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.
Thomas Weightman
Forename(s):
Thomas
Surname:
Weightman
Initial(s):
T
Service Number:
31270
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cavalry of the Line, 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
(N.B. CWGC website records regiment as Bedfordshire Yeomanry)
Died:
09/10/1918
Buried:
St Mary's Churchyard, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Formerley 1416, Northumberland Hussars.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Resident at Acklington, Northumberland.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records the Grantee & Weightman's Aunt as Miss Ruth Weightman.
Local Memorial:
Ponteland, CWGC grave in St. Mary's Churchyard
Ponteland, Memorial Plaque in the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Ponteland, Roadside Obelisk outside the Memorial Hall on Darras Road
(Source: newmp.org.uk)