Dr James Anderson Loughridge. Information needed.

[Coquet]

I can deduce that they were built between 1842 and 1860. Genius that I am.

[Coquet]

From the Tithe map the yellow strip (No 2) that survived undeveloped until Eastgarth was the property of Margaret, Dowager Countess of Newburgh. This was the Garth at Amble associated with Hope House Farm. Hence East - Garth.

[Coquet]

The pink area (No 11) owned by Mrs Maria Wellwood. We've discussed this one before - extends to and includes Link House Farm.

It also crosses High Street and includes "Chapel Hill" (the well area and ruin)

[Coquet]

Those 'Amble House cottages' must have formed a lovely little courtyard with the stables at one time.

[janwhin]

Originally Posted by Coquet

I can deduce that they were built between 1842 and 1860. Genius that I am.

Probably built by Mr Thomas Browne then of Radcliffe Colliery and harbour fame. All part of the Taylor estate which wasn't sold off until 1875 by an heir, Alexander Wellwood Rattray.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by janwhin

Probably built by Mr Thomas Browne then of Radcliffe Colliery and harbour fame. All part of the Taylor estate which wasn't sold off until 1875 by an heir, Alexander Wellwood Rattray.

Yes - the occupiers are listed (from the transcription of the schedule in David Wilkinson and Paul Morrison's book A Story of Amble) as "John Houldsworth, the owners of Radcliffe Colliery and others"

[Coquet]

Did we decide that Browne was living in the House before he lost his shirt? so to speak

[janwhin]

The great man was living in Amble House avec et sans his blouson/culottes

The family was at Amble House in the early 1840s, he was bankrupt in 1849 but settled up in 1854, back residing at Amble House thereafter.

Probate on 16 July 1862: Thomas Browne late of 73 Upper Stanford Street, Blackfriars and of Amble......

[Wesley29]

Coquet, you said that your aunt knew him. Does she remember what he looked like?

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by Wesley29

Coquet, you said that your aunt knew him. Does she remember what he looked like?

[pm sent] Hopefully we'll find a photo somewhere.

[Coquet]

the resting place of Loughridge for the record:

[Coquet]

Defeated archive wise re: Dr. Loughridge. All territorial RAMC officers' service papers were destroyed after the war. [Typical! ]

So back to square one. I note Dr. Loughridge is doing medicals in Amble for Army recruits in 1914. Still no idea when he enlisted himself, I have a hunch it would be late in the war considering.


I'll see if we can find him in the Army Lists.

[Coquet]

The London Gazette has him as a temp Lieutenant, as of July 1917.

I have a paper copy of the May 1917 Army list and he's not in it.

[janwhin]

The newspapers still have him reporting to Amble Council as Medical Officer in April 1917......so July looking good.

[Coquet]

Originally Posted by janwhin

The newspapers still have him reporting to Amble Council as Medical Officer in April 1917......so July looking good.

Yes looks like he served from June or July 1917. The medal index card would normally show a date for overseas theatre entry for officers, but his medals were issue late and it's been omitted.

[Coquet]

I don't suppose anyone has access to, or knows the whereabouts of a photo of Loughridge? This would be to copy and stick on a board with his medals for the WW1 Anniversary display in Amble.

[janwhin]

I may be going senile but I can swear I saw a post from Coquet the other day about the Amble Council's remembrance book "The Fallen" and a reference to Dr Loughridge

[Coquet]

That was my fault, I decided to merge it with the main Dr Loughridge thread, but deleted it instead by accident. (fat fingers)

Main points were:

council book now available

From book Loughridge was taken POW, likely OC of a field ambulance, he and a few of his RAMC chaps out collecting the wounded got themselves surrounded by a German patrol..(Original source appears to be the Gazette, 1917? 1918?)

and I linked to a 'Naval and Military Press' website, http://www.nmarchive.com/ that has the war diaries photographed. (£4.50 for a month's access) they also have the Medal Rolls which can occasionally give a bit more info such as battalion number, discharge reason as per the King's Regulations ref numbers. BUT....the latter have also appeared on the Ancestry site.


Regarding Loughridge, if PoW, on repatriation the war office would expect a written explanation regarding the nature of his capture. Doubt it has survived, I have some documents to an officer (Durham LI) that was taken PoW, and the document is with what is left of his service papers.

I have learned that all the TA RAMC officer papers are destroyed, so there is now't for Loughridge, unless by some miracle he served in WW2 in some capacity that required the War Office to move his file or copy some of it. If you bung the MOD at glasgow £30, send his death certificate, tell them he had no issue, and if they have anything they will, I believe, send you a copy. But if there is nothing they will keep your £30 anyway.

[Coquet]

Shall I merge this with the main Dr. Loughridge thread?

[Coquet]

ANYWAY.....

I've emailed the Army Medical Services museum to ask if they can ID Loughridge's Field Ambulance, it they can we can look for the War Diary over on that 'NMP' site. But perhaps the Germans got Loughridge's war diary and set fire to it to grill their Knockwurst.