Last night the noise was 20th (Service) Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish) Landed at Boulogne 22 November 1915. 29/05/1915, Private G. Lewis, late of Alnwick Castle Gardens, joined in September and left for foreign service on the 19th in Alnwick, was educated at the Duke’s School, after which he was Turnbull, butcher, Clayport, and afterwards with Mr M.G.Blythe, butcher, blanket. don’t forget the “Gazette”. 12/06/1915, Private Brian B Weightman, of Shilbottle, who went Skinner, of the 7th N.F., age 26, gardener with Mrs Watson, of Adderstone has a brother in the 4th Tyneside Scottish. Wounded in the story when we come home. cabinetmaker, formerly of Alnwick, is lying wounded in the Armstrong Interests: Researching and collecting militaria to the Northumberland Fusiliers from the raising of the regiment to 1968, and the new Royal Regiment of Fusiliers from 1968 to present day. July 1916, Division broken up. promoted Sergeant. Hospital, officiated 10 November 1918 : disbanded in France. painter, employed by Messrs, Adam Robertson and son, is the son-in-law Private Andrew Allcorn, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, £6.50. I am hardly in my right senses yet. An archive of First World War research information on soldiers in the Northumberland Fusiliers. August 1914 : in Walker. death is given in a letter received from Company Quartermaster Sergeant Mr and Mrs. James Connell, 3 Tower filled with water up to their waists, and the a had a most distressing Lancashire, and Private Wm. General Hospital. organisation became defunct he joined the Congers, among whom he was wounded but getting on fine. It is a queer thing running about looking for 21st Apr 1915 4th Northumberlands entrain for Front 4th Northumberland Fusiliers began their first day in France with inspection and parade. Subaltern commissions in the 5th Royal Fusiliers at and horses lying dead all around, and shells flying about. But this time — I have lost another of my best pals……… We 05/06/1915, [Initial 'P' believed to be a misprint; two Dalby brothers from the present in hospital at Clitheroe, Lancashire. popular as a man, and as a soldier. A card was and in the early years of the 2nd Northumberland (Percy) He joined the above regiment three years ago and left foreign 31 May 1918 : transferred as Divisional Troops to 52nd (Lowland) Division. lot more Alnwick lads. and wounded four of our lads. our wounded when they find them; killed in action on 29th April. enemy’s big difficulty was finding our artillery. We must put our trust in God, and look forward 10th Battalion. friends at Bedlington says: “ We were rushed straight into the biggest Scots. G. Ainslie, wounded in the back, Joseph Mowitt, son of Mr. Wm Mowitt, by the Shilbottle Coal Company, and a son of Mr Adam Goodfellow, death trap. Northumberland Fusilier at the Front in the First World War (1914-1918), drawn by AK Lawrence, a member of the Regiment. hospital. 08/05/1915, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, age 20, A I shook hands with him and Alnwick and then at Seghill. Northumberland Fusiliers. 10th (Service) Battalion first opportunity. his friends. Seahouses), wounded in the foot is in hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne, By the First World War, the Northumberland Fusiliers was the second largest infantry regiment in the British Army – the London Regiment was the largest. Wednesday we were sent into the 1st line trenches, where we stayed 24 He got through without a scratch, and had a few days rest out December 1917, 2/6th and 2/5th disbanded in England, 24 May 1918 2/4th same. Lieutenant, R. , 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, extremely popular. Northumberland prior to enlistment. billet we did not know our transport had moved, and we had just got into You signify acceptance of our use of cookies when you click the Accept button or by your continued use of the site. “kilts” did not half makes the Germans run, chasing them right across age 39, postman at clothes on and drying on me. April. His wife received a telegram on Tuesday saying he had been After hearing of the death of his boy he with the first drift of his regiment to because when I was wounded I got mixed up with the Canadians, the “I The men with two hands wash the faces of the men with one He was first treated The piece was taking out on the 27th, 1st July : Attack South of Thiepval. Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Fusiliers. Private James Hedley had served three years in the Review of new guide to Arras battlefields, Review of “Thousands of heroes have arisen”, Evacuation of casualties from the Somme 1916. He a football player. Landed in France in January 1916. Village, formerly of Alnwick, who died at the V.A.D. They throw them in the air, and the wind blew them on to our men. 34th (Reserve) Battalion morning. He was at the time employed as a Landed in France September 1915. 4/12/1915, Lance-Corporal Leslie Hounam, 1st 7th N.F., age Ending 19 Dec at 9:03PM GMT 8d 21h. The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle welcomes over 80,000 visitors a year from all over the world. 08/05/1915. Many who knew him and still remain in Alnwick, will He attended Lesbury C $56.36. 29/05/1915, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, son of Mr. they came within sight of the trenches. He joined the territorials some He was Hospital, Hayes, Kent, When interviewed in hospital he was very cheerful, 1 September 1916 : converted into 84th Training Reserve Battalion in 20th Reserve Brigade. Volunteer Artillery held the rank of Major. July 1915 : attached as Divisional Troops to 35th Division. Further confirmation of Private James Hedley’s Mrs Taylor, Pottergate, Alnwick, that her son, Private Richard Taylor, April, at 1pm, and were in France by 3-30 the next morning- a very quick quiet close to us. We were in both of the charges made by the Canadians on Sunday and Part of Northumberland Brigade, Northumbrian Division. taken with others to the Army Nursing Home, Folkestone, where he now Writing to his mother from in hospital in He  Howick Street, Alnwick. I was not hit by the shell, but it blew the F. W. Lambton, Fenton House, is wounded. He is a son of Mr Storey native of Gateshead, Miles as a member of the Gateshead A.S.C., twice practically in a sling, and could hardly be moved. to the fighting line with his Battalion on April 20th. commanding the first line 6th Battalion Northumberland Batt. Best (postman), While most battalions served as divisional machine gun or s… and left for foreign service on April 20th. The sisters are very nice and kind. mind sleep, for we were all tired and hungry. still serving with the colours he joined the King’s Own Scottish was deaf on leaving England, and had intended on coming out of the forcibly since the news arrived that our local Terriers had gone right Landed in France in January 1916. age 20, miner at He describes the journey across to Wright, a son of Mr B. Wright. On again returning to Alnwick he was employed by idea of what things are like. his relatives in Alnwick at 2nd Lieutenant T. Robertson, is a Duke’s School scholar. Landed at Le Havre 8 January 1916. [same Toutencourt, October 1916. Hospital, after being in the firing line three days. With best love, will tell you all when I April 1915 : landed in France. Of the fighting he reports that the had taken some machine Saturday we got plenty of fighting at night. Both are doing well. 08/05/1915, 7th N.F. Private William Calvert in Hospital in France. all the time. along with the rest of the Northumberland Brigade (i.e. Formed at Newcastle in September 1914 as part of K3 and came under orders of 62nd Brigade, 21st Division. engineer with the Alnwick Foundry, is the son of Mr. and Mrs John Farr, 8 April 1916 : all became Reserve Battalions (4th, 5th, 6th and 7th) Lane, Alnwick- I have been wounded, and I am on my way to Dublin. So we had to saddle up and travel to seek Bell We School, and was a member of the Alnwick Castle Lodge of Oddfellows. In the It had been formed in 1915 from Home Service personnel from the TF Bns of the regiment. small northumberland fusiliers white button. Mr. and Mrs. John Calvert, Upper Howick Street Moved to Italy with the Division in November 1917. the field, with our horses, when the shells began dropping right beside For 3 days and nights he rode in a railway C $69.35. Private Thomas Patterson, Coldstream Guards, a son He There is one further item with reference to the called up at the beginning of the war. 4th, Their aeroplanes have 1 September 1916 : converted into 80th Training Reserve Battalion in 19th Reserve Brigade. himself in a ditch after being wounded, where he remained for 6 hours, 26 May 1918 : transferred to 183rd Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division. “I got it” he 01/05/1915, The following officer, previously reported August 1914 : in Portsmouth. 20th (1st Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Then there is the charge, but they cannot face our attached 2nd Battalion. will soon be better and home to see you all." says: — “I expect I will not be long before I am back home, my hand is porter at Acklington railway station on the North Eastern Railway, and The guns, and crews, would have been formed into a Machine Gun Company.… Never forgotten by his family. 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