2 Store Street, Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Previous Address:
20 Store Street, Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Civilian Employment:
Miner
How Died:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
Saturday 1st July 1916
Place of Death:
Somme, France.
Battle/Campaign:
Battles of the Somme, France, 1916.
Locally Commemorated:
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Ryton Social Club Roll of Honour, Cross House, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated:
-
Overseas Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10B 11B and 12B.
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
1
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 3rd March 1917.
Family Details:
Son of Margaret and the late George Wylie, of Mabouy, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Wylie (nee Anderson), formerly of Ryton on Tyne.
Notes :
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
Soldiers killed on the First Day of the Somme by Ernest W Bell (Privately published, Bolton, Lancashire, 1977).
