Weardale at War

Parish: Rookhope

Rookhope is a village in County Durham, in England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th Century. It is situated in the Pennines to the north of Weardale. W. H. Auden once called Rookhope "the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales".

Surname	Forenames	Regiment	Battalion	Options
Hogarth	Robert James	Durham Light Infantry	53rd Battalion	View Record
Westgarth	William (Willie)	Durham Light Infantry	518th Field Company (R.E.)	View Record
Gardiner	Charles Fredrick	Durham Light Infantry	18th Service Battalion	View Record
Baty	George Vickers	Royal Air Force	Squadron no. 89	View Record
Brown	John Dryden	Royal Fusiliers	12th Battalion (Service)	View Record
Gardner	Wilfred Joseph	Durham Light Infantry	19th Battalion	View Record
Hogarth	William	Notts and Derby Sherwood Foresters Regiment	1st Batallion	View Record
Phillipson	Henry Valentine	Durham Light Infantry	6th Batallion	View Record
Reed	Robert Bartholomew	Durham Light Infantry	1/6th Batallion	View Record
Ward	Joseph Nevin	Durham Light Infantry	18th Battalion (Durham Pals)	View Record
Adamson	James Edward	Manchester Regiment	8th Battalion (Territorial).	View Record
Lowery	Charles	Durham Light Infantry	6th Batallion	View Record
Oliver	Alfred	Durham Light Infantry	11th Battalion (Pioneers).	View Record
Patterson	Albert Henry M.M. & Bar	Hampshire Regiment	1st Battalion	View Record
Myers	Harrison	Army Service Corps	Remounts	View Record
Bowman	John Whit	King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	2nd Battalion (Pioneers).	View Record
Adamson	Richard Bell	Durham Light Infantry	1st/6th Battalion	View Record
Adamson	Robert Hodgson	Durham Light Infantry	1st/6th Battalion	View Record
Baty	John Christopher	Durham Light Infantry	20nd Battalion	View Record
Forster	John Edward	Durham Light Infantry	18th Battalion	View Record
Kirton	Fred	South Staffordshire Regiment	A" Company. 7th Service Battalion.	View Record
Lowery	Herbert	Durham Light Infantry	20nd Battalion	View Record
O Neil	J			View Record
Oliver	William Dent	York and Lancaster Regiment	6th (Service) Battalion	View Record
Patterson	Robert William	Lincolnshire Regiment	2nd/4th Battalion	View Record
Potts	John Edward	Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery	"D" Battry. 107th Brigade	View Record
Robinson	Robert William	Royal Engineers		View Record
Sparke	Thomas	Border Regiment	1st Battalion	View Record
Swinhoe	William			View Record