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 Cookson Leech
Forename(s):
Thomas Cookson
Surname:
Leech
Initial(s):
T C
Service Number:
34668
(N.B. 'Soldiers DiedÂ…' records the service number as 24668)
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 27th (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Irish)
Died:
15/10/1917
Aged:
29
Buried:
Tyne Cot Memorial (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Background:
Son of Joseph Leech.
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Leech, of 74, Milburn Road, Ashington, Northumberland. The couple had one child.
Local Memorial:
Ashington, Ashington Industrial Co-operative Society Memorial Plaque, now in the Co-operative Funeral Parlour, Ashington
Ashington, Memorial Plaque in St. Aidan's Roman Catholic Church
Ashington, Memorial Statue, Memorial Garden, Kenilworth Road
Ashing