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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John Harold Nesbitt
Forename(s):
John Harold
Surname:
Nesbitt
Initial(s):
J H
Service Number:
20884
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion
(N.B. Ancestry.co.uk shows Nesbitt's battalion as 22nd Tyneside Scottish but both CWGC & Forces-War-Records.co.uk sites show 2nd Battalion)
Died:
08/04/1918
Aged:
23
Buried:
Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension
Service History:
Died of wounds received
Background:
Born in 1895 at Winlaton, Gateshead, County Durham, the son of James & Mary (née Smith) Nesbitt.
James Nesbitt was born in 1855 at Whitfield, Northumberland. His wife was born in 1863 at Allendale, Northumberland. The couple married at the end of 1889.
The 1911 Census shows the family living at 27, Twizel Street, Blaydon, Gateshead, County Durham. James was a Forestry Worker while Nesbitt, then 16, was a Pony Driver Underground, presumably at a nearby colliery.
N.B. The connection with Alnwick district is unclear.
Local Memorial:
Boulmer, Memorial Hall Plaque