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.
Andrew Dodds
Forename(s):
Andrew
Surname:
Dodds
Initial(s):
A
Service Number:
146269
Rank:
Sapper
Regiment:
Royal Engineers, 222nd Field Company
Died:
23/04/1917
Aged:
27
Buried:
Arras Memorial (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Background:
Born in 1889 at Glanton, Northumberland, the son of Andrew (b.1849 at Eglingham) & Annie Dodds (possibly, née Wardle; b.1858) of Holly House, Glanton.
In 1901 Dodds was living in Glanton with his father, who was a Joiner, his mother & two younger brothers, Thomas W. (b.1892) & Stanley (b.1899).
Dodds was still single in 1911 & worked in the family Farming & Joinery businesses. Thomas also worked on the farm while Stanley was still at school, but no doubt also helping in the family business.
N.B. The 1891 Census shows Dodds as then living next door to William Kitchen who was killed in action only five days later, on 28 April 1917.
Local Memorial:
Glanton, Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour
Glanton, United Reform Church
(Source: For Glanton URC, newmp.org.uk)
Whittingham, Roll of Honour in St. BartholomewÂ’s Church
Whittingham & Callaly 1914-1918 Memorial Stone
