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Cpl. John Tait Coghill
British Army 1st/7th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Heaton, Newcastle
(d.11th May 1915)
John Tait Coghill was aged 24 when he died on 11th May 1915, whilst serving with the 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
Born in Jarrow he was the son of Joseph and Margaret Coghill of 43 Stratford Road, Heaton, Newcastle. The 1911 census lists him as; John Tait Coghill age 20 Railway Clerk living with his parents Joseph and Margaret Coghill and family at 92 Bolingbroke Street, Heaton, Newcastle
He enlisted in Alnwick.