World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
John Henry (Harold) Hope
Forename(s):
John Henry (Harold)
Surname:
Hope
Initial(s):
J H
Service Number:
138535
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, 117th Battery, 26th Brigade
Died:
08/08/1917
Aged:
24
Buried:
Voormezeele Enclosures No. 1 & No. 2
Service History:
Enlisted at Preston, Lancashire.Died of wounds received.
Background:
Born at Westholme, Burnley.
Husband of Mary Alice Smethurst (formerley Hope) of Hiltonbeach, St Joseph Island, Canada.
According to the 1911 Census, worked as a Weaver in the textile industry.
Local Memorial:
(Possibly) Warkworth War Memorial, by St Lawrence's Church & Warkworth United Reformed Church Roll of Honour.
(N.B. The element of doubt stems from local researcyh data maybe having confused this man, who has no obvious connections with Warkworth, with an