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.

James Dickson Wallace

Forename(s):
James Dickson

Surname:
Wallace

Initial(s):
J D

Service Number:
204452

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 10th (Service) Battalion

Died:
04/10/1917

Aged:
29

Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)

Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Background:
Born about 1888 at Denwick, Alnwick, Northumberland, the son of Elizabeth Margaret Wallace (b. 1864, at Denwick, Northumberland), of 19, Narrowgate Street, Alnwick, & the late Robert Wallace.

The 1911 Census records Wallace's occupation as Printer Journeyman, Newspaper Letterpress. The Census has his year of birth as 1890.

Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial