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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William Chrisp (N.B. Can also be spelt Crisp, e.g. 1911 Census)
Forename(s):
William
Surname:
Chrisp
(N.B. Can also be spelt Crisp, e.g., 1911 Census)
Initial(s):
W
Service Number:
9566
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Battalion
Died:
05/05/1915
Aged:
20
Buried:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper
Service History:
Enlisted at Bedlington, Northumberland.
Background:
Born about 1895, at Chevington (?), Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland, the son of Robert Crisp (b. about 1865; Warton, Rothbury; in 1911, a Rabbit Catcher), by his wife, Elizabeth (b. about 1862; at Glasgow, Scotland).
The 1911 Census records Robert & Elizabeth having been married for 17 years during which time they'd had seven children, of whom five were said still to be alive. However the completed Census form records six children although two entries are crossed out, possibly suggesting, either, they had died or they may have been elsewhere at the time of the Census. The record shows: Chrisp (13); Samuel (11); Ernest (7); Mary Elizabeth (5); &, crossed out, Mary (8) & Thomas Joicey (1). All children were born at Acklington or Felton.
Chrisp was still at school in 1911.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Chrisp's sole legatee as his widow, Mary Ann Tait.
Local Memorial:
Acklington, St. John the Divine Church
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 111)
