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.
William Gilchrist Dawson
Forename(s):
William Gilchrist
Surname:
Dawson
Initial(s):
W G
Service Number:
23/1608
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish)
Died:
01/07/1916
Aged:
31
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Background:
Born at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, the son of William & Mary Jane Dawson, of 65, Richardson Street, Seaton Hirst, Ashington, Northumberland.
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Spedding (formerly Dawson), of 11, Monkseaton Terrace, Seaton Hirst, Ashington.
Local Memorial:
Hirst, Ashington, Roll of Honour in the Wesleyan Methodist Church
(Source: newmp.org.uk)