Every Name A Story Content
ASHINGTON

Hedley, R., Pte., 1917
In Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 22/620 Private Robert Hedley, serving with the 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 04/04/1917.

Morpeth Herald 27/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:

Mr Thomas Hedley, of Killingworth, builder and contractor, received news on Saturday last of the death of his brother, Robert Hedley, a private in the N.F., who was killed in France. Previous to enlisting, Private Hedley was employed by the Seaton Burn Coal Coy.

Margaret Allison states that he lived at 120 Newbiggin Road, Ashington, and was aged 34 when he died.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43


The CWGC entry for Private Hedley

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk

Search War Memorials

  2. OR

War Memorial Indexes

Index Resources

Click here to view indexes (as defined by the Historic Counties) as PDF documents.

Regional Content

In some cases additional information is available at Regional, County, District and Parish level.