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23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was raised on the 26th of November 1914 in Newcastle mainly from men of Scottish decent from the North East. Initially training in Newcastle City centre the 3rd Tyneside Scottish moved to Alnwick camp, in the grounds of Alnwick castle on in early May 1915. They joined 102nd Brigade, 34th Division who were concentrating at Ripon in Yorkshire in mid 1915, and in late August they moved to Salisbury Plain to begin final training. They proceeded to France in January 1916 and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. The 1st Tyneside Scottish were in action on the 1st of July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme attacking just south of the village of La Boisselle, not far from Albert. At 7.28 am on 1st July 1916 two great mines were detonated beneath the German positions, one to the north of the village and one to the south. At 7.30 am the whistles sounded and the attack began. The 3rd Tyneside Scottish followed the 2nd Tyneside Scottish across 200 yards of No Man's Land, 20 Officers and 628 men of the 3rd Tyneside Scottish were lost.
In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. On the 17th of May 1918 the battalion was reduced to cadre strength, on the 17th of June they transferred to 116th Brigade, 39th Division, then on the 29th of July to 197th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, and on the 20th of September they transferred with 197th Brigade to the Lines of Communication.
26th Sep 1915 On the Move
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
22nd Oct 1915 Inspection
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
12th Dec 1915 Orders Received
20th Dec 1915 Orders
8th Jan 1916 On the Move
9th Jan 1916 On the Move
9th Jan 1916 On the Move
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
10th Jan 1916 On the Move
12th Jan 1916 Locations
15th Jan 1916 On the Move By the 15th of January 1916 all units of 34th Division had arrive in France and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer.
16th Jan 1916 Organisation
20th Jan 1916 Inspection
21st Jan 1916 Orders
21st Jan 1916 Instruction 
22nd Jan 1916 Orders Issued
23rd Jan 1916 On the Move
23rd Jan 1916 In Reserve
24th Jan 1916 Inspection
26th Jan 1916 On Alert
27th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
28th Jan 1916 Emergeny Scheme
9th February 1916 Call Ups
19th Feb 1916 Move
29th Mar 1916 Stores
28th June Letters Home The raider did not get much rest for on the 27th and 28th the Battalions of 34th Division began to move forward. This in preparation for the opening of the attack.
For the previous four days the British Artillery had been bombarding the German trenches.
Every man in the Brigade was aware that the opening of the offensive was very close.
Before setting off for the front line men wrote what could be their last letters home.
However the date and time of attack was to be delayed by forty eight hours.
Heavy summer rain had fallen on the 26th and 27th there was a great possibility of flooding. On the 28th June the decision was taken to postpone the attack.
The Divisional and Brigade staff Officers had the job of halting and turning around those battalions on their way to the front line.
1st Jul 1916 34th Division in Action
11th July 1916 Reliefs
12th July 1916 Quiet
2nd Aug 1916 Reliefs
1st Sep 1916 Artillery in Action
2nd Sep 1916 Quiet
3rd Sep 1916 Quiet
4th Sep 1916 Visit
5th Sep 1916 Stormy
6th Sep 1916 Instruction
7th Sep 1916 Artillery Active
8th Sep 1916 Bombardment
9th Sep 1916 Orders
10th Sep 1916 Quiet
11th Sep 1916 Preparations
12th Sep 1916 Reliefs
12th Sep 1916 Orders
13th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
14th Sep 1916 Raid
15th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
16th Sep 1916 Bombardment
17th Sep 1916 Orders
18th Sep 1916 Trench Raids
19th Sep 1916 Orders
20th Sep 1916 Orders
21st Sep 1916 Quiet
22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals
23rd Sep 1916 Orders
24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
25th Sep 1916 Shelling
26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling
27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars
28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs
29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting
30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid
1st Oct 1916 Quiet
2nd Oct 1916 Quiet
3rd Oct 1916 Shelling
4th Oct 1916 Orders
5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut
6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired
7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid
8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
9th Oct 1916 Quiet
10th Oct 1916 Quiet
11th Oct 1916 Course
12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
14th Oct 1916 Reliefs
15th Oct 1916 Conference
16th Oct 1916 Courses
19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued
20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids
21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft
22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active
24th Oct 1916 Experiment
25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting
27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action
29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling
30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active
31st Oct 1916 Warning
11th Dec 1916 Reliefs
1st of January 1918 A Plane Goes Down
2nd of January 1918 In Support
2nd of January 1918 Shelling
3rd of January 1918 Working Parties
4th of January 1918 Cold and Frosty Conditions
5th of January 1918 Conditions Still Cold
6th of January 1918 In the Front Line
6th of January 1918 Reliefs Complete
7th of January 1918 Rain
8th of January 1918 Severe Weather
9th of January 1918 Snow and Rum
10th of January 1918 Reliefs
10th of January 1918 Thaw Continues
11th of January 1918 In Defence
12th of January 1918 Quiet Day
13th of January 1918 Working Parties
14th of January 1918 Enemy on the Move
14th of January 1918 Enemy Patrol Retires
14th of January 1918 Enemy Patrol Retires
15th of January 1918 Deplorable Weather
16th of January 1918 Normal Situation
17th of January 1918 Enemy Very Quiet
17th January 1918 Machine Guns Active
18th of January 1918 Collapsed Dugouts
19th of January 1918 Weather Improved
20th of January 1918 Artillery Quiet
20th of January 1918 Another Relief
21st of January 1918 In the Front Line
21st of January 1918 A Surrender
22nd of January 1918 Situation Unchanged
23rd of January 1918 Reliefs
23rd of January 1918 Prisoner Captured
24th of January 1918 Working Parties
25th of January 1918 Tea and Soup
26th of January 1918 Reorganisation
27th of January 1918 Reorganisation Completed
28th of January 1918 Training
29th of January 1918 Work and Training
29th of January 1918 Divisional HQ Moves
30th of January 1918 Training and Practice
31st of January 1918 Training and a Show
31st of January 1918 Training
1st of February 1918 Battalions to be Disbanded
2nd of February 1918 Digging and Wiring
3rd of February 1918 Reinforcements Arrive
3rd of February 1918 Weather Fine
4th of February 1918 Training Continues
5th of February 1918 More Training
6th of February 1918 CO's Inspection
7th of February 1918 Training and Work
8th of February 1918 Training
9th of February 1918 On the Move
10th of February 1918 On the March
11th of February 1918 March to Penin
12th of February 1918 At Penin
13th of February 1918 Training and Inspections
14th of February 1918 Training
15th of February 1918 Training Continues
16th of February 1918 A Visit by Brigade CO
17th of February 1918 CO's Inspection
18th of February 1918 Platoon Competition
19th of February 1918 Training
20th of February 1918 Inspections
21st of February 1918 Training Continues
22nd of February 1918 Drill and Training
23rd of February 1918 A March Past
24th of February 1918 Billets Inspected
25th of February 1918 Anti-Gas Drill
26th of February 1918 Brigade Inspected
27th of February 1918 On the March
28th of February 1918 On the Move
28th of February 1918 On the Move
7th of March 1918 Warm Weather
1st of March 1918 Training
2nd of March 1918 In Brigade Reserve
2nd of March 1918 Exceptionally Quiet
3rd of March 1918 Working Parties
4th of March 1918 Working Parties
5th of March 1918 Shelter Construction
6th of March 1918 Working Parties
7th of March 1918 Relieved
8th of March 1918 Training
9th of March 1918 Training Programme
10th of March 1918 Training
10th of March 1918 Clash in No Man's Land
11th of March 1918 A Warning Order
12th of March 1918 To Assembly Positions
13th of March 1918 Heavy Bombardment
14th of March 1918 Training
15th of March 1918 Training
16th of March 1918 Training
18th of March 1918 To Front Line
19th of March 1918
19th of March 1918 Rain Returns
20th of March 1918 Red Lights Dropped
21st Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks
21st of March 1918 Enemy Bombardments
22nd Mar 1918 In Action
22nd Mar 1918 In Action
22nd of March 1918 Retirements
22nd Mar 1918 Heavy Shelling
23nd Mar 1918 Reliefs
23rd of March 1918 A March and an Extract
24th of March 1918 On the March
25th of March 1918 March Continues
26th of March 1918 Still Marching
27th of March 1918 On the Train
28th of March 1918 March to Billets
29th of March 1918 On the Move
30th of March 1918 On the March
31st of March 1918 A Letter Received
31st of March 1918 Relief Completed
1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active
1st of April 1918 Special Training
2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active
2nd of April 1918 Billets and Punishments
3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action
3rd of April 1918 Training and Reorganisation
4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active
4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery
4th of April 1918 Reconnoitres
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs
5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete
5th of April 1918 In Houplines Sector
6th Apr 1918 Enemy Quiet
6th Apr 1918 Quiet
6th of April 1918 AT Poppy Bank
7th Apr 1918 Gas Shells
7th Apr 1918 Gas
8th Apr 1918 Quiet
8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility
8th of April 1918 Gas Shelling
9th Apr 1918 Enemy Attack
9th of April 1918 An Active Enemy
10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal
10th of April 1918 A Withdrawal
11th of April 1918 Enemy Attack
12th of April 1918 Battalion Moves
13th of April 1918 The Enemy Attacks
14th of April 1918 At Keersebrom
15th of April 1918 34th Div in Front Line
16th Apr 1918 Enemy Attacks
16th of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment
16th of April 1918 Orders
17th of April 1918 Heavy Shelling
18th of April 1918 Quiet Day
19th of April 1918 Gas Bombardment
20th of April 1918 Relief by the French
21st of April 1918 Reorganisation
22nd of April 1918 Baths and Reorganisation
23rd of April 1918 Message of Thanks
24th of April 1918 Parades and Training
25th of April 1918 Training Programme
26th of April 1918 On the March
27th of April 1918 Heavy Shelling
28th of April 1918 Quiet Day
29th of April 1918 Night Bombardment
30th of April 1918 Aeroplanes Active
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Those known to have served with23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Appleby Henry. L/Cpl. (d.1st July 1916)
- Atkinson Arthur. Pte. (d.21st Oct 1918)
- Bentley Harry. Sjt. (d.1st July 1916)
- Butters Stanley Hylton. Pte.
- Campbell J. C.. Capt.
- Cardy William Thomas. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Carr MM. William. L/Cpl
- Castling Herbert William. L/Cpl. (d.8th April 1918)
- Corbett G..
- Corbett T..
- Dillon Richard. Pte. (d.11th February 1917)
- Easton John William. Pte. (d.1st Nov 1917)
- Gath Leonard. Pte.
- Gledhill Harold. Pte.
- Green Elias. Pte. (d.26th Feb 1917)
- Harris MM. Charles. Pte. (d.30th Nov 1918)
- Harrison John Watts. Pte. (d.7th Feb 1916)
- Hunter William. L/Cpl. (d.25th June 1916)
- Keay Ernest Job. Pte. (d.23rd Mar 1918)
- Kirton Robert Spence. Sgt. (d.1st July 1916)
- Kirton Robert Spence. Sgt. (d.1st July 1916)
- Lawson Ernest. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Lay George Arthur. Pte. (d.9th Apr 1917)
- Lightfoot William. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Mackintosh . Mjr.
- Malley Thomas. Pte. (d.1916)
- Marling William Robert. L/Sjt. (d.1st July 1916)
- Mason John Joseph. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- McDonald Roderick.
- McDonald Simon.
- Milburn Robert William Gutteridge. Pte. (d.27th Feb 1917)
- Morgan James. Pte. (d.1st Jul 1916)
- Neesam Thomas. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Page Ernest. Pte.
- Peterkin William Jefferson. WO1
- Robinson Albert. Sgt (d.11th Feb 1917)
- Scott Thomas. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Scullion John. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Stafford Alfred. Sgt.
- Walton Anthony. Pte. (d.24th Nov 1916)
- Watson John. Cpl.
- Whitehead . Capt.
- Whitelock John. Cpl. (d.1st April 1917)
- Whitelock John. Cpl. (d.1st April 1917)
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Pte. Harold "Sammy" Gledhill 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Harold Gledhill was my grandfather, and in 1968 I sat down with him and a tape recorder and said "tell me about your life." Part of what he told me was about his time with the 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers in Flanders, Le Cateau, Arras, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and Albert. He was wounded at Albert, but survived and lived to the age of 92.
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Pte. Leonard "Scottie" Gath 24th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Leonard Gath served in the 21st, 23rd and 24th Battalions, Northumberland Fusiliers and the 1/4th Battalion. He also served with the 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment in WW1.
Leonard died in 1979.
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Pte. Thomas Malley 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1916) My Great Uncle Thomas Malley's name is on the Stirling War Memorial as having died in the First World War, and having served with the 4th Tyneside Scottish 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, but I cannot find any more information on him and would be most grateful if anybody could tell me at what battle, where and when he died.
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Pte. Anthony Walton 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.24th Nov 1916) Anthony Walton died from war wounds on the 24th of November 1916, aged 30 years.
He was seconded to the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, from the 4th Tyneside Scottish, at the time of his death and is laid to rest at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France.
Anthony's bravery will never be forgotten in our family, his memory lives and will live on with our family for eternity.
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Pte. Ernest Page C Coy. 1/1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment Ernest Page was a Territorial Force member. He had joined in 1912 in Ware and volunteered for Imperial Service at the very start of the war. He arrived in France in early November 1914 and took part in the Mons Canal, Cuinchy and Loos combats.
When his time as TF came to a close in 1916 the New Conscription Law had been past and he was given the choice of being demobbed, going home and being recalled or staying on and choosing in which unit he would serve. Having taken part in the battles that cost huge numbers of losses, spent 2 winters in wet, cold trenches he decided to join the Artillery.
However, the casualty numbers were so large that experienced men were needed with the newer recruits. And 6 months later he was transferred to an infantry unit with the Northumberland Fusiliers, at first in the 26th Battalion, then in the 23rd Battalion of 34th Division (4th Tyneside Scottish)
He took part in most major battles until 11th of April 1918 when his group was taken prisoner near Armentieres. During the night of the 10th the Germans had managed to cross the River Lys and cause a wedge between 22nd and 23rd Brigades. Ernest's unit was over-run it only had one remaining officer who advised they surrendered to the enemy, in this case a German Cavalry Unit,
You have fought well, lads, and we can now only surrender.
He spent the remainder of the conflict in the Gardelegen Camp. Saxony.
He was awarded the
1914 star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Pte. Richard Dillon 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.11th February 1917) Richard Dillon was my great great uncle who was born in Sheffield in 1884. He served with the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War. He died in February 1917 and is buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres in France.
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Pte. John Scullion 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) John Scullion was the brother of my nanna.
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L/Cpl. Herbert William Castling 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th April 1918) Herbert Castling was my great grandfather, the only son of my great great grandmother Mary and great great grandfather William of Gladstone House, Hesleden, County Durham. He himself had only one son, my grandfather, Herbert William Castling who was aged 7 when his father was killed on 8th April 1918.
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L/Cpl. Henry Appleby 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) Henry Appleby was my great grandfather. His name is on the Thiepval Memorial.
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Pte. Stanley Hylton Butters 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Stanley Hylton Butters was my grandfather. I know he fought at the Somme in 1916. I remember going to see him once on the first of July and he told me "today was the day so many years ago we went over the top at the Somme. thousands were killed around me but they didn't get your granddad". I know he was wounded and ended up in hospital as I have seen his war records on line thru ancestry.uk.com.
At school, studying the First World War, he wrote me a little note about the war, telling of life in the trenches and how how he used to bathe his feet in rum - something he drank until his death in 1990. I remember he finished his little precis for me with the words "and all for a shilling a day".
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Cpl. John Whitelock 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st April 1917) Corporal John Whitelock was my great great uncle. I know very little about him, other than he was my grandmother's uncle and he came from a coal mining family. His father, Joseph Whitelock, was from Glasgow, so this is probably why John ended up in the Tyneside Scottish battalion. He is buried in Faubourge D'amiens Cemetery, Arras in France.
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Pte. Elias Green 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.26th Feb 1917) Elias Green was the son of Joseph and Mary Grenn. Husband of A.M. Green. He was aged 27 years when he was killed.
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Sgt. Alfred Stafford 23rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Alfred Stafford served with the 4th Tyneside Scottish.
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Pte. Arthur Atkinson 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.21st Oct 1918) Arthur Atkinson was my grandad, I am researching his life.
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Pte. George Arthur Lay 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.9th Apr 1917) George Lay served with 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers, he is buried in Roclincourt Military Cemetery.
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Pte. Charles Harris MM. 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.30th Nov 1918) Charles Harris was born at 2, Trinity Lane, Hinckley, Leicestershire on 9th September 1895. He worked for his father’s (Joseph Harris's) business in Hinckley, carting, i.e. transporting goods by horse and cart. The family home was by this time at 16½, Manor Street, Hinckley.
Charles enlisted in the army towards the end of 1916 and, after training at Rugeley Camp on Cannock Chase, went to France in about April 1917 where he was allocated to the 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers , 102nd Brigade (Tyneside Scottish), part of the 34th Division.
Charles was awarded the Military Medal for bravery during an action on 24th October 1918 at Bermerain, though he didn’t live to receive it as he was killed in action on 30th October 1918, just a few days before the end of the war. He is buried at the Cross Roads cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bios, in Northern France.
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Pte. Thomas Scott 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) Thomas Scott was born at Ford, near Wooler in Northumberland, he was married to Hannah (Gray) and had four children; my Grandfather William Ralph, Norman, Olive and Thomas Gordon. He was living in Bedlington. He walked to his death on the 1st July 1916 and fell in 'No Man's Land' so he has no known grave but is mentioned on Theipval. He was 38
My Grandad was still grieving for his father 60 years later and found it difficult to discuss him without being upset and a little angry about the way he died and left my great grandmother to struggle and bring up her family without him, I'm sure my great Granda thought he was off on an adventure, serve his country and earn a few extra 'bob' come back to his family and job.
We don't have any photos of Thomas perhaps my Grandfather's siblings have. So, if you are out there, Peter and Jennifer Scott known to have lived in Cambridge or their children and Trevor Hall and his family who emigrated to either Australia or New Zealand please get in touch and let's put Thomas's photo on The Theipval Memorial site with all the other soldiers.
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Cpl. John Watson 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn Northumberland Fusiliers My grandad, Jack Watson, was reported missing in action at Roeux,in France, on 29th April 1917. He was a prisoner of war in Germany, for at least part of the time at Gustrow, but I have not yet discovered when he was repatriated. My grandma, Harriet, gave birth to twin girls in the summer of 1917, but they both died by the end of that year, so Jack may never have seen them. Harriet already had her hands full with four other children, aged between eleven and two.
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Pte. John Joseph Mason 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st Jul 1916) John Joseph Mason served with the 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers. He was aged 20 when he died on 1st July 1916.
Born in Jarrow in 1896 son of John George and Sarah Mason (nee Smith). On the 1911 census he is recorded as John Joseph Mason age 14 Shoemakers Errand Boy living with his parents John George and Sarah Mason and family at 33 Albert Road, Jarrow.
John lived and enlisted Newcastle, he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on a Scroll with 3 names at the Baptist Church in Jarrow.
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L/Sjt. William Robert Marling 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) William Robert Marling served as a Lance Serjeant with the 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers.
He was aged 31 when he died on 1st July 1916.
Born in Jarrow in 1884, he enlisted in Wallsend. On the 1911 census he is listed as William Robert Marling age 26 Coal Miner Hewer living with his wife Annie Cooper Marling (nee Elvin) at 39 Hunter Street, Wallsend.
William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
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