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| Casualty No.: |
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Ranks: |
Private |
Initials: |
W |
Service No.: |
22/769 |
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| Date of Birth : |
- |
Place of Birth : |
West Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham |
Age at Death: |
0 |
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| Unit: |
22nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (3rd Tyneside Scottish). |
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| Place Enlisted: |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Place of Residence: |
Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Home Address: |
9 Beech Grove Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. |
| Previous Address: |
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| Civilian Employment: |
Miner at Clara Vale Colliery. Worked on the screens. |
| 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.
Battle of Albert, 1st – 13th July 1916.
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| Locally Commemorated: |
Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Clara Vale Colliery Memorial, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
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| UK Commemorated: |
- |
| Overseas Commemorated: |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B
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| Buried: |
No known grave |
| Decoration and Medals: |
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| Photographs: |
1 |
| Service Records: |
No |
| Death Notice/Obituary: |
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| Family Details: |
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| Notes : |
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| Sources Used: |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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