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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William Ogden Potts
Forename(s):
William Ogden
Surname:
Potts
Initial(s):
W O
Service Number:
1419
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Northumberland Fusiliers, 1/7th Battalion Territorial Force
Died:
26/04/1915
Aged:
20
Buried:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper
Service History:
Enlisted at Rothbury, Northumberland.
Background:
Born about 1894 at Elsdon, Northumberland, the son of the late William & Mary Eleanor Potts.
(N.B. 'Soldiers Died...' [available via Ancestry.co.uk & Naval & Military Press Ltd's CD ROM] shows that Potts was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland but the evidence of the 1911 Census would suggest otherwise).
In 1911, Potts (17) was living with his parents, William Snr. (68) & Mary Ann (57), & working on the family farm. He had four older sisters: Annie D. (32); Hanah Q. (30); Jean (26); & Iva (Iris?; 24). All of the children had been born at Elsdon.
Also in the household was William Snr.'s uncle, Robert John Dodd (77), who was recorded as a Farm Worker.
Local Memorial:
Unknown