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. Now, the breitling replica watches are very popular in the UK.
Soldiers killed on the First Day of the Somme by Ernest W Bell (Privately published, Bolton, Lancashire, 1977).
