Regiment: Northumberland Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion

1/4th 1/5th & 1/6th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1914 1/4th stationed at Hexham, the 1/5th stationed at Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne and the 1/6th stationed at Northumberland Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, both part of the Northumberland Brigade of the Northumbrian Division, on Tyne Defences.
April 1915 Mobilised for war and Landed in France where the formation became 149th Brigade of the 50th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of St Julien, The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge.
1916
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval, The Battle of the Transloy Ridges.
1917
The First Battle of the Scarpe, The Capture of Wancourt Ridge, The Second Battle of the Scarpe, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Hazebrouck, The Battle of the Aisne.
15.07.1918 Reduced to cadre and moved to defend Lines of Communication in the Dieppe area.
16.08.1918 Transferred to the 118th Brigade of the 39th Division which supervised American Troop training.
10.11.1918 All Disbanded.

Last Name
Address
Narrative
11, South Terrace, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottingham
       
Died on
27/10/1917
Son of Alice and Albert Taylor. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1/6th Northumberland Fusiliers. Killed in action, on 27/10/1917. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. his army effects were left to his mother Alice. His war pension went to his father, Albert Taylor, at 11, South Terrace, Church Street, Eastwood, Nottingham.
Blacksmiths Arms Hotel, York
       
Died on
02/04/1918
       
Aged
27
Born York, 1891. Son of Charles and Alice Whittaker, of Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire Married on 29 Aug 1916, at Holme upon Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. Husband of Hilda at the Blacksmith Arms Hotel, York (War Pension address). A Grocer Assistant. He enlisted in Hull. Served with the 1st 6th Battalion (Territorial), Northumberland Fusiliers. […]
235, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
26/07/1917
       
Aged
29
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF THOMAS WRAY (1863-1946) & CLARISSA CURTIS (1858-1929), OF 235, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A CARPENTER. ONE OF SIX SONS. HE WORKED AS A PLUMBER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 13/12/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/07/1917, AGED 29. COMM […]
34 , SEATON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
       
       
Died on
27/09/1918
       
Aged
33
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF GEORGE YOUNG (1846-1920)  AND MARY ANN JOHNSON (1847-1895) AT 34 SEATON STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS ADDRESS) AND 29, REFORM STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GENERAL LABOURER. SERVED WITH THE 1/5th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 33. HE IS BURIED AT VIS EN […]