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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1415 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Whitburn building and charity records; William Edward Bell, prisoner of war

Covering Dates: 1789-1946

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Catalogue Description

Records given

12 September 2003 Acc: 2972(D)

1 July 2004 Acc: 3046(D)

4 November 2004 Acc: 3086(D)

Catalogue Contents

Records of W.D. & R. Allison & Sons, building contractors, Whitburn (Ref: D/X 1415/1-6)

The firm of Allison is a long-standing one in Whitburn: the first ledger listed below begins in 1798. Pigot's Directory of 1828 lists Robert Allison [sic] stonemason; Slater's Directory of 1848 lists Robert and William Allison, stonemasons; Whellan's Directory of 1856 lists William and Robert Allison, stonemasons, and Kelly's Post Office Directory of 1879, lists R. Allison, builder. The Post Office Directories of 1890, 1902, 1910, 1914, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1934 and 1938, list William Allison, builder, North Road.


Ledger, February 1789 - July 1812 At end: lists of people to whom bricks have been delivered, April 1800 - November 1808
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Ledger, January 1842 - March 1855
(1 volume, vellum bound)


Ledger, June 1871 - March 1879 At end: accounts of payments to the Law Accident Insurance Society Ltd., 1932-1933; rates payable on properties, 1922-1930; income tax paid, 1922-1927; water rates paid, 1923-1926; payments to the South Shields Premier Building Society, 1925-1929; payments to the Eligible Permanent Building Society, South Shields, 1925-1930; rents received from houses in Adolphus Street, Whitburn, 1925-1929; payments to the Law Accident Insurance Society Ltd., 1931-1934; payments to T.E. Ward & Co., Sunderland, 1930-1932; payments to British Law Insurance Co. Ltd., 1931-1936; payments to County Fire Office Ltd., 2, Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; payments to Longden Mann, Solicitors, Somerford Buildings, Sunderland, 1932; payments to St. Andrew's Motors Ltd., Leazes Lane, Newcastle, 1933; payments to the Federated Employers' Insurance Association Ltd., 1934-1936
(1 volume, calf half-bound)


Ledger, July 1905 - January 1939
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, November 1875 - February 1880
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Cash book, January 1889 - January 1895
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Whitburn Charitable Society (Ref: D/X 1415/7)

Account book of Whitburn Charitable Society, 1 January 1806 - 13 December 1859 Includes: at beginning: Articles, laws and rules of the society, 12 July 1806; heads of articles, 1806; list of names of members, 1 January 1806; note of the articles being exhibited at the Court of Quarter Sessions, 14 July 1806 At end: note of resolution of amounts to be paid to subscribers in need, determined at the annual general meeting, 1 January 1813; resolution of variation in payments, 17 March 1818; articles and rules of the society, 21 July 1818; note of the articles being exhibited at the Court of Quarter Sessions, 1 August 1818; notes of changes in the rates payable, 16 October 1838, 1 January 1824, 24 February 1846
(1 volume, vellum bound)

Records of 4462380 Private William Edward Bell of Sunderland, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (Ref: D/X 1415/8-15)

Second Deposit
(Acc: 3046 (D))


Private Eddie Bell was a prisoner of war in the Second World War. He was captured on 27 July 1942 at Benghazi, Libya, but was taken to Italy in September 1942. He remained a prisoner until the armistice with Italy in September 1943, when he was set free by the prison camp guards. He travelled, with fellow prisoners, to Switzerland, where they were interned for the rest of the war. William Edward Bell died in July 1994.


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, before departing for the Middle East, c.1941
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, before departing for the Middle East, c.1941
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of soldiers of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, before departing for the Middle East, c.1941 Top row: Cummings, Ward, Jackson, Harrison, Dixon, Robson, Sculley, Kilburn, Blower, Wright, Bell Third row: Cooper, Jamieson, Balsam, Irwin, Evelyn, Granville, Stubbs, Richardson, Foster, Carr, Smith Second row: Moore, Graham, Sergeant Clough, Lieutenant Mason, Ramage, Crooks, Flaherty, Purdy, Clark Front row: Steadman, Bradley, Thomas, Dixon, Cran, Ramm
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)


Photograph of Christmas greetings sent by Private Bell to his sister, Ena, and his father, Mr. E. Bell, 10 Colchester Terrace, Sunderland, 1941
(1 paper)


Diary of Private Bell while a prisoner of war in Italy and while interned in Switzerland, December 1942 - 5 December 1943
(1 file)


Transcript of D/X 1515/12, written by Private Bell's nephew, M. Allison, 1 November 2003
(44 papers, 1 disk)


Photograph of a football team, made up of internees at Elgg, Switzerland, January 1944 Back row, right to left: Allison, Williams, Hall, Dalton, Maddison, Lawrence, Bell, Holvey Front row, right to left: McClennan, Simpkins, Rubenheimer, Torrance, Fenton
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)


Photograph of a football team, made up of internees, in a game between Elgg and Winterthur, Switzerland, February 1944 Back row, right to left: Dalton, Cox, Rubbenheimer, Bryce, Hall Front row, right to left: Williams, Simpkins, Maddison, Spackman, Bell
(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and white)

 (Ref: D/X 1415/16-20)

Third Deposit

(Acc: 3086 (D))


Copy Territorial Army Record of Service Paper (Army Form B 200d) of 4462380, Private William Edward Bell, The Durham Light Infantry, 13 June 1940 - 20 April 1946
(4 papers, duplicated)


Copy Qualification and Record Card (Army Form B 2672) of 4462380, Private William Edward Bell, 13 June 1940 - 20 April 1946
(2 papers, duplicated)


Copy Service and Casualty Form (Army Form B 103) of 4462380, Private William Edward Bell, The Durham Light Infantry, 13 June 1940 - 20 April 1946
(3 papers, duplicated)


Copy Casualty Card (Army Form W 3040) of 4462380, Private William Edward Bell, 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry, 27 July 1942 - 19 April 1946
(2 papers, duplicated)


Copy Notification of Impending Release of 4462380, Private William Edward Bell, The Durham Light Infantry, Felton, Northumberland, 9 January 1946
(1 paper, duplicated)