Family :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

21 March - 4 July 1918. The Battles of the Somme in 1918 were mostly concerned with stemming the German advance which started in March 1918 and which made considerable gains in the Somme/Arras sector. Utilising surplus troops which had become available following the surrender of Russia after the October Revolution, the Germans gambled on a massive campaign that could win the war in the west before the USA could bring its resources to bear. Initial gains were in places spectacular but eventually dogged resistance coupled with supply problems and sheer exhaustion closed down the battle. Other attacks were launched along the front to probe the Allied defences but the same pattern of initial gains followed by stalemate prevailed. British casualties were almost 345,000.

Masonic :

He was initiated in 1906, into Albert Edward Lodge No. 1557 at Hexham. He is recorded as a Solicitor, resident at Hexham in the register. His membership expired by resignation on the 9th September, 1907 just days after becoming a Master Mason and only a year after becoming a Mason.


Joined Ridley Lodge No. 2260 15th January, 1908 and is listed as a Solicitor from "Cavanah", Benton at that time. He rose through the offices to become Ridley Lodge's Senior Warden. There is no explicit war service recorded, but the final annotation, made in the 1918 column is that he was "Killed in Action."

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley