Hi Janwhin
if you can transcribe the lists in those notebook pages then that's more than enough. Our list will of course be permanently under construction anyway, as I'm sure we would be coming across new info all the time.
I was just thinking the earlier missing casualty lists are probably duplicated in the St Georges Gazette (Woodhorn) as well, but it would be better if I could find the originals at the National Archives.
I think we should keep it simple with an excel page with columns:
1. Surname, given name. 2. Rank(s) 3. Number(s) 4. Notes.
column 4 would contain everything we have; from the lists in the war diary, from soldiers died, (born enlisted and resided if available) and/or detail from the census return if we can positively identify our man. In most cases we will have very little.
A thing to note is that by the time we reach 1918 recruiting for and reinforcing the regiment had become National in breadth, so there will be men from all over the country. Early years will have the highest percentage of Northumbrians, but very few made it through to the end.
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