Don't think we've come across many locals serving in the Northumberland Hussars during the Great War. Not surprising as they are probably out numbered by Northumberland Fusiliers by a couple of orders of magnitude.
Here's a single WW1 medal to a chap not from our immediate parishes but close, lived Alnwick, civilian occupation was 'miner' so possibly a Longdyke colliery man.
First to note is that this is a 1914 star rather than a 1914-15 star. The Northumberland Hussars got sent to France early for a territorial unit.
850 Private David Buglass Northumberland Yeomanry. Interesting thing is that after the war he stayed in the army.
