Newcastle United Archives - Football and the First World War

Wilfred Toman | Grave

LANCE CORPORAL 358176 W. TOMAN Name: Wilfred Toman Regiment & Unit/Ship: The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/10th Bn. Date of Death: 2 May 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: ERQUINGHEM-LYS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION II. B. 23. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this photograph […]

Curtis Booth | Service Record

John Fleming | Graves

LANCE CORPORAL S/21856 J. FLEMING Name: John Fleming Regiment & Unit/Ship: Cameron Highlanders 8th Bn. Date of Death: 21/03/1916 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: INVERESK PARISH CHURCHYARD B. 784. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record

Jack Stanley Allan | Graves

PRIVATE 106947 J. S. ALLAN Name: Jack Stanley Allan Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Army Medical Corps Date of Death: 4 May 1919 Age at Death: 33 years old Buried or commemorated at: WALLSEND (CHURCH BANK) CEMETERY D. C. 150. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: Husband of Ruth Allan, of 129, The Avenue, Wallsend. Service […]

Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC | Graves

CAPTAIN T. S. ROWLANDSON MC Name: Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson MC Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 4th Bn. Date of Death: 15 September 1916 Age at Death: 36 years old Buried or commemorated at: BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT I. G. 7. France Awards: Military Cross Additional Info: Son of Samuel and Isabel Rowlandson, of Newton Morrell, […]

Charles Edward Randall | Graves

PRIVATE 15469 C. E. RANDALL Name: Charles Edward Randall Regiment & Unit/Ship: Coldstream Guards 4th Bn. Date of Death: 27 September 1916 Age at Death: 32 years old Buried or commemorated at: DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ I. D. 6. France Awards: – Additional Info: Son of John and Hannah Randall, of Hobson, Burnopfield; husband […]

John Findlay | Grave

PRIVATE 14494 J. FINDLAY Name: John Findlay Regiment & Unit/Ship: Scots Guards 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 25 September 1916 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY XVIII. J. 1. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this photograph can be purchased […]

Richard McGough | Grave

ACTING BOMBARDIER 62759 R. MCGOUGH Name: Richard McGough Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Garrison Artillery 102nd Siege Bty. Date of Death: 18 April 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY I. A. 11. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this photograph […]

Donald Simpson Bell VC | Grave

SECOND LIEUTENANT DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC Name: Donald Simpson Bell Regiment & Unit/Ship: Yorkshire Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 10 July 1916 Age at Death: 25 years old Buried or commemorated at: GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE IV. A. 8. France Awards: Victoria Cross Additional Info: Son of Smith and Annie Bell, of Western […]

The Story of Donald Bell VC

THE STORY OF DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC When the British Army launched its great Somme offensive in the summer of 1916, few people could have envisaged the devastation battle would bring. The opening day alone saw British casualties of almost 60,000 and by the time the slaughter had ground to a bloody halt in the […]