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.
Joseph Burn
Forename(s):
Joseph
Surname:
Burn
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
C/12534
Rank:
Rifleman
Regiment:
King's Royal Rifle Corps, 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles), 'C' Company
Died:
12/10/1916
Aged:
31
Buried:
Heilly Station Cemetery, Méricourt l'Abbé
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Born at Glasgow, Scotland.
(N.B. 'Soldiers Died...' records this as being in Northumberland which, clearly, it is not!).
Resident at Radcliffe, Northumberland.
The sole legatee recorded in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effect, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) was Mrs. Annie Mitchell but it's unclear what the relationship was with Burn.
Local Memorial:
Amble & Radcliffe War Memorial, Amble Town Square.
(Source: Page 38; 'In Memory of the Fallen: Amble & surrounding area'; Compiled by Jane Dargue, Jim Donnelly & Helen Lewis; Published in 2014)
