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 Mansfield Arries
Forename(s):
John Mansfield
Surname:
Arries
Initial(s):
J M
Service Number:
235067
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Lancashire Regiment, 15th Battalion
Died:
02/12/1917
Aged:
27
Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Bedlington, Northumberland.
Formerly 10725, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Entered Balkans theatre of war on 30 June 1915.
Background:
Born on 14 January 1889, at Bilton Banks, near Shilbottle, Northumberland, one of ten children of Alexander & Mary Susan Arries. Christened at Shilbottle Church.
The family moved to Bedlington in the 1890s.
In 1911, aged 22, Arries was working as a Coal Miner & living with his parents & siblings at 10, North Terrace, Bedlington.
Local Memorial:
Bedlington, Bedlington Coal Company Roll of Honour in St. Cuthbert's Church Chapel of Remembrance
(Source: newmp.org.uk)