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.
Douglas Bolam Weatherburn
Forename(s):
Douglas Bolam
Surname:
Weatherburn
Initial(s):
D B
Service Number:
113148
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
Royal Garrison Artillery, 204th Siege Battery
Died:
06/10/1917
Aged:
22
Buried:
Menin Road South Military Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
From October 1916, Weatherburn spent nearly a year on Home Service, before being posted to France.
(Source: 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 35)
Background:
Son of John D. & Mary Weatherburn, of Elilaw & Great Ryle, Whittingham, Northumberland.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Horseman & Ploughman.
Local Memorial:
Rothbury War Memorial Hall
Whittingham, St Bartholomew's Church Roll of Honour
Whittingham & Callaly 1914-1918 Memorial Stone