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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Robert Sherlaw
Forename(s):
Robert
Surname:
Sherlaw
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
38531
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 2nd Battalion
Died:
09/06/1917
Aged:
36
Buried:
Choppington (St. Paul's) Churchyard
Service History:
Enlisted at Blyth, Northumberland. (N.B. 'Soldiers Died...' spells it 'Blythe').
Formerly 36292, Princess of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
Died at a Hartlepool Hospital.
Background:
Born at Belford, Northumberland.
Husband of Isabella Sherlaw, of 9, Store Row, Scotland Gate, Choppington, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
CWGC grave in Choppington (St. Paul's) Churchyard