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.
Edward Tate
Forename(s):
Edward
Surname:
Tate
Initial(s):
E
Service Number:
202005
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Tank Corps, 8th Battalion
Died:
24/03/1918
Aged:
36
Buried:
Lebucquière Communal Cemetery Extension
Service History:
Enlisted at Blyth, Northumberland.
Formerly 38675, Machine Gun Corps.
Background:
Born in 1882, at Lesbury, Alnmouth, Northumberland, the son of Florence Mary (née Thew) & the late George Tate, JP, (a Land Agent & Farmer) of 12, Percy Terrace, Alnwick.
The 1891 Census records the family living at Brotherwick Hall, Sturton Grange, Warkworth. Two sisters, Ann & Elizabeth, & a brother, George, are recorded along with 4 servants. The family continued to live at Brotherwick Hall until Florence Mary was widowed, in 1917, when she moved to live at Percy Terrace, Alnwick.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Bank Clerk.
In 1919 a War Gratuity of £16-1s-2d was awarded to his mother.
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 87)
Local Memorial:
Warkworth War Memorial, by St Lawrence's Church