Private Thomas Nesbit, 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action at Salonika on 10th September 1916 during the Salonika campaign and is buried in Struma Military Cemetery , Greece. His Headstone is inscribed ” Thy Will Be Done”. He was the son of John and Margaret Nesbitt of West Newton, Kirknewton and had been born in Ford, Northumberland.( His brother John also fell – see above ) He fell in an attack on the Bulgarian positions in the village of Nevolyen on the River Struma which was intended to pin the enemy in position to cover a larger offensive elsewhere on the Front. The river was crossed and the village was captured but a heavy counter attack forced the much depleted Battalion to retire from the village and back across the Struma. The Battalion had started with 360 effectives and of these 5 Officers were killed, 2 wounded and a further 3 wounded and taken prisoner. Other Rank casualties were 119 in killed wounded and missing.