINTS
      • A PROUD SPORTING TRADITION
      • MEN OF SPORTING TALENT
      • THE MEN IN WHITES
      • ON THE GREEN
      • IT BEGAN BESIDE ‘THE SUEY
      • FROM THE REX TO WATERWORLD
    • Section 5 >
      • OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
      • FANCIERS OF FEATHER
      • A SLAP-UP TEA AND A GOSSIP
  • Personal Memories
    • Margaret Hepworth
    • Nancy Snaith
    • Marian Smailes
    • Jim and Anne Standish
    • Marcus Gatenby
    • Bill Hunter
    • Norman Roberts
    • Peggy Ballantyne
    • Ronnie Howson
    • Bernard Stewart (West Wylam)
    • Joe Wallis
    • John Currey
    • Interviews with woman from Heddon
Introduction

This section of the gallery is still under construction. It is based on continuing work by Len Franchetti and Bill Rochester of the Prudhoe and District Local History Society aimed at providing a definitive list of names for the Lychgate War Memorial. It consists of galleries of such pictures as we possess of those military personnel who fell in the wars followed by the lists of those who died and those who survived. There are complementary lists in 3.6, where the emphasis is on memorials and cemeteries. Sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.3 were out of date and need repopulating. There is a special section (3.5.4) devoted to Aidan Liddell, Prudhoe's only VC. Finally, there are military photos that don't belong in the other categories.
3.5.1 World War I
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Soldiers who died in WWI
Soldiers who Served and Survived W.W.I
3.5.2 World War II
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Soldiers who died in WWII
Soldiers who Served and Survived W.W.II
3.5.3 Post WWII Conflicts
3.5.4 John Aidan Liddell VC, MC
Captain John Aidan Liddell VC, MC was the son of John Liddell who inherited Prudhoe Hall from his aunt, Susanna Liddell, in 1894. Captain Liddell, already the holder of the Military Cross, won while in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, won the Victoria Cross on 31st July, 1915 when, as a pilot in the fledgling Royal Flying Corps, he heroically landed his plane despite being mortally wounded by enemy fire. He died from his wounds a month later, aged 27. In July 2015, the 100th anniversary of his death was commemorated by a special feature in the Hexham Courant, using photographs supplied from the family archives kept by Mark and Lucy Liddell of Newbrough. Mark is the great-nephew of Aidan. The Liddells kindly agreed for further photographs to be copied and placed on this website. Some of the photographs and information come from the biography of Aidan Liddell, 'With A Smile And A Wave' by Peter Daybell. There is further information about the Liddell family at Prudhoe Hall in Gallery section 7.2.

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3.5.5 General
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Further information can be found in: /in-memory-of-those-who-fell.html and /raids-and-rationing.html 
Here is a link to the Neil Storey's website on the Northumbrian Fusiliers, well worth a look.
Here is a link to Ronnie Howson's War Memories: /personal-memories.html Number 9.