Law's Cottages, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Previous Address:
34 Clifford Terrace, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Civilian Employment:
Barman at the Douglas Hotel, Blaydon on Tyne, and formerly of the Fox and Hounds Inn, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne.
How Died:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
Thursday 19th August 1915
Place of Death:
Gallipoli, Turkey.
Battle/Campaign:
Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaign, 1915.
Locally Commemorated:
No
UK Commemorated:
Newburn War Memorial, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
War Memorial, St Michael and All Angels Church, Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Overseas Commemorated:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. Panel reference 33 to 35.
Buried:
No known grave.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs:
1
Service Records:
No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Blaydon Courier, page 8, 15th July 1916.
Family Details:
Son of William and the late June Hedley of Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland. Husband of Polly Hedley of Law's Cottages, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham (formerly of 34 Clifford Terrace, Crawcrook).
Notes :
Confirmed dead nearly one year after being reported missing in action at Gallipoli.
Sources Used:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register.
Soldiers Died in the Great War.
