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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Herbert Norman Weir Potts
Forename(s):
Herbert Norman Weir
Surname:
Potts
Initial(s):
H N W
Service Number:
38111
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish)
Died:
09/04/1917
Aged:
20
Buried:
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez
Service History:
Potts enlisted in the Northern Cyclist Battalion before being transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was killed on the first day of the 1917 Battles of Arras in the attack on Wancourt Ridge.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 29)
Background:
Known as Norman, Potts was born in 1896, at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, the third of five children of Joseph Potts (an Agricultural Labourer; from Bolam, Northumberland), by his wife, Elizabeth Potts (née Weir; a native of Felton).
About 1904 the family moved to West Thirston & took up residence at Ivy Cottage.
(Source: 'Felton War Memorial: The Men behind the names'; Eleanor George [formerly Hall]; 2009; p. 29)
Local Memorial:
Felton War Memorial incorporating Acton, Eshott, Swarland & Thirston