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.

Thomas Johnston Gordon

Forename(s):
Thomas Johnston

Surname:
Gordon

Initial(s):
T J

Service Number:
40214

Rank:
Lance-Corporal

Regiment:
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st Battalion

Died:
03/05/1917

Aged:
29

Buried:
Arras Memorial (Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery)

Service History:
Enlisted at Edinburgh, Scotland, in April 1915.

Wounded in September 1916.

Background:
Born at Kirknewton, the son of Mr & Mrs Charles Gordon, of Bender, Wooler, Northumberland.

Husband of Jean Gordon, of 44, Gilmour Place, Edinburgh.

Pre-war occupation: Molecatcher to trade.

Local Memorial:
Kirknewton War Memorial Wooler War Memorial