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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James Forrest
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Forrest
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
1046
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)
Died:
04/09/1916
Aged:
24
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Background:
Born about 1894, at Newcastle, the son of John Alexander Forrest (b. about 1868; at South Shields, County Durham; a Painter & Decorator) & his wife, Mrs. M. A. Forrest (also b. about 1868; at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland), of 51, James Street, Gateshead, County Durham.
Five siblings: John (b. about 1888); Alexander (b. about 1890); Mary (b. about 1892); Andrew (b. about 1897); & Alice (b. about 1902). All were born at Newcastle except for Alice, who was born at Gateshead.
Forrest's older brothers followed their father into the Painting & Decorating trade while, in 1911, his older sister was a Barmaid. Then, the family lived at 28, Coatsworth Road, Gateshead.
Pre-war occupation: Mechanic.
Husband of Blanche Mary Forrest (née Ames), of Earsdon House, High Street, Belford, Northumberland. They married at Belford in the second quarter of 1916, only a matter of weeks before Forrest died.
Local Memorial:
Belford War Memorial
(Source: newmp.org.uk)