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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Robert Wilson
Forename(s):
Robert
Surname:
Wilson
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
235153
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 25th (Service) Battalion (2nd Tyneside Irish)
Died:
28/04/1917
Aged:
21
Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died, in a Casualty Clearing Station in France, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Arras.
The Northumberland Fusiliers 25th (Service) Battalion had been part of the attack near the village of Roeux & the notorious Chemical Works & had suffered many casualties, especially in Officers.
(Source: coldstreamhistorysociety.co.uk/)
Background:
Son of James & Mary Wilson of Rock, Alnwick.
Native of Golden Hill, Belford, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Bamburgh Castle War Memorial
Belford War Memorial
Doddington, Church of St. Mary & St. Michael
Lucker, Memorial Cross
(Source: For Belford, Doddington & Lucker, newmp.org.uk)