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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Robert Trotter
Forename(s):
Robert
Surname:
Trotter
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
29054
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 15th (Reserve) Battalion.
Died:
29/06/1916
Aged:
28
Buried:
Rugeley Cemetery, Staffordshire
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died at the Rugeley Camp Hospital, Staffordshire, as the result of an accident while training in the UK.
Background:
Born in 1888, at Shawdon, Northumberland, the son of Mary (née Thompson; b.1863 at Eglingham, Northumberland) & the late William Trotter (b.1861 at Eglingham; d. 1909).
Husband of Jeannie Trotter (née Lockey), of Shawdon.
In 1901 the family lived at Glaston (should probably read Glanton) Station, Shawdon. William was a Platelayer on the railway & Trotter & his younger sister Elizabeth (b.1895 at Whittingham) were at school.
In 1911, Mary was head of the household & living with Trotter (23), who was a Warehouseman in the Co-operative Store, & his sister, a Dressmaker's Apprentice. The family lived in The Lane, Glanton, Northumberland
In 1914, Trotter married Jeannie Lockey & their daughter Mary W. was born in the second quarter of 1915.
Local Memorial:
Whittingham, Roll of Honour at St. BartholomewÂ’s Church
Whittingham & Callaly 1914-1918 Memorial Stone
Glanton, Roll of Honour at Presbyterian Church