Gunner James Nairn, 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in action in Italy on 31st August 1944, aged 26. He was the son of Robert and Margaret Jane Nairn of Belford and is buried in Montecchio War Cemetery, Italy where his Headstone is inscribed ” Too Dearly Loved To be Forgotten; Always In …
Gunner Leslie Davidson, 76 ( Shropshire Yeomanry ) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was killed in action in Italy on 22nd January 1944, aged 23. He was the son of James and Jane Davidson of Glocorum, Bamburgh and is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy where his Headstone is inscribed ” A Loved …
Corporal James Straughan, Royal Air Force. He died on Active Service on 3rd July 1943, aged 22. He was the son of James and Ann Isabel Straughan of Bamburgh and is buried in Campbelltown ( Kilkerran ) Cemetery where his Headstone is inscribed ” Thy Purpose Lord We Cannot See But All Is Well That’s …
Lieutenant George Mathwin Potts, Royal Artillery. He died on 5th March 1943 whilst a Prisoner of War of the Japanese and is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
Leading Aircraftman John Humble Sinton, Royal Air Force. He was lost on Air Operations with 149 Squadron, R.A.F. on 18th December 1939, aged 24. He was the son of George and Hannah Isabella Sinton of Bamburgh and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. At that time the Squadron flew the Vickers Wellington from R.A.F Mildenhall …
Private Philip Hall, 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He died in hospital in Alexandria, Egypt on 16th May 1915, aged 23, of wounds received in action during the fighting at Gallipoli. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Hall and had been born in Bamburgh. He is buried in Alexandria ( Chatby ) Military and …
Captain Ernest Benjamin Lomas Hart, 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed, aged 33, on 24th May 1940 in the fighting near Dunkirk during the B.E.F.’s withdrawal to the port. He was the son of Colonel E.J . Hart, O.B.E. and Mrs Hart. He was married to Beatrice Hart of Pewsey, Wiltshire and is …
Private James Spratt, 51st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in Germany on 25th February 1920, aged 19. He was the son of James and Jane Spratt of Smeafield Farm Belford and is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery The Battalion was part of the Occupation Force of Germany. (The 51st Battalion was converted from a Graduated …
Private George Lyall Thompson, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action in France on 3rd May 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. He had been born at West Barton, Belford and had originally enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery. This …
Private William Hall, 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was killed in action in Belgium on 20th September 1917, aged 37, during the Battle of Third Ypres. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Hall and was a native of Bamburgh. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. The photographs show …
Private Hugh Ross, 8th ( Service )Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action in France on 15th September 1916, aged 21, during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of William and Isabella Ross of 3 Church Row, Bamburgh and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner, Loos, France. The …
Private Thomas Henry Wake, “C” Coy, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in Belgium at St. Julien on 26th April 1915, aged 25 during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was the son of Richard and Mary Wake of The Gatehouse, Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh and is commemorated on the Menin Gate …
