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.

Robert Thomas Moffitt

Forename(s):
Robert Thomas

Surname:
Moffitt

Initial(s):
R T (N.B. CWGC website records initials as 'R J' but Moffitt's Christian names are not given & Ancestry.co.uk shows them as Robert Thomas, which is also as Moffitt's name appears in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, available via Anc

Service Number:
100317

Rank:
Private

Regiment:
Durham Light Infantry, 13th (Service) Battalion

Died:
29/10/1918

Aged:
21

Buried:
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension

Service History:
Enlsted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Died of wounds received.

Background:
Born at Acklington, Northumberland, the son of John E. & Anna Moffitt, of East House, Dalton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Local Memorial:
Unknown