Private Andrew R. Smith, “Y” Coy.,19th ( Service ) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. He died in France on 16th April 1916, aged 19. He was the son of George and the late Anne Smith of Tweedmouth and is buried in St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. His Headstone is inscribed ” …
Sergeant James Stevenson, 5th/6th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in France , aged 20, on the 18th November 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He had been born in Tweedmouth and was the son of James and Isabella Stevenson of Morrison Street, Edinburgh. In 1911 he had been employed as …
Private William J. Proudlock, Royal Scots ( Depot ). He died at Home on 23rd July 1916, aged 22. He was the son of Robert John Proudlock of 24 Main Road, Tweedmouth and is buried in Ayton Parish Churchyard, Ayton, Berwickshire. He had been wounded in France during the Battle of the Somme and had …
Sapper Ralph Young, Miscellaneous Trades Coy. South African Engineers. He died at Home on 26th March 1919, aged 52 and is buried in Tweedmouth Cemetery. He was the son of Henry and Margaret Young of 54 Shielfield Terrace, Tweedmouth.
Private Robert Thompson Wastle, Canadian Light Infantry. He died in Westbourne, Manitoba, Canada in 1920 aged 40. He had been born in 1880 but in 1889 the family had emigrated to Canada. His father Mr Wastle had carried on a shoemaking business in Tweedmouth prior to emigrating to Winnipeg. He had enlisted in May 1915 …
Private Thomas Laing Robson, 16th ( Service ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 11th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is buried in Savy British Cemetery, nr. St. Quentin, Aisne, France. He had been born in Wooler and had enlisted in Berwick. The photographs shows British troops …
Private George McLeod, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Belgium on 15th February 1915 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. He had been born in Newcastle and had enlisted there. On that date the Battalion to tasked to support an attack by the Buffs to capture a …
George Robertson, Royal Navy. In 1911 he was a Chemical Plumber near Spittal and married Grace Renwick in January 1914.
Private James William Brown, 8th ( Service ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died in Alexandria, Egypt on 25th September 1915 from wounds received in action at Gallipoli and is buried in Alexandria ( Chatby ) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
Second Lieutenant John Watson, 17th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He was killed in action in France, aged 30, on the 27th April 1918 during the German offensive on the River Lys. In 1901 he was living in Tweedmouth with his adoptive parents Agnes and Alexander Watson who later moved to Branxton, Northumberland. He …
Private William Wilson, “D” Coy.,1st/7th ( Territorial ) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action in France on 15th September 1916, aged 19, during the Battle of the Somme. He was the son of Mrs Margaret Speirs of 11 Kiln Hill, Tweedmouth and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Thiepval, Somme, France. He fell …
Private John Younger, 1st Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He was killed in action in France on 14th April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. He was a native of Tweedmouth and had enlisted at the K.O.S.B. Depot in Berwick. At that time the Battalion held …
