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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Thomas Henry Weightman
Forename(s):
Thomas Henry
Surname:
Weightman
Initial(s):
T H
Service Number:
290501
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
26/10/1917
Aged:
25
Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died, France & Flanders.
N.B. The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available by Ancestry.co.uk) records the date & place of death as 'On or since... Death presumed'.
Background:
Born about 1884, the son of Thomas Henry Snr. & Susan Weightman, of 8, Sea View, Shilbottle, Northumberland.
A Thomas Henry Weightman was christened at Shilbottle in December 1892.
Two younger brothers recorded on the 1911 Census, John Brown (12) & Albert Edward (8) along with a sister, Margaret Maggie (4).
Pre-enlistment occupation: Coal Miner.
Local Memorial:
Shilbottle, St. James' Church
Shilbottle War Memorial
