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Pte. Archibald Hetherington
British Army 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Allendale
(d.19th June 1915)
It is believed that Archbald Hetherington died in a training accident on 19th June 1915, when he was aged 23 years. He is buried in the south-west part of Masham (St. Mary) Churchyard, St Mary's Church, Centre of Masham, Yorkshire. Archibald was the son of Peter (a cabinet maker and painter) and Jane Hetherington, of Cross Keys House, Allendale, Northumberland and was the husband of Emily Hetherington of Northumberland.
He joined the 19th Northumberland Fusiliers which formed at Newcastle in November 1914. After training throughout 1915, the battalion moved to France in late January 1916, but Archie was not among them. He died in June 1915, perhaps in a training accident, and is buried at Masham in Yorkshire.
Archie's brother Cecil did return to Allendale, after surviving the sinking of the SS Jacona a mere two months after the death of his brother. Cecil struggled to a drifting lifeboat and, after reaching it, managed to return to rescue the other nine survivors floundering in the water. Among other awards, he was presented with the Stanhope Medal for bravery; the Stanhope is all the more prestigious because only one medal is struck each year. (From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.)
