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Alnwick Camp
Alnwick Camp was situated on the pastures beneath Alnwick Castle, home to the Duke of Northumberland, across the River Aln from the castle. This area has been used for training camps by the military before the war, in late 1914 hutted camps were constructed to house men in training.
May 1915 3rd Tyneside Scottish at Alnwick The 3rd Tyneside Scottish Battalion moved to Alnwick Camp in May 1915.
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These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.
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Those known to have trained at Alnwick Camp during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bell Robert Henry. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Fellows John William. Piper. (d.1st July 1916)
- Light Earl Eustace. Pte.
- Slater John W.. Pte.
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259557 Piper. John William Fellows 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Btn, No.1 Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916)  John Fellows was my great, great uncle. He served with the 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in WW1 and was 21 when he died at the Battle of the Somme on 1st of July 1916.
He was a piper in the Battalion band. Family memories of him were that he could pick up any instrument and play it, he was very musical. This is particularly poignant for me as I too am very musical. I have been head of music in a high school for 25 years. He was known as John Willie.
John's uncle Tom was also in the same Battalion but he survived the war. He said the last time he saw John he had thrown down his bagpipes and was running towards the Germans drawing his bayonet. The pipers of the 20th Battalion led the troops into battle on the very first day of the Battle of the Somme. John would literally have been right at the front, playing his pipes to stir morale, and probably as a result, one of the first men to die in the battle of the Somme. He was my great grandma's brother.
John's initial training was in Newcastle, then they moved on to the grounds of Alnwick Castle before completing training in 1915 on Salisbury Plain.
Once in France his Battalion moved to La Boiselle. He was in France for approx 6 months and died somewhere near La Boiselle, I think near where 2 large craters were created. I feel very proud of him but also deeply moved that he died at such a young age, unable to have a family of his own.
We have a photo of him in his uniform and kilt. I will make sure my own children know all about him. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and I hope to visit one day to pay my respects.
Son of William and Martha Fellows of 29, Weardale Avenue, Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
I would dearly love to find out more about him.
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249132 Pte. Robert Henry "Bob" Bell 20th Battalion Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) Private Robert Henry Bell, of the 20th Battalion Tyneside Scottish, MIA on 1st July 1916. Currently searching for images of him, none we can pinpoint as him. Enlisted and was sent to Alnwick Camp in 1915, before being shipped off in 1916.
He wrote back to his mother and sister often to let them know he was doing well and "in good health" however following a period there were no postcards, followed by a card from a friend which states "so sorry to hear about Bobby" a couple of months later.
His mother was Hannah Wilson (formerly Bell) and his father was the late Jacob Bell, they lived in West Allotment, Shiremoor, in 7 Miner's Cottage.
The name Robert is still carried through the family, as is his memory.
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224837 Pte. Earl Eustace Light 3rd Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment My father, Earl Light, was born in Liverpool in 1896. He joined the Liverpool Regiment in 1914 in the 3rd Battalion and his number was 3/31924. We believe that the 3rd Battalion was a reserve battalion that never left the UK.
Sometime later he was in the Machine Gun Corps and his number was 3407. We don't know how or when he was transferred to the MGC, but as his service number was 3407, which was one of the earlier numbers of the MGC, we think he may have joined the MGC in late 1916 when the MGC was formed.
He was wounded twice and was sent to Alnwick Camp and is noted in the Liverpool Echo wounded list on 7th September 1917 and when fit again he was returned to the Front. It is thought that he was wounded in the 3rd Battle for Ypres between 30th July and 3rd August 1917.
He was discharged on 5th March 1919 with the report that he was fit and could be called up again if required. He died in February 1972
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217386 Pte. John W. Slater 14th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment My Grandmother's Father, John W Slater of D Company 14th Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment, Barnsley Pals (according to local press of the time) was at Northern Command Depot, Alnwick, Northhumberland. The local press article refers to him as Private 875 T W Slater (but it should be J W not T W).
He was apparently shot in the left arm whilst carrying another injured man (Jim Foster). My Grandmother told me that he also spent time in a hospital on Salisbury Plain.
The extract from the old local press after writing of the death of his Brother, Lce Cpl Edward Slater (Machine Gun Corps), goes on to say, his Brother Private 875 T W Slater (should be J.W Slater)D Co of the same Battalion was severely wounded in France in July and was forwarded to hospital (Birmingham) from Bologne on the 8th August and after being at various hospitals in England (of which he speaks in the highest praise) he is now at the Northern Command Depot, Alnwick, Northumberland pending medical examination, his left arm being useless.
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Alnwick in the Great War: Stories from the Home Front in Alnwick and District Ian Hall
Written at the request of the Alnwick and District Centenary Commemoration Group, this small book examines the effects of the First World War on the district. These include the implementation of little-known anti-invasion precautions, how people reacted in the first weeks of war, the army encampments around Alnwick and the threat of aerial bombardment from Zeppelins which led to the arrival of the Royal Flying Corps
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