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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Gilbert Archer Michie
Forename(s):
Gilbert Archer
Surname:
Michie
Initial(s):
G A
Service Number:
18720
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th (Service) Battalion
Died:
25/09/1915
Aged:
21
Buried:
Loos Memorial (Dud Corner Cemetery)
Service History:
Enlisted at Culross(?), Fife, Scotland. (N.B. 'Soldiers DiedÂ…' spells it Calross.)
Formerly 34197, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Background:
Born at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the son of Andrew (a Seedsman & Nurseryman) & Elizabeth Michie, of 14, Bondgate Within, Alnwick, Northumberland.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Henry George Michie (Officer of the Northumberland Fusiliers' 15th [Reserve] Battalion, attached to the regiment's 8th [Service] Battalion; Died 26 September 1916).
Resident of Alnwick before joining up. In 1911, the family lived at 60, Bondgate Within.
In 1911, Michie, 17 years-old, worked as a Grocer's Assistant
He had eight siblings, four brothers & four sisters.
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
