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.
Thomas Rowan
Forename(s):
Thomas
Surname:
Rowan
Initial(s):
T
Service Number:
291721
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Battalion
(N.B. Ancestry.co.uk gives the battalion as 1/7th Battalion, Territorial Force but the CWGC database & Kirknewton War Memorial record Rowan as serving with the 1st Battalion)
Died:
12/12/1917
Aged:
22
Buried:
Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Rowan fell during a German attack on the ‘Apex’ position which was part of the trench system in the Bullecourt sector. Casualties were 13 Other Ranks killed & 11 missing. 2 Officers & 32 Other Ranks were wounded.
(Source: coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk/)
Background:
Born at Rennington, Northumberland, the son of Bryan & Elizabeth Rowan, of East Fenton, Wooler, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Doddington, Church of St. Mary & St. Michael
(Source: For Doddington, newmp.org.uk)
Kirknewton War Memorial