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Name: Joseph TOOTHILL
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: J Service No.: 5085
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland. Age at Death: 26
Unit: 10th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Home Address: 72 Westmacott Street, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Miner at Addison Colliery.
How Died: Killed in action
Date of Death: Thursday 20th September 1917
Place of Death: Belgium.
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated: Addison Colliery War Memorial, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated: Newburn War Memorial, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland. War Memorial, St Michael and All Angels Church, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Overseas Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
Buried: No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 2
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Blaydon Courier, page 8, 20th October 1917.
Family Details:
Son of James and the late Margaret Jane Toothill, of 72 Westmacott Street, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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