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Name:

William SCAIFE

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

5921

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Fletcher Town, Cumberland.

Age at Death:

Unit:

14th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland

Place of Residence:

Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

14 Clifford Gardens, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Miner at Clara Vale Colliery.

How Died:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

Tuesday 18th July 1916

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Heilly Station cemetery, Mericourt-L Abbe II.B.55

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle, July 1917.

Family Details:

Son of Mr and Mrs Scaife, of 14 Clifford Gardens, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Family of sisters and one brother.

Notes :

William's only brother served with the forces at Salonika, Greece.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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