PrIvate Thomas Ridpath, V111 Corps Cyclist Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps. He died in France on Service on the 29th December 1918, aged 29. Born at Mount Pleasant he was the son of Samuel and Sarah Ridpath of Berwick-upon-Tweed and is buried in Auberchicourt British Cemetery. near Douai. Nord, France.
Private Prideaux Patterson, 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died in France on 5th November 1917 of wounds received in action, aged 25. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Patterson of Spittal, had enlisted in Berwick and is buried in Godewaersveldt British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Lance Sergeant Andrew Piercy, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in Belgium on 31st December 1917, aged 26 and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Flanders, Belgium. He was the son of John and Isabella Piercy of 216 Main Street, Spittal. On 28th December the Battalion relieved the Yorks …
Sergeant Charles Norman Noble, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in Belgium on 10th June 1917 from wounds received in action, aged 24. He was the son of John and Jessie Noble of Spittal and is buried in Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium. where his headstone is inscribed ” At Rest “. …
Lance Corporal Alexander Noble, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 26th April 1915 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. On that date the Battalion was tasked to support an attack by 4th and 6th N.F. on the village of St Julien …
Private James Elliot Forsyth, 1st/9th (Highland) Battalion, Royal Scots ( The Dandy Ninth ). He died in France on 18th April 1917 from wounds received in action during the Battle of Arras, aged 21. He was the son of Annie and the late Ralph Forsyth of 1 Seafield, Spittal and is buried in Aubigny Communal …
Private Robert Fish Hills, 15th Battalion ( 2nd City of Birmingham ), Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was killed by the bursting of a rifle grenade in France on 9th March 1916, aged 30. He was the son of John and Sarah How Hills of Lindisfarne, Spittal and is buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery Souchez, …
Private John Havery, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 26th April 1915 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. The Battalion had only landed on the Continent on 21st April and had been rushed into Belgium to take part in the Second …
Private Ralph Forsyth, 7th Battalion,( City of London ) Regiment. He died in France on 3rd October 1915, aged 21, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos. He was the son of Annie and the late Ralph Forsyth of 1 Seafield, Spittal and is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery, Abbeyville, France. His …
Private Thomas Andrew Forster, 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 1st November 1914 during the First Battle of Ypres aged 29. He was the son of the late Thomas Forster and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. He was a Regular Soldier and fell in …
Rifleman George Elliott, 1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, ( Leeds Rifles ), West Yorkshire Regiment ( Prince of Wales’s Own ). He was killed in action in Belgium on 28th July 1917, aged 23 and is commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial, Nieuport, Belgium. He was the brother of Mrs M. A. E. Richardson of 4 …
Corporal Joseph Elliott, 1st Coy., Australian Tunnelling Corps. He died in Belgium on 13th June 1917 and is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground ( Transport Farm ), Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. His Company had worked on the tunnels in the Hill 60 sector and in preparing the mines which were blown at Messines on 7th June …
