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.
Edward Fenwick
Forename(s):
Edward
Surname:
Fenwick
Initial(s):
E
Service Number:
267534
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
25/04/1918
Aged:
43
Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Background:
Born at Stamford, near Embleton, Northumberland.
Father of George Robert Fenwick, of Broomley Grange, Stocksfield, Northumberland.
The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Fenwick's sister-in-law & guardian (presumably, of his son) as being Mary E. Horton or Morton.
Local Memorial:
Embleton, Memorial Obelisk in Spitalford Cemetery
(Source: For Embleton, newmp.org.uk)
Rennington, All Saints' Church