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.

Nathan Sim

Forename(s):
Nathan

Surname:
Sim

Initial(s):
N

Service Number:
79499

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9th (Service) Battalion

Died:
22/08/1918

Aged:
21

Buried:
Meaulte Military Cemetery

Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Formerly 78012, Northumberland Fusiliers, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Background:
Born about 1897, at Durham, the son of John Brunton & Frances Sim, of 5, Grangewood Terrace, Stobswood, Morpeth, Northumberland.

Resident at Acklington, Northumberland.

Local Memorial:
Ulgham, Memorial Cross in St. John the Baptist's Churchyard(Source: newmp.org.uk)