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.
Charles Smailes (N.B. CWGC website records the surname as Smalles but both Ancestry.co.uk, specifically the UK Armys Registers of Soldiers Effects, 1901-1929 page, & Soldiers Died… spell it as Smailes))
Forename(s):
Charles
Surname:
Smailes
(N.B. CWGC website records the surname as Smalles but both Ancestry.co.uk, specifically the UK Army's Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 page, & 'Soldiers Died...' spell it as Smailes))
Initial(s):
C
Service Number:
11981
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion
Died:
18/01/1915
Aged:
33
Buried:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper
Service History:
Enlisted at Wooler, Northumberland.
Background:
Born at Darlington, County Durham.
Son of William & Sarah Smalles, of 8 Brunton Street, Darlington.
Local Memorial:
Darlington, Triptych in the Church of St. John the Evangelist
(Source: newmp.org.uk)