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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James Tweedy
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Tweedy
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
3096
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
09/09/1916
Buried:
Contay British Cemetery, Contay
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Other than for the fact Tweedy enlisted at Alnwick, establishing a stronger connection to the district has proved to be elusive.
Ancestry.co.uk's records for James Tweedy can be confusing. There is a record of the marriage, at Alnwick, of a James G. Tweedy to one Sarah. J. Knox during the second quarter of 1916.
Ancestry.co.uk's search engine suggests one possible candidate born about 1894, at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, the son of William Tweedy (b. about 1861, at Newcastle; in 1901, a Travelling Draper), by his wife, Elizabeth (b. about 1863, at St. Anthony's, Newcastle).
In 1901, this Tweedy had two older brothers, an older sister, & three younger brothers - Edward (16; a Butcher's Apprentice); William (15; a Draper's Apprentice); Janet (12); Robert (5); Percy (4); & Harold (2). All siblings were born in or around Newcastle except Harold (Felling, County Durham). The family, then, lived at 100, High Street, Felling.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial