Morpeth Herald 26/11/1915 carries a brief obituary:
Pte. Alfred York, son of John Thomas York, of Sycamore Street, Hirst, and late of Blyth, Somerset Light Infantry, died at No. 2 Casualty Ward on Tuesday from wounds received on Saturday night, November 13th, caused by a bomb exploding in a trench thrown from the enemy’s trenches. His body was buried at Loos Cemetery [sic] on Wednesday.
Margaret Allison states that in 1911 his address was 86 Severn Street, Ashington.
Soldiers Died in the Great War says that he previously served as No. 14270 with the Northumberland Fusiliers.
He is remembered at Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27), and A17.43
