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.
George Robert Horner
Forename(s):
George Robert
Surname:
Horner
Initial(s):
G R
Service Number:
5615TS
Rank:
Trimmer
Regiment:
Royal Naval Reserve, HM Trawler Robert Smith
Died:
20/07/1917
Aged:
26
Buried:
Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
Service History:
On 17 July 1917, naval records show that HM Trawler Robert Smith was 'lost' though the families of her crew didn't become aware of that until sometime later. She had been patrolling to the north west of Scotland with her crew of 25. All perished.
(Source: 'In Memory of the Fallen: Amble & surrounding area'; Compiled by Jane Dargue, Jim Donnelly & Helen Lewis; 2014; p. 14)
Background:
Born in 1891, at Blyth, Northumberland, the eldest of seven children, & the only son, of George & Ellen Horner, 63, Gordon Street, Amble, Northumberland.
The family moved to Amble after living in Blyth & Warkworth around the turn of the twentieth century.
(Source: 'In Memory of the Fallen: Amble & surrounding area'; Compiled by Jane Dargue, Jim Donnelly & Helen Lewis; 2014; p. 14)
Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial