Private George Hately of the 7th Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers, was born in Ford but by 1911
was living in the Valley aged 17, working for the Tully
family of Alnham. He was the brother of Mrs J A Smith
of Long Row North, Radcliffe, Morpeth. He, like Sergeant
James Robert Richardson of Rievers Well, Cragside, and
Private Robert Gutherson of Thropton, died in the Battle of
the Somme, at Warlencourt on 14th November 1916. He is
remembered also on the Netherton Memorial Hall Plaque, along with
others from the Alwinton Memorial.
According to the Berwick Advertiser his father was the local police constable at Cornhill on Tweed. Following the death of his parents he was living with his aunt in Netherton before joining the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Private George Hately of the 7th Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers, was born in Ford but by 1911
was living in the Valley aged 17, working for the Tully
family of Alnham. He was the brother of Mrs J A Smith
of Long Row North, Radcliffe, Morpeth. He, like Sergeant
James Robert Richardson of Rievers Well, Cragside, and
Private Robert Gutherson of Thropton, died in the Battle of
the Somme, at Warlencourt on 14th November 1916. He is
remembered also on the Netherton Memorial Hall Plaque, along with
others from the Alwinton Memorial.
According to the Berwick Advertiser his father was the local police constable at Cornhill on Tweed. Following the death of his parents he was living with his aunt in Netherton before joining the Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Private, Northumberland Fusiliers. Age: 23.
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