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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George Learmouth Hope
Forename(s):
George Learmouth
Surname:
Hope
Initial(s):
G L
Service Number:
100379
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry, 13th (Service) Battalion
Died:
23/10/1918
Aged:
22
Buried:
Landrecies British Cemetery
Service History:
Enlisted at Belford, Northumberland.
Background:
Born 1897 at Bamburgh, Northumberland, the son of Alexander Hope (b. 1869) of Prendwick, Whittingham & his wife Georgina (b. 1875; d. 1913).
In 1901 Hope, age 4, was living with his parents, older brother James (b. 1895) & younger sister Isabella (b. 1901) at Beadnell Farm, Beadnell, Northumberland. Also living at the same address was GeorginaÂ’s widowed uncle Andrew, age 48, working as a Horseman on the farm; Isabella Learmouth, a widow aged 85, listed as Mother-in-law but too old to be GeorginaÂ’s mother; & Isabella Learmouth, age 50, who was single & listed as an aunt so could be AlexanderÂ’s sister. She also worked on the farm.
In 1911 Hope was living at New Shoreston with his parents & brother James, 16, who were all Farm Labourers, along with sister Annie, age 8, brothers John William (4) & Alexander (2). Also, maternal aunt Isabella Learmouth, 62, & maternal Grandmother-in-Law Isabella Learmouth, age 95, & a boarder, John English, a 27 years-old Freestone Quarryman. The family later moved to Prendwick.
Local Memorial:
Belford War Memorial
(Source: For Belford, newmp.org.uk)
Whittingham, Roll of Honour in St. BartholomewÂ’s Church