Morpeth Herald 30/11/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Lance-Corporal Michael King, aged 29, of 78 Myrtle Street, Hirst, who was attached to the Yorks [sic] and Lancs., has been killed in action.
Acknowledgements Margaret Allison
He is remembered in Ashington onA17.01 (A17.27), A17.28 and A17.43