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.

Robert Delgano Chrystal

Forename(s):
Robert Delgano

Surname:
Chrystal

Initial(s):
R D

Service Number:
270053

Rank:
Sergeant

Regiment:
Yeomanry, Northumberland Yeomanry (Hussars), 1st Battalion, 'C' Squadron

Died:
08/11/1918

Aged:
29

Buried:
Fillièvres British Cemetery

Service History:
Enlisted at Bakewell, Derbyshire.

Background:
Born in 1889 at Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Charles & Helen Chrystal, of Fettercairn, Kincardineshire.

Before the war, Chrystal worked in the Alnwick, Northumberland area as a Woods Foreman.

Husband of Ellen Elizabeth (née Joynes; b. 1891 at Retford), of 23, Richard Street, Retford, Nottinghamshire. They married in the first Quarter of 1914. In 1911, Ellen was working as a Domestic Laundry Maid at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.

Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial