Private John Scott, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers att. Light Trench Mortar Battery. He died in France on 29th October 1917 of wounds received in action during the Battle of Third Ypres aged 21. He was the son of Robert and Margaret Scott of Kilham, Mindrum, Cornhill-on-Tweed and is buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, Bapaume, Somme, …
Private John Cassidy, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 26th October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 25. He was the son of Mrs Ann Cassidy of Lucker Cottage, Belford, Northumberland and is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium. He fell in the …
Private Walter Turnbull Wilkinson, 5th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action in France on 27th March 1918 during the German Spring Offensive ( Operation Michael) and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. He had been born in Swinton, Berwickshire and was the son of William …
Private James Waugh, 26th Battalion, ( 3rd Tyneside Irish ), Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in Flanders, Belgium on 14th October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 23. He had been born at Waddington and was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Piercy Waugh of Howtel, Mindrum, Cornhill-on-Tweed and is commemorated on the …
Private Norman McKaskie, 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. He died of wounds on 12th April 1918 received in action in France during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys aged 21. He had been born in Kirknewton and was the son of John and Jane McKaskie of Kilham, Mindrum, Cornhill-on-Tweed and is buried in La …
Private Thomas Rowan, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 12th December 1917, aged 22. He was the son of Bryan and Elizabeth Rowan of East Fenton, Wooler and is buried in Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Evilliers, Pas de Calais, France. He fell during a German attack on the …
Private John William Lackenby, 1st/5th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Flanders on 10th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive on the River Lys aged 34. He was the son of Jane and the late Robert Lackenby and the husband of Margaret Lackenby of Coupland, Kirknewton, Wooler, Northumberland. …
Second Lieutenant Norman Archbold Hunter, “A” Coy., 26th Battalion, ( 3rd Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 3rd September 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, aged 22. He was the son of Andrew and Rachel Hunter of Milfield, Wooler and is buried in Hargicourt British Cemetery. His Headstone …
Private George McGregor, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. He was killed in action on 31st July 1917, aged 27 on the opening day of the Battle of Third Ypres and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. On that day the Battalion captured all its objectives but suffered heavy casualties. 2 Officers and 55 …
Acting Bombardier John Ainslie, 128th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He was killed in action in Belgium on 26th June 1917, aged 30. He was the son of Elizabeth and the late William Ainslie of Cornhill-on-Tweed and the husband of Catherine Burney ( formerly Ainslie ). He is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, …
Fusilier David Turnbull Wilkinson, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Italy on 1st February 1944, aged 33. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Wilkinson and the husband of Rachel Wilkinson of Milfield, Wooler, Northumberland. He is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Cassino, Italy.
Lance Sergeant John Hinson, 510th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. He was killed in action in Normandy on 17th July 1944, aged 28. He was the son of David and Elizabeth Hinson and the husband of Mary Hinson of Willington, Co. Durham. He is buried in Fontenay-Le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel, Calvados, Normandy, France.
