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.
Michael Timlin
Forename(s):
Michael
Surname:
Timlin
Initial(s):
M
Service Number:
11334
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 12th (Service) Battalion, 'A' Company
Died:
03/07/1916
Aged:
25
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at Ashington, Northumberland.
Death presumed, per the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk).
The WW1 Service Medals & Award Rolls, 1914-1920 (also available via Ancestry.co.uk) show Timlin to have disembarked in France on 9 September 1915, so he was awarded the 1914-15 Star in addition to the British War & Victory Medals. This group of medals is commonly known as 'Pip, Squeak, & Wilfred'.
Background:
Born at Amble, Northumberland.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 records the sole executor as Grace Barron.
Local Memorial:
Ashington, Memorial Plaque in St. Aidan's Roman Catholic Church
Ashington, Memorial Statue, Memorial Garden, Kenilworth Road
Ashington, Plaques from the 1914-1918 Monument, Kenilworth Road, now held at Woodhorn Museum & Northumberland Archives
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