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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James Crammond
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Crammond
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
457652
Rank:
Driver
Regiment:
Royal Engineers, 449th Field Company
Died:
29/11/1918
Aged:
27
Buried:
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Service History:
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Crammond as having died through illness.
Background:
Born about 1892, at Barmoor Moor, Lowick, Northumberland, the son of Alexander (b. about 1857, at Norham, Northumberland; a Shepherd) & Eliza Crammond, of Kyloe Cottages, Beal, Northumberland.
Crammond had an elder brother, Robert (b. about 1887) & five sisters: Margaret (b. about 1889); Eliza (b. about 1890); Sarah (b. about 1894); Isabella (b. about 1896); & Jane (b. about 1899).
In 1911 Crammond was employed as a Horseman on a farm.
Local Memorial:
Belford War Memorial
(Source: newmp.org.uk)