Private John Robson Mason, 1st/4th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys on 10th April 1918, aged 18. He was the son of William and Isabella Mason of Etal Boathouse, Etal, Cornhill-on-Tweed and is buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery, …
Private George Hutchison, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He died of fever in Mesopotamia on 22nd May 1916 aged 26. He was the son of William Hutchison of Newlands, Belford and is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. 1st Battalion was part of the 7th Indian Division in the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force having arrived from France …
Private James Johnstone, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in France on 14th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, France. He had been born in Coldstream, enlisted in Coldstream and had lived in Cornhill-on-Tweed. Before enlisting he had been employed as a …
Private James Hardie, 21st ( Service ) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was killed in action in France between 4th and 11th October 1918 in France during the “Advance to Victory” aged 23. He was the son of John and Grace Hardie of Lowick and was a native of South Berrington, Ancroft, Berwick-Upon-Tweed and is buried …
Private John Henry Gibson, 1st/8th ( Service ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 25th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. He was the son of Ellen Gibson and had been born in Gateshead. The photograph shows a recently …
Lance Corporal William Suthern, 1/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers attached to 1/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons ( West Riding ) Regiment which was part of the 147th Brigade of the 49th Division. He was killed in action on 3rd September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, aged 23. He was the son …
Lance Corporal James Ayton Brown, 7th ( Service ) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action in Flanders on 24th November 1915, aged 21. He was the son of John and Rebecca Brown of Crookham, Cornhill-On-Tweed and is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Belgium. He had pestered his parents until they finally …
Private Thomas Gallon, 7th ( Service ) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action in France during the Battle of the Somme on 7th July 1916, aged 23. He was the son of William and Mary Gallon of Crookham Eastfield, Cornhill-On-Tweed and is buried in Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France. At this time the …
Sergeant David Michie Straiton, 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps. He was killed in action in Italy on 16th May 1944 during the fighting for Monte Cassino, aged 37. He was the son of David and Christina Campbell and the husband of Lilian Winifred Campbell of Melton Mowbray and is buried in Cassino War Cemetery, …
Gunner Frederick James Campbell, 21st Anti Tank Regiment ( Northumberland Hussars ) Royal Artillery. He was killed in action during the fighting in Normandy on 3rd August 1944, aged 33. He was the son of David and Christina Campbell and the husband of Catherine Laurie Campbell of Kelso and is buried in St Charles De …
Lance Corporal Henry Smith, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed in action on 10th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, France. He had been born in Felton, Northumberland and had enlisted in Berwick. He fell in action during the attack on …
Private Hugh George Kinghorn Henderson, Bugler, 8th ( Service ) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 27th November 1915 aged 19. He had been born in Eglingham and was the son of Annie and the late James Henderson of 6 West Street, Wooler, Northumberland and is buried in Chapelle-D …
