Morpeth Herald 26/10/1917 carries a brief obituary:
Lance-Corporal Norman Patterson, Ashington, killed in action.
and
Lance-Corporal Norman Patterson, son of Mr and Mrs James Patterson, 59 Fourth Row, Ashington, has died of wounds.
Margaret Allison states that in 1911 he lived at 49 Fourth Row, Ashington and that he was aged 21 years when he died.
Norman Patterson is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27), A17.06 , A17.08 and A17.43