I applied for his death certificate, which shows his home address as:
of Togston Terrace, Broom Hill, by Ackllington, Northumberland,
Private in 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
(General Labourer)
General Labourer would be his civilian occupation.
When he moved from his overseas service battalion (The 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers according to the Commonwealth war Graves Commission) he would be transferred on paper to the 3rd (Depot) Battalion.
He died on the 16th of July 1916 in the Corporation of Middlesbrough Small Pox Hospital, Hemlington Middlesbrough.
cause of death is recorded as:
(1) Shrapnel wound to shoulder
(2) Acute Lobar Pneumonia, Acute Meningitis.
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