George Roddam Angus

Born in 1892, George Angus was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 6th (Territorial Force) Battalion DLI in November 1914 and served throughout the First World War on the Western Front. He was wounded in March 1916 and was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916 for his bravery in rescuing men buried in a collapsed trench near Ypres. During the Second World War, he commanded the 16th (Weardale) Battalion Durham Home Guard. A solicitor in civilian life, George Angus died in February 1976 at his home at Westgate in Weardale.