3rd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, attached to 2nd Bn The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted:
Place of Residence:
How Mill, near Brampton, Cumberland.
Home Address:
Hayton House, How Mill, near Brampton, Cumberland.
Previous Address:
The Lawn, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Civilian Employment:
Company Director, Cramlington Coal Company and the Seaton Delaval Coal Company.
How Died:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
Sunday 1st November 1914
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated:
No
UK Commemorated:
Family brass plaque in St Mary and St Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, Stella, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Overseas Commemorated:
-
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
5
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
The Times, 10th November 1914.
Blaydon Courier, Vote of Condolence passed by members of the Ryton and District Urban District Council, 14th November 1914.
Family Details:
Son of the late Robert Ormston Lamb, of Hayton House, How Mill, near Brampton, Cumberland, and Mrs R O Lamb, of Birney Hill, near Ponteland, Northumberland. Formerly of The Lawn, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
The Lawn was formerly Ryton Social Club which was situated in the old part of Ryton village.
Everard was a director of the Cramlington Coal Company and the Seaton Delaval Coal Company. He was an active member of the Northumberland Coal Owners Association. He took a great interest in politics and was president of the Brampton Primrose League. He was recognised as an expert in the rearing of short horned cattle, the herd he inherited from his father.
He entered the 3rd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers as a 2nd Lieutenant in October 1905. Promotion to Lieutenant followed in June 1910 and he became a Captain in August 1914.
Everard's widow was recognised later in the war for her contribution in helping in hospitals.
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Officers Died in the Great War.
The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 1 Colonel L A Clutterbuck.
