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.
Thomas Stephenson Crosby
Forename(s):
Thomas Stephenson
Surname:
Crosby
Initial(s):
T S
Service Number:
2555
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 2/7th Battalion Territorial Force
(N.B. 'Soldiers DiedÂ…' records Crosby's battalion as the 1/7th but CWGC & 'UK, Army Soldiers' EffectsÂ…' show otherwise.)
Died:
25/12/1914
Aged:
35
Buried:
Alnwick Cemetery, Northumberland
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
On Home Service. Death registered in Alnwick district.
Background:
Born at Chester Hill, near Bamburgh, Northumberland.
Husband of Sarah Crosby who he married in 1908 &, at the time of her husband's death, lived at 5, Alexandria Road, Ashington, Northumberland.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Coal Miner (Hewer).
Local Memorial:
Ashington, Plaques from the 1914-1918 Monument, Kenilworth Road, now held at Woodhorn Museum & Northumberland Archives
