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.
Walter Scott
Forename(s):
Walter
Surname:
Scott
Initial(s):
W
Service Number:
TR5/159816
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 52nd (Graduated) Battalion
Died:
16/11/1918
Aged:
18
Buried:
Hepple (Christ Chruch) Churchyard, Northumberland
Service History:
Died at the Fever Hospital, Dartington, Devon, possibly as a result of the influenza pandemic then gripping the world.
Background:
Eldest of three sons of Mary & the late George Scott, of Herdlaw, Elsdon, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Elsdon, Memorial Plaque in St. Cuthbert's Church
(Source: For Elsdon, 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 28)
Hepple, Christ Church
(Source: For Hepple, newmp.org.uk)