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.
Reginald George Avery
Forename(s):
Reginald George
Surname:
Avery
Initial(s):
R G
Service Number:
9480
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Died:
20/12/1915
Aged:
34
Buried:
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ieper
Service History:
Enlisted at Stanley, County Durham.
Went to France in August 1915. He was briefly in hospital in Hazebrouck in December of that year, suffering from scabies, but rejoined his battalion on 18 December, 2 days before he fell.
(Source: 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 62)
Background:
Son of William Avery (Gamekeeper to Lord Armstrong at Cragside), of Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland, & the late Mary-Ann Avery.
In his late teens, Avery was living with his parents at Rievers Well, Rothbury, while working as an Hotel Bus Driver.
By the time of his enlistment in the Army, in September 1914, he was 33 years of age & married to Mary Elizabeth (Avery, née Rainton) & living at 1, Beaconsfield Street, West Stanley, County Durham. He was variously described as a Colliery Labourer, Surface Worker, & Horseman.
Mary Elizabeth Avery remained with her surviving children at Beaconsfield Street, West Stanley. She was awarded a pension for herself & her children of £1-0s-6d per week, worth today around £65.
(Source: 'The Valley Remembers'; Edited by Sandy Hunter; Upper Coquetdale WW1 Project; 2014; p. 62)
Local Memorial:
Rothbury War Memorial