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 Wilson
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Wilson
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
41083
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
East Yorkshire Regiment, 7th (Service) Battalion
Died:
24/04/1918
Buried:
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received, as a Prisoner of War, at Cassel Camp Hospital.
Background:
Born at Amble, Northumberland, the son of Mrs. Isabella Wilson, of Blue Cottages, North Sunderland, Chathill, Northumberland.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Wilson's grandmother as Jane A.
Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial (Possibly)