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.

Joseph Nelson

Forename(s):
Joseph

Surname:
Nelson

Initial(s):
J

Service Number:
3129 (N.B. One Ancestry.co.uk record records the regimental service # as 827 but another, [the U.K., Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929] shows it as 3129, the same as the CWGC website.)

Rank:
Gunner

Regiment:
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery, 5th Ammunition Column attached to 315th Brigade, 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division

Died:
16/10/1916

Aged:
23

Buried:
Puchevillers British Cemetery

Service History:
Enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Died at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, France, of wounds received.

Background:
Born at Bilton, Alnmouth, Northumberland.

The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records Joseph's mother & sole legatee as Caroline (Nelson).

Local Memorial:
Unknown