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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Matthew John Stanton
Forename(s):
Matthew John
Surname:
Stanton
Initial(s):
M J
Service Number:
3842
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
28/09/1916
Aged:
20
Buried:
Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery & Extension
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Born in 1896 at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, the eldest son of the late John Richard Taylor & Margaret (née Renner) Stanton.
Stanton's father was born about 1870 at Boulmer, Northumberland where his grandfather, Matthew, was a fisherman. His mother was born in 1869 at Newbiggin. His parents married in 1893 & they had four sons.
Stanton's brothers were John R. (b. 1899); George (b. 1900); & Richard R. (b. 1903). The boys were all born at Newbiggin.
His mother died in 1905. While living at Newbiggin, his father was a Coal Miner but by 1911 he & his children had moved back to Boulmer where they lived at 5, Boulmer Village. His father, then, was 41 years-old, a widower working as a Stonebreaker at the local whinstone quarry.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Whinstone Stonebreaker.
Local Memorial:
Boulmer, Memorial Hall Plaque
Longhoughton War Memorial
Longhoughton, St. Peter & St. Paul Church Roll of Honour