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Name:

Douglas FLEMING

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

Service No.:

27/246

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Whitehaven, Cumberland.

Age at Death:

Unit:

27th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (4th Tyneside Irish).

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Place of Residence:

Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

3 Turret Place, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

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. 1st Battle of Albert, 1st 13th July 1916.

Locally Commemorated:

Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

UK Commemorated:

St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B.

Buried:

No known grave.

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 12th August 1916.

Family Details:

Husband of Catherine Fleming, 3 Turret Place, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Sources Used:

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

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