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 Edward Younger
Forename(s):
Robert Edward
Surname:
Younger
Initial(s):
R E
Service Number:
238067
Rank:
Lance-Corporal
Regiment:
South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Died:
29/09/1918
Buried:
Noyelles-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery & Extension
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Formerly 3848, Northumberland Fusiliers. N.B. The WW1 Service Medal & Award Rolls, 1914-1920 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) record a previous service # as 7401, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force).
Background:
Resident at Belford, Northumberland.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Younger's mother as Charlotte.
Local Memorial:
Belford War Memorial
Lucker, Memorial Cross
(Source: newmp.org.uk)