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.
Walter Lamb
Forename(s):
Walter
Surname:
Lamb
Initial(s):
W
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Lieutenant (Temporary)
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 22nd (Service) Battalion (3rd Tyneside Scottish)
Died:
01/07/1916
Aged:
26
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Killed at La Boiselle on the first day of the 1916 Battles of the Somme.
Background:
Born about 1890, the son of William Lamb by his wife, Minnie Florence (née Axe), of Hotspur House, Castle Terrace, Warkworth, Northumberland.
Before the war Lamb was an Engineer's Pattern-maker. In 1911 he was boarding at a house in Wallsend-on-Tyne.
Lamb had 5 brothers - Henry (who married Alice); Thomas (became a Chemist at Forest Hall, Newcastle); James William; John; & Cyril (who was disabled) - & 2 sisters, Elinor Elizabeth (b. 19 July 1899; a Governess in India circa 1935; who married Parslow, who died in New Jersey, USA) & Minnie Florence (became a Teacher).
Cousin of 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Lamb (King's Own [Yorkshire Light Infantry], 4th Battalion Territorial Force) who was killed in action the previous day, 30 June 1916.
Lamb's father was a Brewer (in a family business based in Brewery Lane, Warkworth).
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 77)
Probate was granted at Newcastle upon Tyne, on 22 November 1920, to James William Lamb, Brewer, for Effects valued at £387-17s-10d.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick, Memorial Plaque in former premises of the DukeÂ’s School
(Source: For Duke's School, Dudley George; August 2018)
Warkworth War Memorial, by St Lawrence's Church
