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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Robert Mavin (N.B. At least one record available via the Ancestry.co.uk database spells the name as Mabin)
Forename(s):
Robert
Surname:
Mavin
(N.B. At least one record available via the Ancestry.co.uk database spells the name as Mabin)
Initial(s):
R
Service Number:
15844
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), 8th (Service) Battalion
Died:
18/11/1916
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Enlisted at Amble, Northumberland.
Formerly 13972, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Disembarked in France on 8 September 1915. As such, awarded 1914-15 Star as well as the British War Medal 1914-1918 & Allied Victory Medal.
Background:
Born at Rothbury, Northumberland, the son of James & Isabella Mavin, of 18, Sixth Row, Choppington Colliery, Northumberland.
Resident at Morpeth, Northumberland.
Local Memorial:
Choppington, Memorial Monument, Cyprus Westgreen
Choppington, Memorial Reredos in St. Paul's Church
(Source: newmp.org.uk)