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 Nesbit Shell
Forename(s):
Thomas Nesbit
Surname:
Shell
Initial(s):
T N
Service Number:
290960
Rank:
Lance-Corporal
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
01/11/1918
Buried:
St Gregory the Great's Churchyard, Kirknewton, Northumberland
Service History:
Died at a Hull hospital. Cause of death was pneumonia, probably brought about by the influenza pandemic which swept across the world between 1918-1920.
Background:
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Shell's mother as Jane.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Shepherd, working for Mr. C. F. J. Thompson at Kirknewton Farm.
(Source: coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk/)
Local Memorial:
Kirknewton War Memorial