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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John Richardson Dodds
Forename(s):
John Richardson
Surname:
Dodds
Initial(s):
J R
Service Number:
46113
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 24th/27th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Irish)
Died:
16/10/1917
Aged:
28
Buried:
Minty Farm Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted on 17 May 1916, at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Formerly 149569, Royal Field Artillery.
Served with the Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from 1 January 1917.
Died on 16 October from wounds received at Langemarck two days previously. His Captain wrote: 'He was a fine fellow & a very good soldier, & was a great favourite with all ranks'.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-18'; Part 4; Page 47)
Background:
Born on 22 November 1889, at Longhoughton, Northumberland, the son of Mary Dodds & the late Thomas Robert Dodds who was a Schoolmaster at Longhoughton.
Dodd's was educated at the Duke's School, Alnwick.
Before the war he was employed in the North Eastern Railway Mineral Audit Office at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-18'; Part 4; Page 47)
Local Memorial:
Alnwick, Memorial Plaque in former premises of the DukeÂ’s School
(Source: For Alnwick, www.newmp.org.uk)
Longhoughton War Memorial
