World War 1

Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1

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Martin Henry Grey

Forename(s):
Martin Henry

Surname:
Grey

Initial(s):
M H

Service Number:
245284

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry, 10th (Service) Battalion

Died:
29/10/1917

Aged:
19

Buried:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Service History:
Enlisted in the Durham Light Infantry on 17 April, 1917, at Amble, Northumberland.

Served with the Expeditionary Force from 17 July, & died at No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station 29 October following, of wounds received in action.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 3; Page 121)

Background:
Born on 23 June 1898, at Craster, Northumberland, the son of Thomas Grey (a Coal Miner), of Panhaven Road, Amble, Northumberland, by his wife, Margaret Isabella, daughter of Martin Archbold.

Educated at the Church of England School at Dunstan, near Craster.

Pre-enlistment occupation: Coal Miner.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-18'; Part 3; Page 121)

Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial