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.
James Marr
Forename(s):
James
Surname:
Marr
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
33395
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry, 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow), 'A' Company
Died:
03/12/1917
Aged:
21
Buried:
Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe
Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, on 7 August, 1915.
Formerly S/11178, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
Transferred to the HLI in October 1916. Served with th Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from that month, & died at No. 64 Casualty Clearing Station on 3 December 1917, of wounds received in action at Passchendaele the previous day.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour'; Part 4; Page 129)
Background:
Born on 30 December 1895, at Alnwick, Northumberland, the son Edward Marr, of Monmouth (Postmaster), by his wife, Annie Barbara (daughter of James Snaith), of 23, North Crescent, Hertford, Hertfordshire.
Educated at Duke's School, Alnwick.
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour'; Part 4; Page 129)
'Soldiers DiedÂ…' records Marr as being resident at Monmouth, Monmouthshire while the CWGC website states he was a native of Alnwick.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
Alnwick, Memorial Plaque in former premises of the DukeÂ’s School
(Source: For Duke's School, Dudley George; August 2018)