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4 September 1916 : Pte Edgar William Burn

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Son of Roger (a tailor) and Georgina Burn. Age 16 at the 1911 England Census, Edgar was a watchmaker and apprentice dealer with T.M. Wilcox of Market Place, Alnwick.  Edgar had two younger brothers, Herbert (a draper's assistant) and John. In 1911 the family lived at Centre Terrace, Alnwick, by the time of the war, when their sons enlisted, …


‘Tribute to the Fallen, 1914-1920: Men of Alnwick, Amble, Rothbury and Wooler districts’.

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'Tribute to the Fallen'  is thorough and respectful to the men remembered and set out generously across the pages. This is a big book. For this reason it is so easy to browse and reference. One of those photographs of someone holding the book is required to show its scale. 'Tribute to the Fallen' honours men from the wide Alnwick area of north, no…


Newcastle Commercials by Ian Johnson

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Newcastle’s Very First Volunteer Battalion of the Great War [This review first appeared in the October 2016 edition of Stand To! No. 107] 446 pages on high quality A4 glossy paper – is one of the finest books produced to date telling the story of the civilian soldiers from the northeast of England who bravely fought and died in the Great War. Con…


A Baptism in Fire and Blood: The 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers at Ypres 1915 by Peter Hart

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A gut-wrenching account of men thrown into battle before they were ready, and the price they paid. The tragic story of the Baptism of Fire of the 1/7th Northumberland Fusiliers at Ypres in April 1915. It is truly heart-rending at times with a mixture of oral history and published accounts to bring it all home to you. Regarded as a lively, well-inf…