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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Alexander Stevenson
Forename(s):
Alexander
Surname:
Stevenson
Initial(s):
A
Service Number:
6511
Rank:
Lance-Corporal
Regiment:
Duke Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
20/01/1917
Aged:
22
Buried:
Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Formerly 3819, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Son of James & Susanna Stevenson, of Lea Houses, Howick, Lesbury, Northumberland.
Before the war Stevenson & his brother were both employed at Spring Hill Farm, North Sunderland.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Lance-Corporal James Scott Stevenson (Regimental service #37267, Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st [Service] Battalion [2nd] Tyneside Scottish]; Died 9 April 1917).
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
Seahouses War Memorial
(Source: For Seahouses, newmp.org.uk)
