Private Robert Wilson, 10th ( Service ) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. He died of wounds on 28th September 1918, received in action in Belgium during the “Advance to Victory” and is buried in Underhill Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Belgium. The photograph shows Allied troops advancing against the retreating German army during the final 100 days of …
Lance Corporal George Stothart, “Z” Coy., 11th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in France, on 6th September 1916 of wounds received in action during the Battle of the Somme, aged 21. He was the son of Thomas and Cecily Stothart of Hetton Limeworks, Lowick and is buried in Etaples Military, Cemetery, Pas De Calais, …
Lance Corporal Isaac Proudlock, 8th ( Service ) Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He was killed in action in Belgium on 29th September 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres, aged 29. He was the son of Lewis and Jane Proudlock of Bowsden and the husband of Mary Jane Proudlock of 32 Chevington Crescent, …
Gunner John McCraith, “D” Battery, 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He died from wounds in France on 6th September 1918 suffered during the ” Advance to Victory ” and is buried in Le Bucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension. He had been born in Bowsden, Northumberland. The standard field gun was the 18 pounder often used in …
Lance Corporal George Proudlock, 98th Field Coy., Royal Engineers. He was killed in action in France on 28th May 1918, aged 31. He was the son of Lewis and Jane Proudlock of Bowsden, Berwick-Upon-Tweed and is commemorated on the Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. He was the brother of Isaac Proudlock.
Private Alexander Wade, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in Flanders on 22nd September 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres, aged 24. He had been born at Cheswick and was the son of Margaret and the late T. Wade of Bowsden Hall, Berwick-upon-Tweed and is commemorated at Tyne Cot, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium. At …
Rifleman John Renton, 8th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was killed in action in Flanders on 3rd August 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres, aged 23. He was the son of Ralph and Margaret Renton of Chillingham, Alnwick and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres. The photos show troops during …
Driver D. Fairbairn, No. 3 Depot Coy.( Bradford ) Army Service Corps. He died at Home on 7th February 1917, aged 20. He was the son of David and Catherine Fairbairn of The Old Schoolhouse, Main Street, Lowick and is buried in Lowick ( St. John The Baptist ) Churchyard, Lowick.
Rifleman Eric Brown, 9th ( Service ) Battalion, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ). He died on 25th April 1945 whilst a Prisoner of War in Germany, aged 28. He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Adaline Mary Brown of Lowick and is buried in the Berlin War 1939-1945 Cemetery.
Private J. Piercy, 13th ( Service ) Battalion, Yorks and Lancs Regiment. He was killed in action in France on 21st September 1918 during the “Advance to Victory” aged 21. He was the husband of Sarah Carr Piercy of Lowick, Berwick-Upon-Tweed and is buried in La Kreule Military Cemetery, Hazebrouk, France. His Headstone is inscibed …
Private David Fairbairn, 2nd/6th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 9th October 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Lowick and was the husband of Mary Fairbairn. The photographs show …
Lance Corporal John Corcoran, 102nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps ( Infantry ). He was killed in action in France on 8th September 1917 during the Battle of Third Ypres and is buried in Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne, France. The C.W.G.C. site gives his rank as Private. The M.G.C. used the Vickers Ml1 water cooled …
